Really cool aesthetic, with fully animated cutscenes that make you feel like you're watching one of those early 90s Sci fi anime movies.

Gameplay wise, this is my favorite mecha game, if you can even call it that. It's much more like a character action game where you happen to play as a mech. It's lightning fast and you are loaded with special weapons you can use to approach fights, but my favorite thing to do is to grab enemy robots and bash them into each other. The core combat is extremely fun.

The story missions are very mixed. The game is at its best when it goes hands off and throws scores of enemies at you and let's you handle things, or during boss fights. The game is at its worst during the several escort missions where you have to protect ally mechs, and theres even a forced stealth section. Other missions, like one where you fly around in the stratosphere blowing up an enemy fleet of battleships, make up for it though.

The degree of environmental interaction is impressive, buildings can be destroyed, objects can be thrown and swung as weapons. Always appreciate when environments are more than just props in action games.

This game is a classic, wish it was talked about more.