

Good luck, commander.Įach mini battle that takes place is essentially a fight for survival, a ‘hold them off until they decide to run affair’, across a number of different turns. Every move has to be considered carefully.

No longer do you have command of an almost endless supply of troops and tanks to manoeuvre across the battlefield… Instead, you defend earth from the Vek - enormous creatures that are breeding beneath the planet - with just three ‘mechs’. While obviously similar in its turn, grid-based gameplay, Subset Games offers its own unique take on the winning formula. It’s tempting to say that the Switch finally has a new Advance Wars, at long last, but that wouldn’t really give Into the Breach credit. A strategic indie title that has, to some surprise, arrived on the Nintendo Switch without forewarning. It’s a rare feeling, one in which only a handful of games have given me - admittedly - but it’s one I experienced while playing Subset Games’ Into the Breach. It’s not always immediately clear why it does so either, but you succumb to the feeling nevertheless as it draws you into its intricate web of splendour. And some of them talk.Sometimes you play a game that oozes a certain type of magic. The surface is teeming with life, except. But when you are launched from the underground in a freak accident, you realize that the surface is just fine and there's more to this world than you thought. You are told that the surface world is dangerous and uninhabitable, and inside the pods is the only safe place to be. Acquire new weapons, upgrade them to be more powerful, collect secrets, meet bizarre characters, and explore the ruins of a destroyed world.Īfter a catastrophic event on Earth, humanity is directed underground and into pods for their safety. Shoot, jump, and slide your way through a ruined, mysterious, dog-filled world as you fight to save humanity from the clutches of a rogue AI named Daddy.
