Recent reviews by Q-Dance

NOTE: It's early access, a lot of things said in this review (bugs, pros, cons, suggestions etc) are going to be eventually changed / improved / added & removed etc.

Gameplay 6/10:
While the gameplay is fun, due to the lack of maps, guns and game modes, it can get boring fast for some people, i'm personally still enjoying each game i play as if it was my first time playing, That being said future updates will eventually bring this up to hopefully... a 8/10. Having more maps and another game mode thats not similar to aas/arc mode would be a massive improvement.

Graphics 7/10:
I personally think the graphics are decent, they can only be improved in the coming months as updates start to roll out. 1 feature that is really lacking is dismemberment of players and bugs, the only time limbs come off bugs is when they get hit with explosions, which is nice, but shooting rounds into the limbs should make them break off eventually. Animation of flying ships bringing payloads & extracting etc could be improved by making them smooth, currently they seem very choppy and poorly made.

Optimisation 5/10:
Now unless you're playing on a good rig with something like a RTX 4080 with an great CPU, you will see bad frames. While its playable for me (just about) on a i7 8700 and a 1070 8gb, I think with a few updates towards to optimisation it would help players who play on similar rigs to myself. One thing i've noticed is that smoke particles can really drop frames by a ton, having this fixed would make the game play much smoother. Servers could use some love, bring out servers for Asia / Australia etc.

3rd Party support 0/10:
So by this i mean community servers & Modding support. As some may know they have said that they will NOT add any support for community servers & modding, hopefully this will change in the future. Having the players create and host modded servers to not only make the game enjoyable in many different ways but also extending the life span of the game.

Classes 4/10:
Hunter is a decent but generic class, that specialises in rifles and mobility having a jetpack to get to different parts of the terrain. Bastion specialises in LMG (they can also use rifles) allowing them to bunker down with their special ability to not only reduce damage from bug attacks but also increasing their weapon accuracy 100% removing the need to control recoil by alot. Operator is probably the most loved (for op reasons) class in the game due to their ability to revive / heal people with their UAV drone, they can also give players ammo, create little mini shock posts that stun bugs as they try to cross, carry two gas/ore canisters & have access to the best weapons currently available. Balancing needs to be looked, as you can level the support class to max in a less than 24hrs playtime, while bastion / hunter takes longer (example: the most xp i've gotten from support was 3.7k and the most i got from bastion / hunter has always been less than 1.6k

AI 5/10: For the most part, the AI is some what decent. but I feel like the bugs don't use all of the terrain to their advantage, for example in parts of the maps you will see a bunch of dead bugs piled up, they never use these to climb up the walls like in the movies, sometimes the bugs can get stuck on some rubble which doesn't make sense due to the size of the bugs, they should be able to easily climb over them and become unstuck. Sometimes the bugs focus on ore/gas stations to much.

Pros:
- Audio could use a little work in some areas, but for the most part they sound great especially when 3+ grenadier are bombarding you, it sounds pretty cool. Bugs sound great, could use more sounds when they attack and after they killed people.
- Gameplay is solid for what is currently available (regardless if it seem repetitive or boring after doing the same thing over and over again)
- Graphics are pretty decent, especially if you can play at max settings and 200% resolution scale, aslong as you have a powerful rig to still have 60+ frames during massive bug fights. (also a con)

Cons:
- playing at max graphical settings would require a beefy rig which can put off some players who dislike playing at a medium settings.
- Maps & Game modes need a massive improvement & more unique modes (that are not similar to the 2 currently available) to be added to not become boring and repetitive.
- Animation on ships etc are a little janky/jittery and move as if they you are playing at 25 fps.
- AI needs to be looked at so bugs can climb terrain better and not get stuck as often.
- No community servers & modding support.
- No way to add friends in the game, only through steam. (Not a big deal but I know some people prefer to have them as a friend in the game only and not through steam)
- Currently No customisation on guns / player models.
- No Dismemberment unless the bugs die from explosions.

Minor bugs:
- Bugs can get stuck near piles of rubble.
- During extraction complete sometimes you can fall out of the ship and not get any extraction XP bonus, you can avoid this by staying towards the back of the ship. (Away from the ramp at the front)
- Sometimes you can get stuck between walls/floors if you die and get revive or if someone builds a wall as you walk through it during the repair. (I haven't had it happen to me personally but I have seen it)
- Shooting the gun while sprinting does nothing (imo it should auto stop and fire)

Suggestions:
- Atleast 1 more added map asap.
- A mode that is like planetside2 where you go across the map attacking bases and defending them, this can be a never ending war (untill you lose all bases or capture all bases) this can bump up the player cap to 24/32 or even 64+ on this mode as they will be more spread out.
- Increase the amount of bugs attacking before the base build phase. 2 operators can hold off pretty much anything that the game throws at them even on veteran before the defend the arc horde waves kick in.
- Add friends ingame not only through steam
- Clans
- More Chat features (typing, radio messages)
Yes: "Yes sir!", No: "No sir!", Enemy Spotted: "Bugs!", Follow me: "On me trooper" Attack: "Kill em all!" "Fire at will!", Hold/Defend: "Hold here" / "Hold what you've got!" etc etc etc
- Change Plasma bug to look more like.... a plasma bug, at the minute it looks like a scorpion bug and a tanker had a baby.
- More bug types, Workers, Rhino, Tanker, Hopper & scout bug.
- Worker bugs dig holes out of the ground that acts as a "spawn point" for the bugs to come out of instead of just appearing out of the ground with some generic dust particles being shown.
- Scouts need to be taken out asap otherwise they will alert other bugs of your location and will send a mini horde your way.
- Decrease Tiger bug size by a tiny bit, its stupidly big in this game.
- Decrease the amount of shots fired by gunner bug (I personally hate this bug in the game) or they could change it to the spitter bug that leaves you with a damage over time it would be more immersive imo.
- Add Royal Warrior bugs & chariot bugs (especially on a hive mode where you have to locate and capture the brain bug)
- Change drone bug model to look more like a drone bug.
- Whiskey Outpost, Whiskey Outpost, this is Roughneck 2-0 on tac three.... Yes we want a whiskey outpost map (released with the new horde mode? yes please.)
- Attachments to guns (sights, mags, barrles, ammo type?)
- More perks (reload faster, reduce weapon sway/recoil, decrease cooldown of class ability, carry +1 grenade)
- Balance op uav, 30 seconds duration with 3min cooldown.
- Decrease bastion CD (cooldown) to 20seconds
- Increase jetpack CD +5 seconds
- Decrease LMG hipfire recoil/weapon sway (its pathetic) it should be bad, but not this bad.
- Grenades seem really useless, increase damage and radius?
- Refund resources when destroying walls/bunkers etc (even if its only 80% refunded)
- # Forgot what it was, it was important too. (check comments if i remember lol)
- Do your part!

Great game as I remember from many many years ago.

Anti-Cheat needs work still. since returning....
8 Non Prime games (COMP) until i found my first cheater, after that it seemed like all games had atleast 1 cheater in it.

2 Prime Games (COMP) until i found my first cheater