Into the Breach

This game has me hocked for hours over and over again. Great strategic puzzler.

This is a somewhat interesting rogue-lite puzzle game in which you move your 3-mech army around on a small grid to keep alien insects from destroying civilians in buildings. It held my interest for about an hour before I realized that I was simply moving puzzle pieces on a small grid in order to defend a set number of buildings--wash, rinse, and repeat. There's nothing wrong with this if you like puzzles, but it got old quickly for me. The upgrade system and weapon unlocks were anti-climactic and really didn't shake up the basic, repetitive formula of the game. This developer's other game, FTL, is a much better use of time, and I highly recommend it. Into the Breach is a bit of a downgrade.

So it requires some thinking, and some misstakes. Played it recently it's still pretty good, even when I am rusty.

Super good game, does a good job with all of the enemies and environmental hazards we have to think about.

Into the Breach is very well put together. You can really feel the effort and thought put into the design of this game. The visual design looks great, and the music is catchy without being distracting. The latter really helps me to concentrate during long sessions. I mostly played it on another platform, just here to grab a DRM-free PC copy here for my collection.