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That being the case, when I come to my first door I select “Open normally” instead of an explosive breach. For example, right away in the first mission you are told to proceed through a building silently as to not attract attention. There are some little things that just don’t quite make sense that add up to be a bit grating. It really makes the squad feel like it’s yours, which always earns points with me. Beyond choosing perks to unlock such as higher hit percentage with certain weapons, increased skill recharge, etc., you can also pick a name for each solder, choose their character model, as well as name and add attachments to all of the guns being used. Having my leader stand out in the open luring out zombies while my sniper picked some off, my demo man threw explosives at the bottleneck, and my scout shotgunned anyone who got to close gives you that nice sense of achievement that comes when everything comes together as you planned. Each soldier starts as one of six classes, and as they level up they can unlock different perks (each soldier’s class can also be changed right at the beginning when you award the first unlock point). In fact, the uniqueness of your soldiers is the staple of what makes the strategy rewarding.

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Not to be cliché, but the strategic options are very easy for those newer to tactical games to learn, but have enough to them that really mastering how to use your four unique soldiers is tough to master.

While the game can technically be played entirely in live action, it’s clearly meant to utilize command mode, which freezes time and allows you to issue orders to your four crew members that may include movement, weapon and item usage, or ability activation. That being said, the tactics and items that do make sense really are fun to play around with. As it stands the premise seems a bit half committed to. The whole game seems like it just took its solid military tactics base and replaced all the bad guys with the undead without stopping to consider which items and abilities actually made sense given the change in status quo. By making them afraid of fire, they are just people with a lot of health and no weapons. It’s part of what makes them interesting. By nature zombies are emotionless and relentless. I get how things like flashbangs or vocal lures make sense with our reanimated enemies, but does it really make sense that you can use suppressing fire to hold zombies at bay, or pin them down with sniper fire so they don’t move? I don’t think it does. It’s a bit odd that the game is titled Breach & Clear, and that you are taught how to breach rooms in the tutorial mission, but then never really have to use it.

A spin off to a more traditional modern military tactical strategy game, this sequel/spin off instead pits your squad of four deadly soldiers against a world overrun by the undead. Like so many games that I have written about this year, Breach & Clear: Deadline is a game with a lot of potential that shoots itself in the foot with some major shortcomings.

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