Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.
The subject of this installment: Wintermoor Tactics Club, developed by EVC and published by Versus Evil.
HIGH The writing and worldbuilding is frequently fantastic.
LOW The bugs are bad, but the loading times are worse.
WTF One of the skill paths is dedicated to… repairing toasters.
HIGH The crazy cool aesthetic of dark demonic warfare.
LOW I swear I clicked on that correctly…
WTF Standard missions are “Impossible” difficulty.
HIGH Clever systems, great customization, excellent use of the license.
LOW The first few missions before upgrades are brutal.
WTF The distasteful and incongruous “female port” joke.
HIGH A new spin on XCOM-style turn-based tactics.
LOW Hardcore mode.
WTF That Xbox cover art.
HIGH Fantastic turn-based action, surprising punches of solid writing.
LOW Simplistic strategic layer, cautious tactical AI, strategic UI is rough.
WTF The emperor of the Holy Gustava Empire is named…Tim Gustav?
HIGH Extremely customizable difficulty, solid AI and tactics.
LOW Limited number of unit types, occasional wonky camera.
WTF Did the humans build a town in a cave?
HIGH Realizing that secret texts were hidden on the loading screen.
LOW The last boss is a SLOG.
WTF Well that’s certainly an innovative explanation for my predicament!
HIGH Outstanding handcrafted mission variety.
LOW It’s almost impossible to meet all reward conditions in one run.
WTF Why did I wait so long to try this?
HIGH Finding an enemy that made saving my single .50cal bullet worthwhile.
LOW An AI hiccup making enemies forget to fight each other and gang up on me instead.
WTF Weren’t you shot in the head last game?
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