Mecha Knights: Nightmare

The real muv-luv game we were all denied.

Picked the game up after watching a video about it. I have to say that this feels like a lost 2010's era xbox game and i mean that as a compliment. I would describe it as a mix of armoured core and Earth defence force where you build a mech with two arm weapons and two shoulder weapons then take on hoards of monsters and pick up equipment from boxes along the way. There is also a wave based mode if you want to try to grind up parts and money for upgrades. I will say though that the base game while decent is a bit basic and blown out of the water with the DLC which improves on basically everything from weapon and enemy variety, level design and so on Also while the dialogue is a little "2000's era edgy military hoo-rah" its clear the voice actors where having fun with the role and it looped back round to enjoyable for me

Do you want to drive a mech? Do you want to kill weird looking things? Do you want to feel powerful? Do you want to feel the pure joy that comes from destruction? This game is for you! Now it doesnt have the deepest stories or the best graphics, but if you want hours of fun just blasting aliens with many different types of weapons and shi; This is the game for you! It's just fun.

Fun game, but BarelyPlayable on Steam Deck, the controls are a total mystery. It took about an hour of trial and error to figure out how to do even basic moves. That said, it seems worth the sale price, for an unpolished game. Ay footage you see is what you get, no mysteries beyond the Steam Deck control scheme.

The lack of controller support ruined it for me.

Sooooo... beat the game, was doing some raids, got a weapon... decided it wasn't going to be that strong right? Like what it's going to fire? mini nukes out of cannon?... oh... Oh... OH MY GOD... Get this game, its a mix of Armored Core (customiztion + mech) and Earth Defence Force (weapon crates, armor/health crates, and ammo crates + similar to how you unlock weapons in both games). Though I am sad the base game only has 20 missions, haven't gotten the DLC's yet so can't judge them but base game is really fun.

what you see you get

monster and landscape is basic, but storyline is rich and character development and exploring is above average, one thing for sure fighting for your life is on the money.

A fun and chaotic third-person shooter that balances that feeling of being in a super powered mech, while still throwing enough enemies (just so, so many enemies) and situations at you that you can't just breeze through it all either. There are some moments of jankiness here and there, but at no point did it take away from the addicting gameplay loop of shooting, looting, and tweaking your mech. It's well worth the price! 100% happy with my purchase and already looking forward to the sequel!

Its like Leon Kennedy was put into Sharknado but enemies from cry of fear/stalker. Also he's in a fully upgraded Armored Core.