M.A.S.S. Builder

If you Like Mecha and want to build your own I 100% recommend this game

If you are a anime mecha nut like me this is up your ally.

The grindyness and odd difficulty scaling between patches aside, this game is the definitive "Build your own Mecha" experience. The sheer amount of customisation currently available is phenomenal! And the game truly shines in those minute detailings where you spend half an hour trying to etch in the correct little armour piece onto the hip of your frame. Unfortunately, as previously mentioned, the game is just not quite there in it's entirety yet. The customisation is carrying a lot of weight, but gameplaywise, the difficulty is in a state of constant flux. Between patches I've come back to drastic changes at times, which would nullify the validity of my build entirely or suddenly make certain builds completely dominant. Granted, this is an Early Access game, and I hope the devs manage to find their perfect balance in the future. There are quite a few missions available, but due to the necessity of grinding for parts, you will find yourself revisiting many missions in the campaign, hunt section and also challenges to obtain all the armour pieces you're after. Especially the credit grind is real, as purchasing one upgrade often will leave you with nothing but pennies and you'll have to rush back into the next mission just to be able to afford that crotch plate you were eyeing up after the last upgrade. Given all that, I still believe the amount of customisablity strongly outweighs the deficits in the shifting nature of a game still being worked on. I look forward to seeing the final product when the devs eventually reach it. Multiplayer is definetely enjoyable, but unfortunately the missions are quite few at the time of writing and the difficulty for some insane reason is locked into Very Hard, which ruins the experience of "Showing my friend who just bought this game some co-op fun" as they will find themselves being tossed left right and centre with no abandon. Again though, these are definetely Early Access Pains, and given time, I can easily see the devs remedying this and providing us with a fantastic experience. They post devlogs fairly regularly and are eager to show us what they've been dabbling with, which is always a commendable and good thing. If you like mecha and dynasty warriors esque gameplay, and don't mind the big ol' grind, this might just be a match made in heaven for you!

It's a solid hack-and-slash as well as extensive and detailed mech builder with brilliant graphics, don't know what more you could ask for.

[h1]I wish there was a yellow "~" recommendation option.[/h1] At the beginning of my playthrough, I equipped my mech with every single gun, missile launcher, and drones and had 3 copies of the same melee weapon, each augmented with a different element, ready to take on any situation the game threw at me. At the end of my playthrough, I had only one purely physical melee weapon and just fk-it-we-ball'd the rest of the game, with mech augments that made everything a cakewalk even at the highest difficulty.

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I am having a lot of fun playing. Wish there were some data files on enemies you get as you fight them, cause knowledge is key in conflict.