This game has interesting tactical possibilities due to various classes, unit perks and evolution through experience and gear.
Unfortunately on chapter 7 you face a semi-scripted fight where an invulnerable and high damaging enemy appears. It throws tactics out of the window because you have to either be lucky with how you approach the battle or know beforehand what to do, which turns the mission into boring repetition with artificial difficulty. Pure disrespect towards the player.

The game has large visual novel-like cutscene "chapters".
And it really should have stuck to that format for the rest of it. The gameplay sections' design is bizarre.

I would only recommend (whatever this is) to those who want to experience a weird hybrid of a turn-based something, and a clunky as hell third-person shooter.

Listen I can understand the appeal of the game however how did this get a sequel the combat is terrible i fully get it "dont be like x-com" yet this is a giant mix mash of half ideas that completely fall on their face the only good is the squade members being actual people in the world. Its not even buggy or hard just frustrating and awful most kills are just the guys walking into my firing line how is that fun even the cover system isnt there they stick out their heads getting hit, bullets do nothing to anything but scouts Shocktroops cant walk five feet, Lancers cant even blow up one scout! The tanks hit rat is a 50/50 you even made 70% of the good looking chicks be Scout. The begining is awful a 3v3 battle even the starting with the other classes the tank is being played half of the time and taking most of the kills so you cant figure out anything or how to us them! Did you guys let the smut artist control eveything including gameplay cause if so let the series die off!