They can gain experience points and advance in rank in a role playing game manner. In the factory module the player can design new titans, choosing from numerous equipment and weapon systems. These range from chainsaws to guided long range missiles. The factory is also used to repair team titans after combat. These are resolved in the battle module, using a unique time sliced turn system.
Players can match their teams against other players or against the art ificial intelligence.
The combat does give the player complete control over the actions of their titans. You are cast in the role of Zack Bon, a cop on a mission to solve, through negotiation and trade, a crisis involving a barricaded cult. Explore the cult temple, open doors and operate switches, talk to the brainwashed cult members, and avoid getting burned by chemicals and acid. You can only push one single box at a time, and you are not able to pull boxes. Each player takes sides in a world war in which the only weapons available are intercontinental ballistic missiles.