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Into the Breach is so good and well-made, but depressingly, I'm just not smart enough to get addicted to it.
By that I mean, it is legitimately challenging. Battles take a bit longer because I need to really think through my moves, and require long-term strategic planning so I can't just put it down and pick it up with the limited 15-30 minute blocks I can spare for fun. If I was better at making quick, correct decisions or had better long-term memory for a detailed battle plan, I'd enjoy it a lot more. As it is, I just keep looking at it for month after month and thinking, "when I have more time."
I get that, you absolutely do need to be thinking a move or two ahead.
Back when I first played it, I was beating it on the max difficulty...but when I came back a few weeks ago, I had to knock it down to easy