The free patch adds a plethora of new features, such as playable characters, vehicles, opponents, and quests. Now that Steam has released the massive free update Into the Breach: Advanced Edition, we can finally get the full overview of all the changes that have been made to our 2018 Ultimate Game of the Year.
Into the Breach: Advanced Edition Update info!
For those who felt unchallenged by the Vek, a new option awaits…
Introducing “Unfair” mode!
Alpha Vek will arrive earlier in the game and in much higher quantities, overwhelming your mechs. Can you hold back the tide?
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— Subset Games (@subsetgames) July 6, 2022
Into The Breach Advanced Edition
Miniature tactics game Into the Breach pits a team of formidable mechs against an unrelenting force of invading alien bugs. While it’s a totally different experience, it’s “based on the same building blocks of roguelike growth, subtle interplays of skills, and gradual, knuckle-gnawing tension” (Game Informer). In our review, we gave it a score of 93% and called it “the most flawlessly constructed tactics around.” With this update, we expect it to be even more successful.
Extensive Modifications
- There are now 15 different squad achievements to earn and 5 brand new squads to join!
- We now have 10 new boss fights, 3 new Psions, and 7 new Vek!
- There are now 12 missions available, plus 3 additional objectives.
- There are now four additional pilots and ten additional random pilot abilities to choose from.
- Brand-new arsenal of 39 weapons and tools!
- Two brand new compositions by Ben Prunty!
- An even more tough setting, Unfair Mode!
- Now Available in Seven Additional Languages! Latin American Spanish, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Swedish, and Korean.
Other Alterations
All of the optional content updates (enemies, pilot abilities, etc.) can be disabled without affecting the game’s balance if you prefer a more traditional playthrough. The amount of reactor power required to equip most weapons and armor has been lowered to encourage players to try out new items as soon as possible.
Changes to the Shops Since most weapons can be equipped right away without using a reactor core, the cost of buying them has gone up by 1 reputation, and there are fewer weapons available in the Shops on the first two islands. Modernized weapon system: Kill-Or-Injure Effects (KO) – When used effectively, several weapons can cause a secondary impact upon the death of their primary target.
There’s a new way to interact with tiles, and it involves cracks in the ground caused by certain weaponry. The title, and everything standing on it, will be destroyed if it is damaged a second time. A brand-new status effect, Boost, has been introduced, and it increases the damage of your subsequent attack by 1. Powerful for all-around area-of-effect assaults!
To compensate for the additional squads, the cost of unlocking them using coins has decreased. For those who are interested in trying out the new Unfair Mode, developer Subset Games has provided some hints, such as saying that it is intended for “veterans searching for even more of a challenge.” Yes, I’m serious when I say that most of it can be summed up as “lose efficiently as possible”
It will become increasingly vital to take losses intelligently, as there will be many more scenarios in which harm is unavoidable. In some cases, it may be preferable to lose grid power, sacrifice a pilot, or fail to achieve a mission objective. With twice as much electricity from the grid, it’s considerably simpler to recover from the verge of defeat. Stay positive and keep trying.
Sometimes it’s better to keep some weak Vek alive rather than wiping them out early because there is a limit to how many Vek can reproduce. All players can get the Into the Breach: Advanced Edition for free. Into the Breach is presently discounted on Steam for $10/£8/€10, making it a great time to get in if you haven’t previously. On the downside, only Netflix members can access the mobile version on Android and iOS devices, which is a bummer (but, let’s be honest, possibly a highly lucrative bit of subscription-based exclusivity) that we can only hope will go away soon.