Having a 90% chance to hit, and then miss, is a part of the genre but is a hinderance in a game like SteamWorld Heist. In many turn based games, whether or not an attack is successful is out of your hands, and settled by a dice roll. Spotting how a character will grow and equipping them appropriately is the way to go as each is designed to be used in a certain way. Another character type deals more damage if they don’t move before taking a shot, encouraging you to hold them back. She is your damage dealer in the early game. Early on you meet Sally Bolt who has the Kill Shot ability, allowing her to fire again if her first shot is a killing blow. Each member of your crew will fill a role in combat, ranging from snipers to tanks, and with each level up, they will grow accordingly. Where in XCOM each soldier is customisable and their upgrades chosen by yourself, each of these adventurers are written characters, with more of a skill stick than a skill tree. As you travel along a set path of missions, you will encounter adventurers for hire. Every mission is predetermined, but the layout of the ship you board and the loot you collect is different every time. Though clearly inspired by procedurally generated games such as the recent XCOM titles and Rogue Legacy, Image & Form knew their limits, and worked around them accordingly. While no hero, Captain Faraday builds her crew to fight against the Scrappers to help her friends and neighbours, before finding herself caught upon discovering the Queen’s plans and has to stop the Royalists from unleashing a greater threat. The Scrappers are a gang pestering the residents of the Outskirts, and the Royalists are hiding a secret weapon. The Earth is in pieces, and the Steambots now live either on fragments of floating debris, or in their own spaceships. The planet has exploded, so where before you were blundering the rocky depths for loot, you’re now stealing it from space pirates and government freighters, and gathering a robot crew. Reviews // 17th Jan 2016 - 7 years ago // By Tom Bickmore SteamWorld Heist ReviewĪfter striking gold with SteamWorld Dig, Image & Form Games continue to build on their robo-punk universe with SteamWorld Heist, a 2D turn based strategy-shooter hybrid.

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