A gripping enough game. UI is very smooth, better than many high budget games, but do constrain your expectations for the overall experience. I would say it's probably not worth the full purchase price at this time, even for a mecha fan, due to the sort of repetitive nature of its gameplay and nothing special in the plot department. It gives the impression of not a whole lot of development (Possibly understandable with such a small devteam) followed by tons and tons of polish (Unusual for such a small devteam). It shines in the balance department, being bug-free, fantastic UI. It has some cool robots so you should pick it up on a sale.

My playtime is representative of finishing the campaign and allocating no time to multiplayer or map editor so you may want to consider those in your valuation of the game.

Absolutely terrible!
Extremely buggy, simplistic AI, TERRIBLE UI, unbalanced, and uninspired story.
I love the graphics and the look of the game. It really reminds me of old school games and some anime, but you’re really better off just playing an older game, or at least a different one. At most this game is worth $1-$2 but really just skip it.
(There are many more examples, I’m just listing the ones that bothered me the most. This game isn’t worth the time to list them):

Bug examples:
If you have a dual monitor setup and click outside the game you usually have to force close the game because when you select the game again and click anywhere except the dead center of the game (even then sometimes) the game will minimize and you can’t get back into it.
If you try to save a map in the map editor before placing start locations, you get an error telling you that you need start locations (great!), however you can never save that map even if you add the locations. Your only option is to close everything and start again. Add the locations and then save.
Even with battle animations set to skip all you have to watch animations every time a unit is destroyed.
Achievements don’t trigger properly Ex: s rank on all missions does not properly fire. I even tried playing the final mission again (yes I got s on it again) and it still didn’t fire.
AI example:
Enemy units that need to move one square to fire at your units just sit there on some maps.
Even if a unit can destroy yours in one shot it will always try to capture points even if you have multiple units surrounding it. So instead of you losing units you just put your guy next to the capture point and mow down the AI.
The AI will just let units stay where they are and fight one at a time, in multiple situations, instead of moving and attacking.
The AI doesn’t seem to know how to use abilities properly.

UI examples:
You have to always hold down your left mouse button to speed up the gameplay.
Instead of keeping the camera where you have it, it resets every turn to where it decides your base is and goes there.
You cannot load checkpoints even though you can save them.
There is no next/previous units button. There is also no way to select unmoved units so you have to search the map to make sure you moved everything.
The units don’t auto capture points if you end your turn on them accidentally(the end unit turn and capture buttons are right next to each other, I have clicked the wrong one multiple times).
There are no tool tips on skills. A number of abilities just say they will apply something, like virus, overcharge ect… but the only place that tells you what those abilities do are deep in the menu under help files.
You can’t really zoom out and even if you do it forces info boxes on the top and bottom of the screen so you can’t really move around the map quickly.
You can’t just select a unit and right click to move it or use a hot key, you have to first select the unit that actually click the move button then click where you want it. (IE no hotkeys for many useful things)

Unbalanced:
Unit balance is a joke. It’s really sad that unit the last couple missions your commander can solo all the maps. About 60% of the units can be one shot by a number of the other units.
The buff/degen system is a joke. EX: If you cast armor, aim, and overdrive buffs on a unit and the enemy casts an armor negative instead of canceling out the armor buff it just goes negative and removes all positive buffs.

As for the story…. If you like it great but I couldn’t find anything redeeming about it.

Is this game a masterpiece? Maybe, it is definitly a good looking sci-fi hex-grid turn-based strategy game in anime aesthetics.

You command small teams of mechs over small maps, moving and/or using their weapons and abilities every turn. Terrain gives boni and refineries generate income to purchase additional troops. There are three types of attack (kinetic, energy and explosive), and units have different defence statistics against them. This requires you to use rock-paper-scissors tactics to inflict the highest damage to your enemies. Later in the battle it is possible that your hero joins the fight. Don't let him die, though.

Throughout the 40 mission campaign you play with four different factions, all having the same units but a unique hero. The story is a bit strange at first, but becomes better when you understand more of the universe. In most missions you have to wipe the enemies off the map.

The game is supposed to be a Mech game, but to be honest, I first assumed that I was commanding single commando units. I thought they were just drawn big to give you a better overview when they walk through the forest or a city. Well, they are mechs, and the characters you see in the cutscenes are obviously their pilots. The game does lack options to upgrade mechs and when they receive damage they loose health points, but never an arm, cannon or a leg. So they could be just be soldiers wearing armor.

A local/online 1v1 multiplayer mode allows you to play vs a friend, a skirmish mode vs the CPU, and an editor to create your own maps.

Conclusion:
Turn-based strategy game inspired by Advance Wars that is a lot of fun to play.

I got this game on Steam sale 30% discount for $17.50. It was worth it. It had a very good 41 mission campaign package with interesting story. I did like the characters. The mech design and gameplay mechanics were good. Yes, there were some issues regarding variety of units. Lack of Air or Naval units. I would have love for the pathfinders to have capture ability and even an assault mechs that could hop over mountains. Also, enemy commanders do not have commander mechs or commander powers. This was disappointing. I would have loved to see Pirate Leader or Lyssander Orswell with Commander Mechs and Power like the protagonists. I was able to create simple maps from the Map Editor. It's not as robust as Wargroove's Map Editor that allows for conditions and triggers for custom game modes and maps. I think it is ok. Overall, I had fun playing this game.

I usually only review a game I completed or a game which doesn´t have an ending, like it is endless or online, however I am not sure I will play this to the end.

I love the idea of a simple and clean turn based mech game, really great idea, however it falls short from there.

Story/narrative: Yay for a female lead on a mecha game, but sadly she goes for the whole cliche of superpowered/enhanced pilot which I highly dislike - they try to say it has counter effects to her health but meh, I like my heroes being normal people who earn everything they have through sheer effort and experience. Other characters so far seem quite bland too. The political background feels interesting with many factions but I feel it is less expored than it could.

The art: Now that is my area and I think the mechs are a mixed bag - some look too industrial, others too humanoid and light to a point they don't even look like they are from the same universe - also movement is beautiful, but a bit too human at times. That being said I love the pathfinder design xD Settings and maps look nice enough.
Now one thing which is hideous as hell are the character portraits, I wonder if those were made with those bland looking face editors people used in the early 2000"s for rpgmaker games, really inexpressive.

The gameplay: I like the simplicity, really do, however the game fails on prontly informing you what each status do, or for exemple when enemies lay mines - I was wondering why enemies where shooting to the sky with their pistols and only found those were mines by stepping into them.

Another issue is how easily it is to have a unit be one-shot killed - I know it happens a lot in gundam and I hated that about the franchise - you are talking really tall, heavy and expensive vehicles, they should be able to withstand some punishment, even lighter ones.
The protagonist mech is tottally broken which also gets back to my issue with the plot and her being "the chosen one".

So yeah, negative review, but to be fair I´d give it a five for the idea.

I've played this game for nearly 5 hours and to be honest it's repetitive. I enjoyed it when it first started but 5 hours in it drags to the point even the main story doesn't keep it going. Nothing really changes much and each map is pretty more rinse and repeat with no real changes.

Maybe 41 missions in it gets better but I haven't seen any indication it will. It's not worth £20, maybe if you ever see it at £10 it's probably worth it but I would expect more from a game for this price range. This looks like it would be more suited to a mobile platform.

In it's current state I would wait for any sales unless the developer makes a lot more improvements. I think this will be a game the dies out before the end of the year

I've been having a lot of fun with this game. Part of it is living out my mecha anime fantasies from when I was a kid, part of it is because I enjoy turn-based combat and strategy. The gameplay is pretty easy - there were a few missions I wasn't great at but I've yet to fail one - but that's okay (I've been using this mostly as a game to unwind with after work.)

If you like the Gundam series or Advance Wars type games then I'd definitely recommend checking this one out :)

Audio: Good music, some of the sound effects are lackluster. Some weapons make sad little "pew" noises instead of something more imposing.

Visual: Mostly good, the art is a bit off sometimes. In game, there is little distinction between buildings for cover and buildings to capture. Also, the first faction you play is red, but the UI always has blue for your team's map icons and dialogue, and red for the enemy's. The other factions have other varied colors, why make the first group you play as the UI color for the enemy?

Gameplay: Very reminiscent of Advance Wars. Your commanders level up, which is nice, but you get no choice in the level up process, it's on rails upgrades. And speaking of the upgrades, they aren't very exciting. +X% to Y stat makes up 90% of them. Leveling up does not grant new abilities or units, so it's not particularly exciting. Also, every commander has a super move that they can use when the super meter is filled. What sucks is that the super meter fills up more when your units get killed. So if you are doing really well and destroying lots of enemy units, the enemy commander gets their super move. I thoroughly dislike this, because it punishes you for having a good strategy. Then again, the super moves are fairly uninspired (get +X to Y bonus for one round), so I guess it's trivial if you don't use it much. Regardless, the mechanic is not fun.

Good idea, falls short in execution. I would give it a "medium" if that was an option.

Easily recommended for fans of turn-based tactics, Advance Wars, robots, and strategy. For the amount of content it is worth the asking price, and a steal on sale. Most of the issues are just nitpicks, the gameplay is great. Also worth checking out Sunrider, Wargroove, BattleTech, and the Front Mission series if you haven't already.

+Visuals, art style, animations, UI
+Music
+Difficulty options
+Variety of options overall
+Mechs
+Turn-based tactics battles
+Variety of units and special skills
+Deploy/build units and heroes
+Map Editor

-No key rebinding
-Unlisted hotkeys (WSAD - camera, H - objectives, Space - commands, Esc - options)
-Lacking hotkeys for move, attack, end turn, advance dialogue
-Story/characters not well developed
-No upgrades/progression
-No voice
-No camera zoom except to view objectives
-Mechs can't change/lose parts, act as soldiers only
-Speed up must always be held (no toggle)
-Some missions drag due to hunting straggler units
-Statuses can't be refreshed until they expire
-Some status unclear/lack tooltips
-Later chapters can get repetitive / lack new units
-Same units for all 4 commanders/factions

A fun romp into turn-based combat, much in the vein of Advance Wars or the more recent Wargroove. There is a much more unique dynamic here though given the hex-based nature of the levels, meaning you really have to strategise and plan your route to victory.

Lengthy campaign that I'm 7 hours into and about a third of the way through. The art-style is very anime. The game's biggest asset is how polished it is - rare on day one, even rarer for an indie title.

I personally am not a huge multiplayer person, but it's there and it's cross-platform and you can design your own maps for it! There's a lot here for your money, so if that's your concern, don't have that concern.