Armoured Cavalry: Operation Varkiri

This is not really a negative review as much as a "Not Quite Yet" review. I'm confident that by the end of Early Access this game will be fantastic. The good news with Armoured Cavalry is that the core game loop is absolutely fantastic. It's a twin-stick isometric shooter with multiple mech classes, loads of weapons, dozens of enemy types, permanent mech upgrades with loads of trees, etc. Everything I want in a mech game is already here at least in visible and polished form. Where it gets unique and interesting is that during a mission you find rogue-like upgrades which range from passive stat upgrades, to automated drops, to "Supply drops", to being able to summon friendly tanks to your side. This supply systems gives the hint of a strategic feeling and definitely makes this game something to watch. But the progression so far is bad enough that I can't actually recommend it. The 4 missions in game are difficult enough that you need to upgrade your mech to stand any chance, but the rewards are too small to upgrade your mech at a reasonable pace. I -WANT- to play with the bigger guns and try different builds but its so insanely slow to get them. The real problem is that the onl…

Buy this game if you want a headache and learning Chinese with the support team, otherwise don't buy it. They don't understand English because i'm not alone with this kind of problem. I think the Devs team give up on this game, it has been a little more than 9 months for the last update or any news. The last update was also not focus on stability, so at the end less playable... I do see the title screen of the game, it's cool and all, but no point if i can't access the game. Achetez ce jeu si vous voulez avoir un mal de tête pas possible et apprendre le chinois avec l'équipe du support, sinon ne l'achetez pas. Ils ne comprennent pas l'anglais (encore moins le français) parce que je ne suis pas le seul ayant ce problème. Je pense que leur équipe ont abandonné le jeu puisqu'il n'a eu aucune mise à jour depuis plus de 9 mois ou d'actualités. En plus, la dernière mise à jour ne s'est pas concentré sur la stabilité du jeu, donc pas très jouable en partant... C'est de pouvoir voir un bon écran titre avec de la belle musique, mais inutile si on ne peu pas avoir la partie saillante du jeu.

Please add controller support.

I had fun with this game, the x box controller worked like a charm, game reminds me of R-type, or Galaga , style game play. Yes by the references you can tell, I'm far too old for this ♥♥♥♥. Game was stable for me, no issues. Not sure why the neg reviews, they probably need to get back to base and figure out what the problem is. I have no idea if this dev is active but assume they are, for no more then it cost me on the summer sale who cares? Even if it was finished tomorrow for public access it's normally like 8.99, it's already a ten dollar game what do ya expect? I got something I rarely get from new games anymore, fun.

Before I talk about this game, I’m putting out a desperate plea for help! There apparently was another very similar looking game by the same company called “Armored Cavalry: Metalline” and I don’t know what happened, but it still has a page up, but it’s no longer available for early access, or demo. So if the developer sees this, or another fan who can help me get a steam download code or even from another store/place on the internet. I don’t care where it comes from… I have become completely obsessed with tracking this game down, and it’s driving me crazy!!! Look, I’m at the extreme farthest end for the opposite of wealthy, but if you want some money or games, we can work out some kind of trade, and I don’t care if I get the bad side of the deal. I’m a sucker for isometric action games, but there aren’t enough mech games like this to play, and I think this one might be the best as far as the graphic presentation, amazing controls, etc. thanks in advance to whoever comes through! Oh yeah, BUY THIS GAME!

优点： 三部机甲的特色鲜明，而且一开始就给你用。操作手感总体流畅， 缺点： 我不喜欢当前的关卡设计。当前“一个”关卡分为三个部分：普通任务目标，完成普通任务目标后穿过地图来到出口，透过出口进入单独的boss战地图打boss。 “大关卡”的设计，造成了完成一个总关卡的用时太长，而三个部分任何一步死亡就需要重来。即便小心翼翼，花不少时间也完成不了一个关卡，说白了这就是红白机时代常见的关卡思路——以关卡完成作为游戏的正反馈的主要来源。但问题现在是2023年，快节奏的差异化体验才是这类rogue like的核心。也就是说三台机甲各有所长才是应该突出的，而不是笨重冗长的关卡本身。机甲的升级应该是机甲特性优势逐渐放大的过程而不是在一两个关卡反复的磨叽。与之相应的更适合的关卡就应该是针对发挥三台机甲优点的子任务，例如长于机动性的U甲应该去匹配有很多高速移动单位的地图任务，暴君甲适合对付猎杀大量地面装甲扎堆的任务。解放者适合阵地战和占领。以这样的思路来构建任务的话，至少每个机甲的升级路上都能找到适合自己特色的任务类型，游戏带来的正反馈的点分布就多多了，而不是一股脑的混在第二关第三关磨叽。