Posted on: March 18, 2018
Graubert
验证所有者游戏: 199 评论: 3
solid game, a bit boring
+ game mechanic is solid + graphics & animation are fitting + different pilots with special skills + a couple of mechs and lot of weapons, allowing for different playstyles - the 4 same islands over and over again - boring music - shallow atmosphere - ending is anti-climatic ===OVERVIEW & GAMEPLAY=== The world is overrun by Vek (monstrous insect-like aliens). The player controls three mechs and tries to protect the islands against the Vek-invasion. Battles are turn based, but you can see what each enemy is going to do on his next turn. You use the abilities of your 3 mechs to manipulate the enemy action: You move them one tile, so they won't hit one of the civilian buildings but rather empty ground or even better: other Veks... or you freeze them so they can't attack or you freeze a building so it takes no damage... or you just kill those Veks, either by raw power or by throwing them into water, lava, etc. The Veks target not only mechs, but also buildings. If they damage a building, you lose energy (power grid). 0 energy means game over. New Veks emerge every round for four rounds, and if there are too many of them, you can't keep them in check with just three mechs. So you try to kill two with one blast, or you block their emerging with your mechs or even with other Veks. There are additional objectives like kill 7 Veks or or block them from emerging 3 times, or don't kill that one special Vek, or protect NPCs, or get less than 4 damage, etc. By completing these objectives you get energy or reputation, which you can spent on buying temporary upgrades for your mechs. When you beat the game, which is quite doable on normal difficulty, you can start a new timeline. That just means you begin the game again from the start. Mechs, upgrades, weapons are lost but you can choose one pilot (who is probably max level at this point) and bring him to the next timeline. ===MECH & PILOTS=== You start with three basic mechs. You get coins by unlocking achievements while playing. You will get some achievements just by playing (by accident) others demand a conditioned playstyle. With coins you can permanently unlock new mech squads, which basically have just another design, but at least they start with different weapons than the starter mechs. After 1-2 weeks I unlocked every squad expect one. The weapon-variety allows for different approaches in the battles, which is quite nice. Mechs can work without a crew, but with pilots you get special bonuses like more reactor power, more movement, more hp. There are generic generated pilots, and then there are unique pilots, who have one special skill like flying or firing twice if you don't move. Every game starts with two generic and one unique pilot. During the game you can find/rescue other unique pilots, who are then unlocked permanently. The devs tried to give these pilots different personalities but don't expect too much here. ===ATMOSPHERE=== The atmosphere in games is very important to me. I'm not only in for pure gameplay, I also want to get at least a bit immersed. Faster Than Light did a good job with that but Into The Breach comes short. Similar to FTL, the game is intended to be played over and over again. For that to work there must be enough variety so it doesn't get boring. Unfortunately it does get boring. I don't know why exactly it worked in FTL, but it sure doesn't work here. While the game offers enough different weapons and pilots, four islands (+ the last volcano level) are just not enough. The "world" is just a tiny section of an ocean with the four same islands: normal vegetation, desert island, ice island, industrial island. Yes, they are partly randomly generated, but somehow it's still always the same. You will hardly be surprised by anything new after your third playthrough. So after bringing your last pilot to the next timeline, choosing new mechs, you press "start" and you see... the same four boring islands again. You can choose the order of the islands but honestly, that's not enough for me. I caught myself not thinking about which island I want to do next, but rather which island would be the least boring. While the music in FTL was excellent, it's very generic and boring in ITB. But at least you can turn off the music while keeping the sound effects, which allows for playing with other background-music. ===CONCLUSION=== Into The Breach = Chess + Mechs + Post-Apocalpse + Advance Wars - Atmosphere OK-game for fans of turn-based-combat and puzzle-games. Strong on the tactical gameplay aspect, weak on the atmosphere and music. Might get boring fast. I recommend waiting for a sale.
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