I played this with friend ET and Shane at a friend's house con. I've also played Downfall twice in the past. The framework from Downfall was well chosen, and well simplified to work in this game. The constant framing of "what's gone wrong" mission after mission makes for an evocative story of degradation, and it just sang melancholy and true to the original "sad mech jam" premise. Definitely just the right amount of mechanics and framework for story gamers!