Mecha Knights: Nightmare
As someone who loves the mecha genre, I was excited for Mecha Knights: Nightmare’s release, and I was not disappointed. There is a lot of customization within the game, allowing for many different builds - though explosives are the current meta. The randomized drops foster experimentation with new equipment and weapons, often leading to discoveries you would not have found by relying on stats alone. The many types of weapons having a distinct feel and varying use making your choices feel like they actually matter, which is something often lacking in games, where every weapon has a very similar feel.
– Real player with 82.7 hrs in game
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tl;dr: I really like this game. For $15 it isn’t bad at all.
I have some issues with it, related almost entirely to the story, not the game itself. I’ll grade it in a normal SPAG (Story, Performance, Aesthetics, Gameplay) method. It will be mostly my thoughts on the story element (IMO) issues, though.
=== Story ===
So the story in this game is bad, but in a manner that is so inoffensive I cannot tell if it wants to set itself up in the next game as being satire or serious. I’m assuming there will be a next game, if only to introduce swords and such.
– Real player with 21.5 hrs in game
Raider Bots
The Raiders are a lawless space fleet consisting of a handful of battle hardened operatives. In their quest for riches, they have scouted a planet that is home to an abundance of valuable resources. Unfortunately, it is already occupied by multiple factions, battling for control. Your mission is to conquer the planet and place it under Raiders control. Combined with a powerful Battle MECH, you will raise an army of Battle BOTs in order to take on the thriving native factions.
Key Features:
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Two Main Modes, World Mode and Battle Mode - Plan your moves in the World Mode, then jump into Battle Mode to experience battles in real time.
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Mechs - Dominate the battlefield with your very own Mech, with a plethora of unlockable weaponry.
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Collect BOTs - Take control of a variety of Battle BOTs, each with their own unique characteristics.
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Specialize BOTs - Specialize BOT effectiveness on the battlefield with a variety of collectible upgrade modules.
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Conquest - Take control of Strongholds dotted across the planet. Strongholds will help fund multiple large scale armies necessary for total conquest.
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Commander Drone - Command your BOTs and activate special abilities with the Commander Drone; which affords a top down view of the battle where you can issue orders, classic RTS style.
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ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION
since i’m not good at long explaination so i gonna make my “easy-to-understand” review here.
-Goods:
still has nice gameplay as you expected from the mobile counterparts of this series (included “Dynasty Warrior” moment too.)
You can freely customize your mechs now.
There are character voices in the game.
secret routes contents added
better cutscenes (but not much.)
AI partners and ordering your partners added (You are not alone anymore.)
-Bad:
Repetitive Gameplay
Lack of some basic Customization options such as changing colors freely, AI partners voices, etc.
– Real player with 26.6 hrs in game
Assault Gunners HD Edition is a late port of a Playstation Vita game. It really shows from a graphical perspective but it also means the game will run smoothly even on older PCs. I’m not going to be having a fit on graphics, we are here for the shooty mecha action after all. The port sports the infamous external config application that’s so common in Japanese ports but thankfully it gets the job done and it’s serviceable enough.
This one you really have to play with the pad as the on screen instructions are all formatted to the Xbox controller.
– Real player with 22.2 hrs in game
Assault Suit Leynos
I really like AS Leynos, but can’t help but feel a little underwhelmed with it - as an obsessive player of Gunhound, Valken and similar mech shooters I think I overhyped myself a bit. I looked forward to its western - and later PC release for months and even double-dipped and bought the PS4 version anyway. Overall it’s fine, maybe average sums up the game better.
General gameplay is good, and achieves some pretty solid highs at times but suffers from some slightly annoying decisions like pulling you out of the action constantly to introduce a miniboss, or literally moving you away from a defense objective to fight an enemy only to throw a mission failed screen in your face when the thing you were initially defending ends up being destroyed by the enemy.
– Real player with 13.2 hrs in game
Assault Suits Leynos is a remake of the 1990 Sega Genesis game “Target Earth” or “Assault Suits Leynos” in Japan. Almost 30 years later and partly produced by the original developer Assault Suits Leynos is back with a fresh take on the original game. Upon looking through a handful of Steam reviews I decided to write my own since a lot of the bad reviews for this game focused on the port being “trash” mostly due to problems stemming from controls when the game first launched.
The developer did eventually offer a fix and you basically have to set your control to xbox which will allow you to remap a controller. There currently still is not a method to remap controls for keyboard which is a nearly impossible sell for the large amount of PC players who consider the Keyboard and Mouse to be the ultimate controller. Not the most intuitive way to fix issues with controls. I was able to plug in a ps4 controller and use it without any issues. If you are a keyboard player I would tell you to use a program called JoytoKey to set the controls how you like them, but again this is not an intuitive fix either, and in the future I hope developers allow the freedom to remap controls. In 2019 not having remarkable controls is considered a solid deal breaker to many, myself included.
– Real player with 10.8 hrs in game
Gun Metal
I’ve played Gun Metal as a 12 year old kid and absolutely loved it - I mean, the game lets you control a transformable mech with badass firepower and nice looks, how cool is that?! Also, back in a day it featured some really decent graphics, so I loved it even more, as I was able to play it on my new PC without any problems. Well, the times have changed and so did my way of perceiving games. Gun Metal is just as adorably oldschool and dynamic as it is monotonous and frustrating. The difficulty is high, the missions are terribly repetetive, the story basically doesn’t exist (ok we are under attack by somebody, here take this cool transforming mech while we remain absolutely fucking useless, lol I know, we were able to build this damn thing but we cant fight for shit, so yeah, you are our only hope, please shoot all the bad guys), and the game (or at least the Steam version, I don’t recall such difficulties… well, shit, 12 years ago) is pretty damn bugged. During the loading screen for the 6th mission the game crashed to desktop and after restarting it showed my savegame as “damaged”, thus unable to load. That sucked. Other than that, the game is still fun, mostly thanks to its dynamicity and the sense of power it gives (lots of weapons, explosions and the coolness of a transforming bot). I bought it on Indie Gala for $1,40 because my nostalgia told me to do so. If you are reading this and want to put your hands on a cheap digital copy of this notsobad game, I advice checking http://store.indiegala.com/ .
– Real player with 11.6 hrs in game
this game is worth a dollar, without a doubt. $10? maybe, depends on what you like.
At first glance, this game is a very cool pacific rim/transformers type mech game where you can transform back and forth between a jet plane and a mech with guns. However, in later levels you end up barely using the mech at all because it’s just too slow and you get ganged up on by all the enemies, meaning you have to spend more time in jet mode taking out all the enemies just to land as mech and not do as much damage
– Real player with 7.8 hrs in game
Mechsprofit: Mech Tycoon Simulator
This game takes an interesting take on mechs. This game focuses on the civilian use of mechs. Normally mech games revolve around giant mechs fighting, but I’ve never enountered a game that featured civilian non-combat mechs before. In this way this game is unique. It’s been suggested in the forums that combat mechs be added, and the dev said he would consider it after the core mechanics are in place. But this game includes currently the ability to make mechs for racing, transportation, and general use.
– Real player with 8.1 hrs in game
Let me start by saying this game - in its current state - is not great. It is amazing, an actual gem.
Ok let me clarify that. The game, in and of itself is pretty basic - incredibly so - but its so so much fun to play. I find myself playing this game when I am frustrated with another game as this is just funny as hell to play. Wanna make a mech that looks like boobs on wheels/legs? GOOD here you are. Wanna make a mech that looks like your eyes will melt just by looking at it’s sheer monstrosity? GOOD here you are.
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
Project Nimbus: Complete Edition
⚖️ Grade = A. Worth a buy, if you enjoy Gundam Fight, Air Combat, dodging challenges. However, for who want good cinematic, customization, don’t buy it
EXPECTATION CHECKLIST:
✔️ Combat from a very far distance
✔️ Auto-aim & locking target enemy
✔️ Rapidly defeated multiple enemies
✔️ Unlimited ammo
✔️ Survival Mode
❌ Cinematic Cutscene
❌ Mech Customization
❌ Versus friend best result for replay value
🔎 Long version checklist ➜ Reveal
– Real player with 14.4 hrs in game
Quick:
3/5. Fans of the old Armored Core days may find themselves browsing Steam and stumbling across a promising looking mecha game named Project Nimbus: Complete Edition. This is how I discovered this title, and my initial expectation stuck with me throughout my entire experience with this game. My expectations were met, and in some ways exceeded. This game is pretty good. If you’re looking for a corny story, quick paced mecha shooting, dodging, and sword slashing… then you’re in the right place. However, if customization of your mecha is what you’re looking for, this is not the game for you. Overall I liked the game, and I recommend a play-through.
– Real player with 11.0 hrs in game
DAEMON X MACHINA
Armored Core Lite.
This is the closest thing to Armored Core on PC, honestly. It feels and plays like watered and dumbed down Armored Core 4. It lacks customization from AC, but gameplay loop as well as presentation (aka being hired by various Corporations that fighting each other) is very close. Story is absolute cringe and not worth discussing nor following. I can point out some pros and cons to break down the game
Pros:
-Closest thing to Armored Core on PC
-Plays and feels almost as AC4
-Had people who developed AC in dev team
– Real player with 43.8 hrs in game
I can highly recommend this game, it’s no armor core that’s for sure however the game does provided a lot of customization however most of it would be “locked” until you encounter that part for the mech or weapon type but overall the game is fun, story is excellent and characters are splendid I actually like about 3 or 4 that are my favorite that doesn’t the rest are bad it’s just my personal tastes really.
– Real player with 30.1 hrs in game
Front Mission Evolved
Another game with a big name behind it.
Time for yet another dual-viewpoint review.
TL;DR: Only go for it for the multiplayer. Only go multiplayer if you already know someone that wants to play it. (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FrontMissionRevival )
FME as part of Front Mission series
I’ve played Front Mission on SNES, including Front Mission: Gun Hazard (that it’s NOT a strategy game either, it’s a platformer), and Front Mission 3 on PS1.
They decided to make a TPS out of a game series that are mostly Turn Based Strategy.
– Real player with 32.9 hrs in game
After writing a review for this when I was 14, I have read the original and felt it was nothing more than cringe material. SO, I will be reviewing this game AGAIN.
To start off with, the story isn’t connected to any of the previous Front Mission games on Playstation. Instead, we are given a completely “NEW” story with “NEW” characters. These characters are pretty much as bland as a slice of bread, and only act as a means to introduce you to game mechanics or shit out exposition when nothing is shooting at you.
– Real player with 29.7 hrs in game
Mars Quest
If u miss games like Vyruz: Destruction of the Untel Empire, this might rub the right place. More development and it will be fine.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game