Massive Chalice - reviews get stronger

A few more reviews for Massive Chalice, including its first rave, from Chaz Miller at Twinfinite. He gives the game a 5/5 and writes:

Where Massive Chalices's real scale hits the most is the age system. As makes sense, all of your heroes progressively grow older. They’re also mortal; whether it’s in the glory of battle, or merely wasting away on a throne, your heroes will die. If they’ve achieved enough, they may leave behind potent family relics that can be passed on to others of their house. Otherwise, their only legacy is the children they’ve left behind to carry on the family name. 

Between the far-reaching scale, the slick and intuitive combat, and the fun of raising heroes through the years, Massive Chalice brings a whole lot to the table. ... Well-made, filled with life, and enjoyable in its many facets, this is one of those rare occasions where I’ll recommend a title without condition.

Matt Whittaker at HardcoreGamer gives a 4/5:

This isn’t going to be thought of as a title that can contend with XCOM on the back of its combat alone, but managing each hero’s genetic traits adds another level of depth to an already deep genre. One of the most challenging titles to come out in quite some time [...] pick all the nits you want, Massive Chalice is incredibly engaging and that’s truly what matters.

Andrei Dumitrescu at Softpedia gives an 8.5/10 and waxes philosophical thus:

Massive Chalice is a game in which loss and time destroy everything that the player builds, a commentary on the futility of our efforts to create order in a world where entropy will at one point dominate all existence.

Well that's a bummer. But then he goes on to say:

It is also a very enjoyable mix of turn-based tactics, resource management and character development that allows players to choose their own path as they try to defend a fantasy world over the course of three centuries.

I started a runthrough myself last night, and after quickly realizing that the no-reloads Iron Mode was going to be way too depressing I restarted and found it was quite a bit of fun.

ETA: Hey, sorry for the increasing length, but there's another rave, this one from Dan Whitehead at Eurogamer. He gives no numerical score but glowingly writes:

the game ... takes a beloved genre, delivers on all the basics with aplomb and then layers the sort of smart, left-field ideas that Double Fine specialises in on top.

Slyly funny, satisfyingly deep and yet slick and simple to play, Massive Chalice is a huge return to form for a studio that is overdue a comeback.