Satellite Reign

Critic reviews

• GGameSpot

  Don Saas · Sep 16, 2015

  6.0

  When Satellite Reign is on and all the parts decide they want to work together, it is a blast. Infiltrating a base without setting off any alarms and stealing new guns and money from under the enemy's nose is tense and satisfying, and you have to be willing to take risks to succeed. I just wish you didn't have to slog through the uninviting early hours and the game's regularly busted AI to find those thrills.

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• GRGame Revolution

  Paul Tamburro · Sep 01, 2015

  9.0

  Through its wonderfully dynamic gameplay which mixes methodical forward-planning with glorious, chaotic scrambles out of dodge, Satellite Reign has taught me that being a perfectionist is actually dull—the real fun begins when you make a mistake.

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• SShacknews

  Steven Wong · Sep 01, 2015

  6.0

  All taken together, getting through Satellite Reign can be a painful and slow process until you can amass enough tech, skill and firepower to repel waves of soldiers. It wants to be a game that gives you different choices, but the stealth gameplay wears thin so quickly that the game just gets boring.

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• DDestructoid

  Josh Tolentino · Aug 31, 2015

  8.0

  Perhaps the most disappointing thing about this otherwise brilliantly-executed game is how hollow its world feels. Despite the gorgeously rendered city visuals and a goodly amount of text to be found by digging through random data terminals, Satellite Reign's city feel less like a world than a cyberpunk-themed playset. You direct your little squad of action figures around and play as you like, but rarely feel lost or immersed in the setting.

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• PGPC Gamer

  Andy Kelly · Aug 24, 2015

  8.0

  I love how it blends tactical combat with an open-world structure and Deus Ex-inspired freedom. Creeping through a heavily defended enemy base unseen is a thrill, and if things go awry, there are lots of combat options to experiment with. Messing up is never a bad thing, because adapting and surviving is so much fun. Then you slip back into the darkness of those rain-lashed streets until the heat dies down, and you search the map for the next bank, military facility, or police station to hit.

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• GgamesTM

  gamesTM · Oct 26, 2015

  8.0

  The game never really evolves beyond its initial setup, either; newer weapons and upgraded clones increase your options, of course, but its sandbox design means only the creatively-driven will find much variety in its gameplay and missions. That Satellite Reign manages to overcome such complaints, though, is a testament of just how well it has modernised a classic.

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