I was interested in this game because of its premise, but was unable to back the Kickstarter at the time due to financial issues. So I ended up getting it recently and... it was worth the wait.
It takes a lot from Mega Man Battle Network and also Star Force, wearing those inspirations (especially the latter) on its sleeve. The music is also fantastic too, really sounding like new takes in the same style used for Star Force. Very enjoyable, and there really isn't a single track I'm not fond of as they're all bangers. Especially the battle themes.
As for the gameplay itself, battles are great and enjoyable, and once you get more skills and stuff you're able to shell out some MASSIVE damage. A lot of the skills also have their own action command inputs to use properly and those are nice. As for dodging attacks, sometimes it takes place on a grid a la Battle Network where you gotta move around to dodge, and sometimes it's more like Undertale where you move your heart around to dodge the bullet hell-like storm of shots. You do have shields to block in both situations though which is nice and helpful. You also can attack Support Skills to your Active Skills (think like the Atk+10 chips and such of BN that you put after chips to add effects) and the Invisible one is great too.
The storyline was also fantastic, taking inspiration from those games with some nice twists and turns. The worldbuilding is nice too, with each location being distinct and memorable and filled with great characters and some homages to other games (both indie and otherwise) so seeing those references was always fun.
All in all I HIGHLY recommend this game, especially since post-launch content is coming. Especially if you're a fan of Battle Network or Star Force.
(also as a footnote, yes i copypasted my review on steam from this because i'm lazy and it already said everything i wanted to about it lol)
It takes a lot from Mega Man Battle Network and also Star Force, wearing those inspirations (especially the latter) on its sleeve. The music is also fantastic too, really sounding like new takes in the same style used for Star Force. Very enjoyable, and there really isn't a single track I'm not fond of as they're all bangers. Especially the battle themes.
As for the gameplay itself, battles are great and enjoyable, and once you get more skills and stuff you're able to shell out some MASSIVE damage. A lot of the skills also have their own action command inputs to use properly and those are nice. As for dodging attacks, sometimes it takes place on a grid a la Battle Network where you gotta move around to dodge, and sometimes it's more like Undertale where you move your heart around to dodge the bullet hell-like storm of shots. You do have shields to block in both situations though which is nice and helpful. You also can attack Support Skills to your Active Skills (think like the Atk+10 chips and such of BN that you put after chips to add effects) and the Invisible one is great too.
The storyline was also fantastic, taking inspiration from those games with some nice twists and turns. The worldbuilding is nice too, with each location being distinct and memorable and filled with great characters and some homages to other games (both indie and otherwise) so seeing those references was always fun.
All in all I HIGHLY recommend this game, especially since post-launch content is coming. Especially if you're a fan of Battle Network or Star Force.
(also as a footnote, yes i copypasted my review on steam from this because i'm lazy and it already said everything i wanted to about it lol)