Anyone remember Shogo: Mobile Armor Division?

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Today I managed to go online in the first FPS I ever went online with, way back in 2002. The game was Shogo: Mobile Armor Division, and it was and is different from every other FPS I've ever played. It came out around the same time as the original Half Life, and was pretty much completely overshadowed by it, but man was it a cool game. It was an absolute love letter to anime, and it had both traditional on foot levels and levels in which you piloted a giant robot. The giant robot levels played like a standard FPS, but they had a different weapon set than the on foot levels, as well as a few different mechanics, like double jumps and vehicle modes.

The server that is still running can be found at 71.201.147.108:27888 if anyone has the game and is willing to give it a shot, and there are community websites at [link]http://shogo.pentacle.nl/e107/news.php[/link] and [link]http://thegravelpit.info/forums/index.php/board,6.0.html[/link].

For discussion value, does anyone have any memories of Shogo? It was a great game, and to this day the one with the single tightest community I've ever seen. Everyone knew everyone else, and playing on the server felt pretty similar to hanging out at a tabletop gameshop; it was a social experience of the sort only nerds can truly bring about.

Edit: to the mods: I am not in any way affiliated with the community sites that I listed. Before tonight, I hadn't even played the game online since 2008, when as far as I knew, the game died. I thought that there might be some old timers on this site who would be interested, and I hope that there is enough discussion value in this topic that it doesn't count as advertising. Please let me know if there isn't.

 

[Still Life]

I remember playing that game around the time I got AVP2. Loved it! Was a lot of fun running around as a robot; having on-foot and mech scenarios gave the game a bit more depth. I remember really enjoying the story and the visuals, which were pretty good at the time it was released. Liked the anime flavor, too.

*Nostalgia*

 

[Still Life]

I used to love this game was a lot of fun, I still have the disk around someplace here, including the jewel case. Should also note the game is $5.99 at Good Old Games.

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/shogo_mobile_armor_division

Oh, wow!

Even compatible with Vista and Win 7. Once I get my assessments out of the way I think I'll go have a nostalgia trip.

I'd also forgotten that Monolith developed the game. I remember hearing the theme song as an Easter Egg in F.E.A.R., and not quite being able to put on a pin on its origin at the time.

 

[Funkysandwich]

I heard mention of it in a podcast I listened to a while ago, but that's really it.

 

[kingcom]

I heard mention of it in a podcast I listened to a while ago, but that's really it.

Giantbomb?

Anyway theres only one giant robot game series im ever going to fall in love with and thats Mechwarrior. Reaaaallly hope the 5th one gets out of legal trouble.