I’m playing in free mode for the moment and the rotation I was given wasn’t stellar (Titus for my FL, Orion for Support). I have better options at Firepower, including Lockwood, Nix, and Zuki.
It really does all work beautifully, though I have had multiple occasions were I thought I issued a command and locked it in, but nothing happened. I think there are certain ways that the UI could do a better job of feeding info to the player, like conveying line of sight (these enemies are in my cone, why weren’t they hit?), especially given the time constraints.
I tend to play very conservatively, meaning I leave myself in a position where my turn is largely wasted. I should probably spend more time playing Lockwood for that reason, but if you have other suggestions for someone that plays well from cover, I’m all ears.
One last thing to mention: to me, the comparison to make for people isn’t X-Com (as I have seen in various places), it’s Frozen Synapse.
I’m worried that there are very few people playing. But unlike, say, Battleborn, I don’t think they have really begun to push yet. Moreover, there’s nothing else like this on the market. I do worry, though, that the combination of things they have going (hero-shooter-thingy and turn-based) will keep away a large number of players that either have had their fill of or don’t play one or the other.
