Heavy Gear 2 s a fantastic game. A bit dated now but still excellent. There is a tonne of customisation and different mechs to choose from.
Are there any good Mech games out there?
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Tell me about it! I didn't get broadband at my spot until December 2009, and remember when the servers shut down? That's right, bloody January 2010! I was so many shades of not f*cking impressed...Gorden Springel said:
i hope that this series is buried very deep, as it was a total disgrace for the Mechwarrior series and the Battletech universe as a wholeShoggoth2588 said:...wait a moment...
Why hasn't this been given sequels!? I don't remember a thing about the plot but painstakingly destroying an entire city, one building at a time, was really cathartic.
ot: Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries and all its addons should work on vista and win 7, i had no problems with it on differently configured computers
I'd say your best bet is mech warrior 4... but as that's not working i don't know what to tell you. I agree though that the recent, i almost have to say spin off games, are lacking. They're oversimplified and removed the very things that i liked about mech warrior. Namely, the extensive customization abilities and the hard points (left torso right torso, center, head ect.) Now it's just a game about big robots shooting each other in the face, it's lost all of its tactical appeal. I remember some good times in that game... Fitting a black night with enough firepower to knock over an atlas... Crushing foes using my jump-jets in a Madcat MK2... It just isn't the same any more...Fidelias said:
Btw is that just wishful thinking or is there actually going to be a Mech Warrior 5?
Also if you do find something good i'd like to hear about it, i wouldn't mind playing thouse games again, i wonder if Mech Warrior 4 works on windows 7 though...
Look around for someone willing to part with it cheap, I got my copy for $40, money well spent I feel.Fidelias said:
No, that big controller is needed, the regular controller, hell even four of them don't have enough inputs for all the shit you have to do in the game.Fidelias said:
That depends what you mean. If you mean a frantic explosion packed shooter, then I reccomend Vanquish. If you mean a game in which you bash the brains out of giant robots then War of the Monsters (ps2) is about as close as your gonna get. But they're both kick-ass.
That looks beautiful... but i don't think i can bring myself to play it if they don't return hard-points and the ability to extensively customize your Mechs (from the original Mech Warrior series, not this crap that came out on the x-box)Torrasque said:
No, they actually have an official trailer for MW5, see:timeadept said:
But they released it a couple years ago, and they still haven't given any updates about it. Last I heard, the developers were being sued by some assholes because they're mechs looked too similar to whoever was sueing them. So maybe it'll never come out...
Just found this, could be interesting..
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-16-capcom-reveals-kinect-steel-battalion
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-16-capcom-reveals-kinect-steel-battalion
lol, its still just the demo.timeadept said:
I imagine it'll be Mech Assault, but just more in every regard.
It also looks to have a big focus on air-air combat.
My favorite Mech games have been the super-varied games that allowed you to be a super fast heavy hitter, or a slow tank with a bumper sticker that says "come at me bro", etc. etc.
Considering this game is made by an individual company that no one has heard of, and it looks GOOD, I have a chunk of cash waiting for when this is released.
What really pisses me off about this whole thing is that FASA already fought and WON (or settled? can't remember) this case, before selling the rights to make a official Mechwarrior 5 to whomever is currently being taken to court.Fidelias said:
This is an essentially redundant lawsuit that a small-ish developer can't afford to be embroiled in during development, made more stupid by the fact that it was already resolved in the 80's. For those of us who genuinely love and care about the Mechwarrior video games, it's a giant cockslap in the face.
(I'm writing this post tired and unfocused, so I probably have some details amiss, but that's the jist of it).
Best Mech Game Evar; pending promising future releases:
Well, I came into this thread to mention Chromehounds, but it appears that I was beat to it.
Oh well. Not like it matters. Chromehounds was an amazing multiplayer game with a crappy little single player that nobody ever played. Now it's a game with a crappy little single player that nobody ever played with a completely inaccessible multiplayer that was once the best of it's kind.
I had more fun with that game than I did with every other xbox game I owned put together.
Oh well. Not like it matters. Chromehounds was an amazing multiplayer game with a crappy little single player that nobody ever played. Now it's a game with a crappy little single player that nobody ever played with a completely inaccessible multiplayer that was once the best of it's kind.
I had more fun with that game than I did with every other xbox game I owned put together.
I'm using Vista and MW4: Mercs from Mektek is working fine for me. You should check out their forums, don't give up!
I've been wanting a sweet mech game as well, but for now I'm just waiting for MW5, and holding myself over with an online battletech (boardgame!) league, played through this one client they have. (It maps out the battletech universe, factions can move around dropships, invade planets, etc.)
I've been wanting a sweet mech game as well, but for now I'm just waiting for MW5, and holding myself over with an online battletech (boardgame!) league, played through this one client they have. (It maps out the battletech universe, factions can move around dropships, invade planets, etc.)