I'm sorry, but that score is an absolute joke. I do own the game since Friday and I played it a lot. Rating it higher than Disgaea 5 and on-par with xcom 2 is a joke. Sure, yeah, I know, different reviewer and stuff, but they could at least try to be consistent with their scores.
a deep, challenging turn-based tactical combat system
I totally agree with this statement. The only "deep" part of it is movement and a few challenges that act like Puzzles. Each character is limited to two skills and two weapon types. Weapon types pretty much just get higher damage and one of elements like fire, which only affects how the enemy reacts to the weapon if you make a lucky shot. Skills are primitive (like shield vs weapon damage or shield vs elemental damage) and there are only a few interesting weapon types, some of them are even similar (hammer is just a bazooka with very small range).
It isn't challenging at all. I died once just to see what happens, never died real. I have a perfect score in about 80% of all missions. I'm in World 3 now, unless it gets MUCH harder, it's pretty easy. And even then, if you have problems with difficulty, you can let youself insta heal and get +50% Hp. That and you can endlessly grind to buy the best weapons aviable to you. Also there is no punishment at all for losing and you can retry as many times as you want.
Similarly, you could be hit by a weapon with a super effect, potentially setting you on fire and causing you to run out of cover like a maniac, or blocking your ability to perform certain actions.
How is that a good thing in a strategy game? The enemy has with all his attacks a random chance tot totally destroy your tactic. Once your character burns for example he randomly runs around the field. It's totally random and can hit other characters or enemies as well. There is nothing you can do about it. If you are unhappy, all 3 characters of you are totally exposed just because the enemy had a 10% chance of fire and the character he hit randomly ran in your other characters. IMO this is something that makes a strategy game worse, not better.
Upon the completion of an area for the first time, you'll unlock a new exploration ability and are invited to search previously inaccessible areas for chests and secret stages, as well as take on new challenge battles for additional rewards.
Since when is backtracing a good thing? I didn't like to walk through the corridors of past worlds just in hopes to find something useful. I would have rather had a world that actually let's you use the abilities you already have. Also the challenges could have just been unlocked or been there the first time you go through the world. It really feels added to increase play time. Most of it doesn't feel exciting, it's pretty much "I can move the box now for a treasure". The only cool thing in revisiting an old world is the secret are, loved them.
Also why doesn't the review speak about the stupid AI? Enemies are happy to stand next to the dogs that do a lot of damage to the enemy closest to them. They are also willing to hit you with AoE attacks while 3 enemies stand around their target. You can literally use Rabbid Peach, walk close to 4 guys with those huge stones, use shield, use a bomb to enrage them and watch how they kill each other while they hit Rabbid-Peach. And that's just a few examples of how stupid they are.
Don't get me wrong, the game does have a lot of good points. It looks beautiful, it's the best version of Rabbits I've ever seen (usually I hate them), the movement is done pretty well and it has a lot of love in the detail. But this is not a 9/10 game. This is more like a 7.5 game and only a chellenge to newcommers into the genre. Chances are, if you played xCom, Final Fantasy Tactics, Disgaea (or any other SRPG), you laugh at "professional reviewers" calling this game difficult.
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