I changed the review to negative. For context, i really really really like this game, and the gameplay is fantastic, everything around it, is a chore and pain for no reason. This is fixable... I will cope and hope they will fix this game. This really is a shame cause with some tweaks this could be a fire game, if it continues like this, it probably wont have players for long.

ALSO YOU CANNOT PLAY CROSS REGION, YOU NEED TO MAKE A NEW ACCOUNT, WITH NONE OF THE COSMETICS CARRYING OVER, YOU ALSO HAVE TO REPLAY THE 20 MINUTES UNSKIPPABLE TUTORIAL. MAKE IT GLOBAL AND HAVE REGIONS AS A SELECTION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL LOBBY/GAMES!!!!

-- The good --

Combat is amazing (most important), fluid, fresh. The abilities all feel good and there is a bunch of depth.

Super fluid movement, it just feels amazing playing.

Sound is over the top but nice.

Mechs are diverse and offer bunch of different playstyles.

Visuals are good and clean, high fidelity and the "feel" of a big mech turned out perfectly.

The objective based gameplay is fire, super fun and allows for skill expression.

The art style is complete and consistent throughout the entire game, the voice lines are good too.

Fan service which is basically only local cause you almost never see other pilots. Super deep character creator.

Customization of colors is deep and fun to customize the mechs.
(unless you want new colors, gotta grind the dumb extraction mode and even then its RNG and you can get battlescarred colors that look horrible, I JUST WANT YELLOW AND PURPLE MAN!)



-- The bad --

Games filled with bots, even in competitive. None of the gameplay matters if I play against brain dead aimbot bots, rank means nothing because of it, I had a game with 11 bots and just me. Some of the bots walk slowly even if they have the flag in capture the flag. Some fly into walls constantly. I got annoyed and left, was punished for it too, bro it was only bots. How am I punished for playing alone basically.

The unlocking of mechs was easy in this beta because we got bunch of free currency via mail, if this is not the case, it makes unlocking a chore. Somehow they are all priced differently and if you main X and it happens to be expensive, well have fun playing mechs you dont like.

Gating visual customisation and stat boosting items behind the extraction game mode. Sadly you can get modules that boost stats, they also have rarity. Those can only be collected in the half-baked extraction mode. These boost your stats even in competitive.

Half Baked extraction mode is unbalanced and boring, no objectives, just kill AI in an area, move to new area. Then sometimes you have PvP fights. Those fights are super unbalanced as there are sniper weapons to equip which you can get by RNG and upgrade by RNG and call down to use every match in 5 minutes.

Balancing, the balancing is a bit all over the place, not sure why the super tanky mechs also deal the most damage. But thats all fixable with buffs/nerfs.

Then on top of all that monetisation looks bad, getting mechs is gated behind battlepass, some currencies are locked to X per week so cant grind out stuff you want.

The game struggles to find the correct audience, is it extraction? is it pve? is it casual? is it competitive? its tries too much and fails at multiple ends. I really want to like this game but playing against bots 99% of the time is not an experience I want in a competitive pvp arena game.

I changed the review to negative. For context, i really really really like this game, and the gameplay is fantastic, everything around it, is a chore and pain for no reason. This is fixable... I will cope and hope they will fix this game. This really is a shame cause with some tweaks this could be a fire game, if it continues like this, it probably wont have players for long. ALSO YOU CANNOT PLAY CROSS REGION, YOU NEED TO MAKE A NEW ACCOUNT, WITH NONE OF THE COSMETICS CARRYING OVER, YOU ALSO HAVE TO REPLAY THE 20 MINUTES UNSKIPPABLE TUTORIAL. MAKE IT GLOBAL AND HAVE REGIONS AS A SELECTION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL LOBBY/GAMES!!!! -- The good -- Combat is amazing (most important), fluid, fresh. The abilities all feel good and there is a bunch of depth. Super fluid movement, it just feels amazing playing. Sound is over the top but nice. Mechs are diverse and offer bunch of different playstyles. Visuals are good and clean, high fidelity and the "feel" of a big mech turned out perfectly. The objective based gameplay is fire, super fun and allows for skill expression. The art style is complete and consistent throughout the entire game, the voice lines are good too. Fan service which is basically only local cause you almost never see other pilots. Super deep character creator. Customization of colors is deep and fun to customize the mechs. (unless you want new colors, gotta grind the dumb extraction mode and even then its RNG and you can get battlescarred colors that look horrible, I JUST WANT YELLOW AND PURPLE MAN!) -- The bad -- Games filled with bots, even in competitive. None of the gameplay matters if I play against brain dead aimbot bots, rank means nothing because of it, I had a game with 11 bots and just me. Some of the bots walk slowly even if they have the flag in capture the flag. Some fly into walls constantly. I got annoyed and left, was punished for it too, bro it was only bots. How am I punished for playing alone basically. The unlocking of mechs was easy in this beta because we got bunch of free currency via mail, if this is not the case, it makes unlocking a chore. Somehow they are all priced differently and if you main X and it happens to be expensive, well have fun playing mechs you dont like. Gating visual customisation and stat boosting items behind the extraction game mode. Sadly you can get modules that boost stats, they also have rarity. Those can only be collected in the half-baked extraction mode. These boost your stats even in competitive. Half Baked extraction mode is unbalanced and boring, no objectives, just kill AI in an area, move to new area. Then sometimes you have PvP fights. Those fights are super unbalanced as there are sniper weapons to equip which you can get by RNG and upgrade by RNG and call down to use every match in 5 minutes. Balancing, the balancing is a bit all over the place, not sure why the super tanky mechs also deal the most damage. But thats all fixable with buffs/nerfs. Then on top of all that monetisation looks bad, getting mechs is gated behind battlepass, some currencies are locked to X per week so cant grind out stuff you want. The game struggles to find the correct audience, is it extraction? is it pve? is it casual? is it competitive? its tries too much and fails at multiple ends. I really want to like this game but playing against bots 99% of the time is not an experience I want in a competitive pvp arena game.