- October 8, 2018
- Han Zhiyu
Chaos Sector
76%Game Brain Score
gameplay, graphics
story, grinding
76% User Score 68 reviews
Platforms
PC
Windows
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"Chaos Sector" is a real-time strategy game set in a chaotic universe. Command a fleet of spaceships, build your base, and gather resources to defeat rival factions. Engage in intense space battles with strategic planning and quick decisions.
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Audience ScoreBased on 68 reviews
gameplay6 positive mentions
story3 negative mentions
- The game features beautiful pixel art and a well-crafted setting, showcasing the developer's passion for the classic turn-based strategy genre.
- Despite its difficulty, the game offers a solid tactical experience with balanced mechanics and varied fleet compositions, making it engaging for players who enjoy strategic depth.
- The game serves as a proof of concept for future sequels, providing enough content and variation in campaigns to keep players invested.
- The game suffers from a steep difficulty curve, lack of a formal tutorial, and limited battle maps, which can lead to frustrating gameplay experiences.
- The user interface is clunky and outdated, with mouse-only controls and no keyboard shortcuts, making navigation cumbersome.
- The English localization is poor, with awkward translations and unclear information that can detract from the overall experience.
- gameplay30 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The gameplay is a mix of grid-based tactical mechanics that can initially feel clunky and unfair, particularly due to time limits and AI advantages. However, as players adapt and learn to utilize various mechanics like capturing and strategic planning, the experience can transform into a highly engaging and memorable tactical challenge. While the game is light on story, it compensates with a rich setting and solid mechanics, despite some translation issues and a lack of tutorial guidance.
“The game is light on story, but rich in setting and mechanically solid.”
“And right at that moment, confronted by true 'unfairness', having to rush through the fog of war to avoid losing by time, needing to make full use of mechanics like 'capture' in order to keep my fleet robust enough to fend off attacks, carefully planning when to do what in order to not lose by the week's time limit... at that time of seemingly unwinnable odds, the game truly 'clicked' for me.”
“The training wheels were off, and suddenly mechanics that I previously considered total BS like the time limit, the fog of war, the dumb AI, the repair ship, the capture command, the radar skill... everything that I neglected in my first playthrough... it all came together to make one of the most enjoyable, nail-biting tactical experiences I've ever had.”
“This sudden death mechanic feels broken.”
“Ok, this is a hard one to review. It wasn't easy for me to 'like' this game. I love turn-based tactical games like the old Front Mission series or Final Fantasy Tactics, so I purchased this game on a whim and my first impressions were... not good. The controls felt clunky (especially since there are no keyboard bindings; all you can do with it is press space to skip dialogue boxes). The battles felt unfair (with a time limit on attacks, fog of war that helps the enemy AI much more than you, and enemies with seemingly infinite soldiers and funds). Your commander's suggestions were bad and rarely had worthwhile outcomes (this is very important: never do what your commanders suggest you do; maybe they are right once in a while, but it's always better to plan everything yourself). The gameplay seemed confusing and lacked a proper tutorial (why do the ships sometimes counterattack and sometimes they don’t? Why do the abilities trigger? What is power? It's just hit points, by the way).”
“There are some issues with the English translation, but not enough to detract from story or gameplay.”
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