Recent reviews by Vyllis

+ Gameplay basics is enjoyable and play like a WiC child.
+ Unified vision, matchmaker, balanced around a global mode.
+ Sound great.
+ Solo (did not finish it yet) is fun for the first hours.

+/- Meta is rather brainless at this time.

- Cannot save in solo, so must play when you have full time...
- Hackersland.
- 0 penalties for leaving, no surrender vote so it is a leavers/afkers paradise.

Update: everyone leave every time, 3 games out of 4 are just leavers even at 800/900 +elo. Still several weeks and no fix, no penalties, nothing. Cannot recommend if you do like to play players vs players. It is a plague.

As of 2025 this game is incredible. Started my run in early 2024 and i have no regret.

Game is gorgeous, sound is good, not much bugs.
Run at least at 120fps all maxed out with a 4080 super.
Most interactions and quests are unique enough, many activities, the world is immersive and make sense.
Several endings.
If something bother you, you can use mods to tailor your experience.

This is finally the game they advertised for and it is very solid.

Combat less glitched than Mordhau (better looking too).
Skill floor is not very high so everyone can enjoy (still vets will annihilate you as expected).
Game setting ambiance is decent with good dark humour.

Technically it is OK.
Net code work decently.

PS: After beheading an archer chick you can grab her head and sling it into its fresh respawned owner.

They keep updating it, it is shaping up.

PACT division is very good, the French one rather mediocre. However there is the Albion map so this is cool.

NATO divisions have some fun for them. 9th, MNAD, 4th with all the FV APCs...while some lacking any long range AA can be annoying for some players.
However PACT divisions are just ruined by the over-rigidist ToE.

Fun cards, like the T-72 Wilk are rare (only 1) and gated beyond non-availability.
Most Polish decks strongly lack close range ATs, long range ATGMs are like one card of ♥♥♥♥♥ and there you go, decent like Konkurs are non existent.
Air fun is just some obsoletes Mig21s, helicopters are not appealing. Some decks have a bit more toys but the AP restriction kills it.

If you like to play NATO you can have some fun, however unless you are a die hard Poland fan, this expansion bring nothing "fun" and really engaging for the PACT side for this country. Nothing you can't have, in a best state, in the base game divisions. Not talking about winning there, just having fun and enough iconic units: it is bare.

Wait the next expansion to have fun with new PACT units, like maybe more than 3 viable Wilk and 4 decent RPG gifted from Russia in the entire Polish nation of the game.

Not fan of ultra rigidist 1988 ToE with very few march of war "freedom" and 0 tries of "ad hoc" units created on the field.
Too much sanitized, will wait next.

+ Resisting wokism.
+ Combat is decent-good. Animations are very enjoyable.
+ Smooth fighting.
+ Build creation decent.
+ Art is really great.
+ For the setting, "lore"; available outfits and how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up out of dungeon jail your char can be set to look is nice change.
+ Audio is solid.
+ Story and how it is told is decent.
+ Fully shared coop.

- No respawn > straight into action versus some bosses. For some you have to do action (call elevator, wait elevator, use elevator) or jump puzzle (die several time) before getting to boss again after respawn.
- Not very diverse enemies.
- AI can be gigastupid, cannot climb ladder, sometimes cannot take stairs.
- QOL issues, want to redo your char aesthetic? Set a toggle for ranged instead of breaking your finger? Have a torch instead of using magic sword to light dark corridors? nope !
- Many fight in super tight and dark as ♥♥♥♥ spaces with enemies you need perfect vision and movement are just annoying.
- Umbral realm is interesting but with some problems the game have, it just create backtracks and more annoyance at the end. I am not totally fan of this.

- Multiplayer PVP (not coop): do not, just do not, the scaling is... non functional, the MM holy m... and...no.

It maybe short and not super complex but the combat is smooth, fun and very enjoyable.

Still there wandering into the abyss.

Game is being slowly but surely politically correct censored.