Breached

It's not a definitive and complete 'no' for me but I was a bit disappointed by my experience of the game. The game is obviously designed to have you play multiple times before you succeed but luckily (or unluckily can't decide) I've accomplished the main objective during my first 2h playthrough. At this point, considering the pace of the game, it was an absolute "no way" for me to revisit the same 3 maps (and a half) to unlock the few spots I hadn't found and try a few different "monologue branches". So I was there, at the end of a very unclear conclusion cinematic, with quite a good idea of what was the story about or could have been about but absolutely no idea if there was more to it. No idea, and no courage to push further sadly. Also on the downside : - this kind of narrative game definitely requires voice acting these days. It's standard now and when you don't have some, it shows. - the level design of the three main maps is meeeeeeh. Who got the idea, it would be cool to have ...

Two main reasons to play this game (on lesser and bigger scale) are anomalies and replayability. [b]Anomalies'[/b] gravitational effect is designed so amazingly, getting caught into one is both always unpleasant and very different based on their type. The orange ones gave me the most intense experiences: while I wiggled and tossed here and there (whimpering into my screen), trying to slide at least a little bit out of its gravitational field; while my maximum acceleration did not give me any significant motion; while the anomaly pulled me closer once in a while with its rough, unstoppable power, – that's when I had THE best experience of helplessness in games EVER. [i]I try really hard to avoid the orange ones, I'm not afraid to zip at high speed near the green ones, but the blue ones? I'm freaking terrified of them! I've never encountered a single one, because I'm damn scared to get even close, so evil they look![/i] [b]Replayability[/b] here is its own thing, seriously. Wherever...

Not exactly what I was expecting, before playing I thought this was another survival game. However that's not the case and I was pleasantly surprised! It's a compelling story that makes you want to keep going, check out my video to see what I mean. Caution:: could possibly make you motion sick https://youtu.be/Un7jYP-9CR8

On ubuntu linux, I had some mouse issues, but an update fixed that, but I am still getting my PC freezing after a few minutes of drone navigation. I hold out hope that I get to play it, but there is not any forum support. (Update 05/2019: I had the opportunity to try the game under Steam Play, and I can say that the gameplay was not enjoyable. The game plays with just the mouse and the left-click, which accellerates you across three different maps. The map objects are interesting, but the level design is frustrating. Additionally, there are "anomolies" which are just IRL screen glitches, which are terribly annoying. The level objectives are camped-out by these things, which makes getting the objectives a chore. No mini-map, just explore the level, and try not to bump into these things that cause glitches. The game narrative is decent enough, there is a bit of a puzzle for fuel rations, but the level design gameplay kills the deal. I made it most of the way through the game, which I fo...

I thought it is impossible to make a bad implementation of walking in a walking simulator. It's not. I would really love to dive into the story, but with developers expecting players to make precise movements with no strafing and moving backwards it is just iritating. My guess is that it was meant for VR, thus movement simplification was applied.

All the controls and interfaces are done [i]perfectly[/i]: you don't have to read any instructions at all to start playing. Gameplay is immersive enough to scare the **** out of you sometimes. Graphics mostly relies on post-processing, but who cares as long as it looks cool. The story might not be as fancy as I expected, but that's ok considering the game duration. tl;dr: totally recommended.

Excerpt: "The game consists of essentially 3 components: You have the journal which is where the story is related to you through text based personal logs, you have the lab where you crack into pods for repair components that have been collected or synthesize fuel from the three types of minerals, and then you have the actual gameplay itself, where you remotely navigate probes to gather minerals and pods while trying to avoid magnetic anomalies that will lose you your resources, the probe, and potentially the game. Now, this was a somewhat interesting premise at first and I even found myself intrigued… for about the first 5 minutes. After that the lack of any meaningful story outside of a smattering of text logs grew exceptionally boring and the gameplay itself lacks any meaningful style or content. Offering no obstacles to overcome outside of the ticking timer that is the 8 days you have and the magnetic anomalies, the game has really nothing to offer except a pretty landscape. There...

I didn't play a lot in release version, but I watched for Breached since in was small prototype made on Games Jam (same Jam where Punch Club and Message Quest appears). And I played several versions between prototype and this release version. I need to admit that game making huge progress in visual, gameplay and narrative in each version. The most thing I love in this game is its uniqueness. It doesn't clone any known game or try to repeat well known experience. No, this game is unique and it maybe not comfortable at the beginning. I recommend to be sure that you have enough time for exploring Breached on the first launch. Don't try to come here for quick fun, please.

[h1]3.1/10 - Motion sickness simulator[/h1] While Breached is a very pretty game, it suffers from several major flaws that make it unappealing to play. You wake up from cryosleep to answer an irrelevant flavour text questionnaire, and discover that your oxygenator and fuel synthesizer are broken, leaving you 8 days to fix them before you die. The former requires you to find the necessary parts and resources for repairs. The latter requires you to collect minerals and figure out the correct ratios to synthesize fuel. The gathering is the meat of the game, and will have you piloting a rover/craft/thingy around three wastelands (plus a small tutorial map) on the surface of a planet [spoiler](post-apocalyptic Earth, obviously), using your nervous system, which is somehow fused to the craft from a distance[/spoiler]. Besides resource hunting and trial-and-erring your way to a fuel recipe, Breached features a journal system to convey lore. At the start of each day, you trigger a journal ...

I think it's a really good game as a pilot for such indie-developers like Drama Drifters. Of course game needs some practice, especially in gameplay. But in other aspects (sound, graphics, narrative) this game is qualitative and interesting. For this small amount of time you will enjoy some lifeless land views, atmospheric soundtrack and strange story of Corus Valott. And this is sci-fi game, you just can't refuse. Don't get augmented!