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Broken Lines is a story-driven tactical RPG set in an alternate-history version of WWII. Lead a squad of soldiers and face the horrors of war. In the included expansion, 'The Dead and the Drunk', guide your troops through fights against both the living and the undead.

Broken Lines is a war, singleplayer and historical game developed by BirdIsland/PortaPlay and published by SuperGG.com.
Released on February 25th 2020 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 7 languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Polish and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 680 reviews of which 535 were positive and 145 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Broken Lines into these genres:

War Singleplayer Historical Choices Matter Turn-Based Tactics Turn-Based Tactical RPG Alternate History Wargame Multiple Endings Strategy Perma Death RPG Action-Adventure Top-Down World War II Action RPG Team-Based Turn-Based Combat Outbreak Sim

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7
Processor: i5-5700 2Ghz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Graphics: GeForce GT 750M 2GB or similar (1500 3DMark score)
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 6 GB available space

MacOS

OS: OSX version 10.13.6 or higher
Processor: Core i5 (4-core) 2.7 GHz or higher
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 or higher
Storage: 5.5 GB available space

Linux

OS: SteamOS + Ubuntu
Processor: i5-5700 2Ghz
Memory: 10 GB RAM
Graphics: Graphics: GeForce GT 750M 2GB or similar (1500 3DMark score)
Storage: 6 GB available space

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Oct. 2024

Love XCOM and was looking for a similar game. Hasn't quite got the polish of XCOM, and is a little less tactical, but really enjoyed the game and the story. Overall very fun, just lacked a little depth to the combat. 8/10

Sept. 2024

Amazing game and gameplay, started with 8 characters ended up with 6. ust a tip, if you play it in hard make sure to put the revives to one per misson rather than 1 only. this way your soldiers will heal wounds at the camp

Sept. 2024

takes a bit to get used to the timed stop-go action. once I did i could make some really neat sequences. I found a bit difficult to "attach" to the characters. A bit too random character development.

Aug. 2024

A good tactical strategy game. The only problem I have is with the stress mechanic that cannot be turned off in the custom difficulty settings. The one thing I absolutely cannot stand in these kinds of games is soldiers disobeying orders and getting themselves killed because they didn't execute my plan, It really annoys me. I get that this is one of the themes of the game, as it's a bit of a Spec Ops The Line in strategy form. But you let me tweak difficulty to my liking in other areas, why not this? The gameplay is a solid compromise between real-time and turn-based. A the start of each turn you get to plan your actions. Each turn lasts 8 seconds. During that process there's nothing you can do, as the decisions have been set in stone, meaning you gotta think well before committing to ending the turn. The enemies move in real time during those 8 seconds. So a grenade that you threw at their position might not actually get them because they have moved on by then. If you ever had the chance to play Frozen Synapse you'll feel right at home here. I like this style of this gameplay a lot personally. A full on tactical pause is great, but it makes for a different game. Broken Lines is all about positioning, flanking, using special abilities and anticipating the enemy actions. It's good. The story seems very mysterious at first, especially if you keep picking wrong missions. However all you gotta do is to listen to your recruits instead of the veterans, and do more investigative work to understand what's going on. It's not that complicated once the cards have been laid out on the table. The atmosphere really shines through though. The enemies you face are intriguing, as nothing is as straightforward as it seems at first. I got in my opinion the best ending out of the five available ones, which really could just have been cut down to three. There's three extraction endings that differ little from one another, and make little sense with certain choices preceding them. The narrator as almost always in other media is freakin' annoying and should have been cut from the game completely. All she does is take away from the game. I kept skipping all of her word salad nonsense right before the final cutscene. I'd say it's worth picking it up on sale, but your mileage may vary on this. It's supposed to be played several times in order to understand the story... unless you luck out like I did, After that there's little point in staying. I'm yet to try the complementary DLC. But even now I'd say it's worth it picking up on sale.

June 2024

6.5/10. Ok story, and fun gameplay. Maybe not worth $30, but its alright.

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24.50€

7.5

535

145

Online players

Developer

BirdIsland/PortaPlay

Publisher

SuperGG.com

Release 25 Feb 2020

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