MechWarrior Online
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http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/31/meet-mechwarrior-online-piranhas-free-to-play-tactical-mech-sim/
So... Clan Greentooth anyone?
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So... Clan Greentooth anyone?
Reserver your pilot name: http://mwomercs.com/
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So no thanks
Between this coming IP coming back and Tribes color me excited
Curious to see how this stacks up against Hawken, there's certainly room for both with this one being more tactical.
If that's suggesting that you can buy a better setup, they've already stated that you can't, and that unlocks come from playing, not paying. It'll probably be "pay for more ammo reserves" or something commodity that allows you to buy more stuff, kinda like Forza 4's "buy car tokens" setup.
Dammit, man. Now I'm sad that my HG2 disc is scrapped.
I'm not sure about the free to play, pay to pimp methodology. Will see. I would have rather payed for a standalone personally.
Oh and up for a polycount clan.
....and another year-ish till it comes out :P
sounds good tho, cant wait!
anyone remember that battletech 3025 game ea never came out with in 2002?
the beta was so fun, and I'm still ticked thinking about it, hopefully this lives up to what that could have been
Seyla.
"Starting from just before the Clan Invasion of 3050,"
I shall crush you under my heel savashri, quiaff?
total mech propeller head
love that pic of the atlas
EDIT . registered !!! woot !!
Can't wait. Not horribly fond of the F2P model tho ..
http://www.hawkengame.com/blog/media
i was impressed, always hoped for some quality mech game to come out
still wip but u can see the going in the right way
That hawken game just strikes me as a fps with some metal bits tossed about the UI. I like the slow, lumbering feel of the Mechwarror kind of robots, really makes you feel like you're in a hundred ton walking warmachine.
reminds me of planetside.. I loved that feature of Planetside.. such an awesome game.
And Planetside's on its way back with big open worlds too... and will also be freemium... this is gonna be awesome! :poly142:
Kinda have to agree. Hawken is Unreal with a paint-job, nothing more (they're even using Unreal), and I get plenty of those games from Korea on any average day.
I was hoping for more unique elements in the game, such as the ability to sustain massive amount of damage, and at a certain treshold, for the player to start losing O2 levels in their cockpit, and either choosing to eject the bullet proof glass so they can breathe (making them 1 shot kills frontally), or keep on fighting while racing the clock.
Maybe also include the ability to lose your cannon, and bum-rush enemies instead pushing them down or disorienting them for you teammates, or you lose your UI, or hell, maybe your screen gets so damaged that you can't see anything.
There was so much potential from an indie perspective, that I'm surprised they didn't do anything like that, but instead amped up the particles to 11.
We'll see how Mech-Warrior does. If you can atleast lose a fucking arm mounted cannon in that game, then it's way ahead of the competition.
The Hawken devs said it was between Halo & Mechwarrior
How much caffeine are you taking in that Hawken looks slow? XD
This is more Mechwarrior speed. Given, they are heavy mechs.
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And I'm unsure how to take this news. The tech demo from way back looked impressive and pretty much how I imagined the real game would be. If it's the same but F2P then I'm cool with it as F2P has its benefits.
Always thought MW3 had a good heavy feel to it.
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On topic, I also have fond memories of Mech Warrior 4 because it was my first PC game. Well it was meant to be but the PC I had at the time was so crap and broken that it froze all the time. But when I finally got a PC that could run it, I was in love. My first mod I installed was for that game and it drove me crazy because it didn't work. After many attempts I found out you had to launch the game once but not fully and then install the mod or you had to reinstall.
Ah the days of being a noob.
The eject button. Why have an eject button if you die anyways? The intro video they showed was more real in that the pilot parachuting down to the battlefield. I want that. To try to not be spotted as a bug to be squashed or fried by the enemy while at the same time trying to catch a ride by a passing hovertank to get back to the dropship for another mech.
So I can live to fight another day. Sure one mech less, but alive non the less.
(Speaking of hovertanks, I hope we get those as well to use.).
Also, maybe someway to tell who is using what to control their mechs. I liked using joysticks, but people with mice did have the advantage. To be able to setup battles with people using the same input to level the field would be great. So people like me who want the more real feeling of feedback and torso twisting can use a joystick without feeling outclassed to compete.
I was thinking the same thing.
Zoe2 was awesome
you betta not be lyin son..
http://www.planetside2.com/
Mechwarrior 2 however...... LOVED NETMECHING and it has a better 'mass' feel to it as well
Things work differently for those of us who take orders from Col. Jaime Wolf.
Screenshots:
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/03/08/mechwarrior-online-screenshots-show-robots-rendered-in-cryengine-3/
Teaser Trailer:
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I was REALLY hoping that it would have that style from the teaser image. That just looks mehh, not bad, just not what i was hoping it would be from that first image.
The competition...
there's a gdc interview on gametrailers with Russ from Piranha that shows some basic gameplay. It's all very lackluster compared to the concept art adorning the studio
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gdc-2012-mechwarrior-online/727870
ah I always find arena mech games a bit boring because you can only compare your mech with other equal mechs, I like to have some easy little enemies and some hard massive enemies but the thought of it being a level playing field is dull.
In a full 10v10 you will have mixed types of mechs (scout/medium/heavy and assault in one battle) they will all play their part. If you read up on the abilities of the smaller mechs giving bonuses to the heavier mechs (aka scouting, fire support, target acquisition ect) it means you will have allot of different match-ups going.
After see'ing the video it looks allot like other MW games, which imo ... is a good thing as most of them were pretty good. My only concern is with the Cryengine as all my experience with it (crysis + wars + Crysis 2) is it's appalling on-line play, bug ridden pile of laggy pants.
Also the game ran really poorly until I did some ini tweaks. Is this the norm now with PC games? Before it was really blurry on max settings, with my ini tweaks the image was sharper and it even ran better.
Otherwise my only complaint is each match doesn't feel personal enough. You just connect with random people, usually die and then wait around while watching the rest of your team die. Also lack of ambient sounds lets it down.
http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/68530-how-to-make-usercfg-work-again-patched-sys-spec-files/
if you like big robots and explosions this game is for you!
http://mwomercs.com/