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Okay, so you may already know I am slightly obsessed with Survivor-type games. Vampire Survivors, especially on Steam Deck, is still a go-to of mine, especially when traveling, but initially, I turned my nose up at it when it first came out and completely ignored it.
It was only by getting into the genre by accident, by stumbling across Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, that I revisited Vampire Survivors, and the rest is history.
Now I find myself trying to keep abreast of the genre and having a dabble at any such game that comes along, and boy oh boy, there are a lot of them.
This weekend, I discovered Iron Core: Mech Warrior, which was released a day or so ago on Steam and seems to tick a lot of boxes that dorks like me might be interested in. Survivor mechanics. Check. Mechs. Check – did you say mechs? I certainly did. Iron Core is Vampire Survivors with big, hulking mechs. Baby. I’m all in.
Iron Core: Mech Warrior is more graphically intense than Vampires and more akin to the flashiness of Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, and it’s probably fair to say it borrows from a few of that games’ more esoteric mechanics, too.
There are some differences, certainly at the start. This is a twin-stick shooter from the off, where the left trigger fires and the right stick spins you round. My terrible coordination doesn’t help here, but once you start levelling up your mech and get add-ons such as drones and the like, things start getting more familiar.
Nice new territory as well comes in the way of a game mechanic stolen from Battle Royales such as Fortnite, where the gameplay area continues to close in “the Storm” style. You can keep this at bay, but it offers something else to think about.
You can also change the perspective from the usual Survivor games, making things more third-person. It’s a real box of tricks this one.
Some people on Steam seem to be complaining about crashes and performance, but I had no such issues, even playing on a mid-rig. I haven’t tried on Steam Deck yet, but there’s enough here to make me think I will enjoy it if I do.
Don’t think of this as a review because it is not, but it is definitely a recommendation of something to pass the rest of the weekend and beyond with.
I am looking forward to seeing where this ends up as the updates roll in. The genre probably needed to see some fresh ideas, so Iron Core is a welcome addition, and one I wasn’t expecting.
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