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data-id=\"hsjnnh2tnnwr091xvavl\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/hsjnnh2tnnwr091xvavl\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Hello. Do you like <em>XCOM<\/em>? Do you like the recent and excellent <em>MechWarrior Tactics<\/em> game? And most importantly, are you interested at all in the <em>passage of time<\/em>? If so, then there\u2019s someone I\u2019d like you to meet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">This is <em>Phantom Brigade<\/em>, a turn-based tactics game that came out last week. It\u2019s a game of two halves, one where you command a squad of mechs on the battlefield, the other putting you in charge of strategic stuff like conquering enemy regions, managing pilots and upgrading\/repairing your mechs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">These are all things I love and things I will test out in even the most basic attempt at a turn-based game. But <em>Phantom Brigade<\/em> is really setting itself apart in a few key ways.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=youtube-video-pi846_OMVRA&amp;start=0\" data-chomp-id=\"pi846_OMVRA\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/pi846_OMVRA\" id=\"youtube-pi846_OMVRA\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span data-chomp-id=\"pi846_OMVRA\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/pi846_OMVRA\" id=\"youtube-pi846_OMVRA\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 hxeMec caption\">Phantom Brigade 1.0 Launch Trailer<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">First up, it looks <em>amazing<\/em>. It\u2019s got a very<em> Virtual On<\/em> kind of vibe happening with its mech design (and animation, even), and I just love how slick and cool the whole thing looks. Even the interface is amazing, taking cues from games like <em>Endless Legend<\/em>, and showing that just because a game is about strategy doesn\u2019t mean it also cant look nice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Next, this isn\u2019t strictly a turn-based tactics game. <span>Like <em>Broken Lines<\/em>, which I liked and wrote about a few years back, <\/span><em>Phantom Brigade<\/em> is <em>kinda <\/em>turn-based, in that you definitely get all the time in the world to line up your moves, but the actual resolution of those decisions plays out in real-time. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"sc-1rh3ayr-6 eaNzNC inset--story branded-item branded-item--kotaku\" data-commerce-source=\"inset\">\n<div class=\"sc-1rh3ayr-1 gpIBWM js_lazy-image\"><img alt=\"Image for article titled Phantom Brigade, A New Turn-Based Tactics Game, Rules\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80\/hla5tyy4mvjnoljsral8.jpg 80w, 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off.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">The story\u2019s narrative foundation is that you and your crew of mech pilots have got hold of a secret prototype weapon that lets you see briefly into the future. Just long enough to see how far an enemy unit is going to move in the next five seconds, and what they\u2019re going to do while they\u2019re getting there. Convenient!<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">It works like&#8230;a video editor. The developer walkthrough below takes you through it in detail, but the planning stage of each turn involves lining up a series of actions on a timeline, on which you\u2019re able to \u201cscrub\u201d backwards and forwards to see how everything is going to go. When everything is to your liking, you hit <strike>play<\/strike> execute and the whole series of moves plays out.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=youtube-video-kDYCo5Pgtf0&amp;start=0\" data-chomp-id=\"kDYCo5Pgtf0\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/kDYCo5Pgtf0\" id=\"youtube-kDYCo5Pgtf0\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span data-chomp-id=\"kDYCo5Pgtf0\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/kDYCo5Pgtf0\" id=\"youtube-kDYCo5Pgtf0\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 hxeMec caption\">Phantom Brigade 1.0 Developer Walkthrough<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">That might sound easy. If you can see into the future, then you can see what your opponent is doing, and you can simply react accordingly. But there\u2019s challenge and unpredictably inherent in this, since every time <em>you <\/em>shoot, or move, or come into physical contact, or deploy a shield, these actions are timed, and play out during an animation sequence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Fighting game fans might know where this is going; it\u2019s all fine seeing what your opponent is doing and setting up something to defeat or counter it, but if you get the timing wrong, then you\u2019re fucked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">You might also have noticed from that video and gif that <em>Phantom Brigade<\/em> is, as a result of this emphasis on timing, <em>always moving<\/em>. There\u2019s very little prolonged use of cover here, the game wants to make this more of a dance than a gunfight. I\u2019m very much into this at just a click-by-click level, as it always gives me a lot to <em>do<\/em>, even on turns where it looks like not much is happening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">The game released in Early Access on the Epic Games Store a couple of years ago, which is when we first covered it, but has now reached version 1.0 status and<span> dropped on Steam as well<\/span>, looking a little slicker and playing a little tighter in the process. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\"><em><small>This post was originally written in 2020; it has been updated after spending time with the 1.0 release. <\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/phantom-brigade-a-new-turn-based-tactics-game-rules-1845710612\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screenshot: Phantom Brigade Hello. Do you like XCOM? Do you like the recent and excellent MechWarrior Tactics game? And most importantly, are you interested at all in the passage of time? If so, then there\u2019s someone I\u2019d like you to meet. This is Phantom Brigade, a turn-based tactics game that came out last week. 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