Steel Century Groove

I don't normally post reviews, and when I [b]have[/b] posted reviews, it's usually for the bit and only once was it out of of genuine criticisms of the game to tell people the pros and cons of what they were getting into. This review falls under a bit of both. It pains me that this game isn't more popular and if you got recommended this like I did, whether it be by your discovery queue, by a friend/influencer or the interactive reccommender, I want to tell you something very important. [h1]GET THE GAME.[/h1] I looked at it and thought "Oh, a silly rhythm game with mechs and they throw it back to custom songs this sounds fun." and it is! It is spectactularly fun whether or not you decide to put in your own custom music to watch the big ass robots dance around to the beat while you play. As someone in another review has said, it is very much like pokemon in the plot sense of things. Fight the other pilots in your silly duel, fight the boss guy in the city you're in, move on and you will get to the championship. Very simple. It's not boring either, eventually you'll get new mechs to play with and each one has their own playstyle. Keeps the game fresh as you try to master each one, and each has different builds to how you play too. Endless possibilities. It has silly graphics and silly robots. On that alone, it's great. [b]That being said, that's not the main reason why I'm reccommending this game.[/b] If this was just a mecha rhythm game that likened to pokemon I would not have written this long of a review. The story is where this rpg shines. Maybe I'm just a sensitive sucker, but the game starts out like how pokemon games start too. WOAH you got your first mech so cool now you've gotta go to the championship, your biggest dream with your friend alongside you. There's sprinkles of odd things that happen but no matter, this is fun! This is what you had been dreaming of all along, and soon, with your best buddy, you'll achieve your dreams and become the new champion!!! Now I'll warn you, I won't spoil anything but for story's sake, don't continue to read after this if you'd like the full experience as I think the game is best played with no knowledge whatsoever. But as the story continues, things keep unearthing themselves to you. A darker storyline creeps from behind, it's shadow lurking over the fun you have, over every pilot that interacts with your posts on social media. I won't spoil exactly what happens because I believe it's best to go into this game very blind so you get the full impact of it all. People you fought along your journey come to your aid and as much as it could be seen as "oh yeah power of friendship!" the game bleakly reminds you the real stakes at hand and you sob as another person falls prey to the disaster that's been unearthed. The disaster that everyone was hoping you'd absolve. And then, at the very end, you're given a choice. Do you continue to dance and sing like your ancestors, hoping to give light to a world that doesn't deserve it, or do you lay down your arms and remember the atrocities of man? Perhaps I'm laying it on too thick, but it genuinely felt like that to me. I sobbed over people I once fought, who replied to my every post, wailing for them to go back while I sat behind my screen. [b]"Don't help me, stay home!"[/b], but they're in my screen and I'm stuck watching. I felt ridiculed by one of the solutions, knowing the tragedy is like gum stuck to the bottom of my shoe, sticky, sickening and never going away. Do you continue to dance for the court like a fool or do you lay your head on the guillotine waiting for the blade that will never come? Play the game. It's great and deserves much more coverage. Overlook the silly graphics and silly mechs to immerse yourselves in an experience that will have you holding your head in your hands as your cursor hovers over the dialogue box by the end of it all.