Going in without any knowledge of the tabletop games rules or setting I only had my love for Xcom style tactics games get going. It took a few tries to get over a high initial hump of the depth you get presented in terms of mech customisation. After I realised that all the default loadouts are balanced and designed to the niche each mech fits, the favourites were easy to find, and fine tuning came easily with familiarity. The story is nicely presented and brings a good variety of missions to break up the regular proc gen contracts, even if the writing is fairly stock and the roleplaying dialog options are only visual. Super satisfying tactical combat that sells the tonnage of the mechs kept me coming for mission after mission.