If the base is stable enough, they can even go to the trouble of exploring the area, searching out new resources to plunder and enemy hives to destroy, weakening the waves of enemies that periodically attempt to drive the player off-world - and coincidentally, this is exactly what the mech pilot wants! The player’s mech suit is heavily armed, which is where the ARPG elements come in - rather than simply building defenses, the player can wade out into the combat themselves, slashing and firing gatling guns at the hordes of enemies. Once a base is up and running, the player can focus on building defense emplacements to protect it from the swarms of creatures that will emerge from the depths of the jungles, desperate to defend themselves from extinction. Said base-building is incredibly smooth and easy to jump into - just find local ore, drill for a minute, and then build some factories to automate the process. Players are dropped into a randomized map and instructed to set up a base as quickly as possible before the creatures that live on the planet realize that humans have laid claim to their home. No, this colonialism comes with flamethrower turrets and fields of ore refineries. The Riftbreaker is a base-building game with action-RPG combat that offers players a chance to become interplanetary colonists, although not in the serene build-a-shelter-against-the-elements kind of way. This tendency is a little problematic though - as just a few moments in I realize since it’s the mech pilot that The Riftbreaker puts me in the shoes of. Without a broader context, it’s hard to pick a side here, although I’d tend to favor the native species whose habitat is about to be despoiled by a tidal wave of automated sprawl. Should I be worried for the mech pilot in the 20-ton death machine, or should I be supporting the strange, hive-dwelling creature whose territory she’s teleported into?
How am I supposed to react to this cutscene? The suit is huge, with one arm covered in drills for pulverizing rock, and the other a giant energy sword designed to fell trees.Īs the mech’s pilot confirms her arrival and announces her intention to get to work, a reptilian eye watches through the foliage, wary of the intruder’s presence. The triangles form a teleportation gate, and a giant mechsuit drops out of. Suddenly, electricity crackles in the air as concentric triangles appear out of nowhere. The scene is an alien jungle lush with life, its trees swaying peacefully in a breeze. Context is everything, and the opening image that The Riftbreaker offers is a jarring one.
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