Granvir: Zero Front

This is a fantastic demo but there is one large thing that peeves me. The keyboard bindings are... rather messy. Often you will be shown controls which don't do anything with your currently equipped weapon, and it's not entirely clear which weapons will prevent your body part's weapons from working. Eg. being able to use a grapple with a handgun, but not with a shield or a sword. Upon further playing this also applies to legs? apparently? Currently not able to kick because of the other parts on my mech. I suppose my problem is that the game doesn't adequately tell you when you [b]can't[/b] do something.

definitely something cool but the UI and inventory system weren't amazing. you get a ton of stuff but can barely use any of it during a mission and i dont want to sit there and compare the stats of some arm to my arm and i cant even see my own arms stats until after the mission but i dont even know what the mission is and all the enemies are dead and im just running around and then I quit. will try again

I made a mech with a grappling hook and a katana

can make a giant combat dog 10/10

This game/demo is incredibly fun. Fun enough for me to write a review. It's very clearly a deeply passionate developer pouring their soul into it. The furthest thing from "slop" you could find. The sheer build diversity is overwhelming at first but quickly becomes the most engaging build system I've seen in a game. Other mech games become overwhelming as time goes on, but this one becomes more elegant. In just our last run my friends and I played as: a Chromehound gun turret, an Armored Core great axe hovertank, a grappling hook knife tractor, and a mass produced Knightmare Frame. Every single build feels fun to play, but melee builds can be very hit or miss. That said, there is some grit when it comes to the game. The UI isn't the cleanest and binding your mech's controls often feels a bit more bloated and confusing than it needs to be. My biggest hope would be an overhaul for how the control binding is presented, because half of the options are never even used. If they're supposed to be used then that needs to be communicated better. The one thing I wish the game had is a non-roguelike mode. Something like a more static career campaign is much more interesting to me, but that's literally not what the game is trying to do. I only say this because I would love a career mode a la Mechwarrior 5. Get your friends together and play this game as a group and you're going to have an extremely enjoyable game night for zero dollars. Absolutely one of the hidden gems of the current era of indie games.

An excellent game. My first three hours absolutely flew by. If you enjoy mech building and roguelike this is an easy game to suggest, and bonus you can play it easily on an aging laptop.