Mech Builder

My friend bough this as a thoughtful birthday gift for me and I was enjoying until I got a few kits way through the game and decided to check the store page. "AI generated content" Immediately dropping this game because AI does not belong in gaming and I would love made by Human content.

this game and dlc was gifted to me, unfortunately ai slop designs in the dlc

overall i have had fun with this game the only part i hate are the ai models

very fun and i would sugest

On one hand, the actual clicking together and "building" the mechs is satisfying, and a good way to pass the time if you like this kind of thing. However, I think the biggest issue is just... the designs. All of them are derivative, by nature, so I don't fault it for that - my issue is that some of the designs just aren't very GOOD. Some sets don't particularly seem to represent the series they are ostensibly drawing inspiration from very well, but overall I think a lot of these are designs that wouldn't make good models, which harms the appeal of a game about making models. Some pieces attach in ways that seems to contradict their shape, and the implied articulation for some models is baffling. Maybe I'm nitpicking. Particularly the "mecha core" series bothers me. The linework is incredibly sloppy, with colour consistently leaking out of the linework. It looks cheap and shoddy. Between this and the incredibly vague disclosure that AI is used in "some assets" there is an air of laziness surrounding it. I would expect a small game made to emulate a niche hobby would show a little more reverence for the art of the hobby - this just feels cheap. More on par with a flash dressup game…

not exactly what i was looking for,,,BUUUUT a very good game that reminds me of old flash based paperdoll kinda games