Satellite Reign

The slow start almost made me quit playing, but now that I've learned the ropes, gotten a few upgrades and access to explosives the game suddenly has a totally new dimension added to it. Sneaking felt hard at first, but once I understood better how the AI works, it's almost too easy at times. If you liked Syndicate (1993) I think you should pick this game up; there will be a moment when you feel this game lacks substance, but try to push through it and you might find an entertaining gem within.

It is squad based tactical stealth action game and pretty much everything is pushed to its limit. Definitely one of the best games I've ever played.
+ Huge, very open and very explorable world.
+ Level design is some of the best I've ever seen. The layout is memorable and easy to navigate in, it looks stunningly great. So much detail put into the atmosphere, all the advertisements, building architecture and just everything is done with perfection, it truly feels like cyberpunk future.
+ Combat is spectacular. Tactical squad control is truly a must in this game, you can't just go blind, you need to plan your actions or else you're as good as dead. You can use level design to your advantage, take cover, flank enemies, use level design layout for stealth approaches.
The shootouts are very aggressive and messy. Especially when in later game you start to hijack other people and build up your squad and when you fight the bigger, stronger and more numerous enemies it becomes a real chaos. Grenade spamming and rocket/plasma/laser cannons make the action so sick and hardcore. It feels like real gang wars.
+ Stealth is pretty great. You can cloak, sneak attacks, hijack turrets and cameras and much more.
+ You can approach every area in multiple different ways. Multiple way ins, multiple ways out, you can play both full combat or full stealth or mixure of both, you can bait enemies or hijack people and use them as scapegoats and you can do so much more. The posibilies are so varied and impressive. This game has pretty much everything thought out.
+ Great upgrade system.
+ There are literral gang wars all around, you can trigger one gang and lead them into another gang's territory and then witness how chaotic this game is. Sometimes three gangs are fighting at the same time, when it's so insane, probably the most hardcore action I've seen in a tactical game.
+ Environmental destuction is amazing.
+ You can do so much with the environments and world, you can hack pretty much anything, you can climb vents or use zip lines, you can bribe peoplem, you can clone people and much more.
+ Soundtrack is awesome, it's also a dynamic soundtrack which is quite rarely used in video games and in this game it is implemented with perfection, adds a lot to the atmosphere of the game.
+ Game is extremely long if you plan to complete all missions and explore all areas, took me 47h to beat.
+ One of the best ending to a video game I've ever seen.
- Controls are pretty bad.
- Left mouse button is extremely unresponsive, it doesn't work literraly half the time. It's the only button which has these problems, and it's definitely not a problem with my mouse since that button works as it's supposed to everythere else. Anyway, this is a big problem, I recommend using keyboard controls for most actions.
- Cloning is pretty difficult to understand how it works, I never used it myself. It's probably very useful. It's easy to get clones, but I did not understand how to use them, so I never bothered to clone.
10/10

Amazing RTS with somewhat clunky menus and not so great Unity performance.
The mechanics and settings are damn solid.

Recommend, but with caveats:
This game has a lot to offer, but is sometimes beyond frustrating.
The stealth system is pretty good when it works, but you'll find yourself restarting over and over and over and over again due to some really poor input/pathing/search mechanics.
There's an element of randomization that gives the game more of a challenge, but the difficulty is made disproportionately great due to buggy AI (random pathing swaps or adjustments make it erratic and highly unpredictable/unfair at times). The gameplay and character movement is slow, so you'll find yourself waiting endlessly for enemy patrols to create openings, which isn't very fun considering the length of missions and time between checkpoints/autosaves. If you screw up, better have another 20-30 minutes to kill for your next attempt. The repetition and tedium of failure is unreal given how much the game punishes you for minor mistakes (that are usually not the player's fault). It does get a little better as you progress and take upgrades.
Aesthetically pleasing, but the interface takes a bit to get used to.
Overall, a decent RTS with a lot of different options for how to approach the missions, but tactics are sometimes kneecapped by the gameplay mechanics and the combat just doesn't feel satisfying and is also not a very viable strategy. It seems like most strategies involve trying to cheese the AI which is whatever you make of it.
If you liked the old Syndicate games, you might find enjoyment in this. It's definitely worth playing if you have the patience!

This game really embodies the legacy of Syndicate and Syndicate Wars but with some new mechanics and an extra layer of sheen. The art direction in particular is superb; even if you're confined to just one city, the city itself is gorgeous in a cyberpunk kinda way.

Feels like Syndicate again! The radar/mission dossier map looks just like the original Syndicate map.

Tricky at the start but very true to the original (Syndicate)