MECHA BURST

Humanity's last line of defense holds at lunar orbit. Form a wing of allies you can count on and sortie into the hottest sectors. A classic flip-phone shooter, fully rebuilt by its original creator. ■ Mech action with a cockpit that breathes A square battle view over a phosphor-mint console: radar, armor and reload gauges on a portrait screen, with a heavy battlefield unfolding above them. Fly freely in every direction while the camera follows across a field wider than the screen, pushing in for close combat and pulling back as you break away. Move with the left stick, fire with the right pad; dive into an enemy's reach and the beam saber flashes. Press the stick deep and the booster dash fires, armor glowing white-hot and deflecting shots for a moment. Hit sparks, damage numbers, the hit-stop on a kill, chained-kill sounds, screen kick, purple smoke — feel is what we chased. Down a…