My thoughts on this game

[Odiniichan]

I really want this game to succeed you know. I need more mecha games but they want this game to be a live service that needs a huge community to make it work, plus they decided to make it an extraction-shooter type game making it more niche and then there's the PVP vs PVE issue splitting the players.

Anyway here is my take on the beta so far


PROS:

• Models look beautiful
  
• Customizeable Waifu/Husbando
  
• Base Progression is rewarding
  
• Mecha designs are good, I love cradle coffins.
  
• Magus Interactions
  
• Battery Mechanics (lessens camping I guess)

CONS:

• You have to PAY your Magus to take a bath like seriously? after looking for the mats, avoiding bloodthirsty players and paying for building it, the magus have the audacity to charge you?
  
• Hit boxes on some environment models are broken, some empty spaces can block your shots or like when you are scoping near a ledge and your shot wont go through.
  
• Cant customize mechs. I want some custom decals and colors.
  
• Expensive pricing
  
• A seasonal Battlepass with Premium Tiers in a fully paid game
  
• MTX/Premium Currency in a fully paid game
  
• Can't queue together with friends, so hard to play same server
  
• Enemy Variety is seriously lacking
  
• AI needs more work, those bandits/crawlers like to get stuck on stuff.
  
• UI/UX could use more improvements, need more QoL on menus, debriefing too long.
  
• Graphic Settings are lacking on a PC game.
  
• Could use a better sound design, the weapons don't sound powerful, they could use a lil more oomph. Also hard to pinpoint movements when its all over the place sometimes.
  
• Uses Easy Anti Cheat. Yeah good luck on release. Hackers galore.
  
• BAMCO known to shut down their game servers.
  
• No way to reconnect if you get disconnected mid mission. Instant fail.
  
• Newbies are mixed with veterans on same map

More personal Issues with the game:

• Not a fan of the English voiceover, kinda cringe at times. Why in the japanese voice the mascot have cute voice but in the english its using this cringey macho guy voice.
  
• Forced PVP, teaming up guarantees getting shot in the back.
  
• No PVE COOP only mode. Im too old for competitive stuff.
  
• My tall and big mommy Magus clips on the Cradle, she dont fit for her size.
  
• The background music at the base sucks, even when getting the radio upgrade, theres no option to change music at all.
  
• Warehouse is so unintuitive. no auto stacking or some items dont stack at all even when using the organize button.
  Also the materials stack so little in clumps of 5 and they use up slots fast its annoying.
  

Don't want this game to fail though but with these issues and that release date window near Monster Hunter Wilds, the situation is kinda yikes. By experiencing the test Im kinda on the fence now on pre-ordering the game but ill prolly just wait for the release and see the changes before getting this one.

Have a good one Drifter!

[Alexander Steel]

Thanks been on the fence for this one, think I'll wait a while longer

[Ginebra]

Saw a gameplay review video from about 9 months ago, and the ttk in this game seems to be super fast, that sucks for a mech game. I really hope they overhaul the combat system in the game.

[Taris]

Forced PvP mixed with PvE? Definite no-go. Perhaps I'll just watch some streamer playing it but not by myself. I don't need any other Adrenalin other than coming from my day job.

I was about to pay for the most expensive package due to the art style and the fact that the game is based on an Anime. Yet, as soon as I figure out on the forced PvP element, I purchased more Gacha packages for some Chinese game, you may figure out from my profile picture.

Selling a PvP game with a fixed package pricing, along with battle pass and premium stuff, is a mockery.

[Hexo Mia]

I dont think even Vtubers can save this game, the steam charts are just depressing to look at, dont think this game wil blow up or anything, but insteead sink in.

[Outsider]

Yoooo what do you mean you can't customize mechs?
I thought the whole point is armored core-lite customization where you can swap around arms, legs, weapons and paint it however you like.
Like you know, in the anime?
What do you mean you can't customize mechs?! What do you even loot in missions then?

[amon.the.arcadian]

Originally posted by Outsider:

Yoooo what do you mean you can't customize mechs?
I thought the whole point is armored core-lite customization where you can swap around arms, legs, weapons and paint it however you like.
Like you know, in the anime?
What do you mean you can't customize mechs?! What do you even loot in missions then?

no paint, no decals, just body arms and legs. but you can buy all kinds of overprized skins for your waifu in the shop

[REDMVGE]

Originally posted by Hexo Mia:

I dont think even Vtubers can save this game, the steam charts are just depressing to look at, dont think this game wil blow up or anything, but insteead sink in.

Where do you find the steam numbers for this game? Both steamdb and steamcharts don't have them and I would like to know how many people are playing

[Sire]

Originally posted by amon.the.arcadian:

Originally posted by Outsider:

Yoooo what do you mean you can't customize mechs?
I thought the whole point is armored core-lite customization where you can swap around arms, legs, weapons and paint it however you like.
Like you know, in the anime?
What do you mean you can't customize mechs?! What do you even loot in missions then?

no paint, no decals, just body arms and legs. but you can buy all kinds of overprized skins for your waifu in the shop

Oh, I personally don't really care much about decals, so I'm good on that front, but not allowing to paint is such a weird decision, so to get a coherent mech you are encentivized to use parts of the same models?

[『LITERALLY ME』]

Defo a wait for most, I wish it did ease up on all the monetization in a b2p game. This is just an annoying standard for people to milk the most out of the supportive player base.

[時魔導士]

After playing the game so far, the animation when the character launches the ultimate move needs to be customizable.

Let the clothes on your body burst when you replenish blood, this is the way to go!

Yes, the Violent Blood Replenishing Animation Pack is a must-purchase.

In addition, the warehouse is full of things at once. Should we set up an auction house to let players sell things they don’t need?

[Overlorb]

I love the way the Magus's look, but wouldve loved to have more in character creation. How could not not give me freckles

[Kuter]

Im enjoying the game so far with a few hours in, but my main issue is how everything is 100 weight, just to get 500 bullets(light energy) 5 heals and 5 sealer repair im already over 40% weight, then you have to grab AO crystals (only way to make real money), thats also 100weight each... every material you find is also 100weight each.

You get overweight fast, even if you have a battery of 25min, you barely use 10min of it and you're out..

And then, warehouse capacity, im just a few hours in and i notice im already at 91/100 inventory space and none of the workshop upgrade mention if ill get extra space, just dumb "lets make it more beautiful"🤷‍♂️.

Lastly, pre-order bonus that Daisy armor set, whats the purpose of giving us that if it cost 80k to insure the whole set and if you die, its apparently gone forever?

[Update]

Originally posted by Kuter:

Im enjoying the game so far with a few hours in, but my main issue is how everything is 100 weight, just to get 500 bullets(light energy) 5 heals and 5 sealer repair im already over 40% weight, then you have to grab AO crystals (only way to make real money), thats also 100weight each... every material you find is also 100weight each.

You get overweight fast, even if you have a battery of 25min, you barely use 10min of it and you're out..

And then, warehouse capacity, im just a few hours in and i notice im already at 91/100 inventory space and none of the workshop upgrade mention if ill get extra space, just dumb "lets make it more beautiful"🤷‍♂️.

Lastly, pre-order bonus that Daisy armor set, whats the purpose of giving us that if it cost 80k to insure the whole set and if you die, its apparently gone forever?

I swear the carry weights were higher for everything except the pvp frames (chilipepper and etc) I find it odd that they nerfed them.
However the "exploration type" cradles like birdwatcher and ogre have 8000+ if you equip the set.

Warehouse capacity goes to 200 on the first upgrade and then 400(?) on the second

and lastly the daisy ogre set is mostly a bonus for starting out. You can craft them.
I don't remember if its a cosmetic alternative to the +1 ogre like the SP parts but the recipe is on the pass albeit pretty late into it

[alex010300]

Why do we need to pay for cleaning our Magus ? I got 3 and I need to spend like 9000 just to wash all of them.

[alex010300]

Originally posted by Update:

Originally posted by Kuter:

Im enjoying the game so far with a few hours in, but my main issue is how everything is 100 weight, just to get 500 bullets(light energy) 5 heals and 5 sealer repair im already over 40% weight, then you have to grab AO crystals (only way to make real money), thats also 100weight each... every material you find is also 100weight each.

You get overweight fast, even if you have a battery of 25min, you barely use 10min of it and you're out..

And then, warehouse capacity, im just a few hours in and i notice im already at 91/100 inventory space and none of the workshop upgrade mention if ill get extra space, just dumb "lets make it more beautiful"🤷‍♂️.

Lastly, pre-order bonus that Daisy armor set, whats the purpose of giving us that if it cost 80k to insure the whole set and if you die, its apparently gone forever?

I swear the carry weights were higher for everything except the pvp frames (chilipepper and etc) I find it odd that they nerfed them.
However the "exploration type" cradles like birdwatcher and ogre have 8000+ if you equip the set.

Warehouse capacity goes to 200 on the first upgrade and then 400(?) on the second

and lastly the daisy ogre set is mostly a bonus for starting out. You can craft them.
I don't remember if its a cosmetic alternative to the +1 ogre like the SP parts but the recipe is on the pass albeit pretty late into it

I got the 2nd warehouse upgrade it's 100% 400 items.