This does not apply to melee weapons though. The damage also extends to your weapon which is incurred when being attacked or when you’re using the weapons to bash nearby enemies. On the other hand, if your squad member’s arm is disabled, some weapons won’t be usable. The enemies lose abilities, will power, and max health. This in turn gives two possible outcomes one for your enemies and one for your party. Let’s be honest, even if it is 99% you still has 50% chance to missĪnother key feature of the combat is that limb damage also fleshes out the variety of combat where once a limb has sustained sufficient damage, your enemy can be rendered disabled. So regardless of your RNG chances, if your target is within the range of the targeting circles RNG won’t have an effect on the hit chances on your target. While this might look like another glorified RNG to that let me remind you about this meme from XCOM.
Rather it has two circles which is where your shots would likely land. Shooting enemies isn’t also reliant to the RNG mechanics that other tactics game have on them. You can also go into First-Person view which you can selectively target enemy parts in which I will go into details shortly. Conserving morale is highly needed if you don’t want your squad panicking and going around in circles. What makes Phoenix Point stand out in my opinion is the will power that serves as both your morale and your mana in which you can use it for your abilities as well as a morale like mechanics that when drained, your soldiers could not function normally. Just like other turn-based tactics game, Phoenix Point follows the usual trope of movement and action point management throughout your squad. You can also secure additional missions for the said factions that could improve your relation with them and in turn decrease your relationship with the others. Throughout your gameplay, every now and then, you will have the opportunity to open up the story on the world around you and flesh out what is happening between factions. Thus, anything they have can be yours if you play your cards right. That being said, you can either ally, betray or steal from them. Then ask if it is enough…then fire for the third time. Being the most militarized faction on the ground, they are the type to fire first, fire again second. Lastly, is the New Jericho, a faction that is not one to mess with. They rely on every bureaucratic red tape possible. A faction who is the most mysterious than the rest, Synedrion, is the faction that is the most advanced in terms of technology. Disciples of Anu is the one who is a cult-like faction that seemingly worships and embrace the changes brought by the Pandora Virus. Phoenix Point being your one and only playable faction.
And while the world is falling apart, 4 prominent factions arise, Phoenix Point, Disciples of Anu, Synedrion, and New Jericho. Come 2030s, the Pandora Virus has been introduced and mutated not only the humans but it also made crabs more aggressive. And unlike XCOM where you fight in a shadows type of organization, Phoenix Point has you play as a faction that is disgraced and forced to hide in the shadows and be reduced to a memory. Your enemies isn’t some highly advanced alien race that fight with sheer technology, but rather a biological threat akin to that of cordyceps which is a mutation of a virus gone wild. Rather, they came here to Earth for annihilation and extinction of humanity. Unlike XCOM, Phoenix Point has you fight at an overwhelming odds against your foe who isn’t here for colonizing or subjugation. Phoenix Point in all its worth has much much more to offer in terms of gameplay that I can say and just saying it is an XCOM clone is a huge disservice to all of us. Phoenix Point had to work on a more tight budget and no previous game to have a base template to copy off of. But looking at the budget and the time frame both game started with, XCOM has more budget and they have a base game to work on. And yes, XCOM would still be better if you will take compare them on sheer face value. Now I will admit, while XCOM is a lot better in major areas, and that many would see Phoenix Point as just another turn-based squad game, seeing what Phoenix Point has to offer, I could say it isn’t really much a clone but more of a title on its own.
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