@Wipqozn So basically, after about 25-30 hours into it now, Phoenix Point is a really good basis for what might one day be a good campaign. Initially I thought it was buggy, but other than sometimes not ducking around cover (which is rarer than it seemed, and happens less when you stop pretending this is X-COM), it's been pretty bug free
The way combat works and the geoscape work just feel better than X-COM
BUT, I'm like 30 in-game days into the game and from what I've read, I've seen about 70% of the tech tree and all but one enemy. In fact, you see pretty much every enemy in the game (except the one I haven't) by like mission 10 or so
And the tech tree is more of a tech list than a tree. There really aren't many dependencies. There's basically one set of sidegrades in armor/weapons for each faction, and then in each class of weapon, about one true upgrade that you unlock way later. And you get most of your tech handed to you by whatever faction you ally with
Once you hit a certain rep with them, they give you a bunch of tech. I think once you unlock tier 3, they give you everything. And there's no research for that. It's just "here you go". (you can steal it, too)
So X-COM style, I built a bunch of research labs, and in less than a month game time, I was out of things to research, other than things locked behind walls like "capture an alien". If there even is a "tree" at all, I think dependencies go at most 2 levels deep. It's pretty flat
So that's pretty disappointing that there isn't kind of that decision making and grind for better tech, and that you see pretty much every enemy really quickly, and thus are constantly fighting the same types of battles. They'll get more armor as the game goes on, and maybe upgraded weaponry, and have some variations (one artillery unit shoots sticky goo that locks you down, or might mutate to shoot acid instead, or fire worms), but by this point I've seen most everything
So basically, the game is a pretty cool base that needs more overall content and more depth to what's there
Hopefully the DLC and mods bring that. I do like it enough that I'm having a hard time deciding if I want to keep playing anyway (with a new campaign) or just shelve it for a year.
I'm not sure I can go back to percentage based combat though. I might go replay Xenonauts to find out
Anyway, long story short, I'd stay hyped about the game, but not too sad if it doesn't hit game pass any time soon.