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Release Date: July 1, 2025 (9 PM PDT)
Platform: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PS5 (TBD 2025)
Genre: Multiplayer Third-Person Shooter/Action Combat
Modes: Ace Arena (3v3 TDM), Operation VERGE (6v6 Objectives), Operation STORM (PvPvE Extraction)
Developer: Amazing Seasun Games
Publisher: Amazing Seasun Games
Price: Free to Play
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Mecha BREAK, the latest game from the developers of Snowbreak: Containment Zone, launches on July 1st after waves of popular playtests since early 2024. It is a free-to-play PvP/PvPvE mecha shooter that supports cross-play functionality between Xbox and PC with the PS5 version releasing sometime later in 2025. Compared to the beta, 12 out of 15 Strikers are now unlocked by default as well as basic pilot customization without needing extra currency. The official release starts at Season 0, lasts three months, and they plan to add three more mechas every season.

Set in a post-catastrophic future where you pilot a Striker for the organization, S.H.A.D.O.W, you are tasked to help humanity's war effort by defeating rival factions and stopping the spread of Corite pollution. There are three modes: Operation VERGE (the main 6v6 mode with 10 maps and objectives such as payload race, node capture, and team elimination), Ace Arena (a 3v3 PvP competitive team deathmatch), and Operation STORM (a solo and squad-based battle royale extraction mode where you can use the mods received from supply crates). Select a Striker - attacker, defender, sniper, brawler, or supporter, customize your own pilots and mechas, and take on enemies in ground and aerial combat!

 

[Yoshichan]

Played the beta many months back and I'm very intrigued and want to play this with others to avoid puging too much!

Is anyone interested in doing a squad or at least playing together the first couple of days to see what's up?

I'm UTC+01:00 so it's around 8pm when I'm posting this! Quote me here I'll DM my discord

My Miang (Xenogears)

 

[mèx]

I wanted to try it out since it looks cool, but it has a mandatory kernel anti cheat.

I might need to steal my brother's Xbox to give it a spin.

 

[Mikado]

I like anime titties and mecha;
I don't much care for chinese-style F2P PvP

So now I'm not sure what to think.

Is this a gacha like SnowBreak? I can't see how that would possibly be pleasant in a PvP context...

 

[Robot Carnival]

I wanted to try it out since it looks cool, but it has a mandatory kernel anti cheat.

I might need to steal my brother's Xbox to give it a spin.

thinking about trying it, but how hard is it to remove the anti cheat if I don't want to play any more?

 

[Pejo]

Seasun are great developers as far as transparency and feedback implementation, so I think if this game gets off the ground, the support will be high tier. I love mechas and stuff, but the PVP aspect is just not it for me.

I'll give it a shot regardless, but I'm not expecting to like it, I just don't wanna deal with other people most of the time I'm gaming these days.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

I'll play it today to see what it's all about. I'm not into PVP these days at all, but the Steam page says there's co-op too so we'll see. I really hope that if it's good, they'll at least consider adding PVE modes for SP and co-op.

 

[Felessan]

Wanted to try it but it's PvP(vE) so I'll pass

 

[Agent_4Seven]

WTF IS THIS?

How and why would ever lock a game behind particular series of GPUs if other GPUs also support DX12 and can run the game just fine without 16GBs of VRAM? I HATE this modern trend with passion

 

[Branded]

WTF IS THIS?

How and why would ever lock a game behind particular series of GPUs if other GPUs also support DX12 and can run the game just fine without 16GBs of VRAM? I HATE this modern trend with passion

I already thought the demo wasn't all that (gameplay, UI and QoL shenanigans) but the performance was ass as well so this doesn't instill me with much hope for that.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

I already thought the demo wasn't all that (gameplay, UI and QoL shenanigans) but the performance was ass as well so this doesn't instill me with much hope for that.

I did some testing and the game runs great at 120 FPS and doesn't need 4000 series and beyond for DX12 at all. VRAM usage barely goes up to 6 GB even with all settings at max with DLAA, so what was the point in locking DX12 behind newer GPUs at all? It does require 16GB (I'd say 20 should be minimum though) of regular RAM.

One other issue I have with the game is that if you choose Japanese VA (or any other except English), you won't get any subtitles for your character during gameplay at all, only for operators on the line. WTF is that, devs? There's no option in the game to toggle subtitles too, do anything about how they work and you can only change text and VA language, that's it.

Update:

Nope, I take it back. At the begining everything was smooth, but during the first mission where you need to destroy a few things and stuff on the surface FPS tanks to 45+ and there's no rock-solid 60 even, let alone 120. That's on 3080Ti. VRAM is not the issue though and I still have around 6GBs free VRAM.

 

[Brakum]

Think i'm done with the game after the tutorial. Not that i didn't like it but i chose a random pilot since i was just doing the tutorial. Now i'm stuck with it. I guess i can manually edit everything but it's gonna be so much work. Maybe i'm in the mood later

 

[Robot Carnival]

so finally get around to play a little of the release today. did a lot of adjusting settings and buttons to make it the way I like it. so far I think it's ok. will be doing a little more PvP stuff tomorrow and see if I would have a good time or not. might just put in a few bucks for that season 0 kit and try things out. not a big fan of having the paint colors locked for each mech and character, but I guess they have to make people keep playing some how.

 

[Yoshichan]

Started today. Game is insane.

 

[justiceiro]

Tried, but stuck on the last mission of the tutorial. Playing in controller, but I kinda feel the game needs to be played on mouse, because I have to keep enemies on sight all the time. Other problem is that when you advance as a needle you simply get past it when the enemies move, so you just keep going. You can kinda move, but you can't really turn around. It's weird, I need to get the grip of the game more.

 

[Yoshichan]

First days session finished, documenting here for whatever measure

 

[Yoshichan]

1 and a half day in

 

[e0n]

1 and a half day in

What strikers do you use or consider the best?

 

[Yoshichan]

What strikers do you use or consider the best?

Hurricane (Drones + Ultimate beams)
Stego (Missile + turret tank + Ultimate missile)
Tricera (Ultra tank + healing drones)
Welkin (Whirlwind axe + Forcefield)
Panther (Lancer + Parry)
Alysnes (Gun + Sword/Parry)

My favorites with a few notes I made for myself lol

Really looking forward to start practicing other strikers, mostly Aquila who's a pain in the ass to deal with

How about you??

 

[Yoshichan]

lol

 

[e0n]

Hurricane (Drones + Ultimate beams)
Stego (Missile + turret tank + Ultimate missile)
Tricera (Ultra tank + healing drones)
Welkin (Whirlwind axe + Forcefield)
Panther (Lancer + Parry)
Alysnes (Gun + Sword/Parry)

My favorites with a few notes I made for myself lol

Really looking forward to start practicing other strikers, mostly Aquila who's a pain in the ass to deal with

How about you??

I've been rotating between Alysnes/Aquila/Luminae since they can always contribute. I think the strikers are mostly balanced if you know who to target/avoid. Skyraider is the only that seems very situational/difficult to use and with none of the team benefits of Falcon.

 

[Luipadre]

Downloaded it and tried it today. Goddamn this game slaps. Looks and runs really well and its just fun af. Great character design aswell

UI looks really busy at first, but i got used to it quickly. It feels really good to play and the tutorial mission were awesome too

 

[justiceiro]

Game can be really fun when you dive full speed at the enemies.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

The mechs look SOGGODDAMNCOOL. This i a gacha I take it?
Worth the download just to look at the models probably...will dl it.

 

[Rien]

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This reminds me of a game called One Must Fall back in the day

 

[Brakum]

Think i'm done with the game after the tutorial. Not that i didn't like it but i chose a random pilot since i was just doing the tutorial. Now i'm stuck with it. I guess i can manually edit everything but it's gonna be so much work. Maybe i'm in the mood later

Thank god i ended up coming back to it. This is the best multiplayer game in 15-20 years. The more i play it, the more i love.

Also the game never tells me to go touch grass. It's not like other modern multiplayer games where after your dailies, they severely limit or completely halt your progression. Fuck that. This just lets me play when i want, how much i want.

 

[Luipadre]

Game has a pretty good playerbase on steam. Is it not crossplay? Ps version is probably coming soon, even the adaptive triggers are working on pc

 

[Rush2112]

Soon as I saw the name and pic I knew it was pvp multiplayer live service shit. Asian too, so basically a second job.

 

[Luipadre]

Soon as I saw the name and pic I knew it was pvp multiplayer live service shit. Asian too, so basically a second job.

Nah. You just login, play and have fun. I dont even care about anything else. Its a really high quality game

 

[Frostt]

This could have been the next ZoE or AC, but instead is a PVP-ish game, bummer, still will try on PS5 but bummer

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Mecha Break reviewed by Will Borger on PC, also available on Xbox Series X|S.

Mecha Break's strategic, twitchy gameplay has its hooks in me, the 15 flavors of mech all feel great to pilot, and I dig the maps in Operation Verge and Ace Arena. I'm not over the moon about Operation Storm and I think the monetization is simultaneously fine in some places and potentially predatory in others. But I'm here for the 6v6 and 3v3 modes. That stuff is for PvP sickos. I've come away liking the little moments, the stories my group has been a part of. If Mecha Break plays it smart, I think it has the juice to last for the long haul, and I know my crew will be hitting me up for matches for the foreseeable future. We're still chasing those moments of perfection, those stories. Sometimes we'll get there. Sometimes we won't. But the perfect match is out there. And I'll be damned if I'm not gonna try to find it.