Is it worth it?

[GodTierAsta]

Im a huge mech fan Armored core fan and Well gundam Anything Mech really How is this game i been let down so much Played MWO for years till they screwed us. Hows pvp hows PVE how is it !!!!! lol

[jank]

Haven't tried PvP yet but the PVE is pretty decent.Customisation-wise it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ amazing especially when you compare it to Armored Core.The controls are surprisingly really smooth and intuitive.Definitely recommend

[GodTierAsta]

hows the mouse and keyboard controls how is PVE does the only stuff work good hows lag, How many players are supported

[rdmx]

Mouse and keyboard controls are perfect while you're in the mech/arsenal. It's raw mouse input, no mouse lag/acceleration/turn rate cap.

There's a bit of camera lag when you're controlling the human form for some reason, but you dont have to do that too often.

[.T.]

if youre a mech game fan, you know what a mech game is like. this is a good mech game. great controls, customisation and loadout options. i tried multiplayer this morning and couldnt find a lobby which is a worry but loving the game so not a deal breker. the pve looks great!

[Outsider]

Keep in mind that it has MUCH weaker customization than AC. You don't even get different types of legs, only humanoid ones and you can't even change the color of glowing parts/vizor on your mech, something you could do in the very first AC.
I'd say it's worth it on sale. Maybe at 20-30 dollars of your regional equivalent.

[DespotAspid]

This game is very primitive. Customization is cheap, there is no depth and tactics like in the AC. Consider DXM an AC for snotty babies. And anime lovers...

[GHPurple]

Originally posted by Reapers:

hows the mouse and keyboard controls how is PVE does the only stuff work good hows lag, How many players are supported

The mouse sensitivity changes for almost every map for some reason, even though your setting remains unchanged. I hope they fix this soon because I like this game so far.

From what I understand the most players they can support on the same map is 4. I've been only matched up with locals so far so there isn't much lag.

This is definitely one of the better mech game with good movement controls in the genre.

[Hei Gui]

Originally posted by rdmx:

Mouse and keyboard controls are perfect while you're in the mech/arsenal. It's raw mouse input, no mouse lag/acceleration/turn rate cap.

There's a bit of camera lag when you're controlling the human form for some reason, but you dont have to do that too often.

This person doesn't understand what raw input is. The game does have mouse sensitivity inconsistencies: https://youtu.be/0BfOtoF0_HY

[Haka]

Originally posted by Außenseiter:

Keep in mind that it has MUCH weaker customization than AC. You don't even get different types of legs, only humanoid ones and you can't even change the color of glowing parts/vizor on your mech, something you could do in the very first AC.

But you can add attachments to customize your weapons and armor to better fill certain roles. The game has more customization of weapons than AC, where you couldn't modify your weapons performance at all last I checked. Right about the legs, but exactly what gameplay difference would that make when all 90% of the movement is boost anyway?

In short, its all cosmetics customization that is weaker, which I totally agree, especially with colors and decals.

However, Weapons and Parts come with 1-3 attachment slots which modify weapon/mecha performance. Minus the functionality of quad/hover legs, which all the legs work like hover legs anyway, the game has better customization on the gameplay side of things

Watch a gameplay vid, see them swap between four different equipable weapons, while still having a shoulder/back weapon and an auxillary weapon/support and realize you can modify all of those with "attachments" that drop in mission/come in gear you salvage.

As someone who played ever AC from 1 to 4A, i'm personally having a blast and can see all the nods in the game and story to AC.

[Exarch_Alpha]

I´m having lots of fun. Using a sword and a gun like a Gundam is awesome. You can even roleplay like using sniper rifle and sword like Lockon Stratos from Gundam 00

[Outsider]

Originally posted by Hakageryu:

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Do attachments change weapons behavior later in the game? Because early on they look like simple stat boosts, something you could do in AC with tuning.
Also different legs allowed different benefits, like using back weapons while moving or faster movement over water. Oversimplifying everything by "u dash anyway" doesn't change the fact.
Also radar parts is not a thing.
Built-in-arms weapons is not a thing.
Heating mechanic is not a thing.
Booster parts is not a thing.
A number of internal parts are now cooked in respective armor parts and processor.

On the flip side you can customize your pilot, and it's very cool, but it doesn't excuse simplified mech customization.

I also like this game very much, and as I said in my review it's not a bad game. It's just smaller one and we should be honest and acknowledge that it doesn't have the level of AC customization.

[Ferrick]

Originally posted by Außenseiter:

Originally posted by Hakageryu:

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Do attachments change weapons behavior later in the game? Because early on they look like simple stat boosts, something you could do in AC with tuning.
Also different legs allowed different benefits, like using back weapons while moving or faster movement over water. Oversimplifying everything by "u dash anyway" doesn't change the fact.
Also radar parts is not a thing.
Built-in-arms weapons is not a thing.
Heating mechanic is not a thing.
Booster parts is not a thing.
A number of internal parts are now cooked in respective armor parts and processor.

On the flip side you can customize your pilot, and it's very cool, but it doesn't excuse simplified mech customization.

I also like this game very much, and as I said in my review it's not a bad game. It's just smaller one and we should be honest and acknowledge that it doesn't have the level of AC customization.

unfortunately seems like attachment is pretty much tuning

there are passives on parts but not to the point where it allows you to do different things than what you could and could not be doing prior

there are weapon arms like Gun Arms, but I am not sure on their effectiveness because currently running melee build

heating mechanic is sort of a thing where overheat due to flamethrower or heated up rooms but that only impedes your boost, as in you cannot use it

not too sure about radar but it is pretty much useless in exploration because enemies pop up in the next room after you cleared the current one (and is RNG)

yeah booster parts are part of your body so you can't change that, you can only add additional verniers through aux part but you're pretty much choosing between that, ammo reserves, coolant tanks (for boost), grenades of varying types and effects, etc.

[SolidSubstance]

Taking a little side step here! How did MWO screw players over? I played the game few years back a lot!

[GodTierAsta]

Originally posted by SolidSubstance:

Taking a little side step here! How did MWO screw players over? I played the game few years back a lot!

The studio for MWO stopped working on the game for 2+ years with no updates or content to work on MW5 and then proceeded to take all the money from MWO to fund MW5 and the MWO community got nothing. MW5 was then promised to be a replacement for MWO then they backed on it and said it was more of a single player experience. Even tho the MWO community wants a more MW5 expierience.

[Elvi]

No clue or a care about the PVP (can't imagine it's too great, since no anti-cheat I can see), the rest is a lot of fun tho, starting with customisation and ending with the pure-fun gamelay. Thow if you are into MW universe, MW5: Mercenaries might be a better fit, as this does not even try to be realistic and stuff.