Brigador: Up-Armored Edition

Item: Brigador: Up-Armored Edition
Rating: 85
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-11-25

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Summary

Extensive replayability and content.
Stellar retro-cyberpunk aesthetic.
Engaging, deep core gameplay.
Fair, customizable difficulty.
Clunky, unintuitive controls.
Weak narrative and progression.

Emotions

Satisfaction45%Excitement24%Frustration15%Appreciation11%Disappointment10%

Reviews (sample size): 339
Helpful reviews: 77%
Unhelpful reviews: 22%
Protest reviews: 1%

85%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
15%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1338
Negative points: 428
Gameplay points: 522
Perf. points: 16
Rec. points: 172
Misc points: 83

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts

Bucket	Neg	Pos
≤ 2h playtime	133.5% Avg playtime 0.8h	112.9% Avg playtime 0.7h
> 2h playtime	205.4% Avg playtime 171.4h	32988.2% Avg playtime 47.3h

Velocity

review pace

Avg/day	0.1 rev/day
Last 30d	0.6 rev/day
Quarterly	7.3 rev/qtr
Days covered	3,569.5 days

Point	Description	Importance
Extensive Replayability & Content Description The game offers massive replayability, especially through its Freelance mode which is considered the heart of the game. Coupled with a huge variety of maps, vehicles, weapons, unlocks, and achievements, players find endless engagement and reasons to return. Importance 97%	The game offers massive replayability, especially through its Freelance mode which is considered the heart of the game. Coupled with a huge variety of maps, vehicles, weapons, unlocks, and achievements, players find endless engagement and reasons to return.	97%
Stellar Retro-Cyberpunk Aesthetic Description The game receives widespread acclaim for its unique 80s synthwave, cyberpunk visual style, detailed pixel art, and dynamic lighting. The exceptional soundtrack and crisp sound design are frequently highlighted as integral to creating a compelling and immersive atmosphere. Importance 83%	The game receives widespread acclaim for its unique 80s synthwave, cyberpunk visual style, detailed pixel art, and dynamic lighting. The exceptional soundtrack and crisp sound design are frequently highlighted as integral to creating a compelling and immersive atmosphere.	83%
Engaging & Deep Core Gameplay Description Players consistently praise the game's core loop as satisfying, deep, and highly enjoyable. It strikes a good balance between action and strategy, with a rewarding learning curve that allows for both quick play sessions and immersive experiences once controls 'click'. Importance 80%	Players consistently praise the game's core loop as satisfying, deep, and highly enjoyable. It strikes a good balance between action and strategy, with a rewarding learning curve that allows for both quick play sessions and immersive experiences once controls 'click'.	80%
Fair & Customizable Difficulty Description The game offers a challenging yet fair difficulty curve, meticulously avoiding cheap deaths and allowing for extensive customization through player choices of pilot, mech, and weapons. Fast load times further mitigate frustration from mission failures. Importance 77%	The game offers a challenging yet fair difficulty curve, meticulously avoiding cheap deaths and allowing for extensive customization through player choices of pilot, mech, and weapons. Fast load times further mitigate frustration from mission failures.	77%
Diverse Mech & Vehicle Combat Description Players love the vast selection of mechs, tanks, and weapons, which successfully delivers a powerful mech fantasy. The wide variety of vehicles and weaponry fosters diverse playstyles and tactical approaches, making experimentation a key joy. Importance 62%	Players love the vast selection of mechs, tanks, and weapons, which successfully delivers a powerful mech fantasy. The wide variety of vehicles and weaponry fosters diverse playstyles and tactical approaches, making experimentation a key joy.	62%
Highly Satisfying Destructible Environments Description The game's fully destructible environments are a major draw, providing immense satisfaction in leveling entire cities and affecting tactical gameplay. The visual feedback of destruction is highly detailed and impactful, enhancing the overall experience. Importance 32%	The game's fully destructible environments are a major draw, providing immense satisfaction in leveling entire cities and affecting tactical gameplay. The visual feedback of destruction is highly detailed and impactful, enhancing the overall experience.	32%
Rich & Engaging Lore Description The game's lore and writing are consistently lauded as exceptionally deep, well-written, and captivating. It adds significant immersion and flavor to the world, often surpassing expectations for the genre and providing enjoyable reading outside of gameplay. Importance 30%	The game's lore and writing are consistently lauded as exceptionally deep, well-written, and captivating. It adds significant immersion and flavor to the world, often surpassing expectations for the genre and providing enjoyable reading outside of gameplay.	30%
Critically Acclaimed "Hidden Gem" Description The game is widely regarded as a unique, polished, and masterful experience, often described as a 'hidden gem' in the isometric mech action genre. Its cohesive blending of art, sound, and gameplay elements has deeply impressed players, making it a highly recommended title. Importance 24%	The game is widely regarded as a unique, polished, and masterful experience, often described as a 'hidden gem' in the isometric mech action genre. Its cohesive blending of art, sound, and gameplay elements has deeply impressed players, making it a highly recommended title.	24%

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