Cavalry Girls

7/10 decent enough top down tactical (ish) mech combat game, slightly mired by bad translations and truly hamstrung by a pretty terrible UI. The difficulty curve is set pretty well, but the mech customisation is a bit stale by the end, unless you are a fan of JRPG levelling by increment. I wouldn't by it outside of a sale and nor will I play through again for the true ending, but I had fun with it. P.S contains mild fan service and anime tropes, because even in war, there is time for the beach and hot springs!

UI feels like a finely polished flash game Plays smooth like butter Mech customization is a wrench monkey dream

Despite looking like a gacha, it isnt. In fact, it's a surprisingly good, if simple, top down mech game. The combat itself is fantastic, but you tend to have way too many weapons to handle. Your AI allies can obviously handle em all, but are rigid in tactics and don't dodge shots. As such, most mobile tactics, such as flanking attacks, are only good if you do it yourself and have your buddies follow you, otherwise they'll just stick to the gates or bumrush the enemy and get surrounded.

Legitimately one of the most fun and interesting games I have played in years. A more polished translation would be nice, but honestly isn't even needed. Wonderful game.

Honestly bought the game not expecting much, but I ended up enjoying it way more than I thought. Only had it on my wishlist when I saw one of the screenshots that reminded me of Girls' Frontline dorms. I wont deny that the anime girls in mechs got me interested, but what got me really hooked was the customization. Before the 2.0 update most of the time I spent "playing" this game was mostly on the weapon customization screen/workshop. You have a lot of options for changing how a gun behaves through weapon mods and in later stages, fusion cores. Disassembly and crafting is also pretty time consuming back then and I am glad that they did QoL improvements in 2.0. For those who havent bought the game: Is it fun? For me, yes. I highly recommend it to those familiar with weapon upgrading like in gacha game mechanics. Heck the whole fusion core mechanics would scratch that itch without spending extra money on it. Story-wise the game isnt really big on it. Music and Sound. I enjoyed it for the most part, but hard to say its great. Combat. Pretty good since 2.0. The older versions made them feel like a chore and too short even on higher difficulties but now its quite enjoyable. There are enemy spams that can get challenging if youre not ready for them but the variety is quite nice despite those spammed enemy types. My only gripe is the whole Honor system tied to how close the enemies got to your perimeter. Losing 50% of honor income all because a single fast enemy got too close isnt fun.

The translation is poor and many mechanics feel like they add little to the overall gameplay. The story is laughable, and the gameplay becomes tedious far too quickly.

A quality product made well

It's pretty fun