Over the weekend, Chinese developer Amazing Seasun Games released a Steam demo for the upcoming Mech third-person shooter, Mecha Break.
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The title quickly reached a staggering number of players, with SteamDB reporting a peak of 317,522 on Sunday morning. But while the developers are likely to be happy the demo blew up, they're less likely to be happy with the reception it's getting.
Despite becoming one of Steam's most-played demos ever, sitting just behind Monster Hunter Wilds' beta test and the PUBG: Test Server, Mecha Break's early player reviews aren't in a good place.
It currently sits at "Mostly Negative" on the Valve-owned platform, with only 33 percent of the reviews to date positive. SteamDB data suggests that Mecha Break has received just 1,158 positive reviews, compared to its 2,351 negative ones.
Many negative reviews pointed out that while the last Mecha Break beta was great, a lot seems to have changed this time around.
Complaints about the game's microtransactions have already arisen, even though it hasn't launched yet. One reviewer said, "The costs for mechs feel really arbitrary and nonsensically...