Phantom Doctrine

It's a shame the developers went under because this is a great game and if they had just a little more time to cook this could have been one of the best turn-based strategy games of all time.
If you want to play a stealthy XCOM-type game with a Cold War jazz vibe, if you love stringing up documents on the board like Charlie Day, and if you can tolerate it's relatively minor flaws (mainly some UI inconveniences and not enough unique assets) then this is for you!
If you pick it up, definitely play on Easy to give you a bit of breathing room until you figure out the flow of the game.

Getting into this game is just too unclear for me, it TAKES a lot of want to, so many facets that are not clear or understandable. For example, I still don't fully understand how training works entirely. I will continue to try and slog through it for a bit more, but I kind of regret the purchase and will likely abandon - disappointed as I really like the the genre and concept of the game.

Combat is much like xcom, as advertised, but without the aggravating RNG frustrations. You also have the option to complete all but 3 or 4 of the missions in full stealth, which is fun at first, but becomes super trivial as you get some of the skills along the way (particularly the skill that lets you sneak around the enemy agents in disguise).
Overall the game is fun, but it does get repetitive after a while. Combat is enjoyable, stealth is enjoyable, the body enhancement stuff is a cool system, the weapon diversity is good, the theme is cool, it has all good elements, but at some point you're just doing the same things over and over.
That said, it was good enough for me to want to spend the time to play it through to the end, which will take you 40-50 hours. It would take quite a bit less than that if it wasn't for the one pet peeve I have with this game... DON'T make animations in turn based games that can't be sped up extremely or skipped altogether! I'm so sick of watching my agents stab themselves with those stupid movement increase syringes and slowly walking halfway across the map with a KO'd agent on their back - let me skip it!

phantom doctrine is a isometric espionage tactical RPG that is a tad too long. it's a really cool game and concept but it does wear out its welcome because of the fact that you don't really get anything new introduced after like ten or fifteen hours, which is NOT good when the main story is at least three times that length, if not more. a lot of the stuff you do in the gameplay loop feels extremely tedious and repetitive as a result of the game not introducing anything new. it really captures the idea of a spy thriller decently but there are a decent amount of flaws that make what should've been a 20-30 hour banger of a TRPG into a game that is much longer than that, especially if you're trying to go for 100% completion.

Managing spies, infiltrating enemy bases, and uncovering conspiracies. XCOM-style combat with espionage tactics, emphasizing stealth, deception, and intelligence gatthering when using disguises in the Infiltration phase.
The body enhancement system is great tool. Nice arsenal and every agent can learn multiple tactics specializations.
great turn-based tactical game

Very playable XCOM type agent game. Analyzing board is nice touch.

This game used to be super hard to play and learn, its not as bad anymore. Its not xcom so don't make the mistake of thinking that you can save scum or get lucky. All actions are preset, you will know just how much damage you will do, you will know how to eliminate enemies quietly before going loud, and you will know the consequences of not taking a bit of time to learn this game. Overall its a pretty decent game, and its great if its on a sale considering I've seen it go on sale for under 10 dollars.