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• PHOENIX POINT BEHEMOTH REVIEW FOR MAC

These are a real pain to sit through, especially because tactical games of these nature are a learning experience. Other than that, console players should know that they’re in for some exceptionally long loading times even on the PlayStation 5.

Right off the bat, the tutorial lets you control a land vehicle that can just mow through buildings, obstacles and enemies with zero resistance. Maps are not only large and detailed with lots of little items that you can interact with, but surprisingly destructible as well. I played this game on PlayStation 5 via backwards compatibility, and didn't run into many visual issues save for the occasional UI bug or clipping issue. Toggle them on and you just get a more complex and intimidating experience - which is fine, as long as you can handle these inconsistencies. Even with all the DLCs toggled off, this is a difficult game. Other additions are clumsier, such as a bizarrely out of place aerial minigame where you use a plane to shoot down enemies. The new necromancer-like enemies that resurrect the dead for example, add challenge and enemy variety where the latter is sorely needed. Some new enemies and equipment feel like they were introduced in a clear effort to balance certain mechanics out and keep gameplay smooth. Your first playthrough feels vastly more complex due to all the new enemy types and weapons to keep track of - and not all of them feel like seamless additions. It’s actually quite overwhelming as a new player, since your first playthrough with all DLCs unlocked feels more like you’re playing the game on New Game+ mode rather than from scratch.īy that, I mean that you’re not getting the untouched first-day experience. Behemoth is actually a fair way to describe this port, as it packs four big expansions that all add new features, content, enemies, character classes and gear for players to partake in. Phoenix Point: Behemoth brings the game over to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles with all the DLCs and expansions released over the course of those two years.

PHOENIX POINT BEHEMOTH REVIEW FOR MAC

If Phoenix Point sounds familiar to you, that’s probably because it came out two years ago for Mac and PC. Expectations are high and while Phoenix Point might not fully meet them, it will whet your XCOM appetite thanks to its sheer breadth of content alone. After all, this comes from a famed turn-based strategy games maker with decades of experience. The question then, is not whether Phoenix Point feels like XCOM - but whether it lives up to XCOM. Strategy games aren’t as popular in the mainstream market like they used to, but they do occupy a space in many older gamers' hearts. Gollop hasn’t had much to do with the XCOM franchise lately (that credit goes to Firaxis Games, who are now making a Marvel game) but Phoenix Point might just be close enough to fill the XCOM-sized holes in our hearts. The creator of the very first XCOM game, Julian Gollop, has ported his latest game Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition to consoles. No matter what you choose, you are in for a brutal challenge and endless replayability.Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition is a solid strategy game for XCOM fans You can choose to work together to unite mankind and take back the planet via Phoenix Point’s diplomacy system, or you can simply crush all your rivals with military might. Factions, including the militaristic New Jericho, the mystical Disciples of Anu, and the technophiles of Synedrion, have their own values and views. It is up to you to lead the Phoenix Project: research and develop new technologies and techniques, explore a ravaged planet, build your bases, manage resources on a global scale,and fight challenging, turn-based battles. Only the Phoenix Project, a secret organisation of the greatest minds and bravest soldiers left on earth, can repel the aliens and reverse the inevitable. A mutating, alien menace threatens the last remnants of mankind. Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition is the definitive console version of the acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM, collecting 4 DLC expansions, a weapons pack and more.