Perfect early PS2 aesthetics, great music, one of the best mech designs of all-time, but this is a solid set of action mechanics looking for a game to fit itself into. Terrible localization and voice acting, weirdly opaque mission structures, literally two enemy types throughout the entire game. Not very good but it's short so I finished it anyways. I know they figure it out in 2nd Runner so I'm excited to replay that.