Netflix Finally Has A Must-Play Game
Late last year saw the launch of Netflix Games, an in-app marketplace, similar to Google Play Pass and Apple Arcade, where subscribers could download free mobile games without any ads or microtransactions. Netflix Games follows the example of Prime Gaming by increasing the value of a subscription you’re already paying for, but unfortunately, it hasn’t had very much to offer. Aside from the two well-received Stranger Things games and League of Legends rhythm platformer Hextech Mayhem, most of the rest are fairly generic mobile games. There are still less than 30 games, and most people probably aren’t even aware that Netflix offers them.
That’s all about to change - or at least it should - because this week Netflix added Into the Breach: Advanced Edition, a rerelease of one of the best indie games, dare I say, of all time. Into the Breach has never been released on mobile prior to the new version, and by securing exclusivity Netflix has demonstrated a shrewdness that I didn’t think was possible. Today is the day to finally launch the Netflix app and tap that game tab down at the bottom, because Into the Breach is Netflix’s first must-play game.
To get all the buzzwords out of the way, Into the Breach is a roguelike turn-based tactical RPG puzzle game about a small group of mech pilots defending a group of islands from an alien invasion. While each level has a slightly different goal, in general your task is to stop aliens from destroying cities by strategically positioning your units to damage, push, and otherwise manipulate the position of enemies around the map.
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Unlike typical tactics-style games, like Fire Emblem or XCOM, battles in Into the
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