Strike Team Hydra 12+

Promising, but not quite ready yet

I'm a big fan of the Demon's Rise games and this is clearly based on the same engine. The let downs so far have been:
AI needs a polish. In Demon's Rise there was a lot of open space play and running around. This is the polar opposite with close quarters and a lot of hiding behind pillars/obstacles. Trouble is, AI is too weak so a fool proof winning tactic is to simply bunker up and stand still and wait for the enemy to wander up to you a few at a time whilst you're in standing still in strategic spots.

Also, a few obvious minor but distracting bugs in both Demon's Rise and Strike Team are:
1) Click on enemy, do any action with your unit, click on enemy portrait and you end up seeing stats for YOUR unit instead of enemy.
2) in shop, pick up item, swap for another item and first item stats still show until you swap item again.

A few tell-tale signs that game is not quite finished:
- only one generic enemy icons in hub representing any enemy unit.
- walk up close to any enemy unit (with Spectre at least) and enemy just wastes his turn running away from your unit.

I'm hopeful that A LOT of work will go into a better AI. The rest of the niggles are forgivable, but for an enjoyable and challenging gameplay, it can't just be about winning by not moving.

Never the less - it's an ambitious iOS strategy game and much more sophisticated than 99% of the rest of the stuff out there. Go for Demon's Rise 1 and 2 for now and wait for an update that quotes an improved AI would be my advice.

Keep up the good work devs!

Developer Response ,

Thanks for your feedback. Yeah, I'm looking at ways to make the AI more aggressive. It currently favours finding a cover position for itself too much over attacking the enemy. I'm also looking into making it smarter about which abilities it uses so as to have it use the most optimal more often. Have you tried increasing difficulty? The added stat bonuses that enemy get at higher difficulties allows the AI to survive longer and thus get more shots back. The AI also uses abilities more aggressively at higher difficulties. Regarding the other points you mention, I'll look into them. They should be minor fixes.

Clunky and unpolished!

I like turn based strategies and this looked interesting, however this doesn't feel finished and frustrating at times.
Equipping your team makes no sense and I kept playing the same map over and over again just with different enemies in different places.
I wouldn't of minded this if the price was lower but this cannot justify the £7.99 I paid for it! As a summary this didn't feel finished and needs work! Sorry!

Annoying

If you want to watch two opposing teams not shoot each other in slightly different levels then this is the game for you! A flame thrower or rocket launcher that can’t hit a target right in front, with no cover!! Really? Come on!