Marvel's Midnight Suns

There's a ton of optional grinding to tackle in this superhero XCOM game, and I did grind pretty hard as the man-out-of-time Hunter, voluntarily taking nearly 100 hours to beat what is probably a 30 hour game, because the game's mechanics and progression make it feel worthwhile and enjoyable.

While exploring the environment eventually got tedious, it was a very interesting location and had some neat, story-relevant lore.

Superhero Social Simulator should have been the name of the game, because Marvel Care Bears" or "Marvel Friendship is Magic" might've been too on the nose :P The combat is smooth, but the beautiful and cozy Abbey is unfortunately riddled with bugs, from crashes and freezes to graphics glitches.

You are provided good incentive to bring each character on missions and to curate their decks (and some characters are mandatory on given missions, so you ignore them at your own peril) However, this large roster does get burdensome at the end.

The graphics are great, combat is fun, voice work is fine... certain characters are particularly interesting to look at (ie. Blade).

I have no big complaints about technical side of actual game running, or the quality of voice acting.