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But like a game of chess, Into the Breach is less about ridding a board of enemies and more outmaneuvering rivals and choosing to sacrifice a unit in order to complete an objective. The brief tutorial explains that players are given a trio of mechs to be used to defend certain objectives and slow a seemingly unstoppable onslaught of Vek for a number of turns before the objective is complete or the monsters retreat… for now. But there’s definitely pressure to make the right moves. It’s as if Edge of Tomorrow was crossed with the likes of Pacific Rim.Īs for the game’s action, it’s all turn-based meaning there’s no great pressure to rush through strategic decisions. A brief low-fi pixel art-style intro explains that the Vek, a race of giant insect like monsters, have pretty much destroyed humanity, and to reverse that a team of mechs needs to go back in time and beat them before the cataclysm happens.

Into the Breach immediately grabbed me with its menu music composed by the simply brilliant Ben Prunty. It’s as if Edge of Tomorrow was crossed with the likes of Pacific Rim.

The Vek, a race of giant insect like monsters, have pretty much destroyed humanity, and to reverse that a team of mechs needs to go back in time and beat them before the cataclysm happens.

Download free nintendo switch into the breach