Phantom Doctrine
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Phantom Doctrine is a strategic turn-based espionage thriller set at the peak of the Cold War. Drawing on a wide variety of influences and capturing the subtle intrigue of classic spy films, the game thrust the player into a mysterious world of covert operations, counterintelligence, conspiracy and paranoia. As leader of a secret organization known only as The Cabal, you are charged with preventing a global conspiracy that seeks to pit leader against leader, and nation against nation. By carrying out secret missions, investigating classified files, and interrogating enemy agents, a sinister plot is uncovered. With the clock ticking, it must be thwarted in order to save the world from an unthinkable fate.
Steam User 11
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.
Steam User 9
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!
Steam User 8
Decent strategy / turn based spy game. 7/10. I got alot of hours play for my money. Not without its flaws; too much emphasis on stealth over action, pacing off in places, missions and intel analysis become repetitive. But don`t be put off. I look forward to the sequel.
Steam User 9
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.
Steam User 5
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
Steam User 4
Very playable XCOM type agent game. Analyzing board is nice touch.
Steam User 4
I've bought this game with won gift card from allkeyshop.
An X-com game in the espionage cold-war universe. I've enjoyed the story and the possibility of playing any major Secret Agency Is great. Agents can be "upgraded" in numerous ways like training, conditioning, perk revealing, equipment, leveling. What is nice here is that there are many ways of successful finishing the map, and those enemy agents coming from nowhere(fog of war) really spice things up. One of the better games out there.
No problems playing this on Linux.