TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children Reviews

bought this game while ago but my laptop wasnt able to run it so i had it on backburner for a long time and eventually forgot about it. lately i have hard time finding games that captivate me for longer period of time and tend to play online games that last 15-30 min max per round and decide after each round if i am in a mood for another so much so that i thought i cant enjoy offline games. Luckily i was wrong and again luckily i gave this game a chance as it is becoming my favorite game and i am shocked with how time flies when playing this game. Game is challenging but it has options to make the gameplay easier for those who prefer story. it gives player lot of initiative and responsibilities in and out of combat. there is lot of management, lots of grinding and numbercrunching and all that but nothing seems too tedious or crucial so if anything is not to your liking you can just ignore that aspect of the game. Characters are interesting which at this point i cant tell if it is the matter of game being almost decade old or not because 99% of new games especially singleplayer and/or offline game characters all feel like there is little to no effort in making them. every new character feel like a statement rather than personality but not in this game. It feels like breath of fresh air and i am glad i came back to try it again on new laptop as this game is most fun i had in a long time.

Tactical rpg with tons of content and crazy amount of character customization. A hidden gem, highly recommended. Can't wait to play the sequel

Overall good X-COM clone, but so much chatting.

Worst grind and difficulty spikes I've encountered in a TRPG ever.

THE REVIEW IS THAT THIS GAME IS VERY GOOD KOREAN AUTISM i'm pretty sure my lengthy nine hour play time is based on the fact that i started this game once but accidentally alt-tabbed out and organized my steam library, which by the way is massive, for 4 hours. also i played this game for 5 hours. the reason i have not played more is because i have learned how to act like a civilized human, the kind that always saves dessert for after dinner, and even though this game is like anime tactical rpg meets excel spreadsheets more formulas edition i have been able to keep my grubby mitts off it for now. also my steam library is so big i have twenty portable hard drives daisychained out of my computer and most of the games don't even play

I regret buying this coming from both an Anime fan and an Xcom fan, but not a huge JRPG fan. Compared to xcom and a lot of other 4X strategy games the combat is just really simple. I think the thing that really stopped me from playing though was I had a complete lack of interest in the characters from both a gameplay and story side of things. The game did nothing wrong but its really not for me.

Buy this instead of X-COM 2. You will actually have fun. Huge amounts of content. Long missions. And some of the most thoughtful quality of life options (you can semi-automate your party in combat). The anime aesthetic and Street Fighter-style combat makes it stand out from other options. This game is silly, poorly translated, endlessly playable, the story is insane, dense and ridiculous. You can afford this since its always cheap.

Awesome game, im waitng for the sequel. this game is like Xcom + Ogre Tatics/FF Tatics = Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children.

This is a "yes...but" recommendation. The actual turn-based combat system is extremely fun, on that count it's one of the best X-COM likes I've played in a long time. The music and sound effects are excellent. But it's wrapped in a SRPG layer that's on the grindy side with lots of subsystems, and the pacing and scale are "off." By that I mean you don't get interesting characters until 10+ hours into the game, and some of the missions -- these aren't even boss fights -- drag on and on because of the number of units + map design. TROUBLESHOOTER is one of those single-player games that has several "momentum killers" you just have to push through. The devs respond to most reviews here, and it sounds like they've taken this feedback to heart. I look forward to the sequel because the combat system is really that good. Hopefully the sequel has full Steam Deck support as this style of game is perfect for it.

Truly an hidden gem, a great mix of Xcom 2 with a very interesting visual novel, very likeable characters and a captivating art style. Game is incredibly polished and I wish for a sequel (possibly slightly shorter and with much less grinding). It's definitely not a game for everyone, but what game really is these days? A good amount of steam [strike]players[/strike] users just buy and install lots of singleplayers at once and barely finish any of them.