PortaPlay and SUPER.com have released a new teaser trailer for their upcoming WWII turn-based tactics game, Broken Lines.
Broken Lines follows the story of a multi-national Allied commando squad that is stranded in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe after their plane crashes while on a top secret mission. The campaign features rogue-lite survival elements and permadeath. Battles use a form of simultaneous turn-based execution, where you queue up orders and watch them play out in real time. You can check out the teaser trailer above.
Here’s a rundown of the game:
The squad has crash-landed behind enemy lines, in the heart of Eastern Europe. With no officers, no leaders, and no intel, they must find an unbreakable resolve if they are to survive.
But with only their training and instincts to guide them, survival becomes a difficult goal. First of all, they need to learn to work together to have any hope of coping with the challenges ahead.
Each survivor has their own views on what to do, and their own principles on what is acceptable. Some want to investigate what caused their crash, others wants to stay low and avoid detection by the enemy. There are even whispers of desertion.
It is your task to be the unseeing hand that will guide this ragtag group of soldiers through their struggles. Make your decisions wisely, for they will have real consequences on the fates of the survivors.
Key Features:
- Tactical RPG with diverse characters. Experience the story through the eyes of each soldier as they fight for survival during WW2.
- Turn-based planning with simultaneous execution (WeGo turn-based gameplay)
- Authentic tactical choices: suppression, destructible cover, realistic ballistics, and camouflage are at your disposal.
- Rogue-like campaign structured with different narrative paths, resources, and permadeath.
- A challenge for even the most experienced gamer. A far-reaching morale system means that the soldiers may desert at any moment if you prove to be incompetent.
- An emotional story, tense atmosphere, and multiple endings based on the decisions that you make.
Broken Lines will be releasing on Windows PC via Steam sometime this year, with PS4, Switch, and Xbox One versions to come later.
