I think the combat is fantastic. Being able to over watch with a specific view cone, using different class abilities & executions to have a massive turn, and having an additional support robot with wildly different abilities all feel great, rivaling XCOM in terms of the combat.
The parts I didn't like was how repetitive the side missions started getting towards the end, editing the gear of all your squad mates takes a lot of time (to the point I didn't bother doing it until the end of each act), and leveling up is way too slow. It was to the point I was constantly dismissing units to get new ones because the new ones are usually a level ahead & that meant I never got attached to them, except for the heroes.
The story was ok, but that wasn't the reason I came to the game.
I think a Gears Tactics 2 could easily be a 5/5 if they add some quality of life improvements & add more of a metagame like XCOM has with its base building & mission map.
The parts I didn't like was how repetitive the side missions started getting towards the end, editing the gear of all your squad mates takes a lot of time (to the point I didn't bother doing it until the end of each act), and leveling up is way too slow. It was to the point I was constantly dismissing units to get new ones because the new ones are usually a level ahead & that meant I never got attached to them, except for the heroes.
The story was ok, but that wasn't the reason I came to the game.
I think a Gears Tactics 2 could easily be a 5/5 if they add some quality of life improvements & add more of a metagame like XCOM has with its base building & mission map.