A really fun game overall, that just might be a bit overpriced unless you wait for a good sale like I did.
The gunplay and movement are fantastic, and *almost* all of the abilities and *almost* all of the guns are really fun and effective. The shield ability and the like railgun were pretty kinda useless in my opinion though

The biggest issues this game has are driving controls and the insanely stupid falling damage mechanic.
The driving is absolute pain in any spaces that are even a bit tight, and the motorbikes take a full second of delay to turn, and are so bouncy they often won't turn anyway. The main car you'll probably be using for the most part anyway is fine for the most part. Phoenix is a good gal.
The falling damage system works in an amazingly dumb way, where you die mid-air if you've been falling for long enough time without breaking the fall, even if you have abilities and ways to break the fall mid-air. If you've been falling for too many seconds you're just dead. It's incredibly frustrating and I can't imagine why anyone ever thought it was fine

There are quite a lot of upgrades, with separate upgrade resource points for character abilities, gun upgrades, these like extra abilities from upgrading 'project' trees, vehicle upgrades for Phoenix, and some small stat boosts to either health, damage or overdrive meter. Out of all of these there were only a few upgrades that ever felt useless so it's pretty good

All the guns have some unique twist to them and there are some really creative guns, like the one that shoots gravity darts that attach to an enemy, and then you can launch them in some other direction with an alt-fire dart, or the revolver that sticks small firebombs onto an enemy.

Overall I'd say this is a really solid game, and especially a fantastic pick if you can get it from a good sale, like how I got the Deluxe Edition for 15€. Absolutely 100% worth it
8/10
Btw more games should have drivable mechs you can just summon anywhere, thanks Rage 2

A really fun game overall, that just might be a bit overpriced unless you wait for a good sale like I did. The gunplay and movement are fantastic, and *almost* all of the abilities and *almost* all of the guns are really fun and effective. The shield ability and the like railgun were pretty kinda useless in my opinion though The biggest issues this game has are driving controls and the insanely stupid falling damage mechanic. The driving is absolute pain in any spaces that are even a bit tight, and the motorbikes take a full second of delay to turn, and are so bouncy they often won't turn anyway. The main car you'll probably be using for the most part anyway is fine for the most part. Phoenix is a good gal. The falling damage system works in an amazingly dumb way, where you die mid-air if you've been falling for long enough time without breaking the fall, even if you have abilities and ways to break the fall mid-air. If you've been falling for too many seconds you're just dead. It's incredibly frustrating and I can't imagine why anyone ever thought it was fine There are quite a lot of upgrades, with separate upgrade resource points for character abilities, gun upgrades, these like extra abilities from upgrading 'project' trees, vehicle upgrades for Phoenix, and some small stat boosts to either health, damage or overdrive meter. Out of all of these there were only a few upgrades that ever felt useless so it's pretty good All the guns have some unique twist to them and there are some really creative guns, like the one that shoots gravity darts that attach to an enemy, and then you can launch them in some other direction with an alt-fire dart, or the revolver that sticks small firebombs onto an enemy. Overall I'd say this is a really solid game, and especially a fantastic pick if you can get it from a good sale, like how I got the Deluxe Edition for 15€. Absolutely 100% worth it 8/10 Btw more games should have drivable mechs you can just summon anywhere, thanks Rage 2