Mech Wars

Really?!?!  I've been playing MekWars since the beginning too!  Draconis Combine 4 Life!

Played it. It’s fun. Out of the gate it’s a great start. Plays so much better on my iPhone Xs than War Robots, which is unplayable. Have to use the iPad. Controls and targeting are much better and game play is fun. Love the 4 minute tdm match with respawn. Haven’t played the capture the assault mode yet. Same mechanics as far as specialties and weapons. Might be my iPhone go to. However it froze on my second match. Thanks for the notice!

I just reinstalled the game to give it a shot. It looks better than it did last year when I tried it briefly. The game is small, less than 200MB so it installed quick and loads quick. Games are intense, and I don't know yet if all mechs have the flying ability (I think they do) and some mechs have other abilities like dash and stuff but the flying does add a 3D dimension to the game that makes it fun. There's still no vertical view like War Robots, but aiming is similar to both War Robots and BoT, where the computer targets an enemy for you, but you still have to line up your crosshairs on it, but there's no auto targetting like War Robots where you just need to get close to the red square and the computer aiming takes over. In Mech Wars you have to have as good aim as in BoT, so it adds a bit of challenge to the game. Some criticisms, I wish the mech designs had more individuality, I wish the mechs were a bit more polished, and I wish there was free form view like in BoT so that I can look around on my on, but other than that, I think this game has potential. There's a some P2W elements, and because there is leveling involved, there will always be a power differential in favour to those who've played longer or have spent money. But, so far, it doesn't seem as bad as War Robots. Yes, it's early days, but those who're looking for a change, this is worth a look.

You should play that Mech game with Dinosaurs. Yes, Dinos+Mech 「fluffernutter」in lovin it.

I'm in the same boat (level 3), and I want that same gun x2 on the same bot. I'll just take my time and grind it out to level 5. I've been slowing down on the upgrades since I've taken some time to peruse the stores and have a shopping list already, which means I'm having a tougher time keeping up in battles. But there are definitely some good battles, no one-sided slaughters (yet), win some, lose some. Gonna play a bit more and get a feel for how it's going to progress before I think about forking over any monetary support, but it's looking promising.

Meanwhile, I'm still giving equal time to Mech Battle, too.


Edit: Ok, this one is pulling me in. Mech Battle might be taking a back seat soon. 

PS: Threads merged, because your favorite idiot mod didn't see the one that was already there.

Carry on, carry on. 

I am! The game play takes a bit of getting used to, but I'm loving the novelty of riding dinosaurs. A good portion of the dinos are flying ones, so there's a 3D element, and the free aim targeting is a welcome feature. I'm not sure I like the off centre camera angle, but I suppose that's necessary due to the size/length of the dinosaurs.

Yeah I still think there's some kinks like weapon range not working at max length specified or flying dinos being OP and the meta being artillery.

But overall it's nice relaxing games with fast progression.

I haven't gotten any artillery weapons yet! But I like how the weapons are balanced to certain degree. The rockets do a lot of damage really fast but are hard to use and are almost useless against the flying dinos. The revolver guns have a huge advantage in range against the gatlings and pair really well with a flying dino and chip away at range, but is almost useless against the energy shields. The first basic dino you get isn't completely useless and is a fast knife fighter. But, yeah, there seems to be bugs abound, and sometimes the game is very laggy. I haven't decided which game I like better, this or Mech Wars. I mean, I did spend money on this game and none on Mech Wars, but that was purely for the novelty and the gorgeous graphics.

I think there are still a lot of AI bots in this game. I wish more people would customize their handle so that I can tell if a mech I'm facing has a live human pilot or not. I'm starting to see more rockets (War Robots Orkan equivalent). They're hard to use, but if you're assuming an AI bot and walk straight into a full salvo, it's gonna hurt.

The stealth ability is pretty cool in this game. The mech itself turns Predator-like and is hard to see. You can still target and shoot it, but it's still cool nevertheless.

Upgrade costs are quite high for casual gaming. I don't play that much, but they also give you daily gifts that really help, like 2x ad bonus and stuff. The gameplay is fast and intense, but still somewhat buggy. Like, I can't see what happens after I shoot homing missiles. All the high damage burst weapons like rockets and bazookas travel quite slow in comparison to lasers and bullets, so good luck hitting those fast running/flying/dashing light bots (like me).

I think I like it better than Mech Battle too. The maps are really pretty and detailed and there's usually lots of terrain to add real 3D game play. There are even some things your mech can destroy by walking over.

Yeah, the non-rotating screen thing is an odd choice. I don't use phones, but my iPad cover is now at an uncomfortable position. Fix dat. 

Well I finally cracked a 1-million damage game -- and was still only 3rd highest! Just going with the flow for now -- play when I can, keep upgrades going, and figure out how to get gud. 

1. 4 or 5, I think -- there's no reference site that I can find, so I'm going purely by what I can remember, which isn't much.
2. Similar -- pay to advance, but I haven't figured out how matchmaking works, because you can't see the levels of other players or their gear, so it's hard to tell if you're paying with/against whales. I know there are weapons out there that I don't have access to yet -- don't know if it's higher level players, or just luck (more on that below). 
3. Learning curve is about the same as the other two, basic game play is pretty easy to pick up, and then it's got a ton of boosters and other odds and ends to figure out, daily challenges, how leveling works. There's a bit of chance/luck involved too, which I'm not thrilled about. There's a 'workshop' similar to War Robots, but you can't start building something until you get the first blueprint for it in a supply drop. Contents of the drops seem to be very random, but they do give you lots of stuff. Those kinds of details take awhile to figure out.
4. Looks like it's mobile only that will run on an emulator ona PC.
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I'm still having a hard time deciding which one I like more. Mech Wars definitely looks and feels more polished, but there are aspects of Mech Battle that I prefer as well.

No way to turn off floating movement pad. Instant fail from me fam.

I already clan'd up in MB. I tend to roll my fingers during movement, so not being able to reliably circle strafe for me is a no-no.
The way the store is set up is the secondary reason I noped out of MWs.

Dropped cash into MB because I legitimately obtained a full set of pretty much every premium item in the game for free before lv20. Just my preference, but I'm not looking to get into a game the way I got into War Robots just to get shafted the way pixo is still playing everyone.