Developed and published by D3 Publishing of Earth Defense Force fame, Custom Mech Wars is a Third-Person Shooter Mecha Game slated for release on Playstation 5 and PC (via Steam) on December 14, 2023.
In the near future, a passing comet causes widespread devastation across the Earth. Humanity has evacuated to special shelters, while the cities and towns they once inhabited were placed under the watch of autonomous robots known as G-Mechs. Unfortunately, a mysterious earthquake causes the G-Mechs to malfunction and attack humanity. As a member of the Four-Seven Security Service, the task of investigating this phenomenon falls to you, as does the duty of protecting humanity from the rebellious G-Mechs, using your own mech to drive them back.
The good news is that your mech is highly customizable, thanks to Omega Customization! Using parts and weapons taken from defeated G-Mechs, you can make the mech of your dreams, whether its a super fighting robot plucked straight from anime, a behemoth fitted with a small army's worth of guns, a cute robot girl, and even mechs that defy traditional classification! The only real limit is your imagination!
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Tropes
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot: G-Mechs were created to safeguard human cities and towns. Now, however, they are attacking humanity.
- Character Customization: Players are given broad latitude to customize mechs.
- Dualvertisement: DLC for the game includes parts to recreate the giant robots from Earth Defense Force 4.1 and 5, as well as large cutouts of characters from other games published by D3, including (but not limited to) Samurai Maiden and Bullet Girls Phantasia.
- Gag Penis: In the trailers, one recurring mecha that appears has a massive drill weapon outfitted between its legs.
- Humongous Mecha: You can build mechs as tall as buildings using L-sized mech parts;
- Mini-Mecha: S-sized parts let you build tiny, nimble mechs..
- More Dakka: As shown in the trailers, it is possible to kit a mech with several miniguns and rain lead on your enemies.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: There is nothing stopping you from making a mech with more than two arms.
- No Name Given: None of the characters are named: they are only referred to by titles, such as "Manager", "Lead", and "Newbie" (which would be you).
- Subsystem Damage: Individual parts of a mech can be damaged and destroyed. Destroyed weapons are no longer useable, destroyed arms lose access to all weapons attached to them, and destroyed heads lose access to enhanced vision modes. If the torso or legs are destroyed, however, the entire mech is destroyed.
