The story was going well.... until the shotgun ending that just ruined what it had going for it...Loved Max and Nico, a great pair that played off each other well, the system aspects were largely left behind after about midway through the story. This includes Max's continued development of his system 'powers'. After that point it becomes bigger and better mecha, which is awesome, but they get used... once or twice before being replaced.Overall about 3.5, unfortunate as I was hopeful of the story continuing.