Into the Breach is no less challenging than FTL, but it’s less punishing

Into the Breach is no less challenging than FTL, but it’s less punishing

6 years ago
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https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/26/17053646/into-the-breach-preview-impressions-difficulty-ftl-roguelike-pc

Into the Breach, the new turn-based strategy game from Subset Games, looks to be a simple thing at first glance. But don’t make the mistake of thinking that the team behind FTL: Faster Than Light has mellowed with age. This little roguelike piles on the complexity, but removes some of the punishing difficulty that made Subset’s debut game frustrating at times.

In the lore of Into the Breach, gigantic creatures have begun breeding below ground. When they emerge on one of the game’s four islands, they immediately attack the planet’s few remaining urban centers, killing off the population and knocking holes in the power grid. It’s a fight to the death against pixelated kaiju played out across multiple battlefields, each a mere eight-by-eight grid. But, as it turns out, that’s more than enough space for interesting gameplay.