Tactical Breach Wizards

[spatular]

This just came out a few days ago on PC (not seen any info about a console release?), it’s really good imo. It’s like a turn based tactics game with some emphasis on moving enemies around and throwing them out of windows, a bit like into the breach, but also quite a bit different too. But that’s why when I first saw a video of it I was interested in it because I really really like into the breach.

 

you basically setup all the moves of your wizards, and can see what the enemy will do before ending a turn you have the chance to rewind move by move, but when you end the turn that’s it for that turn you can’t go back any more. You have lots of special powers like one wizard bouncing a laser type attack between enemies pushing them in different directions, preferably all out of different windows.

 

at first I was struggling with the different abilities and making the most of them but I’ve got into it and using the abilities better now, at first I was getting through the levels ok but struggling with the extra objectives, now I’m getting a lot more of those done too but not always, they add to the difficulty so it’s not too easy.

 

so yeah it’s very good

 

the writing is funny too.

 

~£15 with a launch discount on steam.

[Craymen Edge]

I'm on the third act now, I just got a 4th person join the squad, a big tanky character. I haven't worked out the best way to use them yet, but their abilities look pretty fun.

 

The rewind function is great. I've been making a lot of use of that to get an idea of how my abilities work in different situations without having to worry about messing up a fight. It's also really useful when you suddenly spot a great interaction that you could have pulled off if you used your characters actions in a different order.

 

The writing is a lot of fun. I love the talk between missions and the characters, like the pyromancer who can't summon fire hot enough to burn people, or the traffic warlock, or the doctor who can only heal people who died so took to shooting her patients in the head.

[spatular]

^ yeah the rewind is cool, I still spend too long pondering moves when I should just try them and rewind if it doesn’t work.

 

i sort of want to try this at a harder difficulty but it might be a bit long for that, see how it goes.

[spatular]

Finished this the other day, it’s really really good imo probably game of the year so far (the other best games I’ve played this year so far are from last year I think). Not sure how long it took, steam says 30+ hours but I recon that’s from leaving the game on while doing other stuff and trying to play it while falling asleep.

 

I did encounter something annoying though, watch out if you’ve finished the game and want to do the bonus levels, don’t use the level select on the main menu, you can press start to back out of the menu. Think I now need to do the last level again if I want to do the bonus levels.

[Craymen Edge]

I finished it tonight, it just gets better and better. The last act and a half constantly throwing new things at you, and the perks you get to chose from as you level up your characters let you put together some really fun combinations.