Mecha Break, the not too long ago launched free-to-play mecha shooter from Wonderful Seasun Video games, is a hell of loads of enjoyable. The minute I discovered of its existence, I knew I’d be devoting a substantial amount of time to beating up big robots with my very own big robotic. I didn’t, nevertheless, anticipate to be devoting a substantial amount of time to the sport’s character creator.
In spite of everything, the mechs are ostensibly the star of the present right here. Except for a number of transient moments in cutscenes, gamers don’t spend an entire lot of time taking a look at their player-character, a human pilot, as these pilots naturally spend most of their time hanging out contained in the aforementioned big robots.
However the lack of player-character screen-time actually hasn’t stopped me from treating Mecha Break prefer it’s Infinity Nikki, as a result of holy smokes, this recreation has among the finest character creators I’ve encountered in latest reminiscence. At this level, I’d quite funnel my artistic urges into Mecha Break’s wildly customizable character-builder than spend hours messing round in The Sims 4’s Create-A-Sim mode.
The quantity of element is what really blows me away. Like many video games with character creators, Mecha Break permits you to select from a collection of pre-made characters and tweak them to your liking. Hair, eye, and pores and skin colour can all be altered, and admittedly, given how little screen-time Mecha Break’s pilots get, Wonderful Seasun Video games might have simply left it at that. However as an alternative of tossing in a number of customization choices and calling it a day, Mecha Break’s builders went in a totally completely different path. Along with modifying your pilot’s physique form, you may also considerably regulate their top. As a 5’3” girl who continuously finds herself balanced on her toes in actual life, it’s extremely cool to see my equally-short Mecha Break pilot climbing into an infinite mech.
Mecha Break’s character creator isn’t simply good, it’s phenomenal. Frankly, it’s higher than the character creators supplied by most fashionable single-player RPGs. Mecha Break takes commonplace character-creation options — like multi-colored hair choices, for instance — and elevates them. Gamers can regulate their pilot’s hair colour and its size. Bangs might be adjusted individually, permitting gamers to create brief fringe or anime-esque hairstyles with chin-length bangs. Each single a part of a personality’s eye might be tweaked, from the thickness and angle of assorted elements of their eyelids to the size of their eyelashes and form of their eyebrows. Pores and skin texture choices vary from tough and grizzled to baby-smooth. Each a part of the face might be molded with precision. You may even regulate the size of your pilot’s fingers, a function I’ve by no means personally seen in any recreation’s character creator.
Better of all? A lot of the recreation’s customization choices are free. Gamers should use Mission Tokens — a plentiful in-game forex earned simply by taking part in the sport — to unlock completely different colours for his or her character’s bodysuit, however in relation to physique tweaks like top, coiffure, and eye colour, there’s no cost. Extra objects (like outfits) might be bought from the in-game retailer utilizing actual cash, however I used to be capable of customise my pilot to my liking with out spending any real-life money.
There are some limitations, after all. The sport’s mechs (referred to as Strikers) satirically have far fewer choices for personalization, regardless of ostensibly being the celebs of the present. Some pilot hairstyles require real-life cash to buy, and the vary of pores and skin tones and physique shapes does go away a bit to be desired. However for a free-to-play recreation that hasn’t even been out for every week, Mecha Break’s character customization is completely unbelievable, and affords gamers the power to craft their very best pilot with surgical precision.
Mecha Break isn’t a style recreation, a life-sim, and an MMO, or an RPG. However in relation to character creation and customization, the sport about big, flying robots nonetheless manages to beat franchises like Infinity Nikki, The Sims, and Cyberpunk 2077 at their very own recreation, which is not any small feat. Mecha Break is clearly a unbelievable recreation for followers of big robots, nevertheless it’s additionally a hidden gem for these of us who like to play dress-up.
