Alastor

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Yeah, im grateful because the demo was a bit too easy but when you get several later variants of mechs together you have to be quick. This is where I feel the upgrades and loadouts shine, it's really nice that they're all so useful

You should see it with the Circle Pad Pro attachment which is beefier than my 3DS itself, with both attached it's a damn brick. I use it for games like Monster Hunter 4 and MGS3 3D but it's a nice bit of extra bulk to hold if that's what you're looking for, muscle memory kills me though with where my right thumb goes to press buttons.

Diana is the cutest thing alive omg

EDIT - Further thoughts, it's just a satisfying game to play, the gunplay feels sturdy, like Ratchet and Clank weapons but less hectic. The feedback on the shooting is excellent, big red numbers, things exploding and you can almost feel your bullets colliding into them. And doing this all whilst trying to navigate a grid through tiles both satisfies my lizard brain and feels like a meaningful mechanic when you're up against 2-3 enemies at once, of different types even.

The upgrade system isn't going to knock your socks off but they have all felt pretty significant so far, the game lets you return to the hub to make use of this feature at several points in a level and I've always found the upgrades worth going back for.

The Diana and Hugh bond will be a defining aspect of the game for some people, and as I said already she is the cutest thing alive and I really like her interactions with Hugh so far. You can 3D print her gifts to play with (which fucking melts your heart, her animations are crazy good) or talk to her in the hub but I just like the way they talk as you go through the levels, it doesn't feel like there's too much downtime for the sake of those two.

Biggest takeaway is how polished it all feels and how fun it is, and how there's no part or mechanic to this that makes me go 'ehhh' or wish it wasn't there, like even Requiem I can give examples of those things.

Who Pragmatic here??? I couldn't resist at that price 😤