You may want to peruse this thread before considering a purchase. But please be clear that my review below was written before any of that nonesense happened. The info in the thread did not influence my review, but it would certainly influence any future purchases I would consider with this team.

Depth of Extinction combines X-Com gameplay with FTL-node based overworld movement, and the whole thing is too standard for it's own good. Everyone gets excited when they hear FTL comparisons, but I just don't think this is a great mix. Overall, the game isn't terrible, but it has a lot of rough edges and needs to breath some fresh life into the genre to merit a near $20 price tag. This title is very indie, and while I do appreciate shoestring budgets and all that - sometimes less is more. The voice acting is amateur (which is fine, no problem with me), but I think if you can't go all out, then maybe you should just have text-only or something. Another thing that smacked me in the face was that the interface feels mobile. Now I understand it is not on mobile (yet), but I can't shake the feeling the UI was designed for it. This is something that is a pet peeve of mine.

The pixel art is competent, but in an age where we are bombarded with new pixel art indie games on the daily - the bar is very high. It feels like every month a game pops up that just defies what we thought was possible and raises the bar. The sound effects are in the same boat. I bought this title on Itch (I think) on day one, and have picked it up casually a few times. Every time my mind started quickly drifting and the whole thing just felt uninspired, when I want it to have a strong 'just one more round' effect. Again, I can tell this is a labor-of-love for the devs, but I just don't find myself getting hooked at all like I did with similiar titles such as Steam Marines or Xenonaughts or the modern XCOM reboot.

Pros:
+It is certainly a labor-of-love
+You can play with just the mouse

Cons:
-The only novel thing here is the mix of X-Com gameplay with FTL-node based overworld movement, and I don't think it works that well
-The gameplay is too standard; it needs to have some original ideas
-This is very indie (which is fine), but has too many rough edges to merit the asking price
-Unfortunately, I don't find it addicting at all
-The enemies say some really wonky and random stuff, like "fe fi fo fum" and odd expletives that I won't say here

Sadly this is a hard pass from me.

[i][url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/636320/discussions/0/1730963192539840617/]You may want to peruse this thread before considering a purchase. But please be clear that my review below was written before any of that nonesense happened. The info in the thread did not influence my review, but it would certainly influence any future purchases I would consider with this team.[/url][/i] [b][i]Depth of Extinction[/i] combines [i]X-Com[/i] gameplay with [i]FTL[/i]-node based overworld movement, and the whole thing is too standard for it's own good.[/b] Everyone gets excited when they hear [i]FTL[/i] comparisons, but I just don't think this is a great mix. Overall, the game isn't terrible, but it has a lot of rough edges and needs to breath some fresh life into the genre to merit a near $20 price tag. This title is [i]very[/i] indie, and while I do appreciate shoestring budgets and all that - sometimes less is more. The voice acting is amateur (which is fine, no problem with me), but I think if you can't go all out, then maybe you should just have text-only or something. Another thing that smacked me in the face was that the interface feels mobile. Now I understand it is not on mobile (yet), but I can't shake the feeling the UI was designed for it. This is something that is a pet peeve of mine. [b]The pixel art is competent, but in an age where we are bombarded with new pixel art indie games on the daily - the bar is very high.[/b] It feels like every month a game pops up that just defies what we thought was possible and raises the bar. The sound effects are in the same boat. I bought this title on Itch (I think) on day one, and have picked it up casually a few times. Every time my mind started quickly drifting and the whole thing just felt uninspired, when I want it to have a strong [i]'just one more round'[/i] effect. Again, I can tell this is a labor-of-love for the devs, but I just don't find myself getting hooked at all like I did with similiar titles such as [i]Steam Marines[/i] or [i]Xenonaughts[/i] or the modern [i]XCOM[/i] reboot. [b]Pros:[/b] +It is certainly a labor-of-love +You can play with just the mouse [b]Cons:[/b] -The only novel thing here is the mix of [i]X-Com[/i] gameplay with [i]FTL[/i]-node based overworld movement, and I don't think it works that well -The gameplay is too standard; it needs to have some original ideas -This is very indie (which is fine), but has too many rough edges to merit the asking price -Unfortunately, I don't find it addicting at all -The enemies say some really wonky and random stuff, like [i]"fe fi fo fum"[/i] and odd expletives that I won't say here [b]Sadly this is a hard pass from me.[/b]