Recent reviews by SM3GHE4D

I played through the campaign on normal and overall had a pretty fun time. It was pretty easy once I got hold of how things worked sep for few missions and and couple of the tournaments along the way. But that was kinda to be expected since it was just normal cuz I am sure I will find a better challenge with the higher difficulties especially if I try with perma death on which actually looking forward to trying out. As for the story and lore of the world it was actually pretty decent and same goes for the characters as well they have some entertaining dialogue and events with each of the faction leader. One of the only criticism I have and w will say is that they should have more unique factions cuz the necromancer is pretty much the only cool one IMO the other two you get really mundane and boring units from what I have seen so far unless there some super secrets ones there hiding. There are also some units that feel redundant or pretty useless like for example the Drummer is basically the same as the Rhino sep I think the Drummer was slighty more tanky then the Rhino when I checked the stats. But other then that though If you are looking for a nice fun auto battler with cool artstyle with a fun variety of units to play with this game is definitely worth a try.

While some of the designs are too close for comfort to some of the Pokemon out there like Ribunny who is literally just Sylveon in bunny form but regardless I still don't think it is enough to discredit the game entirely. There is no so such thing as 100% original anymore cuz there isn't any new ingredients only different ways to prepare those ingredients and also mixing them with others and this game mixes in a bunch. The main two are obviously Pokemon and Ark with some Breath of wild feels in there and a tinge of the Factorio genre when it comes to managing yur base and IMO they mix them very nicely with each other. By having the pals in a survival settings makes it to where you are not just catching them based on how well they do in battle but also how useful they can be in running the many stations that need to be worked at yur home. The progression can be slow even though I don't mind cuz I feel like its helping me savor the game personally but if it doesn't go at the pace you like you can edit lots of diff settings including exp so that won't be a problem. I myself haven't even made it super deep into the game cuz at the time of writing this I am like around lvl 18 but I havnt had this much fun in a long time and that is because it is something truly special and highly doubt that it will disappoint me in the end game but if I does I will make sure to edit my review accordingly.

Its dead with next to no players and even if they come out with huge updates I doubt any significant amount players will come back to play

Its great for ppl who like RTS games without the heavy micromanaging. The units all look cool IMO and all have some cool abilities to choose from in a game with fun epic combat that is great watch. Simply a good game that at first I started off just watching others play through there streams which was fun enough on it own but once I got into myself it was even better. I am sure there is gunna be ups and downs with this game in terms of the meta but that's how it is with any other games like this. All I know is that as casual player I can have a really good time with Mechabellum.

Its fun its silly and its free so a pretty good way to kill time if you looking for a simple rogue like survival game.

Been playing for couple days now so here are some things I liked and disliked

Likes
1.Gladiator arena
2.the maps seem cool and fun to explore
3.the combat so far has felt nice and pretty decent
4.I like how you can hire an AI companion
5.Quests

Dislikes
1.The voice acting sound really robotic and I think cuz it AI
2.Ppl can camp extraction points since they don't pop up randomly like DnD does
3.I Did DC a couples time in my first match with a teammate and was pretty laggy at some points
4.This opinion might be lil subjective but I feel like they should have a map cuz the caverns I was in was cool but big and felt like it could have used more direction
5.Needs more monster variety

There does seem to be some interesting crafting in the game but haven't really gotten into it yet so can't really comment on it but other then that I did enjoy it over all and I think it has potential and if you are someone who is waiting on Dark and Darker this game probably do a decent job of scratching that itch.

Something I wish to address though that I found out is apparently the devs went into the Dark and Darker Discord to trash talk while advertising there own game to which I find really childish and embarrassing as someone who is currently playing there game cuz I personally think they could coexist and they don't need to consider each other as a competitors at least that is what I hope for. I remember when I went to our local video game stores downtown which were Big city gaming and CD game exchange whenever one didn't have what I was looking for they would suggest I go to the other to see if they had it cuz they were chill like that. Maybe I am being too wishful for these two games to get along but can't blame me for hoping.

As it right now I personally wouldn't recommend it cuz it is in rough spot right now cuz there is so many annoying little things. Like one is not telling how stuff works like emissions cuz when I encountered my first I died cuz I didnt know what was goin or what I was supposed to do. Ppl recommend that you mark any shelters you find but what if you just starting off and havnt encounter many in the area. Secondly I don't see why there is not a proper guide on how to use the metal detector when it is pretty important and the first one you are able to get is so crappy you might as well wait to get the good one from the main story another annoying thing is that it will say that in order to find certain items you have to go to certain part of the map like Dark vally for aluminum as an example but the part they leave out is its only in certain spots of Dark vally where you can metal detect and I had to youtube a video to find that out then had to google a special interactive map to find the spots in Dark vally when all of this type of stuff should just be explained in the game itself. When it comes to the map design its very painful and unfair for the Stalker at least early on cuz the second bandit base is positioned pretty much right next to the Dump while stalkers have to go the length of Dark vally to get there safe making it a lot harder for them to properly farm there cuz everytime they get killed the game becomes a big running simulator which is why they need to make a way to travel easier in this game some how. I heard someone whine bout how it would ruin the pvp which I call bull cuz you don't need that much excessive running around for to bump into each other especially when there ppl on both sides who actively seek each other out for pvp and not to mention you can still encounter them while there doin grinding and missions. Lastly I hate how people from yur own team can loot yur body cuz its stressful enough as it is having to worry bout bandits stealing my stuff as a stalker. People say just wait for them to send it thru mail or until they auction my stuff back but in my case they never do maybe I am just unlucky but I find the idea of having to buy my ♥♥♥♥ back from my own team stupid as hell not to mention that will encourage really bad behavior like letting fellow stalkers die so you can loot there body. So if you like games where they try to promote teamwork with the ppl you are playing with then this game is not for you and it is also a pain if you want to go solo as well cuz trying to do so in this game is really difficult. Oh and one last lil tid bit AI Enemys in here are such a ♥♥♥♥♥ to fight since they sense and shoot you through many layers of foliage and such but you won't see them which makes for a real frustrating gun battle. Anyways thats all the thoughts I wanted to vent about. I know a lotta ppl will disagree with the criticism I just layed out and will overuse the the dismissive "get gud" argument instead of realizing that more difficulty does not equal good game design but whatever I don't care I am laying down my opinion regardless

Its fun simple game that is easy to hop in and start building and playing