Into the Breach 2018

Is it still worth playing?

Subset Games' 2018 turn based strategy game, in which you control pilots of giant mechs defending civilian buildings from the Vek, an army of giant monsters, in the far future. Each battle is fought on an 8 by 8 grid with three mechs and a fixed number of turns to meet an objective. The Vek telegraph their attacks, so you respond by moving mechs and firing weapons. Protecting the civilian structures that power the mechs is the main goal, since damage to them weakens the power grid. It is a sequence of islands with procedurally generated scenarios, and pilots gain experience and unlock skills. If a scenario is lost, a pilot can be sent back in time to restart, keeping their experience and abilities. Each battle is still worth working through, as the Vek show their next attack and every turn becomes a puzzle of where to move and what to hit.