There is lack of variety in the mission structure as well, simply boiling down to ‘fight these enemies’ or ‘reach this point’. Using special abilities such as pummel strike, which delivers a devastating blow, has the intensity of a wet paper towel. It’s a long, drawn out and tedious process that makes each battle a slog. When you eventually do lay down some damage, the output is so weak that even the most simplistic of enemies can take upwards of seven or eight turns to decimate. To first attack, you have to move your character near the enemy, dragging out the process. The problem with combat is that it takes way too long to complete the most simple of battles. Character actions are defined by a wheel, which allows you to move, attack, and use a variety of special attacks or abilities. The turn based combat is serviceable, but highly unremarkable and boring. But each story thread plays out the same as the rest. After an initial wave of introduction missions, the shackles are let loose (slightly), and allow you to follow separate story paths. A map screen represents the land of Thra and works well to provide a insight to the landscape, but acts as a glorified level select screen. It’s X-Com meets puppets, but without any of the finesse of X-Com or the expressive personality of Henson’s work. The fundamental gameplay for Age of Resistance Tactics, is tactical turn-based combat with role-playing elements. Evidently, this is a game that has been manufactured for fans, but that doesn’t make it worthy of their time.
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