Red Solstice 2: Survivors Reviews

[b]Red Solstice 2: Survivors[/b] takes place in the distant future. Humanity has left Earth to colonise Mars, but a virulent mutagen called STROL has taken hold of the Red Planet and transformed many organisms into huge, bloodthirsty mutants. As an Executor of “Cell”, it’s your job to lead a team of heavily-armoured heroes and liberate Mars from the grip of the mutants. You fight your way through scattered pockets of resistance, and rendezvous with three others. Each of you has a unique class, a unique look, and a voiced personality. As you band together to complete the do-or-die mission, you’ll be easily swept along. Sadly, though, it doesn’t last. The first campaign mission sees you embarking alone, seeking out named survivors who don’t actually join your party. Instead, your squad consists of three randomly-generated soldiers with names like Bob, Carl, and Eduard. Characters you locate and save don’t join you like in XCOM, they just become disembodied NPC voices on the radio. As in XCOM, time only progresses when you’re scanning the world map or travelling to a mission. You assign research projects that take several days, and play the game to advance time. Soldiers you lost don’t even have to recover. You just launch the next procedurally generated mission and keep going. The world map itself is okay, but be prepared to travel to and fro a lot. You’ll waste a ton of time flitting between mission points because you can’t simply mouse over a tag to see the details. You have to travel to each mission just to review it. At certain points you’ll have four or more on the map, so I hope your memory is up to it. [b]Red Solstice 2: Survivors[/b] is a decent game that sadly squanders some its potential. It doesn’t feel tactical enough to really tax the mind, and the base-development portion lacks some of the nuances of the genre leaders. It’s amusing at times, and remains fun even when it’s going wrong, but the experience is an inconsistent one. This is thanks to iffy AI, spiking difficulty, and a feeling of disconnect between player and game. It’s a good game with friends, but alone, [b]Red Solstice 2: Survivors[/b] doesn’t quite hit the mark. [h1]7/10[/h1] DISASTER | BAD | MEDIOCRE | OKAY | [b][u]GOOD[/u][/b] | GREAT |AMAZING| MASTERPIECE [quote] Reviewed on: Win11 Home 64-bit, Intel i5-11600K, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB TUF, 32GB DDR4-3600 RAM, 2 x Kingston NV1 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, Internet Broadband 1000/1000 Mbit[/quote] [quote] If you like this review, then please consider giving it a thumbs up. I've also reviewed other games that you might find interesting. If so please follow [u][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27418263/] Top of the Chart.[/url][/u]