Planet Stronghold: Colonial Defense Reviews

A simple but fun VN/deck-building card game. It's worth it, but not at full price. Tbh, it's only worth it when you get at least a 75% discount. The story is engaging, but there are some (big) plot holes. The VN experience is okay; sadly, many decisions feel like they don't matter... or, even worse, in the next scene, it goes on with shallow, undefined words, so you clearly see it's made to fit all decisions, no matter how they differs. From time to time, the characters are just kind of too informal. I mean, it's a military sci-fi scenario similar to MassEffect. But occasionally, the characters joke around in rather inappropriate situations or make flirty hints totally out of nowhere. A bit unpleasant is also that the figures on screen don't always match the ones speaking, and there are so many people involved in all scenes that it takes more concentration to play this VN than a VN should require. The card game is okay. The deck-building is a bit limited; e.g., the deck is just around 10 to 30 cards (depending on the battle you fight), and there are no resource cards (you just get X resources every turn, except for some rare special abilities). And sadly, there are some super unbalanced cards. Some are nearly useless, some are no-brainers. Still I think the battles are fun and I really like to play them! The art style is alright—not my taste, but alright. Stay away from the "manga" version - in my opinion, it's just horrible. Keep the "realistic" graphics activated in the game settings. Else it's just laughable. I just can't take the games childish semi-manga-style seriously at all. Okay, that's a lot of negatives - but still - I like the game so far (for a price around 6 USD). I love the military sci-fi setting, and I think it's done the right way here, even with the mentioned flaws. Yes. Even with all these issues, the game is still fun and I don't regret buying it, which somehow shows it's quality explicitly. If you like the setting, give it a try!