Each mission takes place on an 8x8 grid and lasts exactly five turns. Into the Breach is a turn-based tactical game where you chain fights with a squad of exactly three giant robots against a horde of gigantic insects intent on destroying the local human population. Thirty minutes in, I knew the game would be one of my all-time favorites.īut first, a little background into what the game is and how it works.

With Subset's follow-up, Into the Breach, however, things clicked in my brain immediately. The second time around with a few basic tips from them, I finally got why the game was indeed an absolute gem. It felt very random and unfair to me, and it took a whole afternoon of discussion with friends, who were very hardcore fans of FTL, to convince me to try it again.

You see, when I tried FTL, the real-time strategy roguelike debut title from Subset Games, I very quickly bounced off of it, hard. When I launched Into the Breach for the first time, I was not prepared for what hit me. This entry was contributed by Alain Puget, creative director of Alkemi, which recently launched the card game narrative journey Foretales on PC and Switch.

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