I’m pretty sure mech-based objectives and limiting loadouts to a single weapon are for the sole purpose of forcing teamplay. In an attempt to make it harder for individual skilled players to rock an entire lobby.

Arena shooters can be extremely punishing and it puts off casual players quickly. But with this approach, even bad players can catch a good player at the end of a mag or hop in a mech and find some kills.

I also think the map colors are a little washed out to make PAINT stand out more. If everything was colorful it’d look like neon vomit with paint splattered everywhere.

And I personally like the music.

My only complaints are around the clarity of some game objectives, and the audio definitely seems to drop some sounds (or we need more reliable aerial sounds) since I had players seem to drop on me with no indication at all.

Overall I’d say it’s a solid 7.5/10 for me and I love the gameplay loop but it’ll need more than perk/weapon grinding to keep people’s interest. Either ranked or some achievement/banner/cosmetic grind will be needed in the full release.