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Into the Breach vs Marvel's Midnight Suns
Into the Breach
8 positive (67%) · 3 mixed (25%) · 1 negative (8%)
Trust + time weighted: +61%
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it scratches that Into The Breach itch of "alright how do I weasel out of this one?"
It feels like there was absolutely zero respect given to the adage of "sometimes less is more" that FTL and Into the Breach are essentially built around.
It is a 10/10 masterclass in efficiency. Battles take place on a tiny 8x8 grid where you have perfect information about enemy moves.
It’s short and sweet and feels like a mix between xcom and Into the breach.
In the intervening years I played Subset's later title Into the Breach, which I found to be strategically quite deep and rewarding, though it was punishingly difficult.
Marvel's Midnight Suns
7 positive (47%) · 8 mixed (53%) · 0 negative (0%)
Trust + time weighted: +45%
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Parent context: The mission gameplay is so good, but the social stuff fell completely flat for me and kind of ruined it. Running around talking to people for 30 minutes between each 15 minute mission grew old real fast for me. Reply: For me it was the other way around, 30 minute missions and 15 minute Abbey time. ... Exploring the Abbey was a chore though.
I do think the game is good, I don't think the combat is nearly as good as you put it, in fact it ends up being surprisingly repetitive after the first 10-20 hours, because the options that you have available on each given fight are just too limited and repetitive... I think tactically wise, it is considerably inferior to Xcom 2 or Fire Emblem.
It’s really frustrating. It’d be such a good game if they focused on the cool superhero combat and had some kind of streamlined base management layer like XCOM. Instead we get a 3rd-person mushroom collection RPG and dating/friendship mini game.
The mission gameplay is so good, but the social stuff fell completely flat for me and kind of ruined it. Running around talking to people for 30 minutes between each 15 minute mission grew old real fast for me.
I ended up finding it's awkward jank endearing. This is one of my all time favorites, believe it or not.