Recent reviews by Speedchunk

Game came out of nowhere for me, but what a pleasant surprise. Satisfying take on the turn based cover shooter with an amazing soundtrack. Could do with a little less of the constant alarms and non-stop spawns in some missions, but they do give you the option to tweak things to your liking.

One of, if not the best looking game out there. Night city is an absolute treat to explore, each area has its own unique vibe and in my 60hr playthrough I never once felt like I was just seeing recycled set pieces time and time again.

Characters are likable, I was genuinely sad to leave some of them behind when my story came to an end. This is by no means a difficult game, and however you decide to build your character you will be a one man army well before you reach end game. The gameplay loop was very satisfying, and offers you a variety of ways to approach each situation.

I can no longer recommend this product to anyone in its current state. The sony Debacle aside, this developer and its team responsible for balance should not be allowed anywhere near any sort of development in the future. If Arrowhead was a mechanic and you brought your car in to the shop with a flat tire, they would just flatten the other 3 to match it.

12/18/24 - Here we go again… I intended to go back and update this review after they turned the game around, but their recent moves with the Super store saved me the trouble. I will remember a lot of time with this game fondly, but am ultimately left with a sour taste in my mouth.

1/3/25 - Game is good, then devs do something bad. Devs do something good, player base comes back, game begins to heal. The cycle continues.

This game is a step backwards in almost every way from VT2. An early access title that lacks basic functionality that should be present with the launch of a game, but of course it has a functioning cash shop.

-The worst item upgrade system imaginable, made worse by the absence of crafting. An RNG shop system that doesn't offer items worthy of your current level/equipment

-RNG mission selection, with no ability to play the levels you desire

-Poor server performance, with lost inputs making weapon swapping and blocking inconsistent

-Poor game performance in general, with insane amounts of crashing on all levels of system configurations

-Poorly tuned weekly quests, with no respect for the players time

-No cross character objective/inventory sharing, one of the many steps backwards from VT2

Everything they've done in the name of player retention has had the opposite effect. They have communicated about as poorly as one can imagine, and failed to acknowledge some of the biggest issues people continue to post about on a daily basis. Most of the team responsible should be launched into the sun, and never touch game development again.

EDIT 1/3/24 - Game is good now.