Always trying to bring new husbando games to the general public. Unfortunately, this time it's a Japanese-only one, but since it's a match 3 game, you can play it as a casual game, maybe?
So, coly inc. (Promise of Wizard, Stand My Heroes) has recently released their new game, Break My Case (ブレイクマイケース). It's a joseimuke game (aimed towards women) where you're working with hot men, basically. I'm sorry, I don't speak Japanese, but from the few chapters I've translated and judging the company's record, I guess the MC is probably a woman -- the only one in the whole game, talk about a male-centric work environment.
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THE BOYS (NOT THE AMAZON ONES)

There are divided into 6 departments, and there are SEVERAL boys, like, too many (21 to be exact). There's one for everyone's taste (but ofc, it's Japan, so you know there are no black characters, and since it's a joseimuke, there are no muscly guys as well).
Anybody who knows idol games and other joseimukes (like Twisted Wonderland) might be used to this divide of different units, but this isn't that important. At the beginning of the game you have to choose a character to be awarded with a free SR card of him. This choice isn't really important and you can easily get those SR cards in the gacha (SR cards aren't the highest rarity).
The boys have beautifully done live2D animations in a couple of places, like their profiles, in the gameplay stages and in the story as well.
A quick overview of each department and their employees:
Main Office
Simulation Department
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Watchdog Department
Negotiation Department
Special Affairs Department

GAMEPLAY

The game has an interesting twist in the Candy Crush (match 3) formula: it's dynamic, a line will go through the board and you set up the matches as the line goes by. For a couple of rounds (until the song ends, marked by a Youtube-like line advancing at the bottom of the screen), the line will spawn at the beginning of the board (from left to right, but some challenge stages might have the line going around in different directions) and any matches it touches have the whole matching group removed from the board and new tiles are spawned in their places (the board doesn't "fall" like in Candy Crush, so you can't plan that much since it's random which are the next tiles to appear). Any tile that's matched in groups of 3, 4 or 5 (in line or in T-form) are removed from the board, so you can make matches on the go.
A bit of a breakdown about the gameplay mechanics:

• You can't unite 2 groups (for instance, 2 groups of 3 in the same line don't make a group of 6, each move only results in one group of matching tiles).
• If new tiles come up and you can match them in a group, they'll still be removed if the "walking line" barely touches any of the matching tiles (this makes the gameplay very frenetic and dynamic).
• Once you move a tile and make a matching group, those tiles are locked until they're removed by the moving line.
• Groups of 4 or 5 form a musical note tile (a single one with 4 matched, double if matched in T, and triple if matched in a line of 5), which is removed by the "walking line" to power up an ultimate skill that varies from each card and to raise the combo (more combos, more bonuses and items at the end of the level).
• Other skills are present for each boy you bring to the level (you can bring 4 boys for each level --one of them being the leader with a leader advantage/skill--, and a support from friends or random people that'll help you with a boost).

It's one of those games with low stamina limits that only consume 1 stamina per stage. At the start, it's pretty okay, but I can see it being too little in the long run. You can stack up to 3 runs and you can skip stages once for every boy (in the daily grind section, so up to 21 times daily).
A screenshot of a match 3 stage. Notice the line is in the second to last column of tiles, and every tile lit up before the line is alreay matched (hende locked in place) waiting for the line to pass and remove them in the next round.

GACHA AND MONETIZATION

Gacha is what you expect from joseimukes: pretty greedy, but with hald decent rates at least. Some stuff to consider:

• Cards have R, SR and SSR rarities.
• Pity is 3% for SSR, 17% for SR and 80% for R cards.
• There's at least one SR card guaranteed in each 10 pulls.
• There's no pity for SSR cards, but there's a 200 pulls spark (through the shop).
• There's 50/50 in limited banners (oh wow, I'm surprised).
• There's no written indication of warranty on getting the featured card in your next SSR pull if you lose 50/50.

About the monetization, 10 pulls cost 500 gems, and there are no packs that sell that exact amount (an old trick so you always have gems left and you have to get more).485 gems cost 2.9k yen, and 870 gems cost 4.9k, for reference. There are discounted packs, though (limited time, of course, of course).
Oh, there are 2 pulling currencies: free and paid one. Atm, I can only see a special banner using paid currency (10 pulls guarantee a random SSR), and there's a discounted pull everyday using only 10 paid gems instead of 50). Max level of the cards are heavily reliant on dupes (5 more levels for each dupe, 1 + 4 dupes required). SSR has a max level of 60, SR max level is 45 and R is 30 (no dupes, add 20 for the max level with 4 dupes)
Generosity-wise, the game seems to be extremely stingy, with no events so far, and the game will rely only on events if there's any. For now, stages only offer 5 or 10 gems each, and story is level-locked. At least the starter events give a good amount of rewards, and you get a bit more than 30 pulls worthy of gems just for starting the game and an SSR ticket to play the gacha (random card). There was also a special b-day reward for one of the boys, and the 2nd day prize was 5 gacha tickets, but that reward was only available yesterday.
I'll leave some card images from now on just to make the article more pleasing to the eyes. SSR card.

MORE CONSIDERATIONS

I'm sorry, but like I said, I can't talk about the story and the lore too much. I've only read 3 or 4 chapters and it was pretty corporative-esque, I don't enjoy the theme at all, but I've been playing for 3 days now only because of the fun gameplay.
The game doesn't need a VPN to access and you can download it and play instantaneously through Qooapp or Taptap (links at the end). It also has a quality I don't often see in Japanese gachas: the UI is clean and minimalistic, and there isn't a lot of loading screens (although I've had a few disconnections, probably due to the distance I am from the main server in Japan). The live2D looks and feels modern and really fluid, and the songs are pretty cool (and a nice touch to integrate the new gimmicks to the old match 3 formula).
If you want to actually play the game and not be like me (super casual), a Twitter fan (@ aporia_eng) is translating stuff for the game, mainly new announcements and info on the characters (link at the end).
SSR card (birthday special)

FINAL THOUGHTS

Lack of English language aside, the game might be a good choice for husbando fans seeking for a new and interesting option. If you like a good story, you probably are beter with Tokyo Debunker (despite all the AI stuff and the cashgrab aspects), but if you want a different gameplay vibe, this game is accessible for anybody who've played any other Candy Crush-like game (and enjoys the genre).
It's a solid 7/10 game but probably a cheap thrill for those who don't speak Japanese and aren't really into the corporative theme.
I can only hope the game comes to global, it deserves to be a moderate success in Japan. But if you've reached this point also hoping about an English release, I'm sorry to crush your dreams, but coly inc. isn't known for localizing their games :(
SR card

TL;DR

**Pros:**

• Interesting gameplay;
• Adds a twist to the match 3 (Candy Crush) genre;
• High quality: live2D, great UI, few loading screens;
• Generous starter rewards;
• No geoblock.

**Cons:**

• Japanese only;
• Theme might be too niche;
• Apparently greedy in the long run (too early too judge, but it is what it is);
• Dupes make a HUGE difference (it raises the max level, like Nikke).

Meow cat, please meow back (SR card).

LINKS

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colyinc.breakMyCase
Appstore: https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9/id6472174407
Taptap: https://www.taptap.io/app/33653518
Qooapp: https://m-apps.qoo-app.com/en-US/app/23527

I switched from Xfinity to AT&T fiber about 3.5 months ago (500mbps plan). I always got 400+ download/upload when using the smart home manager app Speedtest. About 2-3 weeks ago, I began getting significant packet loss when online gaming on a ps5 (across multiple games). I also noticed when live streaming on YouTubeTV, the quality wasn’t as good as usual. I did a Speedtest on the smart home app and across multiple devices I’m only showing 15-20 mbps download but normal upload speeds (500+). Even when hardwiring a laptop to the gateway, I only get 50-70 Mbps download.
I’ve troubleshooted with customer care via chat, phone and an in home technician. Nobody can figure out the issue. They sent an outside tech who said he found some issues with the neighborhood box and “fused” the inputs? It didn’t change my issue at all and I still show the same poor download speeds.
The weird part is when I use Speedtest.net, the speeds show as they should 500+ download/upload. However, when I use some other speed tests (speakeasy, fast, google and xfinity tests), sometimes it will show normal but usually it shows the same poor download speeds that I always see on the smart home app.
Has anyone run into this or have any ideas? They are sending another technician to my home later this week because the outside tech set my ticket as resolved but it doesn’t seem they have any clue as to what the issue is or what changed a few weeks ago when the issue began.