dr wadd

Don`t know how much you know about the game, so here goes.

First thing you should know, it is an extremely hardcore game. You can forget about it being anything like MechAssault, it is a real simulator, as far as you can simulate a fictional piece of hardware. You cannot backup your saved games, and if you die in the game your save is wiped. If you run out of mechs and don`t have enough credits to buy another your save is wiped. Another major difference from MechAssault is that there is no third-person mode, everything is done from the cockpit of your VT (although you can use a third-person mode in the online version).

I've played some of the online mode during the beta, but found it quite hard to find a game in English (almost everyone playing was Japanese), but that may well be due to bad timing as other people did play more, and I expect that will change once it is on general release. If the final release is like the beta version, the main part of the game consists of battles that are taking place at pre-set times, so you'll need to be able to make some commitment to when you are able to play the game to get the most out of it. There are regular deathmatch modes and the like, but they seemed to be getting a lot less attention. Again, that could well change once it is on sale.

Needless to say, it is a rather hard game, but also immensely satisfying if that is your sort of thing. You will need to devote a serious amount of time to it to get anywhere, but I suspect that if you are willing to fork out for it in the first instance that isn`t going to be a problem.