Into the Breach

Your opinion on this game will depend on wether you like its unique take on tile-based strategy genre. If you do like it as myself, you will earn an addictive game with deep enough mechanics to last several dozens of hours of play time. The roguelite elements are almost unrelevant althought advertised plentifully. The progression consists of unlocking new mech squads by completing achievements. Those new squads provide dramatically new strategy pattern to learn and take advantage to in order to achieve victory. If you add randomized and custom squads, you're in for an infinite variation of gameplay. That said, I hope the game will improve in the graphics department (a little bit too pixel art) and more content to be added (islands, ennemies).

The Linux version of the game is finally here, it took 2 years but in the end it's here, and that's the important thing. Too bad the game wasn't that welcome after FTL... and most linux users gave up waiting.

Into the Breach is a superb game and I realized today that I haven't even left a 5/5 review so here it is. Pros: + Varied, immersive and thoughtful gameplay + Lot of replay value, stuff to unlock, additional teams, pilots, weapons etc. + Different scenarios and events across different islands. Survive earthquakes, escort trains, defend missile launches, control freeze cannons, avoid acid lakes. Very solid. Cons: - Not everyone likes chess, so not everyone will like this.

I discovered this game as a random Let's Play on Twitch. While I have not beaten this game yet, I do think it is a fantastic game. It's hard, but doable. I own this game on both PC and the Nintendo Switch. The graphics are fantastic. The world building is top notch. The plot is bare bones, but builds on itself through gameplay. Fail a game, take your best hero, or even your last surviving hero and start again. But where this game really shines is in variety of gameplay. I have only been playing with three of the original mechs and have yet to beat the game... But this game has so much character and emotion which is accomplished through gameplay, that it makes it amazing. The presentation is fantastic, (I really want the mech models to have on display), but the sound design and music escalates this game from average to one of the best games I have ever played. The music truly escalates this game and makes this one of my favorite games ever. Easily in the top 20. I suck at this game, but my love for this universe, and for what this game offers really makes it worth buying. If I were stuck on a desert island, this might be that one game I take with me because of it's replayability... It's fantastic, and EASILY worth $15.

"Into the Breach" excels as a captivating turn-based science-fiction game, offering strategic depth and challenging gameplay. It offers great replayability.