I'm going to vote yes on this but I really wish the developer had given me the option to turn off the wave attacks on my bases. I tried twice to start this game and both times I was overwhelmed because I can't figure out what I need to do to finish the campaign although I was able to hold them off longer the second time. I played for 76.9 hours so I obviously did have fun but I feel frustrated that I can't finish the game. I think I'm going to go on to other games that are easier and not bother with a third attempt.

The great thing about this game is the battle system. The devs put a lot of work into it and it's well polished in my opinion. But something happened when they designed the world view where you do base building, movement between the cities, and diplomacy. I get the impression that they ran out of money. One problem is quests that cannot be completed. In one case you need to get an important notebook at a site but its just not there. In another case you must sabotage one city's research, but there is no research facility to sabotage.
But the biggest problem is troop management. You can hire troops and assign them to different bases. But after that you can't do anything with them . You can't move them or assign them to different groups, or even use them on any missions. You can build ships to move them but can't assign them to those ships. For all missions you are stuck with the original 6 hires that you assigned to your original ship. That's a nasty oversight. I spent over 20 hours on this game and couldn't figure out how to make those important parts work. I'm glad I bought this mess with a discount.

I thought I had found a new Xcom to play. I thought I'd try not to compare it too much, but then saw how 95% of the game mechanics were exactly the same as Xcom, just with worse implementation and execution. Sure there were a few new things or improvements on the old xcom systems, though they were overshadowed heavily by the old systems mechanics just done in a worse way. Poor customisation and progression, lackluster class design, missions felt nearly the same but were far more boring and you can spend 60% of a mission running around whilst enemies fight npcs and you are just micromanaging movement instead of combat. There are so many things that could've been tremendously good if implemented correctly but somehow they ended up being pushed to final release without being sorted out. I couldn't take anymore of this after 18 hours. It just felt so boring and samey, barely any gear progression and too much micromanaging of resources. I'd give it a generous 5/10.