R/E complaints that this game is a ripoff, it's supposed to be reminiscent of early Mech games; of course it's going to look like them. Nor did Mechwarrior create the PPC, either. Seriously, stop being so uptight. Everything is based on or inspired by something else.
R/E nanowars... um... yeah. It uses the same basic principle for moving your forces, etc... right. That's, never happened before. Like, I'm sure none of the Tower Defense games are literally identical, or anything like that... or the RTS games... or the RPGs... NanoWars is nice, but this game has loads of new material.
One thing I can't stand is how, after a few battles, the icons suddenly come free of the battle menu and start floating around in the air. It lags the game, and it adds the very same element which leads me to avoid some of the modern "RPGs" in favor of turn-based tactical combats. That single feature lowers this game from a 3 to a 1 for me; I stop playing as soon as I hit it.
Those poor, poor people, who don't remember the glory days of Atari. This is an excellent game, and is exactly what it says it is, in excellent fashion; 5/5
A terrific example of what minimal effort will give you. A non-graphical RPG needs to have effort put in elsewhere... story, descriptions, basic English proficiency, at least an appealing still backdrop..!
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