Into the Breach

Dear TenuousPluto. (I don't know ho to DM in GoG.) You can delete D:Documents_DDocumentsMy GamesInto The Breach for reset ItB if it is same as FTL.

I love this game! (Just like I loved their previous game, FTL.) Graphics is minimalist. Game is simple, only a few screens, that's all. And it's great! The idea behind it is one of the best ever! This is one of the very few strategy games where you really really have to plan your attacks - every single move, every single action. Be warned: it's not easy. Play in Easy mode for start. Then, once you got the feel of it, try it in Normal mode for a real challenge. Good luck! (You'll need it :-))

In the turn-based combat, the player moves after the opponents plan their attack, but before they actually execute it - it's a brilliant idea which turns almost every turn into a small puzzle by itself - which opponent to push, which to destroy, how to make one opponent shoot another one instead of their desired target. The arsenal of player's weapons is big, different squads have unique characteristics, and different ways of cooperation. Still, there is something more that I expected, and that I didn't find here. A single game is somewhat short (its length actually depends on whether the player wants to complete 2, 3 or 4 islands before attempting the final battle), and somehow, despite the variety I described above, there is something very repeatable in it. For example the structure of the final battle is every time the same. After playing the game once, the levels are not interesting, only the actual situations that occur on the board are (but on the other hand, it's even more true in the game of go or chess). There is the mechs and pilots development mechanics, but somehow it feel a bit weak, maybe it's just because the game is short. And I'm definitely missing the realtime part of FTL. To sum up, definitely worth trying, but don't expect it will give you many, many hours and hours of entertainment. Although it might, it depends on what you like.

Great game but sadly it doesn't work on an apple macbook pro m4 :(

Outstanding title from the team behind FTL. Tough as nails, though, I stumbled upon a Game Over screen on the second mission. On Easy difficulty. Keep that in mind if you are terrible at turn based strategy games (like me).