Terra Invicta Is a Super Dense, Terrifying Child of XCOM and Crusader Kings

Unfortunately the game isn't finished and probably won't be for years. I hope I still remember it by then.

an article based on 5 hours of real world play time that admittedly hasn’t touched most of the games mechanics? meh, it’s easy to be enthusiastic while you’re in the honeymoon phase.

If nothing else, you can accurately compare to the first five hours of other games you've played. That's probably what's happening here.

Well, it's early access, so most of the features are unlikely to be finished, much less balanced.

It's building hype for a game thats far from the full experience or completion.

This is especially problematic for strategy games which usually have issues in mid/end game.

There's a population that has an itch for this kind of hard-core simulation, much like there's a niche for ultra-hard platformers, or people who beat Elden Ring with a chef hat and a soup ladle.

It's one of those games where it's not everyone's jam, but for those who like this sort of thing there's not much else out there that scratches this itch.

>Child of XCOM

spoiler: its not the turn based tactical combat, its the Geoscape - globe UI https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Geoscape_(EU)