Time-Stopping Guerrilla Mech Warfare is incredible | Phantom Brigade

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[@solwilkinson8551]

so cool wow

[@ZVelzy]

Rimmy did you ever play BSG: Deadlock?

[@clifdog100]

So are sponsored games not gonna be subject to the whole KZbin debacle? noticed it didn't have your f KZbin filters intro.

[@DJmass60]

Rimmy just starting playing. Did you know you can bounce the laser weapon of a friendlies shield? just did it by accident

[@SammyBun]

Welp just bought it because it looked beyond sick

[@zakk143]

Knight: "You have my sword!" Archer: "And you have my bow!" Mech Pilot: "And this arm I stole!!"

[@terencepaul7475]

why did I hear Pathfinder's voice from Apex Legends when I read the Mech Pilot line xD hahahaha

[@IoFoxdale]

Rimmy has yet to discover the forbidden tech of just body checking enemy mechs with your heavy shield mech.

[@randombrit4504]

As always, the only acceptable form of mech combat is hand to hand. Because a 70 ton war machine always lands a chokeslam.

[@thecosmicentity5597]

Use your Bioresonance to implant that knowledge into his brain. Also use that influence to make him play Signalis.

[@shayminthedoctor9663]

Oh man absolutely one of my favorites Shield mech with a shotgun

[@echoecho7829]

Sir, have you discovered the fun part where you use two mechs to sandwich an opponent?

[@astranix0198]

When you want to liberate the province at 7:30 but you have to play NFL at 8:00.

[@derptomistic]

"That group of rebels has been kicking the army's ass" "Yeah, but they grazed that one building by mistake so I think all hope is lost"

[@Classatron]

Too real

[@happyhydralisk6885]

You have no idea just how much I want there to be a feature to watch the whole battle back in real time

[@LegendaryBricktures]

They said they're working on it, there is already a replay feature turn to turn as a kind of test

[@Iymarra]

I wish we could customise the pilots tbh.

[@catman-hi5cn]

When it has this I’ll buy the game

[@cry-o1436]

Yomi hustle is like that but it's stickmen and you basically get to watch an anime stickman fight scene afterwards. But that might not be your cup of tea

[@centurosproductions8827]

Sadly, they've said that because of how they do the replay and simulate the physics non-deterministically, this is going to be very difficult to impossible to implement. 5 seconds works well enough, but things might end up diverging if they re-simulate the entire battle.

[@for_the_lore5567]

The only thing missing from the game is a chance to see the full mission replay after mission completion.

[@federicoalmiron9934]

Hell yeah.

[@thomjones6281]

Battlestar Galactica Deadlock has that feature and it's legit one of my favourite features in gaming history lol

[@eldrickzero4885]

Ohman I thought full release would have that

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

They're working on it I garner.

[@ArmoredNeko]

Wait there isn't? I can swear I saw someone use the replay function on youtube. But I think devs are working on it either way and I might just get it myself shortly.

[@Awsomonium]

The developers who animated these mechs REALLY REALLY like mechs. They're so cool.

[@TheAzureGhost]

spend some nights (time zone difference) chatting with some devs on their discord during EA about mecha games and anime, and yea there are definitly major mecha nerds among them and it is not limited to the guys.

[@kingskelett6265]

One small thing the game would benefit from would be the ability to watch the entire battles in the end in one take. Maybe also save them for later review or pride.

[@shadowtheimpure]

Fuck yeah, I could see a whole subreddit emerging just to share awesome battles.

[@omegaentertainment01]

They're apparently working on that and the turn to turn replay is a test for it, if a reply to another comment is to be believed.

[@bongibot1104]

Superhot style, absolutely necessary

[@NYCFenrir]

And see a replay of the last round. I had a missile firing at a mech with the pilot ejecting and I'm pretty sure the missile hit the ejection pod. Either way the pod was destroyed.

[@Predator20357]

A game about Mechs fighting Mechs where they also have a good understanding of how to implement Guerilla Warfare into a video game? Well if I had money, I would love to buy this!

[@damoclesecoe7184]

"if I had money" mood

[@Author_Paluthor]

AND the games gives you NPC allies who even operate tanks

[@ls200076]

@@Author_Paluthor My balls are exploding

[@salamanderofdestruction2000]

And you can operate tanks and the devs understand that walkers wouldn’t make tanks obsolete

[@followerofthemantle3489]

14:29 If he managed to parry that missile we're going to have change his rank to Master Chief.

[@darklizard45]

AC pilots: Is that a challenge?

[@TheAzureGhost]

All projectiles are calculated physical objects, so if you manage to time it right... On the other hand, i managed to cut down a missle from air with my sword back in EA when missles were new... The Explosion blew up my sword though...

[@danielm.595]

@Azure Ghost Cons of having everything be a physical, real object in-game: heavily CPU intensive. Pros of having everything be a physical, real object in-game: being able to cut down enemy projectiles.

[@bugmoon1939]

@@TheAzureGhost just wondering, what'd you mean by "EA"?

[@TheAzureGhost]

@@bugmoon1939 Early Access. The game was in it on Epic for~2years before release.

[@FailcopterWes]

This looks like the devs saw Into The Breach and thought "but what if we make it even more awesome?" and then their inner Battletech fan reminded them to add mech overheating and combined mech/tank forces. Honestly looks fantastic.

[@benjaminparent4115]

I mean I just got into battletech and one of the thing that drove me into the wargame/tabletop, is that it is turn based simultaneous tactics you can't destroy an enemy before they can act. So the gameplay really make me think of Classic Battletech more than Into the breach.

[@Tortuosit]

Or Frozen Synapse.

[@RepChris]

When i saw time travel guerilla mech warfare i though "oh theyre trying to rip off into the breech" but i really like what theyve done with the concept, and how they expanded on it. Certainly not drawing inspiration from only it, I hope there will be more games taking a similar approach to action taking and shit

[@omegawolf2589]

This gave me Battletech/Mecha combo vibes honestly. It’s like a good hybrid between the two.

[@felixdrescher3439]

This game is pretty much just how tabletop looks in my head

[@Umcarasemvideo]

@@felixdrescher3439 Yup, I hope that we eventually get a Battletech game like this because good lord that's amazing and would fit so well.

[@l0rf]

They already have laser beam mechs skating around, they didn't have to go this hard on cutscenes but they did. I respect that

[@playwars3037]

9:11 One of the reasons I loved xenonauts so much was because it really gave you that sense of being the elite. Wherever you went, as long as there were human habitations there were cops, armed civilians, and in the case of a city the damned army would even be there to help. They weren't very good, especially as the game got going, but you had a sense of having regular forces desperately holding the line for the cavalry to arrive, which really made you feel like a space marine sometimes. Also, totally agree with your statement earlier in the video, the games where you get allies are freaking awesome, I'd love for there to be more of them !

[@GaldirEonai]

The "take territory with elite units, hold with NPC allies" thing strongly reminds me of Jagged Alliance 2. ...which, come to think of it, would also do very well remade with that simultaneous turn mechanic.

[@Mr_Centipede]

I think there was one. JA Crossfire I think? The combat mechanic was great I think. But it does not feel like Jagged Alliance, so....

[@OrificeHorus]

Being capable of salvaging enemy parts and taking them as your own gives me Metal Fatigue vibes. I like it.

[@Sorain1]

Well that's a nostalgia bomb you just hit me with.

[@Rick_Steel]

Add a Vietnam-style tunneling mechanic to Phantom Brigade to fully round out the Metal Fatigue experience.

[@OrificeHorus]

@@Sorain1 mandaloregaming lol

[@tylerp.5004]

Hail To The Mandalore.

[@joaquinochoa7916]

Please we need to make this an actual series, this looks so fun!

[@kapitankapital6580]

I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this during the nextfest back in February. Definitely gonna give it a look

[@MrImmortal709]

Ok that cutscene where he "cuts" the tanks with that beam had no right to be that awesome :)

[@irpsicologiayeducaciongrup8251]

_Load up the Bass Cannon..._ *_FIRE!_* 3:32

[@dylanjwagner]

Rimmy: I hope you can parry this missile. Narrator: the filthy casual could not.

[@ForgeFighterMKlll]

This is the closest I’ll ever get to a Code Geass Knightmare battle RTS game and it’s amazing in any case and deffo a buy!

[@eldrickzero4885]

Exactly, I've been looking for a Lelouch type game for years, I mostly just settled on Total War, but Ive been playing this game's demo and its been fun

[@Wizzo_Prez_Armco]

**TEAM DEATHMATCH**

[@alect525]

@@eldrickzero4885 tbh, it seems like you're more of the JLF in this game than the BKs but I'll take it.

[@eldrickzero4885]

@@alect525 How so? you travel on a cruiser like Ikaruga

[@alect525]

@@eldrickzero4885 You're an ex-commander of an elite unit of the military who helped to obtain a victory in an ultimately doomed war, remind you of a certain miracle worker?

[@nextcaesargaming5469]

I never knew how much I needed guerilla mech RTS games until now

[@Jojob541]

"Nothin' personnel, kid." -the dude at 12:40, pulling out his missile pistol "No u" -the guy he shot, pulling out his shotgun a second later

[@scpwatcher8289]

This is what the Tau fans think their faction is like

[@Zury1ogen]

And in fairness brother, they have rain blue fire before we could react with artillery fire, and when the dust settled, half of the men was obliterated. They will have their day of reckoning. The Emperor wills it!

[@yamahadrag69]

*laughs in Titans*

[@enclave9497]

It is :)

[@Liam-xo5ec]

​@@enclave9497 yessssss!!!

[@V3RTIGO222]

​@@yamahadrag69 *laughs in Riptide*

[@batcat4136]

They’ve managed to have the mechs run, jump and skate around and still feel like they have mass and are heavy as fuck, something a lot of mech games don’t quite manage, so props to them on that

[@rynodragon2316]

I have not seen Mech sliding since IGPX. It looks so dam cool seeing it.

[@regularpersonsam6803]

I am so excited that this is finally out and have fond memories of the melee combat during the beta

[@TheAzureGhost]

they changed the melee combat a bit. You no longer aim a dash circle around enemies but instead dash in a line with a swordwing sioulette indicating where the sword will swing along. It's easier to melee in close combat now, but i kinda miss that slalom rollerskating like movement with enemy mechs as poles, dismanteling them while curving by.

[@Peptuck]

I remember seeing the earlier versions of this game on Splattercat's channel, and it is very obvious that they put a titanic amount of effort into polishing and improving it. This is actually making me think of Jagged Alliance as much as XCOM, with the use of regular military to support your gains.

[@Bruh-jz1se]

12:39 I love how rimmy laugh is time perfect with the replay

[@potentiallyaheretic9281]

This has some feeling of the original front mission. Played that on the DS when I was a kid, this is gold. I love it.

[@karolrychlik877]

So I believe that your sniper at 19:26 was so inaccurate because you gave them a shield in 2nd arm instead of leaving it free so they can hold the sniper rifle with both like the allied Home Guard marksman does at 6:59.

[@ninjab33z]

Also firing immediately from movement. The sniper has an extreme accuracy penalty from moving

[@Nanoelite001]

also also the midway is a pretty mid sniper (heehoo), the lock on the other hand is completely cracked and has accuracy by volume of fire.

[@afaxmachine5045]

No it's just the movement, running a secondary doesn't have an impact and is incredibly useful.

[@karolrychlik877]

@@afaxmachine5045 Running a secondary weapon the pilot could swap to sure, but having a shield that always occupies one arm seems like it would cause decreased accuracy with weapons that can use both hands like a sniper.

[@afaxmachine5045]

@@karolrychlik877 nope, has no affect on accuracy. Also really useful so you can use light parts and have high mobility with some armour.

[@Gerglagagerk]

10:44 On this one, instead of dashing over to the laser walker, I used both homeguards and dashed through both tanks with both mechs and then manhandled the marksman behind them. The slow-mo replay of two mechs just physically removing full health tanks is the single moment that made me buy the game. Perfection.

[@multiwinia1]

Oh man, this reminds me quite a lot of Frozen Synapse. That game had everyone as infantry, and one hit killed everything though.

[@Dracologist]

so im not the only one who noticed that

[@Sorain1]

That's the name I was trying to remember! Wego systems are so dang rare.

[@TheAtomicSpoon]

Loved Frozen Synapse.

[@argr4sh]

This feels like what I would want from a TF|2 tactical game.

[@RelativelyBest]

3:06 - I love how they're fighting giant robots but this one enemy tank is like: "Check it out, Imma headshot that one civilian kid way over there!"

[@bananagamer283]

Honestly feels like a movie in the engagements , I would love to see you play more of it!

[@leadontaste7261]

12:56 He did not just pull out a missile pistol. HE PULLED OUT A FUCKING GODWIN BOLTER AND COMMITTED COMMISSAR MOMENT.

[@blitzy9408]

my favorite part is by far 12:35. "why is this mech crashing? oh...*sees the Missile Pistol* That's why"

[@elitely6748]

Ah yes another good ol' cool awesome Rimmy video! Great video as always

[@xman92go]

A real-time replay of the match would make this gameperfect

[@Dssfox]

i already forgot how cool cutscenes can be in games, those send chills down my spine, awesome

[@eastmadnesshorse6914]

I would ABSOLUTELY watch more videos on this!

[@btheavytank8327]

By the throne. Rimmy this is freaking awesome of a game. From the first few looks and the story telling through actions and events is amazing. The weapons as well functions amazing and there is no specific unit your locked into to. Enemy get tanks, you get tanks. And also judging the terrain can probably make the difference between the time of a mech or tank but the tactical capabilities you can be able to make is more interesting. And the amount of memes you can make using this game is amazing. This is a 10 out of 10.

[@mauroramos7934]

Literally watched this as I was running BattleTech! Reminds me of that; the game also gives me a wonderful imagination that this is what mechs from the Iron Harvest universe progressed into as the modern era took over.

[@Its_Generic]

12:50 is when Sentinel Prime executed Iron Hide like a war criminal

[@DelightfulTyrant]

I can HEAR the gagging on that sponsor shaft.

[@salamanda550]

God, I absolutely love the mech design here, like you said they remind me heavily of XCOM 2's Sparks, and that's gotta be some of my favourite mech design, period. I need more of this chunky mecha stuff, games industry, please and thank you

[@Captain_General_Artinmus]

Thing i love most is that it shows that combat really only takes at most a few minutes in real time.

[@erickcastaneda9589]

We need more videos of this game, or more strategy stuff, it's always a treat to watch u play them.

[@Dragonspirit223]

This looks beautiful! I'll have to pick it up later. Games like this need to appear more often!

[@Orange_Tree_]

This strongly reminds me of a game I can't remember name of where you also preplan every turn to have your units move across battlefueld, except it had a very different neon style with your green soldiers moving across blueprint-like map and encountering red soldiers of another player. I didn't play it much, but the feeling I get from this video gives me a lot of similar vibes, even down to timing different actions relevant to each other during turn

[@chrisbarnes7804]

The streamer cam on the mechs is so funny to me for no reason

[@AwesomeJedi182]

This brings me the same kind of joy I had when playing metal fatigue as a child.

[@shotgunfullofspiders1223]

I’d watch a series of this. Gives me valkyria chronicles vibes

[@aidanfarnan4683]

"I don't know why hope is -1" said the mech pilot lighting a cigar of the burning wreckage of the historical town centre.

[@williamnadeau475]

I've been waiting for this game for so long!

[@1100MC]

When you get good at this game the shots become soooo much more cinematic

[@redscience2117]

12:35 "Nothing personal kid"

[@MrJulio632]

I'm a sucker for mech RTS, thanks for recommending another gem for me Rimmy

[@610Blackhawk]

I really love how you can tell that the game awakened a sort of childlike joy in Rimmy. He shows off these elaborately planned out maneuvers while going, “Check this out!” like an older brother who just called his younger sibling into the room to show off the cool things he’s done.

[@Rheinguard]

This is giving me very good Front Mission vibes!

[@Tirak117]

Well that opening cutscene with the shield and blue cannon just sold me on the game :P

[@interstellardragonet8705]

I honestly want Rimmy to show more of this, it's entertaining to see him have fun while I'm also hyped up from the video.

[@Primus1243]

Feels like Gen:Lock, the video game. And a more proper and heavier action packed one. Espically since the mechs look similar, almost similar premise, and even the loss of hope and all. Also, the fact that the mechs tend to be special and do stuff other than just being a regular gundum mech.

[@electrifyskrill]

12:40 man was not taking any chances he went I'm executing this bitch empire style XD

[@nootrecruit]

I wish we had a Battletech game in this specific gameplay style it would be so fun

[@PrinceSilvermane]

From what I played in the demo, I liked the sniper but you have to put them in a good spot. They can't move and shoot or else they lose way too much accuracy. The shotguns and pistols don't have to worry as much about accuracy while on the move.

[@starpaladin6294]

I can’t wait to play and see more of this game, it looks amazing and the mechs look so fun to play with, it honestly looks like a RTS mech warrior but with anime sprinkled onto it and I love it

[@Quilly_DM]

Saw Rimmy's video, heard him say the game is out, clicked on the sponsor link and bought it right away. Not only got a game I looked forward to but also supported one of my fav Aussie guys. ❤

[@ryanisnttryin3733]

God I hope this becomes a series

[@nobodysanything2330]

16:13 The most Victorian Rimmy has ever sounded 🇬🇧🫖💂‍♂️

[@yuiyuriyu5186]

Rimmy thank you for introducing me to this game I bought the game the second I saw your video come out on it and I’m absolutely loving it so thank you my friend from down under

[@loginlover]

This looks cool! Like "Into the Breach" and the OG Mechwarrior

[@DeadBaron]

okay I *really* like that mechbay mechanic, and there aren't enough simultaneous TBS games out there

[@boomknight1015]

I like that idea, it makes sense thematically that squads can't solo hold the planet how ever being like "Take out the Depots and key forts or logistics or even flank in key battles then the other wide will just give up till they can figure out what they want to do next which is sorta something that would match real life elite tactics. What I would like and don't know if it's in the game, being able to unlock arty or air strikes as the army likes you more.

[@DEFC0NZER0]

I feel like if multiplayer was in this game, it'd be a kickass turn based strategy

[@shayminthedoctor9663]

Man, I *adore* how the mechs look and move. They have this sort of grace to them, where they move and flex like a real person would but also carry weight with their actions, especially the bigger guys It does get a little weird when crashing though, they just kinda ragdoll

[@josharmstrong8813]

Rimmy's meck: (quantum tunnels Behind Enemy then whips out of missile pistol) "nothing personal kid"

[@mcswaggermcmuffin69]

This is literally Mecha Door Dickers- And I LOVE IT!!

[@theunkownbanana1823]

I was initially simply excited for this game. After seeing Rimmy's enthusiasm, I may have to call in sick for work for the next few days.

[@cochacopen]

Just based off this video I would love to see this system used in a Battletech game.

[@lolmao500]

This looks like a game from Full Metal Panic. Damn I would love a first person VR on UE5 in these mechs.

[@02gagen]

I'm getting lots of Code Geass vibes. Especially with how Lelouch would conduct the battles so perfectly planned. Got that sense with the ambush at the 18 minuet mark.

[@asaxander740]

I really want to play a Battletech game using this engine. Cause this looks awesome as hell!

[@digitalempire2982]

From the like 20 runs I did during the demo, the sniper is really accurate but I've never used a shield with it, in my head it was a situation of "if he needs a shield, he's too close to begin with" so it may have been the shield causing inaccurate shots

[@TK4541]

I feel glad that this game came out. This is what the Front Mission series should have evolved into.

[@deamonsdarkness7157]

This is so sweet love this please do more of this game stay safe

[@ludoxz]

12:56 brother got that ironhide treatment

[@Caacaade]

Please play more of this game it’s hella entertaining

[@ianbrown9189]

i literally played the demo for this yesterday and knew i needed it, so to know it came out today is perfection made maifest. it's so good!

[@echomjp]

Both sides revolving actions at the same time? Sounds like a great fit for Mech Warfare. I remember similar gameplay in older titles like Frozen Synapse, or I guess in games like Door Kickers to an extent, but it never has clicked for me due to the presentation.

[@benjaminparent4115]

Fuck yeah it would be the perfect fit for a Battletech game, I mean the boardgame literally went out its this way to try to emulate simultaneous action in turn based and phase based game, noand that timeline systems just does that perfectly in real time.

[@bodenking]

“You nicked a historic building!” “We added flavor to it!”

[@HalIOfFamer]

Back when missiles came out and every mission had like 3+ enemies with them to test missions took hours because you did barely any shooting and just dodged the onslaught of solid fueled fury coming at you. Happy to see they fixed that.

[@FuelDropforthewin]

I am reminded of Frozen Synapse, with the planning phase and predicting enemy actions ect.

[@johnnycloud4093]

I’ve been waiting for you to make a video on this for so long, thank you

[@ivanwilly0115]

Mechas doing melee? You son of a beach I'M TOTALLY IN. That its the Gundam game that we need, and we deserve

[@rockdragon3]

>Rimmy shows a new game. My Wallet: "I'm tired boss"

[@max116111]

I would love to see it as a whole series

[@ScionofDoom]

Glad someone else has eyes on this and even happier that it's giving me updated front mission 3 vibes

[@cpt.mystic_stirling]

Need more of this content!