Panzer

You play as Orstred, a mech-pilot in a world war ongoing for centuries.
Your new mission is to blow up an enemy base, and land a fatal blow to your foes, ending the war once and for all.
Of course, nothing goes as planned, and you end up alone, pissed, and with full access to your machine of death.

Fight in the arena to get money, use it to upgrade your mech and weaponize it even more, then go to the wilds to advance the plot.
And get called a sissy. A lot.



Panzer is a strange but strong concept.

Take Front Mission, stripe it from all its TRPG boringness, streamline the story to minimal dialogs, and shove it all into a one button gameplay.

Sounds odd? Certainly.
Sounds crap? Not that much.

Panzer has that "one more turn" feel to make you play to the end.

In this game, you always want to go "one more time" in the arena to get a little money, so you can "one more time" upgrade your mech. After a few dozen of minutes, you're ready to bulldoze your way through your story encounters.
Don't bother to use strategy during your fights. The autobattle option does a fine job, preventing your fingers to hurt themselves needlessly.
Except in the Extra fights ... but since you have technically won at that point ...

The game is quite short (2 hours max), and perfectly suited for those who want a fast but fun game. I consider it as a strong fit for mobile gaming.
If the author wants to grab some money from Apple or Google, he should strongly think about applying this gameplay to Stencyl, Unity3D or any other mobile-oriented engine. There's potential for a dumbed-down "pokemon meets visual novel" success.

Pros:
- Fast & addictive mechanics
- Front Mission for dummies
- Nice timesinker

Cons:
- Too casual?
- Lack of strategy during fights
- I'M NO SISSY!!!11!1!!