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The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
Phantom Doctrine is a turn-based tactics, strategy and cold war game
developed by CreativeForge Games
and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment.
Released on August 14th 2018 is available only on Windows
in 8 languages: English, Polish, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian and Spanish - Spain.
It has received 4,494 reviews of which 3,331 were positive and 1,163 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.14€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD Phenom II X4 965 or equivalent
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 550 Ti / Intel HD 620 / Radeon HD 5770
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 35 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Online connection required for Multiplayer
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Summary Combining the slow, deliberate elements of TBS with the slow, deliberate, exacting playstyle of a stealth game sounds about as exciting as molasses dripping off Nordic pine during Yule. Somehow, it works. Yes, it did get too slow more than a few times. Yes, the game doesn’t have enough variety for its playtime…but I enjoyed it. Admittedly, though, TBS are my jam. A better than average XCOM clone, Phantom Doctrine presents us with a novel game idea. Let’s combine traditional turn-based strategy with stealth . Stealth games usually want to suck you in with a very personal playstyle. Love’em or hate’em, Assassin’s Creed has cornered the third person stealth game market. Mark of the Ninja, on the other hand, was a beautiful blend of stealth with the unexpected side-scroller, so I was willing to give PD a shot. I wasn’t really blown away, but I also wasn’t disappointed. Maybe I’m too old school, but “stealth” to me is turn your surround sound on and power up Theif. Prepare to be immersed. You’re supposed to be so wrapped up in not being eaten by a Gru that trying to do this with 2…or 6 meeples is just absurd. PD allows you to rely on all the classic stealth elements, while letting you play as a much larger group. A spy thriller is one of the only settings where this makes sense to me, so kudos to CreativeForge for finding the correct marriage of this odd couple. At first, you play as a spy agency that gets burned. You don’t have the XP, skills, or gear to be really good at this whole stealth thing. If you are clever, or lucky, you can get through a level with total stealth…but odds are you don’t understand the game well enough. Flub it up and alert the map. There is no in-between BTW, total stealth or total alert. Maybe this sounds extreme…but playing a lot of AC recently where you can sit in the crapper for 5 sec to lose your tail, this was actually kinda refreshing. After a few levels, you can build a team with a decent shot of clearing the map in total stealth. This is where the real fun was for me. Your meeples die fast if the map goes sour on you. A firefight is the sign to extract…now! By 8-10 hours, you should be able to clear each map with close to total stealth every time. Or if you trigger an alarm, you have your prime objective and you just need to hop to the extraction zone. While overall a positive experience, the problems you expect (and some you didn’t) do drag PD down. Trying to run around in TBS mode while maintaining full stealth is slow and tedious. That won’t bother some. It didn’t bother me for a while, but eventually I thought (channeling my inner Tristana) “I wanna shoot something!” Which is the wrong answer. I did get to that point about 60 h in…but even if you build a combat beast, a firefight is still the wrong answer. If the game has a critical failing, it is that stealth is the only correct gameplay. Levels quickly become repetitive. The game has 40 h worth of maps for an 80 h game. Yes, that math includes the fact that a few reruns are ok. Easily halfway through you will be like… this map…again…really. Another thing that angered me beyond reason (literally, still cannot figure out why I am this mad) is how certain in game interactions (picking up a body to hide it) create a side animation that cannot be skipped or sped up. Why did I spend 1.5 h of my 50 h watching myself pick up unconscious bodies? Ok, admittedly that makes me sound like a serial killer…but we’re all gamers here so…I’ll leave it in. I guess the only other thing to comment on is the story, which was a solid (if a bit formulaic) *spoiler alert* spy thriller. It was, however, more of a side element. Frequently I was surprised when my “handler” popped up to give an exposition…”oh yea, that’s right there’s a point here.” Good enough to enjoy, but not so good that you need to play PD if the down points sound like a drag.
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as of this writing I have 2,290 hours played in Phantom Doctrine. It is infinitely replayable. This is perhaps my favorite turn-based game of all time, and that's saying something, as I'm 54 and been playing since Castle Wolfenstein. The depth of the game's character development, the myriad ways to buff characters, get cool weapons and gear, just wow. Then the whole investigative angle where you physically connect clues to advance the story is epic and has been copied in other games I've played since.
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phantom doctrine is a isometric espionage tactical RPG that is a tad too long. it's a really cool game and concept but it does wear out its welcome because of the fact that you don't really get anything new introduced after like ten or fifteen hours, which is NOT good when the main story is at least three times that length, if not more. a lot of the stuff you do in the gameplay loop feels extremely tedious and repetitive as a result of the game not introducing anything new. it really captures the idea of a spy thriller decently but there are a decent amount of flaws that make what should've been a 20-30 hour banger of a TRPG into a game that is much longer than that, especially if you're trying to go for 100% completion.
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Getting into this game is just too unclear for me, it TAKES a lot of want to, so many facets that are not clear or understandable. For example, I still don't fully understand how training works entirely. I will continue to try and slog through it for a bit more, but I kind of regret the purchase and will likely abandon - disappointed as I really like the the genre and concept of the game.
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It's a shame the developers went under because this is a great game and if they had just a little more time to cook this could have been one of the best turn-based strategy games of all time. If you want to play a stealthy XCOM-type game with a Cold War jazz vibe, if you love stringing up documents on the board like Charlie Day, and if you can tolerate it's relatively minor flaws (mainly some UI inconveniences and not enough unique assets) then this is for you! If you pick it up, definitely play on Easy to give you a bit of breathing room until you figure out the flow of the game.
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Phantom Doctrine is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.
Phantom Doctrine is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 39.99€ on Steam.
Phantom Doctrine received 3,331 positive votes out of a total of 4,494 achieving a rating of 7.22.
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Phantom Doctrine was developed by CreativeForge Games and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment.
Phantom Doctrine is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Phantom Doctrine is not playable on MacOS.
Phantom Doctrine is not playable on Linux.
Phantom Doctrine offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Phantom Doctrine offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
There are 2 DLCs available for Phantom Doctrine. Explore additional content available for Phantom Doctrine on Steam.
Phantom Doctrine does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Phantom Doctrine does not support Steam Remote Play.
Phantom Doctrine is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
CreativeForge Games
Publisher
Good Shepherd Entertainment
Release
14 Aug 2018
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