Recent reviews by penllawen

Weird, engrossing, fantastically written, and just loads of fun. I enjoyed it from start to finish. Also the lead dev said his attitude to the graphics was "if it was good enough for the Dreamcast, it was good enough for us" and who am I to argue?

I like this a lot now! It runs pretty well on Steam Deck (a touch laggy at times, but nothing game-breaking.) Gameplay itself is very fun, the old XCOM tight loop of research stuff -> do a mission -> train up -> do a mission is very much alive. The hub zone initially feels overwhelming but once you get into a rhythm so you can run around doing all your stuff (talking to heroes, research, intel, training, etc) and not be scared you're missing anything it's very comfortable.

Previous review text from just after launch:
Game seems very fun, but it is far too buggy to recommend right now. Issues are numerous: 2k Launcher causes massive performance issues; Steam Cloud Save support is either missing or broken (depending who you believe); since the latest patch, on Steam Deck I get crashes every 5-10 minutes. Unplayable. Save your money for now and come back after some major patches have landed.

Adding Denuvo's anti-cheat kernel driver in an update is an unfortunate decision. Had it been in the release version, I wouldn't have bought it. Adding it in an update means I could not make that choice. Bitterly disappointed.