TLDR: game's good, needs afew tweaks here 'n there but overall is a good game.
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really fun game so far, needs afew fixes here 'n there but overall just some good bones for the game. funnily enough, the thing that hooked us for this game was the audio settings menu 'n the fact it had real-time visualizers to show you how loud or quiet that particular channel was. (and just the settings in general displaying what they're affecting, rather than just text giving you a vague idea of what it is changing)
it does have afew issues though, mostly with visual clarity/eyestrain problems with the player mech, mostly in more grey/beige environments (i.e. the first mission) since the colors blend together so well it becomes hard to distinguish where you are when you're stood still.
same with weapons being way too strong or way too weak for what you need them for. (though the progress report does show that's being fixed so this is really only a problem with the current version) but the grenades seem to be fitting into their own niche, though the incendiary, from our experiences, tends to out-perform the H.E. grenade more oft than naught.
the side-weapons are an interesting case, the landmine tends not to be useful since enemies just tend to.... not go over them, or otherwise miss them (somehow) making them more of a detriment to you if an enemy launches an explosive at you or hit a wall with an explosive that had the mine near it, especially if you'd only just placed the mine. the missiles tend to be fairly useful, though the rapid-fire ones are hit or miss with their usefulness.
the lil' bomb drone (my beloved), however, is basically always useful cuz holy shit that explosion radius 'n damage is nuts, to the point where its' limited range/fuse time hardly affects it 'n it just overshadows the other options, as we found ourselves using it just cuz it got all the jobs we wanted the missiles to do done way faster and with far more consistency and with far more safty.
music is currently only for the menu, bay, and mission select screen so missions tend to be very silent. which tends to make the places you fight feel very "dead" for lack of a better term, which if it's intentional then it sets the mood really well 'n adds a sense of tension. but if not then it makes things feel far too empty despite the fact that you've turned half a city block into swiss cheese via a minigun, attempting to kill some fodder and a heli at the same time.
the melee, though, in our experience, tends to go unused alot since getting close to enemies is really not good when they can just shred you to shit at close range with, y'know, their bullets. outside of maybe the worms/grubs since it seems to one-shot them but that's a gamble due to the fact they come in hordes. hopefully it finds a place in the kit in the future.
those issue aside, the game's got some really good bones for the gameplay, 'n the audio design's also really good, weapons 'n such all are very punchy or otherwise have a satisfying sound when in use (caseless explosive launcher specifically for us) and what music is there is really good too.
all 'n all it's just a really good game, minor issues here 'n there but that's to be expected. 'n we had a relatively fun time playing through what's available currently. damn good job so far, keep up the good work mate.
(apologies if this sounded overly negative, that was far from our intentions with this.)