Left Alive – Square Enix’s stealthy reboot of the Front Mission mech-tactics series – is out now, but word on the information super-street is that it never should have been cleared for deployment. It’s not a huge shock, as footage released a couple weeks back looked very stiff, and its branching dialogues felt stilted. Worst sin of all was that the mech-on-mech battles just looked awkward and flailing. A shame, considering this had some noted talent involved, including a director from the Armored Core series, and Metal Gear’s character artist. There’s a launch trailer for the curious below, plus an alternative recommendation.

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