So I've been playing this game called Into the Breach lately. It won a bunch of best game awards back in 2018 and it was recommended to me by my good buddy @osick87. It's a turn-based tactical game that is like a really simple and tiny version of XCOM. Each procedural generated battlefield takes place on an 8x8 grid and you only have 3 MECHS to fight off the insect horde (VEKS) that destroyed earth in all the timelines. If the dirty buggers hit one of your buildings, you lose power from the "Power Grid" and when the power grid is empty, you lose the game.... but only kinda. You can then select a surviving pilot to travel to a new version of the simulation (alternate timeline) and fight the buggers again, but now with one experienced pilot. You can also win the game... but only kinda, as there is always another version of the simulation to save. There are RPG elements, allowing you to upgrade ur pilots and ur mechs and there are also 10+ different mercenary crews with different types of mechs to add to the replay value. It's a really cool game and is basically perfect in its simplicity and polish. Missions only take 5-10 minutes at most, so it is great for an adult with simulation baseball responsibilities!
So with that as the background, I decided to record a whiskey play vidya series of my 3rd attempt at the game. In the first timeline I was learning the game and making a lot of less than ideal decisions in battle, so it ended pretty quickly. In the second timeline I did a little better, but still didn't really "get" it. At this point, I understand the early game at least and am ready to give it a full shot! I will upload one vidya per day in this dynasty until we either win or die trying.
So here is the first vidya, which contains an overview of the game and the first level.
So with that as the background, I decided to record a whiskey play vidya series of my 3rd attempt at the game. In the first timeline I was learning the game and making a lot of less than ideal decisions in battle, so it ended pretty quickly. In the second timeline I did a little better, but still didn't really "get" it. At this point, I understand the early game at least and am ready to give it a full shot! I will upload one vidya per day in this dynasty until we either win or die trying.
So here is the first vidya, which contains an overview of the game and the first level.