MechWarrior Lite... Ish – Mech Pilot Review

NOT OPTIMIZED FOR IPHONE 5. Okay, for those of you... Like myself, that saw the screens and said, "Eff me a mobile Mech Warrior game!!!" Please keep reading before you buy. Essentially this game is an on rails shooter. You press the "Toggle Walk" button and the mech walks. Press again to make it stop. You aim with a virtual stick. You have no control over your mechs direction. There is no moving backwards that I can figure out. Walk into enemy fire? You've got two options. Stand still and blast away taking all the flack. Or you can keep walking and pray whoever is controlling the legs has the sense to steer you behind cover. That's gameplay in a nut shell. You destroy enemy tanks, helicopters, mechs... Etc and collect "Electro". In order to do so, you must press and hold a "Harvest" button. This works, I guess, until you want to turn the camera and look elsewhere because as soon as you touch the virtual stick harvesting will cease. Kinda lame and a pain if you're low on health and trying to get that last bit before you get blown to smithereens. You can use "Electro" to upgrade your Mech. This is what always excites me most. Got yourself a brand spanking new toy of death deliverance and you wanna customize it and make it your own. DON'T get excited. Upgrades are basic, health, weapon cool down, and weapon damage. As far as I've seen, upgrading does not change the look of my mech. Disappointing. All in all, it is fun. It's got ALOT of things that need improvement. I'd like to be able to steer my mech for a more tactical battle. I'd also like to see the "Harvest" button go away and just have the idiot controlling the legs hold that for me. Or at least fix it so I can look away and still "Harvest". The graphics are pretty snazzy, I can't complain. Oh, also... iPhone 5 support. I like the game, but as of right now it's not all it can be.
Review by MLOVE83 on Mech Pilot.