History VideoGame / Breach

''Breach'' was released as a Steam Early Access title on January 17th, 2019, and is planned to transfer to a free-to-play model by the summer of the same year.

''Breach'' was released as a Steam Early Access title on January 17th, 2019 and is planned to transfer to a free-to-play model by the summer of the same year.

''Breach'' is planned to become a paid Steam Early Access title in January 2019 before transferring to a free-to-play model later that year, but you can sign up for the game's alpha on [[https://www.playbreach.com the official website]].

''Breach'' is planned to become a paid Steam Early Access title sometime in 2018 before transferring to a free-to-play model in 2019, but you can sign up for the game's alpha on [[https://www.playbreach.com the official website]].

''Breach'' is an AsymmetricMultiplayer ActionRPG in which four players take on the role of heroes defeating [[Mythology mythological creatures]] while a fifth takes control of a Veil Demon that's hellbent on stopping them. The game's premise [[SpiritualSuccessor is similar]] to Creator/BioWare Austin's cancelled game ''VideoGame/ShadowRealms''... which makes sense, because it's developed by QC Games [[labelnote:*]]the QC stands for [[Myth/AztecMythology Quetzalcoatl]], if you're curious[[/labelnote]], a studio made up largely of ex-[=BioWare=] Austin employees that worked on that game.

''Breach'' is an AsymmetricMultiplayer ActionRPG in which four players take on the role of heroes defeating mythological creatures while a fifth takes control of a Veil Demon that's hellbent on stopping them. The game's premise [[SpiritualSuccessor is similar]] to Creator/BioWare Austin's cancelled game ''VideoGame/ShadowRealms''... which makes sense, because it's developed by QC Games, a studio made up largely of ex-[=BioWare=] Austin employees that worked on that game.

70,000 years ago, humanity coexisted with creatures that have since become myth. These creatures terrorized humanity and drove it to near-extinction, but to prevent humans from being wiped out, a group of Immortals decided to create the Veil, which split the Earth into two realities; one became modern-day Earth as we know it, while the other Earth is where all of the mythological creatures ended up. But one particular Immortal doesn't like how humanity has progressed in the past few centuries. He believes that humans are ruining things on Earth and creating the Veil to protect them was a mistake, so he sets out to shatter it. As such, the two Earths are merging back together, altering the landscape and allowing myths to become real once more and wreak havoc. Heroes imbued with the Spark, an essence that grants them magical abilities, are sent to cities across the world to stop history from repeating itself. But where there are heroes, there must also be a villain: the malevolent spirit known as the Veil Demon, who is there to defeat the heroes and ensure that the destruction of humanity continues uninterrupted.

The heroes can become 18 different classes, while the Veil Demon gets 6; classes can be switched between at any time, and each class is highly customizable. The heroes' goal is to move through rooms, each with certain objectives that grant talent points upon completion, to reach the boss at the end and defeat it. Meanwhile, the Veil Demon must wipe the heroes out by any means necessary, including planting traps around the environment, summoning elite creatures, and even taking control of enemies, including bosses.

70,000 years ago, humanity coexisted with creatures that have since become myth. These creatures terrorized humanity and drove it to near-extinction, but to prevent humans from being wiped out, a group of the mysterious Immortals decided to create the Veil, splitting the Earth into two realities; one became modern-day Earth as we know it, while the other Earth is ruled by the mythological creatures. But now the Veil has been shattered, and the two Earths are merging back together, altering the landscape and allowing myths to become real once more and wreak havoc. Heroes imbued with the Spark, an essence that grants them magical abilities, are sent to cities across the world to stop history from repeating itself, but where there are heroes, there must also be a villain: the malevolent spirit known as the Veil Demon, who is there to defeat the heroes and ensure that the destruction of humanity continues uninterrupted.

* TimeMaster: Chronomancers, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as one would expect]], are able to manipulate the forces of time to their will.

* AsymmetricMultiplayer: Four players team up to clear an area of monsters, while a fifth attempts to destroy the others through use of traps and possession of those monsters.

* JobSystem: Each class in the game levels up independently of each other and can be freely switched between. At a high-enough level, a class can share its abilities with other classes, but only if those classes are in the same magic school.

* JobSystem: Each class in the game levels up independently of each other. At a high-enough level, a class can share its abilities with other classes, but only if those classes share the same magic school.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the cancelled ''VideoGame/ShadowRealms'', as some of the same developers created ''Breach'', and the two games share a premise.

* AllMythsAreTrue: Mythological creatures of all kinds were really just transferred to an [[AlternateUniverse alternate-reality]] Earth for the last 70,000 years to protect humans from utter destruction. That changes when the Veil gets shattered and modern-day humanity learns these myths were anything but-- the hard way.

* AllMythsAreTrue: The creatures we consider myth were really just put on an [[AlternateUniverse alternate-reality]] Earth for the last 70,000 years, and modern-day humanity has no idea they exist... until the events of the game.

The heroes can become 18 different classes, while the Veil Demon gets 6; classes can be switched between at any time. Each class is highly customizable and, at a high-enough level, abilities can be used across classes. The heroes' goal is to move through rooms, each with certain objectives that grant talent points upon completion, to reach the boss at the end and defeat it. Meanwhile, the Veil Demon must wipe the heroes out by any means necessary, including planting traps around the environment, summoning elite creatures, and even taking control of enemies, including bosses.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the cancelled ''Shadow Realms'', as some of the same developers created ''Breach'', and the two games share a premise.

* AllMythsAreTrue: The creatures we consider myth were really just put on an alternate-reality Earth for the last 70,000 years, and modern-day humanity has no idea they exist... until the events of the game.

* AsymmetricMultiplayer: Four players team up to clear an area of monsters, while a fifth attempts to destroy the heroes through use of traps and possession of those monsters.

* AsymmetricMultiplayer: Four heroes team up to clear an area of monsters, while a fifth attempts to destroy the heroes through use of traps and possession of those monsters.