Recent reviews by azso

I deeply regret purchasing this game. The online gameplay is nothing like the advertised experience, and the community feels lifeless, offering no support to new players or fostering the teamwork the game is supposedly designed for.

Squad’s core gameplay revolves around fighting a war alongside a squad of up to nine players, including a squad leader responsible for directing members and placing map markers for infantry, vehicles, and bases.

Unfortunately, due to the stale and unwelcoming community, nearly every squad leader locks their squads at the start of a round, allowing only friends or experienced players to join. This leaves new players unable to properly participate unless they create their own squad and take on the squad leader role—a daunting and frustrating experience for beginners, which often results in backlash from other players due to a lack of experience.

The gameplay itself consists largely of frustration. You’ll spend most of your time getting shot at, causing your screen to darken and blur, rendering you effectively blind about 75% of the time before dying. Upon respawning, you'll often find yourself far from the objective, with vehicles locked to squad leaders, forcing you to run long distances just to get back into the action. Once there, you're likely to be taken out again by infantry hiding in bushes at long distances or the overwhelming number of enemy tanks, repeating the same tedious cycle.

In my 12 hours of play, I’ve only encountered three enemy soldiers. The rest of my time was spent crawling toward objectives and getting shot at from no where or getting shelled while attempting to build bases. Match queues are excessively long—expect to wait over 10 minutes in a 25-player line just to join one of the few active servers. The matches themselves are disappointingly short, with most of your time spent running around, only for the game to end suddenly due to an invisible scoring system.

The logistics element is simplistic and repetitive, involving nothing more than driving a truck from one point to another. There’s no weapon or loadout customization to add variety or depth to the experience.

You’d be far better off investing in games like Arma 3, Reforger, or Foxhole.
Squad is a hollow, frustrating experience that pretends to be a deep mil-sim by simply blinding you whenever you’re shot. I deeply regret purchasing this game—it’s nothing like the advertised experience, and the unhelpful, unwelcoming community completely undermines any potential for enjoyable gameplay.