Cool game. Building and customizing your own mech is pretty fun. Control scheme is a bit rough, but you'll get somewhat used to it surprisingly quickly, except L2/R2 to look up and down; even at the end of the game I was still fucking it up. Speaking of end of the game, the final mission is as diabolical as people say. Fucked up platforming and TWO Nineballs, that was a trial. The biggest surprise was the OST though. My biggest motivation for getting into this series is piloting mechs with Kota Hoshino bangers in the background, but he doesn't start composing until Nexus and onwards, so I'm glad this game has some real memorable tunes at least.