[STEAM] The best PC games of 2018: Into the Breach

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Every level of Into the Breach is like one of those ball bearing mazes that come in Christmas crackers. They're a puzzle in miniature that, with enough patience and planning, can be solved in a single faultless run. Success in both comes paired with a sense of relief, as each move towards the end carries the risk of losing all the progress made so far. This comparison falls apart, however, in that I tend to snap the toy in two before Boxing Day, yet after months with Into the Breach I'm still in love with its challenge.

I spend a lot of my time playing Into the Breach staring at the screen, trying to solve the mental Rubik's cube that is each turn. The ****** aliens move into position, every one of them trying to ******* either my time-travelling mech rpilots, or the densely populated city blocks I'm trying to defend. Then it's up to me to find a way to *****, block, or move the ****** before their attacks land. For instance, a well-placed mortar shell can shove a bug one square to the east, meaning their claws will swipe at thin air instead of a skyscraper.

What I've come to appreciate most over the year I've now spent with Into the Breach is its spirit of reinvention. Yes, each time you play you're diving into a new procedurally generated campaign, but I'm really referring to the squad system.

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