Didn't like it so much
For games like this, I usually play in order. Thus, I fired up your previous entry in the series, but I'll review both in this one, as the gameplay is identical. (hope that's fine with you)
For one thing, it seems that you basically designed and programmed the entire game by yourself. It also seems you're trying to make a full fledged series. I think that's pretty admirable.
The gameplay style itself is actually innovative. Your turn gauge also serves as your evasion during enemy turns, and you can dish out long and short range attacks.
It's good that the game can load the save file from the previous game. However, it's not perfect, though. I clearly remember buying some repair kits in the first game, one for each character, and then placing them in the inventory. However, when I load the save file up, they are gone, replaced by junk parts.
It's as if the 600 kr I spent is gone. I wonder if the game removes the aim assister accessories I bought as well.
There is mech combat, yes, but I didn't really perceive much of a story in the first part, though, as there wasn't much signs of a conflict. (The red drones could simply be target practice for all I care.). Although this may be too much of a request, I do recommend to check out some fiction or dramatic writing guides on plot and conflict to improve the storyline.
In the first mission of this game, you have to save sheep. While I have no qualms about the idea, in game, I believe this doesn't work. It's not as if you can move your mechs so quickly if you want to survive the assaults from the enemies. (the player should conserve fuel to be able to evade attacks). Just two or three turns, and then half (or more) of the sheep are dead. Only a couple turns will pass and the enemy tanks will have crushed enough sheep to send you to game over.
To try to stop this, you need to move fast. But you can't afford to move fast or else you can't evade well, and your mechs can't take more than a few shots from the missilers either.
In both games, both the machine gun and the mortar for field attacks are unreliable. The machine gun sprays in such a crazy pattern fan. No matter what range you are at, only a few shots will hit, and when I say a few, I mean like two or three out of a dozen shots (and consequentially, a good chunk of your blue turn gauge)
The mortar is actually a bit more useful, although it does some pretty crazy stuff. Even if you hold the trigger for the same amount of time, it seems to fire with different distances. The mortar occasionally fires a shot to the side of the robot. (I find that hard to believe, unless either the pilot or the launcher is that horrible). More than a few times, what I saw what seems to be a good hit on the enemy drone, (most of the red sphere seemed to cover the drone), was treated as a miss in-game.
The weapon inaccuracy isn't much of an issue in the previous game, as you have as many turns as you need to finish either mission, but in this one, with such strict time limits, even one missed mortar shot can really ruin everything.
The game annoyingly autoswitches to the next unit if you burn all the meter of the first one and the second one still has meter. This is such a horrible game design decision, as when it does happen when you're holding down one of the move keys, the cursor will switch to the second mech and move that one, thus wasting some movement. In one case, I even moved the second mech right on top of some sheep that I had stopped next to. It is already good enough that you have a button to switch between mechs (and you can even click on one of them). NO need for the autoswitch!
Lastly, when I lose after loading the saved game file and hit the restart button, the mission loads up again-but without my saved data. (The mission begins with the quickstart setup). I don't know if the way you lose the mission has anything to do with this, but I also know that hitting that button on other occasions will send you back to the menu. What is it supposed to do, then?
