Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

This game has the bones to be a great XCOM competitor, it scratches the same itch for the most part, the big differences are the focus on stealth and hacking which are a good to set it apart.
The devs work like crazy and are always pumping out updates and they said the game will have mod support in the future, when it is complete and has that it'll probably be just as replayable as XCOM 2 with mods, can't wait for when that is here but until it is i am already having a lot of fun.
Most things i would like to see in this game are things that will probably be added by mods but would be nice if the devs added it themselves like heavy weapons, power armors, more weapon types and maybe some research mechanic on the base building part of the game.

incredibly solid tactics game. XCOM2 inspired but more mechanics heavy. A good mix of stealth/combat and fun character building, base, and contacts management outside of missions. Can be a bit overwhelming mechanics wise and underwhelming presentation wise. But since its a Trese Brothers game, I know it'll be well supported. Curious to see where it goes from here!

Came across this game thanks to a review by Mortismal on YouTube. Looked interesting so got myself a copy.
Its a cyberpunk tactical turn based RPG with some base building. It can be quite difficult until you learn whats best to do. You are basically running a group of "mercs" carrying out "heists", making money and building a rep (both good and bad). I've only played 8 hours so not far in (tutorial gives the basics but tactics wise etc need to learn yourself) so it seems there is a storyline as well but not progressed enough to really appreciate that.
Its mechanics/tactics are a cross between fire power and stealth. I don't usually like stealth based games but I like the way its done in this game using skills to sneak up and kill guards, disabled security measures etc.
In many ways reminds me a lot of the Shadowrunner games but without the magic and elfs/orks etc.
Unlike the Shadowrun games the "hacking" part feels more natural using counter measures to disable ICE, download data to sell etc.
If you like turn based, cyber punk then I would highly recommend this game. Its EA at the moment, the devs are super active and planned release is coming up soon (may 15th) so worth getting it now.

This game is incredible to say the least. I am reviewing it while it is still in early access, but the game already feels like it is complete...

The pros of this game are:

Deep customization - There are many classes to choose from for your main character and allies, and you can multi-class too for even more unique combinations. You can make a sniper who is also a very good stealthy infiltrator... or a sniper who is pure combat focused. A hacker who is good at being sneaky with the ability to disable security devices... or focus on their pure hacking abilities when they are connected to the computers.

Replayability - As I state above, there are a lot of ways to build your roster, and that goes doubly so for your starting knight. You can tackle this game in so many ways... from pure stealth approach, loud, a mixture of both... or just ignore a mission if you don't want to do it! The stealth system in this game is incredibly unique, where you can go back to being stealthy after a set amount of turns... it isn't a one and done deal, and it's incredible how that can meaningfully impact your end results to a mission. Some missions will incentivize you to go stealth with bonus xp, loot, or other rewards, while other missions will encourage some loud gameplay with a bonus for the total amount of kills in the level.

World Building - The studio behind this game has been making games for over a decade now. Trust me when I say this, but you are gonna be in for a great world when you enter the game. Plenty of lore to go around and learn about, and there is a lot of detailed story already that can be morally gray, and really give you no right or wrong answers for how you complete stuff. The world of the game feels well fleshed out, and it will only get better as the devs add in more developments to existing stories.

Cons

I will say that the main issue with this game that I have had, is it can be incredibly hard to learn. I am playing on normal difficulty (the second easiest difficulty) and I will frequently struggle with combat encounters, and many of the games systems. The skill tree for instance, is very overwhelming at first and it took me a while to fully grasp how skills worked and what to strive for there. This game can be a bit hardcore, but it that is your preference... then I highly recommend this game.

Love the emergent story telling.
I love that I can go with a very sneaky crew, a very fire-fight ready crew, or any mix inbetween.
First game Ive played that abstracted hacking in a fun and interesting way!
All around well worth the cost and the devs are constantly updating, working hard, and responding to the community.
I dont do EA but this game is more feature complete than most 1.0 releases.
Pull the trigger if you love cyberpunk, tactical turn based, or any of the xcom games!!

I don't have a ton of hours, compared to a lot of folks. But I really enjoy the vision that the Trese brothers have for this game, and how they're making it work. Is it the prettiest? No. Is it unique? Absolutely. Was glad to buy this early on in early access, and it's been amazing watching these guys churn out updates and listen to the community. Give it a go. You'll enjoy yourself.

Holy Cow
What a great team tactics game.
And what a awesome developer.

The x com I always wanted.

Only game I've bought in early access and has continuously updated the game while listening to player feedback. I like the freedom in the game to run your crew however you want at the in and outside of missions. I've done two playthroughs so far and they're vastly different especially with the timeline of scripted events. The game isn't finished yet, all the negatives I have on the game has to do with the line of sight. Half is has to do with how the previews interacts with elevations and how certain corners of cover don't block vision the way you think it would. But at its state right now I'd continue to play it and I'm looking forward to the future updates as they complete their road map.

Great game, very fun. I don't really get the stealth mechanics, but that's okay; I do get the shooting-people-with-assault-rifles mechanics, and isn't that really a kind of stealth?

It's got a good spin on the genre and a good setting and flavor. The mechanics are pretty solid and the rough edges are getting smoother with each patch, plus the dev is active and quickly releasing many updates.

An awesome strategy game with a lot of depth by an awesome developer! I love turn based strategy games and cyberpunk so its an easy recommend for me. I look forward to really getting in deep and exploring this one.

Great game!

The gameplay is amazing - these are some of the most enjoyable tactical stealth missions I've seen in any game. The difficulty of managing a balance between stealth and speed, and the mix of objectives, make each mission feel like a fresh challenge. The world building is terrific too. In addition to a creatively imagined Cyberpunk Boston, there are little glimpses of a larger world - and interesting characters and stories, solid dialogue, which all feels directly connected to the mission content.

Customizing character talent trees are deep and have a profound impact on the action, and developing your squad gives lots of opportunities to optimize and experiment with creative approaches. The base building is a bit simpler than games like X-Com, but definitely adds another element to the game, allowing you to make interesting choices about where to invest your resources.

If you like tactical games that encourage and reward thoughtful strategy and decision-making, this game is for you.

(Also, the Devs are incredibly responsive.)

Cool gameplay, dedicated devs, buy it if you wanna rob and kill people to pay off your crippling black market debts

Actually slated to leave early access

Great game and really responsive developers with constant updates. Tactical battles are fun and can be challenging. Only negative for me is that the game is somewhat repetitive.

Would recommend for anyone who likes X-Com type games with tactical squad based combat

There are many games that have tried to replicate the experience of "cyberpunk black ops team working in the shadows", and many of them did well, some even did very well. But IMO Cyber Knights tops them all. The game randomly generates parts of its content, but it's woven into the scripted stuff so well that it's sometimes hard to notice, and the result is a very organic experience where your mercs form alliances, make friends (and enemies), and build up a history (including scars from their mistakes and bad experiences). I've been engrossed with this game since buying it, and I can't recommend it highly enough.

It is XCom meets Shadowrun with a great amount of tactical options both in the battle and basebuilding dimensions, and the systems go deep. Highly recommend!

Like X-Com but with added complexity and difficulty from the stealth and escalation mechanics. If you have ever enjoyed those games then this one is for you. As long as you can get past the sheer amount of info and systems the game throws at you right from the start.

What can I say? Well I can fully recommend Cyber Knights: Flashpoint even in it's Early Access :)

If you like Turn-based Tactics games, you should really give this one a try. If you also like Cyberpunk, then it is a no brainer!

It does neither have voice acted cutscenes, nor fancy deploy your team / your team got this xp and wounds from the mission screens a la XCOM or Gears Tactics, nor an realisitc art style or graphics - but it does very fine without all of those.
It does have base building, timeline with events, character equipment and implant and skill tree upgrading, healing wounds and crafting items very much like XCOM has those, but minus the world map and research aspects. Instead it has contacts which can gain positive and negative momentum (like your team members BTW) based on the heists (missions) you do for them and other interactions you have with them, like selling them inforrmation, or nanofab blueprints or requesting favors from them. You can also spend favors, currency and tokens generated by some "base buildings" to modify your missions in different ways, like adding passive or actively triggered buffs for your team or making hacking easier or preventing security escallations during the mission or derailing headhunters on your trail.

The game has different strains of story missions mixed with procedurally generated missions made of combinations of maps and objective types and enemy types varrying by the opposing faction, keeping things interresting and varied.

Missions can be single or multi stage (maps with their own set of objectives) and can basically be stealth or combat or hacking focused - or a mix of those. The different classes are also focused on those three to different degrees and can be tailored with experience to be alll out in one aspect or more into a mix of them.

I don't want to write too much about the core of the game, the Turn-based Tactics gamepplay itself, as it is all there and like you would expect: From seaking up on enemies, silent nlade kills with your Cyber Sword and Vanguard over hacking security cameras, pressure senors or corporate data vaults with your Hacker to setting up a crossfire and gunning your enemies down with rapid fire from your Soldiers and headshots from your Sniper. It is just pure joy :)

For my personal taste, the standard difficullty - at least when I started playing in Early Access - is a bit too harsh. I got into situations where my whole team got badly shot up even though I tired turns and the whole mission many times and I did not run out of mercs thenks onlly to the back then bugged "death save" mechanic. Even with my mercs not dying on me like flies, I still got somewhat into a downward spiral in my first campaign.
BUT this can still be tweaked by the DEVs AND the difficulty can be tweaked by the player anyways in more detail than just easy, normal and hard presets.
My second campaign on easy is a very enjoyable experience for me :)

If you are still wondering if this game might be for you - give it a chance and try it!

It's already a nice game, and if the authors expand and polish it, it will be a pearl of tactics worthy of its predecessors.

This game is X-COM meets Invisible Inc. with its own unique mechanics layered in for a juicy strategy game where you're constantly balancing risk/reward to pull off the perfect heist, though things rarely go as planned. Missions generally allow you to use your preferred mix of stealth, combat, and hacking. Stages have an escalating security level that ramps up each turn and when you get caught doing things, encouraging you to constantly push towards your objective and forcing riskier plays for bigger payouts. Character builds allow you to tailor your team to your preferred playstyle and the strategic layer extends outside of missions where you'll be building your base, managing your team, dealing with contacts, and preparing for future missions (e.g. calling in favors to help reduce enemy security). As you might have already seen in the other reviews, this game receives constant meaningful updates that I watched for months before deciding to buy the game largely to support the effort clearly being put into it.

While missions can get a bit stressful for my tastes, I think that's precisely what makes the game so brilliant. In the very first (actual) mission, my stealth specialist was stuck in another mission (oops) and my poor gunslinger got stuck in a hallway hiding behind some crates as half a dozen enemies ran by looking for a body that I didn't bother to clean up. He was almost safe until another enemy that I brain wormed shot another enemy (oops), alerting everyone to turn towards the sound... which happened to be in the direction of my gunslinger. A few grenades and one makeshift rescue mission later, my gunslinger somehow made it to extraction. Oh, and during the entire scuffle my hacker was jacked into a computer just down the hall and navigating their network to extract files while everyone else was fighting for their lives.

The game is structured in a way that creates exciting, spontaneous moments from your mistakes. This will be off-putting for some, but there's a ton of fun to be had if you lean into it and bend the system to your preferences with all the tools provided. I wouldn't recommend this game to every tactical RPG player, but I can't recommend it enough if you're looking for a deep blend of stealth, combat, and strategy.

If Cyberpunk 2077 and X- COM had a baby:

I have waited so long and now the game is nearly finished a started a run. There is a lot of classes to choose from, all typically from cyberpunk lore like hacker, cyber knight, smuggler, etc.
They have a skill tree with active and passive skills. Character customization is kinda good and there is some nice clothes.
You can mod your weapons and get implants wich enhances you.

There is a good variety of missions, which i dont like personally the hacking part. The barebones of a good rpg and tactical game is the combat, which is very deep and it gets a new feature with the stealh part. Enemies have a radius of detection and they will react with the AI to increase the reinforfements. The mix of stealh and combat are kida good ensambled.
YOu definitly can go rambo mode, and kill them all, you can get powerful with the time.

Devs are very responsive and the patchs are fast and they fix the bugs so fast.
I recommend any game of this Devs and i hope they keep making good Turn based RPG.

I Waste hours upon hour playing cyber knight RPG on my phone, And now it repeat on this Cyber knight: Flashpoint game in my PC. I join the community since Star trader frontier and when checking the old forum for their old game in Android I really surprised how dedicated they are for their games. Truly magnificent team and game. And personally thanks to trese brother and studio viking for answering my expectation on the banger soundtrack.

The update notes themselves have provided me enough joy to be worth the price of this game.

Love the the turn base combat. Story line is good. Task are confusing. 202hrs in and I'm not sure I am progressing correctly. Recommended Cyber Implant upgrades are impossible to find.

Though I've only played about 90 minutes so far, I can fairly confidently say that this is another Trese Brothers masterpiece in the works. It's been in my library for nearly a year now and I can vouch for the continual, almost daily content and bugfix updates.
What I've seen of the game is pretty fun and plays well with a controller. I love that stealth is just as viable as the loud and violent approach. Configurable difficulty is a lovely bit of QoL that more games need to implement where possible, and the options here are numerous and granular. For a project still in early access, it feels like there's damn near a full game here. Looking forward to seeing what else will be coming down the pipeline.

Can't say enough about these amazing games these amazing brothers put out! I've been a fan since the first Star Traders and they never fail to deliver. From their content to their community engagement; all around great Dev team. Cheers to all you've brought and all you shall bring.

I've only played about an hour but it's already an absolute load of fun ... the other absolutely CRAZY thing is I've never seen devs so actively involved in pushing out updates and bug fixes. It seems almost daily. They were the same with their other fantastic game Star Trader Frontiers - absolutely well worth supporting these guys and getting behind it.

I'm a big fan of the XCOM Games, and this is the spiritual successor to those in the best ways. It's still in early access, but the dev team is super responsive to bugs and very active. It's already in a great state and you will definitely get your moneys worth buying now. Plus you'll get to support a great indie team.

Gameplay wise, it's a good mix of stealth and combat, with rewards for really planning your missions ahead of time.
The home base is well thought out, and each compartment adds valuable services to directly or indirectly aid your heists.
One of my favorite parts of the game is hacking, it's a cool implementation and it really feels like you're contributing to the overall team by bringing a hacker with you.

If you like XCOM or any other squad based tactics game, get this, you won't regret it.

The worst part of this game is that there is no reason to stop playing!

Getting a feel for the stealth/combat balance took me several missions but once I knew what to expect the game was a lot of fun and very engaging. The game starts off 0-60 with everything you need to balance- missions, money, legwork, base building, injury recovery, etc, but once you get your footing the pace slows down a good bit.

There is still plenty to do at that point. Part of this game is practically an underworld sim where you build out your contacts by doing missions for them.

The classes are well balanced considering there is multi-class ability. For example you will always want a "vanguard" or two to handle stealth mechanics, but you can pair vanguard with a variety of other classes for many great builds.

There is plenty of endgame still coming, but for now infinite play works pretty well. My biggest complaint where I am now in the game is that difficulty doesn't scale up exponentially like your power level does. Full combat missions (on hard mode) are very difficult in the early game, but once you have multiple characters with finished builds that include AOE abilities there just aren't enough enemies to go around.

The developers do very frequent updates and I've gotten personal responses to bug submissions so I expect all of this will be rounded out and completely very soon.

If you like the cyberpunk world and you like Xcom, then you will love this game. Would recommend everyone to at least try this game for a the first two hours; as there alot to enjoy as well as learn as you play.

very much like a stealth-forward XCOM

I rely HEAVILY upon swords to kill silently, otherwise you're fire-fighting through each level, which stands a very high chance of getting injured.

Really enjoying Cyber knights and it's great to see updates being pushed continually. There are a few areas that are crying out to be expanded, on, but it's stable and very playable already.

Pretty fun, fast updates. Kinda wish there was a bit more downtime-y roleplaying stuff between missions.

A game that perfectly caters to all my cyberpunk turn-based rpg needs.

Also props to the devs the exemplary execution of Early Access.

Crazy amount and pace of updates. Game is shaping up quite good.

As someone who loves the cyberpunk setting and turn-based tactics games, this ticks all my boxes. If you're looking for a deep story, this won't have it, but it's got more than enough to keep you moving from mission to mission. The character and base customization are a blast to plan out and implement, and the tactical stealth and combat gameplay are both fantastic.

Also, this team absolutely pumps out updates, usually multiple times per week. Even with the early access tag, this game has a ton of content, and has grown considerably in the few months since I purchased it.

Began playing much earlier in development, game had an inspired foundation but little content at the time.

Glad I returned to see what's changed -- there is now more than enough for a great gameplay loop: lengthy character advancement, distinct classes with varied skill trees that can each be played multiple ways, lots of maps each with many procedurally generated missions (and more coming every week), plenty of equipment/mods/crafting with a solid framework for more,

There is enough here now to support purchase at the asking price -- and i have full confidence this is still a fraction of the end product; Trese Brothers has a solid history of continuing to support their products with additional content for years upon years after release. Star Traders: Frontiers is an excellent game, and almost seven years after release is still getting routine content drops.

Very good turn based game. Must have for XCOM fans. Steep learning curve. Regular updates. Keep it going!

Unbelievably good game. If you are looking at this because you like any of the genres it touches, you won't be disappointed. Also, the devs are just crazy talented and consistent with their updates. The fact that they can deliver new content so consistently without breaking the game or introducing bugs is crazy. The in-between mission HQ upgrading is well done, the character RPG elements are very well done, the classes are great, the weapons and upgrade system is great, the hacking system is super well integrated and interesting, and the general combat/stealth balance of the missions is awesome. Just a great job all around.

Just had to advance the timeline past "The Eleventh Hour" on brutal difficulty after two weeks of retrying the mission. I clearly enjoy a challenge but in my opinion this mission comes way too early in the storyline. Enemies are dripped in armor and shielding making my level 5 cyberknight and soldier feel weak and ineffective. The security escalations add 6 beefy reinforcements and 3 special characters that are virtually unkillable outside of double talented grenades and more than 2 turns of full auto attacks. My melee characters bleed out in one hit which makes dueling unfun.

Maybe the "German connection" is an insignificant part of the storyline but it doesn't seem that way. I'll never know because I'm not planning on playing the game on a lower difficulty. I will continue to play this very hard game, hopeful that the scaling of the missions doesn't exempt me from further story progress.

Game is good, but environments are super simplistic and characters are low quality! Guys, please don't be cheap and hire at least ONE good artist so characters don't look like cheap plastic dolls with eyes painted white.

If you like XCOM, you'll probably like this. I found it to be a bit more deeper than vanilla XCOM & XCOM 2. Updates coming out at good speed and the devs historically have a good track record. Overall I have found the game to be very engaging.

UI could still use some work and streamlining (I couldn't quickly figure out how to check how many bullets an ally has left) and some of the explanations in-game should be clarified more (does the wording for the Vanguard skill K-Protocol mean that it erases Tally only generated by that particular sec device you target?). Also, as of writing this, many storylines and storyline missions are still in development.

This game is the best addition to the genre in years. Probably decades.

To those put off by difficulty concerns, adjusting the various settings to game speed, security monitoring and other mechanics allow you to create the exact experience you want.

I cannot recommend this game enough.

Tactical combat, base-building, cyberpunk atmosphere, all delivered by a super dedicated and engaged indie studio. Recommended!

Great game, even in EA. Over 200+ updates and growing. Devs are active and will fix any bugs you report easily with ingame tool.

It's not quite 'Cyberpunk X-Com' but it sure does scratch that itch for me.
Very fun tactical heist game, if that's your cup of tea.
Game is already a lot of fun, and the pace at which more content gets added is relentless.

Good, waiting for it to be finished before spending 100 hour on it.

After playing for 60+ hours, here are my thoughts.
- Game tries to present a blade-runner vibe with an XCom gameplay, but fails at both, the gameplay and graphics are nowhere near as smooth and the camera controls are lacking.
- Maps are too repetitive, same music keeps playing all the time, enemies are pretty much the same goons over and over.
- No real story or plot, and the missions are essentially the same sequence repeated over and over.
- Hacking makes very little sense IMHO, and doesn't have any real impact to a mission. You can easily get by without it.
- Stealth-only missions are near impossible as goons are randomly placed when the mission begins, which makes combat-focused team builds the only real way to play the game.
- Weapons are hugely imbalanced, early game missions with drones or enemies with high armour are very hard to complete without significant injuries or expenditure of items, then once you get level 5 weapons suddenly your team is OP and can defeat dozens of goons and drones without breaking a sweat.
- Certain items like smoke grenades are not restocked at the marketplace, and the items almost never change.
- There's no real point to having a wide network of contacts, whether you have many contacts or just a few has no real impact on the game either.

Game mechanics seem really solid, xcom and invisible inc vibes but much deeper security management and stealth. the character graphics and ui are ugly and hopefully get improved but i can look past those for now and enjoy the game. i recommend skipping the tutorial as it is less fun than the first mission, only just started the game but loving it so far. 11hrs in ive reached the hacking tutorial and i just dont want to play this forced mini game, its confusing and the least amount of fun ive had in some time, too many hours for a refund, im not going to persevere with this i just want to play the main game without interuptions, the hacking part of invisible was annoying but almost skipppablepp this is next level

IYKYK feels like turn based XCOM-like Shadowrun on the Sega Genesis. A long time dream of mine.

Solid game for fans of turn based XCOM likes and a must if you enjoyed the HBS Shadowrun series. Very fun playground to enjoy, build a base, etc with great tactical combat in meatspace and a fun take on the digital realm.