Iron Saga Reviews

As a mecha fan, I was excited to play this despite not being into gacha or mobile games in general. The mecha designs, the character art, a musical score by Hiroyuki Sawano - everything about this seems right up my alley.

Unfortunately, I can’t even complete the VERY FIRST MISSION without it CONSTANTLY crashing on me just before the end of it! I mean, EVERY TIME after I defeat the large tank-like ship and just before the next dialogue string after that, the screen always goes black and I’m back to my home screen. I’ve already uninstalled and reinstalled the game several times but that didn’t do anything and I still have 9.6 GB of storage left on this device. I’m currently running it on an iPad mini 2 with iOS 12.4.4, which I guess is kind of old by now, so maybe that has something to do with it?

Anyway, if I was actually able to play more of the game, I’d probably enjoy it so much more. If there’s any other way for me to resolve this issue so I CAN play it, PLEASE help me out.

Was super excited to play Iron Saga due to me being a huge mecha fan. I was super disappointed to find out that upon finishing a sizable download for the apps installation that upon launching it nothing even worked. Hell I didn’t even get an intro or get to the main menu. Looked at this a little further and it seems that while Iron Saga works off the google play store it does not work off of the iOS App Store. Why even have your game up for download if that’s the bloody case. Oh and yeah I could go through the hell of downloading direct from the developers website but there’s a reason we have app stores and while this game may look super fun. I’ll stick to Gundam Gunpla. At least that works upon installing.

Just downloaded the game to my iPhone 6. It loads and starts playing, but even during the plot chats, I got lots of crashing. Oddly enough, I don’t lose any progress and I can log back in, but it’s intensely irritating and very frequent. Also, the tutorial is so bare bones as to not really show you how to play. It’s a brief text message of how to target (no visual cue) and then just ‘here’s a battle, go!’ It’s pretty clear the first scenarios are set to be ‘no lose’, but it’s still irritating. The mechanics for ‘tap to target, drag to move’ are not clearly shown. I do have to admit the music is very catchy and the graphics and battle animation are excellent for a mobile game. The nonsense plot is forgivable, but it’s the constant crashing and the horrible to nonexistent tutorial that made me knock off two stars. And the crashing will further make me hit delete, albeit reluctantly. I honestly wanted to like this one :(

Mech collecting was amazing. Drop rates seem very rough sometimes although I have collected some main drops. Waifu collecting is nice although I have done a 10 summon with no pilots acquired and you get nothing good if it isn’t a pilot. With mech summon you at least work towards a selector with each summon. Gameplay was good, Pilots and Mechs have diverse passives and skills, and gears can be unique. This game will have you collect many duplicates to upgrade a unit though. Also the game requires a lot of patience. You need to collect materials daily for upgrading. Sadly taking 2 points off because game cant seem to run well on my Iphone 6. I’ve had at least 150 crashes in total and have decided I’m done with it since I cant even go through the menu screen sometimes or use strong units because their attacks breaks my game. I had spent a good amount of real cash and havent even been able to get my wanted mech either.

The gameplay, character/mecha design, events, music, and even mini games are all top tier perfect stuff. I’d give this game a 5 star rating if it weren’t for the jarringly abysmal English translation that’s so bad it’s almost an insult to anyone who speaks English. The story is as top tier as everything (or so I’ve heard) but we’ll never know since the translations are so cheap and bad that it’s barely readable. I want this game to last long but I wonder how well it’ll do if it keeps turning off new prospective players with the insultingly bad translation that leaves tutorials and story reading hard to understand. Please fix the translation, this game deserves better and would be a percect 10/10 with proper legible English.

So been playing for around 4 weeks, and I have so far mostly enjoyed my experiance with the game.

Interesting story, great character and mech designs, good voice/music.

We don't get full control over our mechs in the battles, but we can at least see them move around and carry out there attacks.

F2p for the most part, and while some rewards are decent, what we get from mission to mission is next to nothing in regards to the premium currency or upgrade materials. And the Skins!!!! While very well done, many cost in excess of 1000 of the premium currency... for comparison a 10 pull of rare mechs or characters (in reality i’ve only gotten 2 characters on a 10 pull, the rest were affection gifts for increasing stats) will cost you 2000 of the premium currency. For something that is cosmetic only I feel its a bit high, but just my opinion. Its an optional feature, but one that can get very costly.

Events are all doable f2p, but you will have to grind them. From the 2 events i have seen, each usually lasts a month, so plenty of time to get all the associated rewards.

The game like all f2p is a GRIND when it comes to trying to get the more rare mechs and items, but is fun overall.

Its an easy, fun game with an interesting story having me wish it was an anime especially with the cute characters you see not to mention the rewards you earn for being new is quite nice. I was never fond of games or such involving mechs but this changed my opinion on them.
The only bad thing about this game Is the recruit system. it’s just a waste of 2000 gems that you worked so hard to get just to have it thrown down the drain Because your not gonna get what you spent it for which is pilots- just some worthless gifts that barely raise up an ounce of affection. You have no idea the amount of frustration i had...

The Christmas holidays event when you get the mission reunion it crashes before loading up the so you press start and sometimes it’ll lag a little then switch screen to the battle and pressing the ultimates lag so bad it crashes and even if I don’t use the ultimate their attacks make it lag and crash this is the last mission and I can’t get through it because of constantly crashing at that mission please update soon before event ends

Starting with the idea: fleet of mecha’s with various pilots. Great!
Execution: art is outstanding, interface is usable, navigation is functional
Improvements: well for one; wouldn’t download until I accidentally installed iOS 13; not the best iOS. Text is tiny, an I already use a device with one of the bigger screens. The GUI has tiny text boxes too and when the text is too much it starts scrolling, so good luck if you hadn’t gotten to that box, but wait a few secs and it starts over. Haven’t found a way to review the text if you missed something from earlier.

I’ve been playing this game for over 2 years straight, every day almost every hour logging in. Its the best Mobile Game for mecha fans out there without a doubt. Intense PvE and PvP endgame activities. Multiple collaborations with your favorite mecha series ranging from sleepers like IceyX to most popular like Gurren Lagen (Except for Ultraman, Cowboy Bebop and Gridman for global server, thank netflix) loving game devs and communities that help you out regardless of the server you’re on because we are all mecha fans. As a F2P Player the grind is harder but not impossible. Even P2W players will have trouble with endgame activities. It’ll start off slow but you’ll be raining in mechs, pilots and other stuff once you dedicate your time into the game. I’ve heard Iphone/Pad has trouble server wise but once the updates are downloaded and whatnot, you’ll be running smooth. Any questions or concerns don’t be afraid to join their discord and ask!! Veteran players will always be there to help out. Even the Top 100 PvP players will be there

Started playing the game on release and I have to say I’m having a blast so far. There’s no need to spend for pilots as you can get them all from the cafe for free. Stam regeneration is a bit on the slow side, but can still do quite a lot with the amount you have. The art is really good and music is as well. There are some slight issues with translations but those are minor problems and are being addressed by the developer. Totally recommend you download and check it out.

Right now I’m getting several SSS mechs with with ease and no cash spent. Game is amazing in terms of variety and fun.

Top down gameplay is amazing! Should have more these types. Thought it was auto but you can move the mechs and other gameplay mode allows you to fully control any mech you want. I usually don’t leave reviews but for love of this game and hopes it will continue to make more content I am writing one.

This is unique and good game to play. Not sure about story as I skipped them all.

Iron Saga has produced on mobile one of the most captivating and in depth experiences any mecha fan would be looking for. Though it may for a majority have A.I. Running your team for you by a wide variety of pilots with strength based on a setup of parts you apply to each mech, it offers a chance to play any acquirable mech individually with an on screen controller in its combat simulation stages. There are a plethora of events and plenty of in game rewards given that make playing whether you purchase anything or not, enjoyable.

Iron Saga is a great game with consistent updates and consistent events, including collaborations with other series. From classics like Mazinger to more recent series like S.S.S.S Gridman and Gurren Lagann, this game has some of the most crossovers I’ve seen in any game. And even if you don’t like the auto battle system, they have multiple game modes available, including one where you can pilot your own mechs and get to control them personally in a fight against hordes of enemies.

This game is everything a mecha enthusiast can dream for, with great designs, story, and even music, with some tracks being composed by the one and only Hiroyuki Sawano (who even has their own inspired character!) Give it a try!

I have alot to say about yourgame: decent storyline, somewhat good battle manuvers and mechanics (except the combat simulator, that one is lit), excellence music (my favorites is Unfolding, the one with that electric guitar), and not to bad microtransaction. There are some problem but the most annoying one is crashing relatively every 5 to 10 minutes. Overall I could see the developer effort being poured into this game (afterall this is their first game) even though I have only played for roughly around 3 to 4 days (level 15). However I will continue playing because simply it is worthwhile. I have high expectation for what this game hold in the future. Do your best guys, I wish you all good health and luck.
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Very free to play friendly, although it does take TIME and some grinding. Completing chapters and getting all the stars grant massive in game premium currency and leveling up gives a lot too! Devs are generous and events are very free to play friendly! Battle pass gives the most bang for your buck and helps push you to get those OP banner mechs. DO NOT use pilot gatcha unless it’s the new player one where you’re guaranteed one of your three pilots you pick: recommend Slokai as one of them! Also the SSS vassago unit is very good later on in its plane form and future kai!

Only con is that is can get very addicting and grinding rare mechs and parts can be a pain.

I’d overall recommend this game to anybody and say it’s player friendly though you might want to check out Reddit for mech guides so you don’t feel you’re team is bad early game

I’ve been playing this game for over a year now and do not put this game down. The fact that this is a phone game and it’s this good is amazing! Sure the grind is really a GRIND when it comes to getting certain thing’s but to me that make it worth it. I play on iPhone and have never had a crash or anything even close, another solid thing about this game is that you can get EVERYTHING from the grind. You don’t have to pay for one thing as long as you play the game. The amount of mechs and pilots you can get, not to mention the pilots/mechs you can get from “events” is just outrageous there’s so many. Which leaves plenty of room for your team to be as unique as you’d like. All in all I love this game and would give the greater a big five on this. Btw I’m a real person haha

Very f2p friendly and quite enjoyable story. Characters are all unique and have lots of interaction. Mechs are plentiful and have great designs. Mechs beside gacha only are easy to get once you learn a bit more about the game and there’s plenty of freebies over time. This is a gacha game to a degree so if you want your favorite mechs it’ll take time saving up for 5 duplicates for max rank of it. There are multiple ways to get copies of most mechs so it isn’t too bad, even for premium gacha only mechs but takes time. If you do wish to be competitive in pvp f2p it’s possible but takes effort. Game has lots of ways to make your mech teams stronger by the trinity of upgrades: pilot, mech and parts equipped. Co-pilot equip at higher level adds a bit more variety on builds. Overall fun game to leisurely play or play consistently often.

I was taking time to read the other reviews and I can agree that the translation is the only thing that is problematic thing to me HOWEVER it’s not that bad and even if it could use some work, it’s definitely not ruining the game for me.

And yes there’s p2w aspects but that’s how it is with any gacha esp with those that have pvp elements. But even with that said, I can see f2p players having a great time with this as there’s features such as the shard and cafe systems that exist to allow f2p to catch up with time, but it still allows them to keep up nonetheless which is all that matters.

Anyways only a bit over a day into this game and I am having a blast. The music is great, the art for both pilots (and their casting choices) and mechas are AMAZING, the story is kinda interesting, and the gameplay is so satisfying albeit a little lacking as it’s like almost full auto, but when you get down to it all, the micromanagement is pretty intense and hectic that it truly feels like you’re commanding on a battlefield. I can see this getting insane later and I’m quite excited to see how later stages of the game and more difficult content challenges you.

As a gacha gamer and mecha fan, I’m thoroughly impressed by this game and I have really high hopes for its future!

I’ve been playing this game for months and this game is actually fun. Very good animation and and I love how the mech fight for you. I do wanna see some more cool mechs and characters that are in anime just like Simon. I would buy calab anime mech and characters. One issues is stamina. It’s hard to more since I always use them so quick through storyline and events. If I had more stamina i’ll stay up hours grinding this game.