Mecha Break, the recently released free-to-play mecha shooter from Amazing Seasun Games, is a hell of a lot of fun. The minute I learned of its existence, I knew I’d be devoting a great deal of time to beating up giant robots with my own giant robot. I did not, however, expect to be devoting a great deal of time to the game’s character creator.

After all, the mechs are ostensibly the star of the show here. Aside from a few brief moments in cutscenes, players don’t spend a whole lot of time looking at their player-character, a human pilot, as these pilots naturally spend most of their time hanging out inside the aforementioned giant robots.

But the lack of player-character screen-time certainly hasn’t stopped me from treating Mecha Break like it’s Infinity Nikki, because holy smokes, this game has one of the best character creators I’ve encountered in recent memory. At this point, I’d rather funnel my creative urges into Mecha Break’s wildly customizable character-builder than spend hours messing around in........

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