Mechabellum

Basically wanted to love the game, just dont care for how the game manages to feel like a super sweaty RTS with no unit controls and a camera that restricts the ability to see what's happening in a battle because of the limited field of view. The number of things you are constantly required to be tracking during and between battles is higher than any autobattler I've played. Also the community in general as well as the small size of said community are potentially reasons for concern for anyone wanting to dive in fresh. It's a PvP only game that now basically has around 1-2k players on at any given time and that number has basically been steady for a couple years now after peaking at about 6k, although that number is declining slowly. There very much is a small group of players that love the game and a fair number of them also love being intentionally awful in chat, which is sadly typical anymore but chat is easy enough to block. I'd love for there to be a bigger audience to play against to help newer and lesser skilled players ease into the game a little better, but at this point I simply don't see that happening. The devs have sort of gotten into a pattern of adding or updating things and then either ignoring the community or basically telling the community to deal with it when things aren't received well. If they would have listened to players when they added reinforcement cards, maybe a bunch of people wouldn't have left and the game might have grown into something larger. Instead, we got buildings that people usually advise to sell on round 2 or 3 and complain about even more. They've been able to maintain their player count for a while but the game isnt growing despite the updates they have been putting out. The fact they have been so devoted to the game is very commendable and makes it even harder for me to hit that thumbs down, but honestly, a PvP game having around 1-2k players on at prime time after being out for a couple years almost feels like a kiss of death in itself. Luckily, matches have not been too hard to find, usually within a minute or less. The quality of those matches depends on who you ask, as is typical of PvP games. I found that I either got stomped completely with basically no chance, or I somehow stomped someone else completely. How I won, I have no clue. It feels totally random as to what unit will end up hard countering another and just melting the other sides units, even though I know it's not. There are a few single player training modes as well, but they are basically useless and dont help you learn anything other than basic UI usage and the most simple mechanics at best. This is actually a deep game with lots going on and lots of different decisions you could make at any given time that you need to be paying attention too, which should be a good thing, but I found it to be totally overwhelming during the flow of a game. I also found there is not a lot in the game to help understand how the mechanics of a match actually play out for real, so they added a section of latest streams to the main menu to help people figure out how to actually play the game. You may enjoy watching other people play a game to try and figure out how to play it yourself, I do not. I found I don't enjoy the experience of playing the game against others and after trying again for a few more matches, I surrendered my last match mid run due to just not wanting to play it out anymore and I don't think I'll be coming back. There feels like there is a great game here, but I feel unable to play it due to my own 'skill issues', as the kids say. I think I've hit a point where I just need to play async pvp games instead if I'm going to try and play PvP games anymore. You many enjoy it, but sadly I have not. Information overload and the general match structure being fast paced but still feeling long is just draining and frustrating. Basically, was hoping for something more like Backpack Battles and ended up with RTS that decided to make the click per second check happen between rounds instead of during combat.

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没活烂整，一有问题就是不听不听王八念经，多长时间了，到现在早就改都改不了。黑萝卜俩视频日活几乎翻倍，就这泼天的富贵都把握不住，愣是搞成了现在这样。想让游戏死可以直接关服卷钱跑路，没必要这么扭扭捏捏的还假装更新。钱就砸了反正被骗也不差这一回。

Innovative in a sea of identical mech games. Each battle is multiwave, this is essentially autochess with mechs Only negative is no real single player campaign and you have to learn the units by experimentation

Not a real videogame. Chinese minimal effort 100% "AI" "generated" ripoff of Starcraft II, it's Arcade mode's map and Carbot Animations to name a few. Typical zero strategy, zero tactics, zero planning, zero thought. All it takes to "counter the opponent" is pick whatever unit that the "developers" have pre-determined as "being a counter", which is always just two mouse clicks away, and voila. Yes, there are not even tech requirements, research time, decision trees present... Nothing. You just pay the small flat constant price to unlock any unit you want and you can place it instantly. You can do it once before every battle (plus every second battle you are basically given one random unlock for free) and can have every single unit in the game unlocked and on the battlefield at the same time. Every ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unit has "an EMP" upgrade which literally disables ALL upgrades on a unit they attack and because that's not enough it also slows it by 40%. That's not to mention idiotic "Battlefield Powers" which can be "click a single time with your mouse over opponent's army before the battle starts and their entire army gets destroyed, and they can't do anything about it (unless you count spending all of your resources to shield your entire army which might work somewhat or not work at all and while having no idea when and where the opponent will use said "Battlefield Power")" or spawning a swarm of small units literally deep inside opponent's base which will make all of the slow shooting sniper units target them, while the frontlines are clashing, basically eliminating sniper units from the battle. Every single battle you can spend the cost of half the cheapest unit in the game to place up to 8 (!) rockets (each costs 50 resources while the cheapest unit in the game costs 100) that one shot most swarm type units in a large area and whatever they don't kill they, again, slow. There are 2 towers for each player that, when destroyed, basically disable their entire army for 9 seconds (-80% movement speed, -90% damage dealt by it and +50% damage taken or dealt to it) which might (I don't know why) sound cool to you, except the opponent can place their units not just on their side but also on 2 side flanks and sometimes even closer with "the Battlefield Powers", and sometimes the distance between the 2 towers is huge as the map can be huge, also sometimes units literally just ignore other units and go for the tower, which also by default has so little HP that blowing a kiss knocks it down and upgrading it costs resources which is a huge percentage of your power early on and is meaningful always (for example, you might end up short just that small amount for something expensive). All of the above in the "game" where one battle can easily finish the match. Funnily, given what I said about "the countering", some units are clearly stronger than the others (not intentionally) and you will see them every match pretty much guaranteed as the playerbase is terrible and toxic. Also some combinations of units are unbeatable so you might as well never install this piece of ♥♥♥♥. This existed since the very beginning and none of it got fixed. Of course, look at "the developer". Fake Chinese AI generated developers that pump and dump their shallow ripoff spectacle of a game like the crypto scams and never return back to them. And oh yeah forget about having any fun and building anything fun or cool in any capacity, and forget about winning with it because you are smarter etc. You are better off playing Arcade maps in Starcraft II, which is a free-to-play game, they are literally better and WAY more fun. This "game" presents only an illusion of something good so that you buy into the hope and waste your time in it while coping about it and getting more and more frustrated. There is a reason every content creator that is worth anything has dropped this "game" like the short lived fad it was that quickly showed it's true ugly head. While I wasted a lot of time in this gay fake ass "game" the only time I felt anything other than frustration and being tired, burned out and disappointed is when I faced dumb opponents or kids who didn't know that if they just clicked that one button on their unit upgrade screen ("EMP") they would instantly win.

Mechabellum is not a strategy game, and playing it with a competitive mindset is painful. RNG is everywhere, and more RNG mechanics, such as buildings or items, are being added as time goes on. Spells, starting packs, and building layouts tend to force players to play a specific strategy, and you essentially have no real agency as a player. The game is also asymmetric with RNG. Players do not have the same starting pack options, and often one player will be forced to play an undeniably inferior starting pack. Other strategy games like SC2, A0E, or Halo wars do not prevent players from participating in a mirror matchup, but Mechabellum does and it makes it frustrating to play competitively. The constant balance patches are awful. they tend to just create a new problem that they will solve with the next patch. The game is good for casual play, if you like to watch robots fight, and you don't mind losing because of RNG, then it might be a good game for you. For anyone who enjoys real strategy games where players have real agency, then this is not the game for you.

I absolutely love Mechabellum. I’ve recommended it to people around me, convinced friends to buy it, and spent countless hours playing together with them. The core gameplay loop, strategy depth, and unit interactions are genuinely some of the best I’ve seen in the auto-battler genre. But the addition of the Mountain unit has honestly pushed me to the edge of quitting the game. A gigantic tank unit suddenly having access to an absurd ~275m range through a single upgrade is probably one of the most balance-breaking things I’ve ever seen in a strategy game. One round completely changes the entire match the moment that upgrade appears. It doesn’t feel strategic, clever, or earned — it feels like pure ragebait design. Right now, every time I queue up, part of me already expects: “Okay, eventually the opponent will just drop 2 Mountains, grab the massive range upgrade next round, and completely suck the fun out of the game.” That feeling alone kills motivation to play. The issue isn’t that Mountain is strong — strong units are fine. The issue is that it invalidates too many playstyles and swings matches in an unhealthy and frustrating way with very little counterplay relative to the impact it creates. I genuinely want to keep loving Mechabellum, because underneath this problem there’s still an amazing game. But as long as Mountain remains in its current state, the experience feels more frustrating than exciting for me.

Rock-paper-scissors with 25 different options and balance patches to make most of them viable. All about the mindgames and jockeying for ELO ranking. Possibly you will love it. I hated it

Perfect game for casual players. Like taking a quick game of chess.