"Into the Breach" by Subset Games (of FTL fame) is out!

henke on 2/3/2018 at 14:36

Ah, I guessed I was missing something.

SubJeff on 2/3/2018 at 19:18

Quote Posted by PigLick

Im liking it, but yeh its hard, you have to think like chess, at least 3moves ahead.

Your mum thinks 3 moves ahead

Pyrian on 2/3/2018 at 20:22

At least three moves ahead... But also at most three moves ahead, given that most missions are only 4 turns. :p

PigLick on 2/3/2018 at 21:54

ah but I said moves not turns

Pyrian on 3/3/2018 at 00:10

Oh, yeah, gotta plan out your turn before you start moving guys around, that's for sure.

Pyrian on 3/3/2018 at 05:54

Man, I just had a crazy moment. I somehow completely missed the presence of an Alpha Hornet which was locked onto a tile with two buildings and an objective building! I did my turn, knocking out everything else, thinking this has been too easy... And then I end my turn and the danged thing attacks! Yet somehow my 17% defense grid blocked both hits. I'm like aaaaa ahhh aaaa ahhhh aaaa yikes.

EDIT: Hmm. I'll bet it must be one roll for the whole attack.

henke on 5/3/2018 at 05:19

Switched down to Easy mode, did all 4 islands and breezed through the final mission. Into The Breach more like Into The Breeze! Only hairy moment was on the penultimate mission on the 4th island, everything went to hell and my grid power was down to 1. Luckily I pulled through and could buy enough power to get back to max before the finale.

Pyrian on 5/3/2018 at 05:34

I found Easy to be a bit too breezy with the Rift Walkers on my very first playthrough. I've been playing on Normal since, but some of the teams are hard to get started. I'm struggling with the Flame Behemoths. Do the designers realize that unstackable Damage Over Time is fundamentally worse than just dealing about the same amount of damage instantaneously? In many cases a LOT worse - particularly Psions (which also can't be drowned).

henke on 20/3/2018 at 14:57

Just beat the game on Normal. Was down to 1 Grid Power and 2 mechs by the end.

Also the strategy boffins at Three Moves Ahead did a really good episode on this game: (https://www.idlethumbs.net/3ma/episodes/into-the-breach)

Pyrian on 20/3/2018 at 17:06

I've always found the end mission kind of anti-climactic. You've got all these environmental hazards, and they're highly useful, so it's generally not as difficult as normal missions.