The Lamplighters League | Review in 3 Minutes

Elise Avery reviews The Lamplighters League, developed by Harebrained Schemes.

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[Zero_Shift]

Reminds me a lot of that one game where you fought cthulhu cultists mid-ww2 with a group of small people. Very similar UI and same gerne of play

[tommantek]

An Xcom-like that is lighter is substance but that's not a bad thing, really. I've been watching a playthrough from Christopher Odd and I'm liking what I'm seeing. He's a big fan of XCom 2 and similar games and he's really enjoying this one.

[gakkieNL]

Is there a lot of time pressure because of the gauges?

[bearcataquatic]

Ever since I saw the trailer, I’ve been excited for this. Man this year has been one of the best in gaming!

[stevensomers]

Looks really good and I really like Harebrained's other games

[Stromko]

They lost me at the real time stealth portion of the game. If I want twitchy action I'll play an action game where the controls are tight enough that I feel somewhat in control of how things play out. Lamplighter's League wasn't that, just like HBS earlier game with out-of-place action stealth (in the form of the reworked Decking system) Shadowrun: Hong Kong wasn't that. It's just frustrating to fail a mission because my character pathed in a weird way or didn't move as quickly as expected or my reflexes just suck, and now I'm stuck in a protracted disadvantageous fight that costs time and resources.

[used-sandwich]

This seemed like pretty interesting game until they hit that $50 pricetag at the end

[UnreasonableOpinions]

‘Good enough reskinned XCOM’ gets it on the list, but it does seem a bit much in price considering there’s only so much to the game.

[rti]

Invisible Inc. from 2015 on a sale event might be a cheaper alternative.

[Skydive]

I was interested in this game but...WTF 50€?! 😳😳😳

[wesleythomas]

Ooh, I was looking forward to this...!

[Killbauer]

The blurry depth of field in the shown gameplay really hurts my eyes. @ 1:30 I mean, come on.
An absolute must buy for me otherwise.

[PadaV_old]

Repulsive character designs, blurry graphics and day 1 DLC.

[Goatboy]

48 seconds too long. Disgraceful. I'm going to write a stern letter to my MP about this. 😮

[davidrobichaux]

Too bad the game wasn't optimized for its Xbox release. It seriously performs like a PS2 game on consoles right now :/