Stealth release??

Didn't hear anything about this until I randomly opened the Epic launcher today. I enjoyed Mutant Year Zero, just sort of fell off of it.

This looks like even more of an xcom game, whereas MYZ had some RPG elements to it.

Anyone know anything about it? It's only $20 so makes me wonder both on the size and quality, but my inital thought is it's probably good.

I played a few hours last night.

Gameplay is extremely similar to Mutant Year Zero just in a more XCOM like military wrapper. There doesn't seem to be all that much variety in terms of enemies or environments, but if you're looking for a solid strategy game, you could certainly do worse.

Based on the number of missions, I'd say this is probably a 12-ish hour experience, more if you play on a higher difficulty or go for all of the optional medals.

Vinny's recent forays into XCOM 2 have had me considering installing it, but I think this will satisfy that craving.

There's a Quick Look out for this tomorrow morning.

I'm about 7-9 hours in. Probably halfway through. I loved Mutant Year Zero and it's expansion. Corruption 2029 is that but with less character, story, and customization. You three characters have two weapon slots and three active/passive ability slots. No skill tree or equipment. It's a similar gameplay loop but mission based instead. There's no level system or EXP. You gain new weapons, passives, and active abilities by completing primary and secondary objectives. You have three medkits, configurable grenades, remote charges, and stationary turret overrides that are collected in the environments. Those persist so you can return to an area if you find you have ran out but enemies will have respawned.

It runs a lot better than MYZ. It also looks better. They've improved the effects and animations. Skills are more interesting and weapons feel unique. The sniper rifle can fire halfway across the map with high accuracy and you look through a scope; the shotgun is directional, hits everything in a cone, and can knocks enemies over. You don't have to kill everyone on the map and a few times I controlled one character and had them sneak around without actually getting into combat. There have been two escort missions but you have full control over the escort and they have a weapon.

I have some complaints, however. They still don't surface the sound detection your loud weapons make. The sniper rifle and shotgun have a greater audio range than the standard assault rifles but only through trial and error can I pinpoint where I can place my characters. This was an issue in MYZ too. There is no way to get rid of unused weapons. I have three starting pistols sitting in my armoury that I will never use. The game is pretty shallow and environments are reused almost right away. It is focused, though. Really feels like a test for some mechanics to use in MYZ 2. There's a "Rewards" system but it's just optional challenges that provide no benefit. The biggest problem is that game world is bland. There's interesting ideas (two warring American fascist factions where both seem to really suck) and some intrigue (a mysterious messengers keeps hacking my comms) but the colour palette is boring, the environments are all similar, and the enemies aren't different from each other. Bormin in MYZ was surprisingly effective lead, your character here don't even have personalities.

Still, really enjoying it. MYZ and it's expansion made me hungry for more and Corruption 2029 is feeding me. I'll probably finish at the 20 hour mark.

I gave up on this game after about 10 hours.

It's a totally competent tactical strategy game, but it just never evolves very much from where it starts. The enemies and environments in particular are pretty bland, and you quickly begin to realize there's not going to be any real variety.

I'm halfway through the second set of missions and it feels that way already. The puzzle aspect of combat really hits well for me so I don't mind. If someone doesn't have that same reaction, there's nothing else to carry the game.