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Alright, now I've played this game for a while now and I noticed some things. I like the idea and where this game is going, but it has a few problems.

First of all the gameplay is REALLY hard to understand. Without the guide that is in another part of the forums, the game would be utterly useless. Not everything is described as it should, and the game is hardly user-friendly. I mean come on, the learning curve is almost vertical!

Secondly, the reading. Alot alot alot of reading! Who wants to take the time to learn to play the game when it take literally hours to get just the gist of it. Knowing what weopans do what (such as LRM, MRM, and SRM NOT being guided missles entirely through me off when I first played).

Lastly, the HUD is REALLY confusing. Playing the OUT-Of-GAME-tutorial really agrivated me as I had to consistantly pull out of the game to understand what to do next, then go back in to the game and execute what the Tutorial said and so forth. Also, that the HUD is so confusing at first, like times with 2 green arrows and I don't know which of my men are facing where, and that all the controls are wierd, like clicking the time button, then the button to wait untill all the ammo is recharged, then to click time again and lastly click the weopans button. It goes in circles.

All in all, these are about all the complaints I have, Thank you for reading this.

ORIGINAL: PeterTheLeader
First of all the gameplay is REALLY hard to understand. Without the guide that is in another part of the forums, the game would be utterly useless.

For some people (those not familiar with the dual mode system) it would be harder, yes, but not useless. The manual and the tutorial, even though they do not go into the same detail, explain a bit about how the system works.

Not everything is described as it should, and the game is hardly user-friendly. I mean come on, the learning curve is almost vertical!

That's a bit of an exageration. The system is quite logical, you just have to think outside the box. This is not a conventional type of "turn-based" game.

Secondly, the reading. Alot alot alot of reading!

Yep, don't you just love it? [;)]

Who wants to take the time to learn to play the game when it take literally hours to get just the gist of it.

People just don't like to read anymore... [:(]
The tutorial should explain the basics, the manual gets into the finer details and most of it can be read when you're confortable with the system.

Knowing what weopans do what (such as LRM, MRM, and SRM NOT being guided missles entirely through me off when I first played).

This is all in the manual, and in the factory's help system (F1).
Don't know where you could possibly have gotten the idea of LRMs and SRMs being Guided though... the names of all guided missiles start with Guided Missile.

Lastly, the HUD is REALLY confusing.

The manual has got snapshots and explanations of the entire HUD.

Playing the OUT-Of-GAME-tutorial really agrivated me as I had to consistantly pull out of the game to understand what to do next, then go back in to the game and execute what the Tutorial said and so forth.

??!! Once you've completed the tutorial, you should know how to move and fire, and a few other basic things. What do you mean by "what to do next"?! It's not like there's a set way to play the game.

Also, that the HUD is so confusing at first, like times with 2 green arrows and I don't know which of my men are facing where,

Do you mean one green arrow and one cyan arrow, for titan facing and torso facing respectively? There is only one active titan at a time, and only arrows for that titan are displayed.

and that all the controls are wierd, like clicking the time button, then the button to wait untill all the ammo is recharged, then to click time again and lastly click the weopans button. It goes in circles.

That's probably because you didn't get the way the wait buttons work. Notice there are shortcuts for some actions, like 'x' for wait on recycle next weapon. Hit F1 during battle and you'll get a list of shortcuts - it's in the manual too.

Have fun! [:D]