My God. This game. Buy It!! – ReconInForce Review

To Long didn't read: You're dumb if you don't buy this game. Want to read? Enjoy: For you TBS gamers out there. Remember playing Civilization or Civilization Revolution? Remember the feeling of using a Civ and learning the in's and outs of that particular Civs unique abilities? No, we don't build empires here. Nah man. This diamond of game is all about *Team Tactics* This game, taps into that realm of thematic abilities. What do I mean by thematic? Each commander has his own abilities - and by abilities I mean his own unique units that help influence that particular commanders theme into the board. But you still don't know what I mean by theme do you? Fine, let me explain that portion. Imagine a magic the gathering deck that specializes in the *discarding* theme, well, all the cards in that deck would consist of cards that help keep the discard theme present throughout the match right? Your opponent should constantly be discarding cards. Well same here. Each commander has his own unique theme. This is not a card game so no discard here. But... The Phantom Brigade. They focus on decoy units, scouts to psyche out the enemy and smoke ability to either fool the enemy into thinking that deployed smoke, that just blanketed a tile in front of a whole armada. Could that be real units? Or fake decoys as my real units sneak from the other side for a flank. Or vice versa. Point is. The theme here is decoy (or if you want to stick to magic) illusions. And that's one commander out of many with very exotic themes true to military engagement. Once you crack past that initial stage of learning a particular commander. Through the mistakes, you will uncover prior unseen combos, synergies, traps. Soo many synergies and combos I am surprised a small indie company was able to pull off such stimulative game. I highly, HIGHLY suggest, try the free version, just don't be surprised when your wallet decides to open up on it's own. This game is a blessing, a gift to the turn based tactics genre. Let alone, the ability to have it with you in your pocket for that quick addiction fix. When you play it, you immediately pick up on the fact that a lot of heart and soul was poured into this game. I admire Devs who come out of nowhere and punch you in the face with something so special as this. To me. This is a classic. I've gamed 37yrs. I've yet to encounter a military tactics game, this easy to play but deep with tactics and importantly for new comers to the genre - you don't even feel encumbered with choices. It's more of a natural progression. And as you progress the many avenues of tactics will just naturally open up and you will be awed by the combos and synergies you will be pulling off based on your theme style. I hope they come up with more cool ideas for future unique and commanders. Devs after getting a year of iOS time with this game. Definitely bring this to XBOX One, PS4 and PC. This game needs exposure. It's definitely a classic. I can see monetary tournaments being setup for this game. It's that deep and joyful and thus far very well balanced. Not to mention it's not slow has a good pacing. I would say upbeat. If you read this far. What are you waiting for? go buy it. I'm done here. I have a Phantom Brigade to master then going online for some mind vs. mind action.
Review by Lost in Tactics on ReconInForce.