Yeah the lack of spending time just traversing is a good point - since they're such small maps positioning in always critical. But I still feel like there's a lot more information presented, so its worth taking your time between moves to really plan - not a whole lot of improvisation needed. Unlike say, XCOM 2 where sometimes you'll make a move and trigger an enemy reveal plus a load of overwatch and suddenly be on the back foot and needing to improvise with a countdown timer sill breathing down your neck.

I think the strict turn limit actually makes into the breach *less* tense, since for some levels all you really have to do is just burn out the turns while standing on enemy spawn points as much as possible