As much as I loved the characters, the game is sadly rendered broken by the presence of all-too-typical shovelware RPG mechanics (temp coating anyone?), a non reversible job system (discourages experimentation), and the exhaustion of having to choose who to bring into a mission and their starting points (even though they can be switched out immediately at the start, making it an unnecessary step) and constantly backing in/out of mission briefings in order to modify your tank accordingly.