For the past several months, I've been chipping away at Implosion: Never Lose Hope, for the Nintendo Switch. Here are my thoughts on this brawler on a budget now that I've completed the campaign:

• The game offers a good hack-and-slash fighting mechanic with added depth since you can upgrade your mech. Learning to how to chain melee attacks, ranged weapons, and special moves is pretty satisfying.

• The surprisingly high-production value voice acting and music was pretty consistent throughout. However, after a while, I had trouble
  following what was going on in the story.

• The main campaign is pretty robust but starts to feel repetitive after a while. There's only so much that can be done with
  hack-and-slash gameplay, kill rooms, and the game's limited mix of
  enemies.

• Boss battles are a highlight and break up the routine, but some of the later ones feel a bit too bullet spongy for my taste.

• There are optional challenges in each level that allow you to unlock more upgrades and a new mech. The objectives are fairly bland but they give you something else to aim for as you go through the
  stages.

• The free DLC side story is a nice addition to an already good value. Unfortunately, the DLC levels are very long and have no check
  points, so I eventually got frustrated with them.

• This game is a solid single player brawler, but it's sorely lacking a co-op mode.

Implosion is a good game for what it is, a single-player hack-n-slash. It was more than enough to be a fun diversion when I had time to kill but wasn't especially compelling either. I think this game is best suited for players looking for lighter fair as a palate cleanser to put between bigger releases.

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