Steel Revolt

Aside from glitching into the ledges of the floating islands. ( I’ve managed to get back out, either by getting shot hard enough or wiggling) The gameplay loop is pretty good. I enjoy conversing with my robot. Rather or not it’s meaningful outside of some exp. It’s fun to die and watch it avenge me and sometimes even outright win the match by per luck. Fun to duel it. Both of us learning as time goes on. The scenery is good enough to were I don’t have any complaints. So far the weapons are pretty unique and diverse from each other. I’ve only played a couple hours so far, but. It’s very addicting. It’s a neat little game. I have pretty high standard for phone based games. Delete more than half of the ones I try out. And as you can tell by my rating. I approve. I haven’t yet experienced everything. But is good game. And I do recommend it. Pros- Plays well. Runs smooth. You get a robot companion. You and the companion fight other robots. There’s plenty of weapon selections both melee and ranged. Plenty of armors so far. There’s a mech suit? Cons- Minimal lore. Which is fine. Conclusion: Improvements can still be made. But, it doesn’t need them. It would be nice, like extra icing on a cake. But as is, the game is enjoyable. It’s unique, even if it lacks some “great over arching story”. There’s rogue robots, you make a robot to help combat robots. While hoping it doesn’t go rogue as well. Simple. Clean. Fun.

The AI teammate (and to a slightly lesser degree enemies) is truly incompetent when it’s fresh out the box but seeing all the AI move just a bit faster and aim a bit faster match by match feels like a serious challenge. When my partner just completely drops the ball it really does feel justified due to the lack of training. I also appreciate the talking sections for when you are on a losing streak to directly communicate better ways to fight. It is a little bit too annoying to switch weapons and abilities for both yourself and the AI however. The descriptions are kinda nice for a idea but you really do not have any clue what the AI is gonna do when you give them a new gun or amor and it’s kinda hard to tell in a battle. Maybe include some special weapon properties like “no reloading” into the descriptions so that you have more of an idea of what’s different? And maybe a training ground where you can control the AI to see what their (and your own) weapons and armor are capable of without being shot at?

Positives: Love gameplay loop. A bit grindy but the game is fun enough to justify. It reminds me a lot of web games like strike force hero’s of plasma burst 2 in the way it feels. It feels fluid and I like the physics. Rocket boots are fun and I like the customization of class you can change for your play style. Weapon types are fun, tho some weapons are objectively better. Addictive Negatives: First off, I find myself wishing there was an option in settings for manual aiming. It would add so much to the replayability and overall fun of the game. Other than that, Not a lot wrong except for occasionally getting my foot stuck into walls and floors and lack of content obv due the game being early access. Unlocked everything already. A gripe I do have is with the “PvP” or “PvE”. All the “players” are bots. All of their names are generic and repetitive and I see their ai bugging out in the corner some times. Makes playing “multiplayer” not really feel rewarding or worth it. Which again, I get it. Early access.