Review: Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics (Steam)

Challenge the horrifying reign of Nazi terror and battle an immortal evil in Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics; a turn-based tactical strategy game set in the award-winning Achtung! Cthulhu universe. Here is our Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics review:

Pros:

• Nice graphics.
• 2887MB Download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Controller support.
• Graphics- Presets, Texture quality, AA, Anisotropic filtering, Ambient occlusion, Shadow quality, Shadow resolution, Soft particles, Fullscreen, Resolution, and v-sync.
• Three difficulties- Easy, Normal and Hard.
• Optional tutorial.
• Turn-based strategy gameplay. Xcom like.
• World map level select.
• Earn EXP, Level up to earn stars that you put into a skill tree to unlock new buffs/abilities/improve stats. Each character has their own skill tree.
• Optional side missions.
• Character screen where you can change loadout and do your skill tree.
• Missions show rewards on the map so you can decide beforehand.
• Unlock/earn new attachments and weapons.
• Stress- Getting shot at or seeing Eldritch horrors will increase your stress level and filling it will have your character acting erratic and miss shots.
• Levels are big areas and you can freely move around when out of combat and you need to seek out the enemy encounters.
• Hit chance percentage is shown before you take the shot.
• AP- Action points with every action taking x amount of AP to determine what you can and cannot do.
• Camera- Move around and zoom in and out.
• Cool locations like broken down buildings and jungles.
• Map and enemies are blacked out until discovered.
• Easy to jump into.
• End of level breakdown.
• Can compare weapons and a handy green circle will highlight better weapons when adjusting your loadout.
• Save when you want.
• Feels very moreish.
• Satisfying gameplay.

Cons:

• No fast forward button for enemy turns.
• No online mode.
• Same four characters in your squad and they are very generic.
• Running between fights is boring as you cannot actually find or do anything extra. It is a big time filler.
• Combat has little variation.
• Shooting from cover is very OP and staying behind cover guarantees more wins than losses.
• Same canned phrases from characters over and over.
• Map soon outstays its welcome as you stay in the same set of areas.
• Few audio bugs.
• Slight delay in registering actions.
• No other modes like survival or Ironman mode.
• No Steam trading cards.