Into the Breach

Into the Breach is really quite incredible for embracing discrete-ness in its gameplay, to the point of turning each turn into a puzzle to be tackled with lateral thinking and creativity. Other than mission-specific objectives, the innate goal of avoiding grid damage allows for a deceptively vast variety of approaches, which are an absolute joy to discover. The early hours are memorably dotted with things slowly clicking into place; with the implications of the enemy attack orders and push-effects of several moves leading to several eureka moments. With the unlockable squads and differing island mechanics, this process of learning and discovery continues far longer than would normally be expected. Action having clear and understandable effects such as "Move the target a tile" along with single-digit damage numbers, leaves a massive amount of room for figuring out how to utilize the tools given to deal with the aliens and their attacks. Damage upgrades, for instance, actually impact strategy in this game, since it tilts the needle in favor of elimination as opposed to avoidance, with both remaining viable and necessary approaches in all parts of each run. Each weapon drop and reactor core feels all the more meaningful due to the additional choices they provide every turn of combat, the unique pilots with concise lines of flavorful dialogue being the cherry on top. Randomness isn't always fun, however, and the few un-resolvable threats that emerge once in a while are a necessary evil for the nature of this game, but it does little to spoil the journey of exploring all of the squads and achievements. The Vek in Into the Breach simply out-class the player-controlled mechs for the better part of the game, both in quantity and quality. Yet the one advantage the player is given, every single turn of the game, is the ability to react to their intents. It might be a stretch to imagine this aspect to imply the turn-based nature to almost be an emulation of a matrix-esque time-dilated action sequence, with the player-controlled mechs taking split-seconds to predict and counter the vek's movements, But undeniably, Into the Breach is a home-run in capturing the fantasy of out-performing animalistic invaders via well-considered strategic reactions.

its fun, big time fun. youll get your ass kicked. Look up some guides on YT. great strategy game. FTL was amazing to. cant wait for another one from these guys.

Gives you scenarios that are impossible to solve on hard mode, because the logic engine can't deal with customized squads. The developers have not thought these harder difficulty modes through, but have made beating them at least once for the achievements a requirement. It's an infuriating experience.

Fun game that gets you thinking and planning. It's fun to overcome difficult situations with different mech abilities.

Шедевр, который заставит пораскинуть мозгами. Одно, я подчёркиваю ОДНО неверное движение и вся миссия летит под откос! И самое главное, ты понимаешь, что это движение было сделано тобой, а не игра решила тебя подставить. Ты, ты та самая ошибка. И это на лёгком уровне сложности, а на остальных будет больно и интересно.

I think it's bad game design to reward players who take no damage with an increasing percentage chance to take no damage. If I can avoid damage, then I don't need the random chance. Not to mention how annoying that random chance is, considering the rest of the game is about determined things happening in a set order.

En lo personal nunca me han gustado los rpg tacticos, pero este juego logra mezclar a la perfección las mecánicas de este genero con el roguelike, es un juego perfecto si quieres un juego de estrategia con múltiples opciones de gameplay, llega a ser realmente profundo, es un juego que pese a que lo completes al 100% de repente querrás jugar una partida aleatoria. Por último decir que la música es realmente destacable, es una pena que no tenga un botón para cambiar la música para escuchar unas canciones que se sienten que aparecen menos.