Challenging and rewarding singleplayer experience. It's a testament to the quality of the writing that you'll find yourself getting attached to characters without ever seeing their faces. Fights will be challenging if you stick to a single build, but significantly easier if you're willing to adapt on the fly, keeping the game accessible and able to beaten by anyone. 3 playthroughs worth of content mean your money will be well spent if all you're looking for is a single player mech action experience.

Many more hours, however, can be spent in the PvP. A build you thought was good in singleplayer may perform much worse against an intelligent human opponent, opening up a new breadth of experimentation when it comes to both your builds, and your abilities to pilot an AC. For some, PvP may be considered the true "endgame", and test of your builds. The netcode can be finicky at times, but it's still significantly better than most of Fromsoft's other titles.

8/10 if you're just here for the singleplayer and enjoy the customizable mecha genre, 9/10 with pvp, with a point taken off for sometimes odd netcode and lack of viable part variety in multiplayer.

Challenging and rewarding singleplayer experience. It's a testament to the quality of the writing that you'll find yourself getting attached to characters without ever seeing their faces. Fights will be challenging if you stick to a single build, but significantly easier if you're willing to adapt on the fly, keeping the game accessible and able to beaten by anyone. 3 playthroughs worth of content mean your money will be well spent if all you're looking for is a single player mech action experience. Many more hours, however, can be spent in the PvP. A build you thought was good in singleplayer may perform much worse against an intelligent human opponent, opening up a new breadth of experimentation when it comes to both your builds, and your abilities to pilot an AC. For some, PvP may be considered the true "endgame", and test of your builds. The netcode can be finicky at times, but it's still significantly better than most of Fromsoft's other titles. 8/10 if you're just here for the singleplayer and enjoy the customizable mecha genre, 9/10 with pvp, with a point taken off for sometimes odd netcode and lack of viable part variety in multiplayer.