About the game. Phantom Brigade is a hybrid turn-based & real-time tactical RPG, focusing on in-depth customization and player driven stories. As the last surviving squad of mech pilots, you must capture enemy equipment and facilities to level the playing field.

Is an that is a clever combination of turn-based strategy and real-time tactical combat in a role-playing game. It combines futuristic sci-fi weaponry like mechs with modern-day combat units like tanks and infantry squads.The action is like Combat Mission, where you issue commands and then watch the results play out in real time. That sounds familiar, but there’s a twist, based on a short demo I saw at a preview event. Brace Yourself Games is publishing the title this year and showing it at the, the big game trade show this week in Los Angeles. Image Credit: Brace Yourself GamesThe developers showed me how the fighting works in an assault on a small town. The art looks realistic, with a kind of cartoon layer.

You play the blue team with a squad of mech units. A red enemy force comes close to the town and takes out one of your mechs, but not before it sends a warning. Well-crafted cinematics convey a sense of urgency and story.A second mech comes to help with a shield. But you only have two mechs to face off against enemy infantry, tanks and mechs. But using the predictive analysis, you can maneuver to spots where the enemy can’t see you.

Then you can ambush the lead enemy mech, positioning your mech to fire at a place where the mech is expected to be. When you are done, you end the turn and the combat scene plays out.I managed to completely disable the enemy’s lead mech in two turns. Then I had to hide from the tanks that were arriving from another direction. I fired at them from a good vantage point and sent them into retreat.I really enjoyed this game, and it felt like it was a triple-A experience, even though it was made by an indie game studio. Image Credit: Brace Yourself GamesI didn’t get a chance to play the strategic side. But on that level, you make high-level tactical discussions on a world map, manage your base, and decide how to apply your limited resources to the tactical battlefields. The missions range from defending the town to sabotage of enemy equipment or infiltration of high-tech facilities.As you progress, you can fine-tune the performance of your mechs, install upgrades, and send them into battle.

The Phantom Brigade has nice graphics with destructible environments. You can blow up any cover and collapse buildings over your enemies. You can replay battles and try to get a higher score.

I really enjoyed it. The game is coming soon on Steam.

Beholder 2. In a broken system where the framework for justice and truth have been systematically dismantled and replaced by the rules and needs of a central State and its eternal (literally?) Wise Ruler, any kind of moral compromises are just necessary. It’s about boredom and the banality of evil. It constantly tempts the player to try to white-knight some situations and black-hat othersAnd there’s the rub.