This is a great game for everyone, especially if you like simulators and sci-fi stuff.
In this game, you are Ian, and your father serves in a rebellion against the dominant government. Your father is killed during a battle, and if you can't guess it, you want revenge.
The gameplay is great. To a lot of people, Mech games are just basic blow-up-other-mechs-type game, but it's not. You must also dirrect your wingmen, or get killed because you left them behind. Some missions, you are directed to destroy certain objects, like a dropship, or a hanger, or shoot down certain tanks or planes. Some you must protect a convoy from destruction.
The graphics and sound are superb. The flashing lasers, the texture of the land, the look of the mechs, every aspects is nearly flawless. And the souns of the destroyed trees being run over, the sound of the missles launching, as well as the soundtrack, all great. Before each mission, you recieve messages from people, which uses real footage, sort of like Myst does, and it looks great.
The game is great, and has lots of missions to play. Unfotunately, there are a few things that make it not as great. The controls are incredibely hard to learn on the keyboard, and many give up and miss out on a great game. I would suggest you get a gamepad, or a joystick, or whatever you want to call it. The game is short, and does not have much replay value. At the secong to last mission, you must choose between saving your sister or raiding a weapon depot, but it won't make much of a difference, your mechanic will get ticked off and leave if you let your sister die and go after weapons, which sets up the story for thr expansion pack. If you save your sister, you won't be as ready for the final mission, and the endind will be different. But unless you want to go through the entire game twice, you won't see it, so...
One of the best features in the game is the ability to completely costomize your own Mech. Choose from one of the designs, and put on the armor, the weapons, and the little tweaks like jump jets and camoflage. The multiplayer is pretty fun, but it's basically blow up the opponent.
All in all, this is a great game, and everyone should try it, especially if you are a fan of the Mech series.