I tried my best to like this game, but in the end I just couldn't bring myself to finish it. The concept itself is intriguing, the mech designs are cool and the weapon upgrades make you feel like a powerhouse and gives you the incentive to invest money and plan your team strategically. The story, while really simple, got me surprisingly invested early on and most of the characters are charming enough for me to care about their stories.

The gameplay is your standard turn-based strategy, where you place your units on the battlemap and try to eradicate the enemy. The game is quite challenging and makes you think different tactics so you won't get totally curbstomped.

For me, it all falls apart outside missions. Everything else but the main gameplay revolves around tedious menus, cutscenes, upgrading your mechs, comparing stats and buying equipment. For every 15 minutes of robot action you spend like 40 minutes in menus. I like the core gameplay itself, but this loop isn't just fun for me and I had to drop the game. I might return to this on DS and see if the QoL changes made this game any better.