You dig giant robots. I dig giant robots. We dig giant robots. Chicks dig giant robots.

Because mech has rigid body and gamedev likes controlling rigid body

I personally prefer big, clunky, stompy mechs (ala mechwarrior) over the super nimble ones (Armored Core, Gundam), but they’re all great nonetheless.

The first Armored Core in a decade comes out and it got someone asking existential questions?

Feh! Just play Armored Core, it’s great!

Because they increase the scale of combat to allow for michael bay like moments without having to write a character with nuclear weapon power levels

sexual perversion i assume