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No Plan B offers close combat tactics in a brutal roguelike campaignOr less-brutal standalone missions

Or less-brutal standalone missions

Image credit:GFX47

Image credit:GFX47

Soldiers enter a room with movement commands drawn across the floor in No Plan B.

I like close combat tactics, directing troop actions on a timeline, and breaching and clearing, but a recent revisit toDoor Kickersrevealed I no longer had the patience for its fiddly UI and grim scenarios.

No Plan Blooks intriguing, then, for featuring all of the things mentioned above that I like, an unknown quantity of the things I don’t, and for having released on Steam this week.

The roguelike element is presumably the “no plan B” of it all. That sounds like pretty high stakes over the course of a campaign, but I was always fine with repeating missions in Door Kickers orFrozen Synapse. No Plan B also offers up a cinematic replay to enjoy and share if you do manage to nail a particular mission.

Plus, its 3D character design looks blandly cartoony enough that maybe I won’t feel ick about the whole thing.

No Plan B isout now on Steamand with the launch discount costs £11.51/$13.49/€13.31.