Phantom Brigade is a premium strategy game developed by Brace Yourself Games. This software provides a way for one person to practice small-scale squad tactics. In combat, you control up to four Gundam-style mechs at once in battles against larger enemies. Though outnumbered, you can still predict what the enemy will do during each five-second turn.

In Phantom Brigade, timelines show your actions, while projections show enemies’ movements and whom they’re targeting. This game feels like commanding a team of robot heroes in Transformers as they take on hordes of enemies, and it works well for the first few battles.

Feature-rich mech game

Phantom Brigade is a role-playing game in which you take command of an army of robots and battle other mech armies on a dynamic campaign map. Combat happens turn-based and in real-time, with your characters' movement obeyed simultaneously along with the shooting commands. After each skirmish, your squad can re-claim usable parts and weapons from the battlefield, destroy unwanted gears and convert them into valuable resources.

Furthermore, this game features a complex customization system that lets you change your mechs' performance. You can choose from various equipment to install, such as beam weapons, energy swords, and rail guns, which are just some of the high-tech weaponry in this game. You will also have access to a wide variety of cosmetic options that can change how your mechs look.

The destruction of buildings is a fundamental feature of every well-designed mech game. This game allows players to destroy every terrain on each battle map. However, this game's tutorial is poorly designed and gives players incomplete or confusing information about how to play. Another drawback is that this game can be glitchy sometimes, especially during the tutorial—it freezes for no apparent reason.

Needs improvement for a better experience

Phantom Brigade is a solid strategy game focusing on small-unit tactics and turn-based combat. This game is fun to play for fans of mecha characters and strategy games alike and it's one worth checking out if you're a strategy gamer in need of something new to play. In the end, a better tutorial and fixed glitches would have provided a smoother experience.