Had this game for a while and was kinda waiting for the right moment to play it. It's decent game, with few good things to offer, but it definitely overstayed it's welcome and as of now - 63hrs in - and just before the FINAL BATTLE I'mbit torn if I actually still want to finish it.

Like, don't get me wrong, it had very good start - like the art style, bit extra, without leaning too much into realism, music is good, graphics and efects are overall quite pleasing and basic game loop brings satisfaction from winning against (sometimes overwhelming) enemy forces.

BUT

That game loop gets repetitive very fast, with only 4-5 basic objectives to achieve on every planet, which wouldn't be to bad, if game didn't expect you to grind - grind for equipment (random one), grind for new recruits (usually horribly upgraded), grind for resources (to research and upgrade gear), from time to time throwing some random events (mostly bad) that can really cripple your campaign. At the beginning you don't feel it as much - game is new, missions still feel fresh - but after first pivot story point repetivness start to creep in, and by the time you get to your third mini-boss you're really fed up with doing same thing on the same map with slightly (or more than slightly) stronger enemies. To the point where - as per first paragraph - I'm pretty much at the final stage of the game... and even my urge to finish every game I play might not be enough to finish it.

There are also bit and pieces of QoL that are missing, making this game more bothersome that it should be. Olny 5 slots for saves? Can't speed up animations? You can't go back by pressing 'Esc'? You have no overwiev of your team and if you want to change loadout, you need to click through dozens windows? You see warpgate animation everytime you start to move after the mission (which is quite a lot, and if you savescum - even more)?

Maybe it's my fault - I like to feel powerful in those games, so I will try to do as many side missions as possible, to make sure I'm prepared. Maybe I shouldn't. But I did and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, I did not expect to get so tired with this game in the process.
What a shame.

I cannot recommend this game in good conscience.

The balance is wack, the enemies are over-punishing even when you aren't playing in the hardest game mode, and there seems to be a disposition to the RNG that is not in your favor.

Gets pretty stale pretty fast.