It holds a decent mixture of sci-fi mech battles and a infantry but lacks unique substance.If you played plenty of mech and shooters you'll find the almost-the-same elements in the game.There is also a some what lack of weapons.However,the game have some pretty decent graphics and there is some unique features to it.Such as the Thermal Energy function which adds to the difficulty yet can add to the edge of the game at the same time.For when it reaches 0,your health will start to decline slowly,but if you have a great stock of it,you can control VRs(The general name of mechs for this game) Use energy weapons,heal your life when it is reduced.The physics aren't bad either though their fixed,which means you aren't like a ragdoll when blown and all.You'll see the same falling patterns every now and then.One more unique feature is the anchor,though for some games like Tenchu,it may seem unoriginal but you can do lots of things with this anchor.You can hang from the ceiling and start shooting every one below,zoom towards the enemy(Only for some enemies) and give them either a grenade in the face or a few shots from your gun.As for hardcore mech players,you will be annoyed that the mechs are some what fixed to the ground.For certain mechs,yes,they can hover,but only for a momeny or two.And no swords for your mechs as well(some mech games have really good looking melee weapons don't they.)The flaws for the infantry side is,you can't grapple with a anchor when falling,so if your looking forward to *jump and anchor*,sorry to burst your bubble.However the good side is,you can remove certain weapons from the mech and use them as a infantry.This is a very useful feature.For example,when your mech is at the edge of destruction and the enemy mech is still healthy and well,simply abort your mech,pluck the mech-weapon from it and start blasting the offender.Back to the mechs,mech have only two weapons at their arsenal,you can't bust off the leg of a mech or something.You also can't kill the rider even if he is exposed,the most that would happen is him falling off his seat.However that allows you to hijack the mech and use it against him,if you reach it in time that is.Back to infantry,infantries have a couple of grenades at their arsenal.Though they can only carry two weapons and a type of grenade at the same time.There is a hand grenade which have no special attributes.Plasma grenades which have incredible damage,gum grenades that stick on the enemy more effectively than a bubble gum,disc grenades which you can throw like a frisbee,only that it stabs into the enemy and blows him into smithereens.And the exclusive dummy grenade to the multiplayer function.It will simply be a grenade that looks like a player though it's quite pointless.Players ought to know that they should keep their range from the enemy and there are no melee weapons to speak of.There are also a few bugs in this game.Has great potential but slightly messed up.
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