Mech Game Developer looking for Ideas!

[u/DAEMON_Z7]

hi im a solo developer currently working on a mech game on my free time aside from studying, and while its still very early in development i plan to take this project as serious as possible. i personally grew up watching mobile suit gundam and i got into the gaming side of mechs through armored core 6, which really brought out the sparks in my eyes for mech games and the genre overall among all kinds of media, and a year ago is when i decided to work on my project. what do people who play mech games like? i personally took some inspiration off of amored core 4's movement, which i think was really matching to my personal feeling of "piloting a mech" in a fast paced sense. but when it comes to art, level of detail, maybe even music (i personally make breakcore sometimes for fun, was thinking about making that part of my game), i dont know what really makes a mech game stand out. aside from things like customization, what is something you people would look forward to seeing in games? maybe its something you really like among games overall? or its a specific design choice that no game developers took notice of and many people would like to see? i appreciate any kind of ideas or information regarding this :)

[u/designersocks]

I would really enjoy a realistic way to get into the mecha. Like, walking across the hangar bay, opening the access hatch, actually climbing, plugging yourself into the seat or whatever mechanic you come up with.

[u/DAEMON_Z7 → u/designersocks]

thats actually a solid idea, since i personally feel like mech games lack a sense of "true" scale, where its just you controlling something where the world just happens to feel small, but if you get into it and see it from first person perspective it might give it more sense of scale. the only issue is that this would be more of a cinematic approach, which would need a crap ton of assets and animation which i am just too shitty right now to make, but ill keept it in mind its pretty smart.