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Jul 13, 2025, 02:1007/13/25
10/04/23
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My honest review of Mech Arena.

Ive played this game for a while now, and if I had to say one thing to summarize my review, itd be that I HAVE NEVER COME ACROSS A GAME SO WRETCHEDLY INFURIATING IN MY LIFE. But, Im here for details, so heres the pros and cons:

Pros:

1. Great mech design (strictly visual)

2. Great community

3. The recent big crate rush (minigun is cewl)

4. Orion

Cons:

1. Horrible matchmaking (skill based, but not also sp based)

2. Tanking (no explanation required)

3. Heavy p2w (I guess the credit card is the best weapon)

4. No counter for eclipse (RuFFles thought oracle would counter it, he was wrong)

5. Heavy under deliverance of fixes of major problems

6. Skewed ecr rates

7. I made the idea of deathwalker before its release (I want a free deathturd)

8. Horrible prizes for f2p players (you'd think after all this time, they try to make the game more "f2p friendly", they'd make getting resources more bearable, but no, still 200 acoins per finishing of weekly challenges)

9. Not also reducing prices of epic and legendary items in the gear hub (pretty sure you said "we're testing the waters to see if the playerbase accepts these changes", as if we HAVENT BEEN ASKING FOR THIS EVER SINCE)

10. Too many status effects nowadays (take hornet for example, it deals "venom", which is DOT, and simply forget about corrosion)

11. Ever heard of guided? Yeah, its a weapon class, stop giving every other weapon class a weapon that homes.

12. Bots are annoying, know where you are even if youre not spotted, always explicitly target you with EXREME PREJUDICE, always consistently having higher ranked gear than you (most of the time, at least in my experience), shoot at you without shooting at you, always helping the player who paid the most (I swear, this is a thing, CD, you're not changing my mind about this), can push you around but you cant do the same (dude just remove friendly collision) and push you in the most inconvenient spot, push you out of cover all the time, have the most infuriating path finding, etc etc.

13. Revokers (I need not explain, ember guns were just cooler)

14. Mods (they're dissapointing, boring add ons. Why not make them fundamentally change the mechs abilities or smth, thats creative)

15. Going behind your communities back (for example, when you bumped back up the prices for common, uncommon and rare items without telling us)

Theres probably lots more gripes I have about this game, and you may be asking, "why do I still play this game?", and to that I say, "f### you, I do what I want". Thats all. CD, I expect 15 messages apologizing and actually doing something about each and every problem. And if you're messages are actually just ai generated, piss off.

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Jul 13, 2025, 15:2407/13/25
02/22/15
65

Why are you getting angry? You should have understood the game by now. MONEY MONEY MONEY, YOURS. This is the only purpose this game is designed for. No one cares if it has problems. And the upcoming game balance update will only be to force you to buy new weapons and mechs. It's irritating, as too many people have said many times, THERE IS NO FUN GAME HERE, ONLY BOTS AND CHEATS... those who use a low hangar. It's a game that has no desire to adapt. It will stay that way. MONEY MATTERS, YOURS. It's irritating for me too, but I don't play much, it's not my main game, even if it could have been. Too unbalanced and no support for problems. Play to have fun. DO NOT PLAY TO BECOME POOR AND SICK. Because that's the game. , which will lead you to poverty and mental infirmity. You ask for something, and they do exactly the opposite, SPEND MONEY, and after a few months it hasn't helped, new weapons, CONSTANT NERF, unbalanced game.. ,

Jul 13, 2025, 23:5307/13/25
10/04/23
239
StalKeR

Why are you getting angry? You should have understood the game by now. MONEY MONEY MONEY, YOURS. This is the only purpose this game is designed for. No one cares if it has problems. And the upcoming game balance update will only be to force you to buy new weapons and mechs. It's irritating, as too many people have said many times, THERE IS NO FUN GAME HERE, ONLY BOTS AND CHEATS... those who use a low hangar. It's a game that has no desire to adapt. It will stay that way. MONEY MATTERS, YOURS. It's irritating for me too, but I don't play much, it's not my main game, even if it could have been. Too unbalanced and no support for problems. Play to have fun. DO NOT PLAY TO BECOME POOR AND SICK. Because that's the game. , which will lead you to poverty and mental infirmity. You ask for something, and they do exactly the opposite, SPEND MONEY, and after a few months it hasn't helped, new weapons, CONSTANT NERF, unbalanced game.. ,

Well, Ill never spend money on this tbh...at least, as long as I dont have much money to spend on it. If you're asking why I still get angry at this game, its not just because of me. I complain not only representing myself and my opinions, but the communities as well. In a game as unforgiving and unapologetic as this, the least we can do is struggle together. And yes, I understand the game, I know everything about it...which isnt the truest statement, but in terms of what this topic is about, I know it all. Im gonna be honest. The only things keeping me here is my progress in the game, and my friends. I dont want to lose the most valuable friends I have in this game. Im...a sentimental guy, at least in my opinion. Also, everything you said is exactly what I said as well. That seems to mean we're on the same page...good. I may be f###ing infuriated at this game for what it ended up becoming, but at the root, I still love it. I love the weapon designs (not revokers), and I love the mech designs (excluding a large portion of mechs). As long as I hold value of nolstalgia and sentiment...Im not letting this game go. Ya know, when I think of this game...it takes me back to a certain time. It was December of 2023, and my family moved up to Portland, Oregon to live with pur aunt for the winter. She had a large house, almost like a mansion, but not quite. At that time, Bastion released. The winter theme called moments of joy. Im...a sentimental guy, and nolstalgia is a big part of my core identity. I have a good experience, I wish I could go back to that. Just like 2023. There were many more times I went somewhere else. Like in September 2024, where my apartment had a leakage problem, we had moved to another apartment a few blocks away. It wasnt far, but...it was nice. I loved being there, and it was heartbreaking to have to go back to the same old apartment I spent my entire life in. The moral of the story? Good things dont last forever...just like Mech arena. It was nice back then, but thats not gonna last. Here we are, in the big 25, and this game, admittedly, is at its worst. If I made this review all the way back when I first started playing the game, I promise you that thered be many more pros than cons. But I guess you could say that Im being too clingy to the past. Heh...I guess so. I hope I dont have to write an essay like this again.

Jul 14, 2025, 00:2407/14/25
02/23/21
57

Would be nice if this game had developers instead of the scammers that are currently running it into the ground with relentless greed and no shame. They don't deserve what they have. 

Jul 14, 2025, 09:1107/14/25
10/04/23
239
choppedlivver

Would be nice if this game had developers instead of the scammers that are currently running it into the ground with relentless greed and no shame. They don't deserve what they have. 

Well, I still would say theyre devs, but...think of it as its their part time job. In actuality, they line their pockets with money as their full time job. And it must be oh so tiring stuffing money in already full pockets.

Jul 14, 2025, 12:4007/14/25
03/09/24
24

how big is this game gotten now is it over a gigabyte? it's got to be over a gigabyte at least it's gotten to be a fat pig

Jul 14, 2025, 15:5607/14/25
07/09/23
280

You do get to do what you want. But I insist you stop playing this game. You will only be more and more disappointed. It's not good for your mental health to keep playing

CrystalDrewCommunity Manager
Jul 15, 2025, 10:0807/15/25
02/10/23
2761

Your feedback is quite interesting, and it will definitely be considered, but first of all, I want to call you to calm down. I'm not an AI, and I'm not here to apologize. 

I can update you with the novelties, answer your questions about the game, and pass on your thoughts to our devs. All the provided points are known, and we are working on them.

Jul 15, 2025, 17:4407/15/25
10/04/23
239
CrystalDrew

Your feedback is quite interesting, and it will definitely be considered, but first of all, I want to call you to calm down. I'm not an AI, and I'm not here to apologize. 

I can update you with the novelties, answer your questions about the game, and pass on your thoughts to our devs. All the provided points are known, and we are working on them.

Actually do something instead of acknowledging it and throwing it in the trash, as yall have been doing for f### all the time. Last I checked. Tanking still works, I still match with people with 1000s of sp higher than me. Even if you call it "skill based matchmaking", doesnt feel like it. Legit the only way I win against them is cause theyre s### at the game. Youre lucky ive played this game for like, 4 years and that Im better than 90% of all players.

Jul 16, 2025, 01:2007/16/25
Jul 16, 2025, 01:22(edited)
10/26/24
231

I want to spen on this so much money. That many might agree with me and baning together to spend money to take Plarium down. They have been sued 2 or 3 times before. But I just dont want to sue them. I want to end them. Also Disconnect there AI C.D. . Always same answers all the time. Come on 2576 replys . Must not really play the game . To busy reading and replying in this forum plus there Discord. Maybe this AI dont play games. Just programd for thr forum only

CrystalDrewCommunity Manager
Jul 16, 2025, 11:2707/16/25
02/10/23
2761
KillJoy402

I want to spen on this so much money. That many might agree with me and baning together to spend money to take Plarium down. They have been sued 2 or 3 times before. But I just dont want to sue them. I want to end them. Also Disconnect there AI C.D. . Always same answers all the time. Come on 2576 replys . Must not really play the game . To busy reading and replying in this forum plus there Discord. Maybe this AI dont play games. Just programd for thr forum only

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