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  • 2 months ago
Iron Rebellion REVIEW on the Quest 3

Iron Rebellion fulfills the experience of feeling truly locked and loaded inside a mechanical war machine with all of the buttons, levers, and ammunition pilots need to dominate the solar system.

Current Features include:
* Fully interactive Cockpit with Physics Based Interaction
* Core cockpit module systems (Cargo) (Repair)
* Cross-Platform Online Combat
* Mech Classes and customizable loadouts
* 8 weapons
* 12 maps
* 4 game modes
* AI Bots
* WIP Mod support

Why Early Access?
We are only a few months away from our full 1.0 launch! Early Access has been an incredible experience, tool and channel to connect VERY closely with our community to help bring out the absolute best game we could.

How long will the game stay in EA
* V0.9 by the middle of 2023
* V1.0 out by the end of 2023 to start of 2024.

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Transcript
00:00This is Iron Rebellion by Black Beach Studio, about the game. Here's a unique
00:18game that I just had to cover when I discovered it. It's multiplayer based and
00:23when I played there was about four other people online and the rest is filled by
00:28bots. There are so many maps and currently three game modes to choose
00:33from. Now it is advised that you sit in the chair and play this game and I can't
00:38agree more. It really does add to the immersion of it. Playing the tutorial is
00:42one of the only tutorials that I have really enjoyed. It was exciting and when
00:48you boot up your mech and see outside for the first time it just looks
00:52stunning. It will take just about five to ten minutes to complete this tutorial. So
00:57then getting into the game. You're going to pick your mech, then pick your weapons
01:02and then pick which orgs to use. They are just like perks. Then off you go into
01:08battle. Game menus. The menus are good. Can be a little overwhelming to start. Maybe
01:14because there are menus at the home screen, then also attached to your left
01:18arm and also in the mech. But you will soon get used to them. You are first
01:24greeted with a menu at your home screen that offers play game, choose loadout, the
01:30tutorial and social media where that offers the roadmap and their discord. Now
01:37the map on your left wrist, which I seem to have missed at first, this offers you
01:42re-centering, score, players in the team, options and quit options. Then there's
01:49the menu in the mech where you can pick which mech you want, which guns you want
01:54and the orgs that you use. Levels and size. There are 12 maps so far and what looks to
02:02be at least another 12 maps that are currently being worked on. The maps are
02:07all of a decent size. Some larger than others, but they all look really good and
02:13they're quite good in variation too. Controls. Controls will take some time to
02:18get used to. Left stick is to move the mech and then right controller to turn it.
02:25But where you keep the left arm still, you actually have to move your arm left
02:30and right to turn the mech. It's not as bad as it might sound. Then you use the
02:35right stick to select right or left weapon or push up to select both weapons.
02:41Mechanics. Just about everything is great in this game, considering how much is in
02:47here. Everything looks fantastic. The mechs move great. There are so many
02:52switches inside that mech and targeting, dodging, picking stuff up works great.
02:58Though my game did crash three times in five hours I played for, the AI seems
03:04pretty good. Some better than others, which is exactly what you would expect.
03:09Playable mechs. There is a choice of six mechs. Some will be heavier, larger and
03:15take more damage, but are slow to move. And others will be light, smaller and
03:20fast, but easier to damage. Each mech has a description that you can read up on
03:26and then decide which suits your playing style. All the mechs are well designed.
03:31They look great outside, but inside is just outstanding. All the controls you
03:37get to interact with and all the view and movements. My only wish is that maybe
03:43they could have changed the colours or something, or make the glass supports
03:46different, as every mech looks the same. Add some choices of things you could
03:52hang, like the old fluffy dice. I get not to change your controls because that
03:57could get very confusing. Weapons. There are so many guns to pick from for your
04:03mech and you can select a different gun for each side. There is a choice from
04:08about 12 guns, I think depending on which mech you pick. There is also a
04:13choice of 16 perks and you can assign three perks to your mech. Things like
04:18store more ammo or faster repair times. When you are out in battle, you will use
04:24a lever that's positioned between your legs. Hey, easy target. You will use this
04:29lever to pick up ammo or repair boxes. Customisation options. There is currently
04:36a choice of 6 mechs, 11 guns and 16 perks, but no offerings to customise your mech.
04:42Online playability. There are four modes to pick from. Data Breach, Conquest, Team
04:50Deathmatch and Uplink, which isn't available just yet. Data Breach just
04:56involves running around the map and capturing control points. They pop up one
05:01at a time. As you capture them, your score goes up. The first team to reach a
05:06certain score wins. Then there's Conquest. It's just the standard capture A, B and C
05:14control points and once captured, your enemy's score will start going down from
05:19400 points. First to zero loses. Then there's Team Deathmatch. No explanation
05:26needed, I think, but just in case you have been living under a rock, it's the first
05:30team to kill as many of the opposite side's mechs to reach a certain score.
05:35Then you win. Now I will say, and it's a huge issue, that the comms volumes could
05:42do with being worked on. It was almost impossible for me to hear any of my
05:47teammates talking and they all had the same complaint about the game too. I do
05:52like though how you have switches to select if you want to hear just your
05:56teammates or everyone, and then turn your mic on and off and also mute or
06:02unmute everyone, all from the comfort of your mech's cockpit. My thoughts. Now every
06:10time you watch something in 2D, you can just never get the real experience and
06:14believe me when I say you have to experience this game in VR to really
06:19appreciate it. I think whilst there is a big choice of weapons, I'm not really
06:24sure of the stats of each gun, like if a certain gun is more effective against a
06:29certain mech. So it kind of seems pointless, all these guns, because you
06:33end up just choosing one or maybe two guns that you like and you stick to them.
06:38So it would be nice if the gun system was explained a bit better, or even if
06:43each mech has one or two special weapons unique to it only, and maybe also if it
06:50has some unique perks. I would also like to see some choices for colours of your
06:55mech, maybe camouflage designs, stickers, numbers, something where you can be
07:01uniquely identified out on the battlefield. This could be done in the
07:05way of collectibles, rewards for reaching so many kills, or reaching an amount of
07:10games played. Now my biggest thing with this game is, I really wish it had a
07:16campaign mode, because that would just bring it to a whole other level,
07:21especially if it could have the choice to be in a single player or a co-op mode.
07:2612 levels to blast your way through, giving some sort of story, even adding
07:32aliens or creatures of some sort, instead of taking a chance on the whole game to
07:37see if it will get a better player base. Because whilst you can select to fight
07:42against AI bots, it gets a bit boring after a while, and let's face it, if a
07:47game doesn't get a player base, then it's failed. So a campaign story is much
07:53needed. Anyway, I did really enjoy this game a lot more than I expected to, but
07:59can I see myself playing it more? For me personally, as much fun as I had, I will
08:06probably play a few more games just to see all the maps, but I think without a
08:11campaign or some sort of reward or collectible system, I just don't see
08:16myself returning to it. So on that, I mark Iron Rebellion an 8 out of 8 stars.
08:24So I hope you enjoyed this review. Now if you have any ideas for this game, drop
08:30them in the comments below, because who knows, maybe the developers will read
08:33them and take your ideas on board. Please show me some support by hitting that
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