I bet this is not going to be a popular review.

First of all i would like to say one thing - Steam's review system is absolutely unfit to write reviws for games like Satellite Reign in how primitive this black and white option is. Anyway.

I tried to get into this game three times now. Before purchasing it it looked like a perfect game for me. I love oldschool crpg and similar kind of games. It's sci-fi, it looks great , it has amazing premise .. what's not to like? I must admit i'm bit too young to have played original Syndicate game ( released 1993 , i got my first pc at age of 9 i think back in 1999 ) but this spiritual successor looked right up my alley. Long story short... it wasnt .. well mostly.

After a brief tutorial which teaches you absolutely nothing about game except for few very very basic things you are thrown inside game having 0 clue of what are you supposed to be doing and besides few very basic first mission difficulty just ramps up by factor of 10 once you complete them. I like hard games, Soulsborne games are one of my favorite games and i like hard puzzle games as well ( on the other side of hard spectrum ) but they dont feel unfair , this one on the other hand just drowns you right away with ridiculous amounts of systems and things you need to know without explaining anything. It's bad , really bad design choise. I understand this game is supposed to be oldschool but old doesnt mean good , you can make oldschool game and still make it understandable and accessible like Divinity Original Sin or Shadowrun games.

In conclusion do i think Satellite Reign is a good game? Yeah , it sort of is but i really cant recommend it to anyone besides true fans of original Syndicate who will have will and time to learn this game and power through it's ludicrous difficulty cuves.

I bet this is not going to be a popular review. First of all i would like to say one thing - Steam's review system is absolutely unfit to write reviws for games like Satellite Reign in how primitive this black and white option is. Anyway. I tried to get into this game three times now. Before purchasing it it looked like a perfect game for me. I love oldschool crpg and similar kind of games. It's sci-fi, it looks great , it has amazing premise .. what's not to like? I must admit i'm bit too young to have played original Syndicate game ( released 1993 , i got my first pc at age of 9 i think back in 1999 ) but this spiritual successor looked right up my alley. Long story short... it wasnt .. well mostly. After a brief tutorial which teaches you absolutely nothing about game except for few very very basic things you are thrown inside game having 0 clue of what are you supposed to be doing and besides few very basic first mission difficulty just ramps up by factor of 10 once you complete them. I like hard games, Soulsborne games are one of my favorite games and i like hard puzzle games as well ( on the other side of hard spectrum ) but they dont feel unfair , this one on the other hand just drowns you right away with ridiculous amounts of systems and things you need to know without explaining anything. It's bad , really bad design choise. I understand this game is supposed to be oldschool but old doesnt mean good , you can make oldschool game and still make it understandable and accessible like Divinity Original Sin or Shadowrun games. In conclusion do i think Satellite Reign is a good game? Yeah , it sort of is but i really cant recommend it to anyone besides true fans of original Syndicate who will have will and time to learn this game and power through it's ludicrous difficulty cuves.