Key received from the developer for free via Keymailer.

I have played about an hour of Mechajammer, the tutorial and into the 1st area until my character died to the boss.

I'm not overly enamoured by the character/portrait art, pixel/low res art has its place but here its just too much of a contrast to the environment art. If the characters were in the same dark shaded style of the world, it'd fit much better IMO.

Story seems relatively standard affair, albeit a bit brief in its initial presentation; You;re a conscript with partial memory loss and on the run with people you knew? I think? I's quite vague - I'm holding off on any real judgement until I get further into the game.

It's a game I want to like, at least to see more of the story but there are a few issues that make me hesitant to try again.

Knockout attacks - your character always stops out of range for the attack to land,then the foe moves and you're then basically spotted immediately. If I have knockout selected, and target the foe, I expect my character to actually hit them, not flail around 4 feet behind them.

Autosaves - looks to be a system in place but doesn't appear to save after story-line events as you'd expect (after lowering the 1st bridge etc). I think I bypassed a lot of the level by just randomly exploring, walked in on the boss, got basically one-shotted and my save was right back at the start of the game.

Line of Sight misclicks - I found that frequently my character was walking around buildings, instead of where I wanted them to go, especially in narrow areas. It seemed due to the way LOS was implemented with the environment maybe?

ESC to close open menus please? - this is just a minor annoyance but one that builds over time, make ESC close open windows, not open the settings menu only, gets really annoying after a while.

Overall I will recommend this as it seems interesting but has finicky controls.

My YouTube "1st Look" Video of the above review: https://youtu.be/cjAdHJ4Z0l8

Key received from the developer for free via Keymailer. I have played about an hour of Mechajammer, the tutorial and into the 1st area until my character died to the boss. I'm not overly enamoured by the character/portrait art, pixel/low res art has its place but here its just too much of a contrast to the environment art. If the characters were in the same dark shaded style of the world, it'd fit much better IMO. Story seems relatively standard affair, albeit a bit brief in its initial presentation; You;re a conscript with partial memory loss and on the run with people you knew? I think? I's quite vague - I'm holding off on any real judgement until I get further into the game. It's a game I want to like, at least to see more of the story but there are a few issues that make me hesitant to try again. Knockout attacks - your character always stops out of range for the attack to land,then the foe moves and you're then basically spotted immediately. If I have knockout selected, and target the foe, I expect my character to actually hit them, not flail around 4 feet behind them. Autosaves - looks to be a system in place but doesn't appear to save after story-line events as you'd expect (after lowering the 1st bridge etc). I think I bypassed a lot of the level by just randomly exploring, walked in on the boss, got basically one-shotted and my save was right back at the start of the game. Line of Sight misclicks - I found that frequently my character was walking around buildings, instead of where I wanted them to go, especially in narrow areas. It seemed due to the way LOS was implemented with the environment maybe? ESC to close open menus please? - this is just a minor annoyance but one that builds over time, make ESC close open windows, not open the settings menu only, gets really annoying after a while. Overall I will recommend this as it seems interesting but has finicky controls. My YouTube "1st Look" Video of the above review: https://youtu.be/cjAdHJ4Z0l8