Giant Robots, hell yeah!

[crimsondynamics]

The MechWarrior series is good, but I'll never forgive myself for not buying Steel Batallion with the dedicated controllers, especially considering I'm a gaming peripheral nut. It must be quite an experience:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Steel_Battalion_controllers.jpg
http://www.play-asia.com/image/content/tgs/large/steel_bat3.JPG

Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Batallion ):

[HEADING=3]Gameplay[/HEADING]
Steel Battalion controllers

At the beginning of every mission, the player must 'start up' the machine and operating system; this is handled through a series of switches and buttons dedicated to this purpose. If the player does not eject when prompted, the player's in game character will die, and all saved data will be lost, causing the player to start over. If a corner is turned too fast, the machine will tumble over. If the player's machine overheats, its operating system must be reset. The game even simulates window wipers in case of mud hitting the monitor.

A reviewer on IGN joked, "where MechAssault and Robotech wouldn't let us into the cockpit, Steel Battalion won't let us out".

 

[GloatingSwine]

Someone needs to make me a big shiny next gen Macross game. I'll pick up Ace Frontier on the PSP eventually, but I demand HD transforming plane satisfaction dammit!

 

[blood77]

Yeah giants robots are always cool

I didn't like DW Gundam that much because of all the customization, it would just be nice if the parts transferred over so I wouldn't have to keep getting them for each Gundam.

 

[Amnestic]

I didn't like DW Gundam that much because of all the customization, it would just be nice if the parts transferred over so I wouldn't have to keep getting them for each Gundam.

That's generally how most Dynasty Warriors games are played, except instead of Gundam you have heroes. Admittedly there was a bit of mixing it up with the inclusion of different pilots, but at least their skills carried over.

 

[Fruhstuck]

ZoE, Armoured Core and Mechwarrior are my favourite mecha game series (in that order, no less). I wait for the day when Bandai will finally cobble together a good Gundam game. Using either the AC or ZoE rough gameplay system with a bit of a tweak for the Gundams would be more than enough, but thus far I've yet to see anything that really captured the pace of Gundam combat minus the theatrics.

ZoE2 I played and loved, then my younger brother lost my disk while I was away on holiday and it's fucking impossible to find anywhere. It's on ebay for something like £40.00 a pop, which is a tad too rich for my unemployed blood. I picked up a used copy of ZoE1 from CeX for £2.50 a week ago though ;D

Bring back Mech Warrior! I wonder if the Crytek sponsored mod for Crysis is going anywhere? Oh and ZOE 3 please.

Kojima has said he wants to do a ZoE3. I just wish he'd get round to it.

I'd lend it to you were that .. possible lol

 

[John Funk]

They need to do a proper DW Gundam.

ALL the different shows. Even the OVAs like 0080.

 

[Amnestic]

They need to do a proper DW Gundam.

ALL the different shows. Even the OVAs like 0080.

There's a DW: Gundam 2 in the works (or so the rumours go. You know how rumours are.)

ZoE, Armoured Core and Mechwarrior are my favourite mecha game series (in that order, no less). I wait for the day when Bandai will finally cobble together a good Gundam game. Using either the AC or ZoE rough gameplay system with a bit of a tweak for the Gundams would be more than enough, but thus far I've yet to see anything that really captured the pace of Gundam combat minus the theatrics.

ZoE2 I played and loved, then my younger brother lost my disk while I was away on holiday and it's fucking impossible to find anywhere. It's on ebay for something like £40.00 a pop, which is a tad too rich for my unemployed blood. I picked up a used copy of ZoE1 from CeX for £2.50 a week ago though ;D

Bring back Mech Warrior! I wonder if the Crytek sponsored mod for Crysis is going anywhere? Oh and ZOE 3 please.

Kojima has said he wants to do a ZoE3. I just wish he'd get round to it.

I'd lend it to you were that .. possible lol

Not worth it at the moment. My PS2 has given up the ghost after 4 or 5 long years of good service (and I do mean good!) I'm waiting til I'm less strapped for cash to pick up a new one on the cheap. I only bought ZoE for £2.50 because it was £2.50, and there was no guarantee such a thing would be there next time I went into the shop.

 

[Altorin]

the best giant robot is in Fallout 3.

anyone who disagrees with me is wrong

 

[Gestapo Hunter]

Liberty Prime took the number 1 spot on my list in giant robot

 

[Batadon]

Live a Live's "Akira" chapter has the giant Buriki Daioh, a pimped out giant robot with its own karaoke theme song. It's as awesome as it sounds.

And we seriously need MechWarrior 5. Doesn't Microsoft own the license now? You'd think they'd have pumped it dry...

 

[Gestapo Hunter]

the best giant robot is in Fallout 3.

anyone who disagrees with me is wrong

It loses points for being followed by an incredibly senseless endgame sequence

COMMIE!! *point finger*

 

[Altorin]

the best giant robot is in Fallout 3.

anyone who disagrees with me is wrong

It loses points for being followed by an incredibly senseless endgame sequence

You know, after playing through the game, I was fine with considering that Robot to be "the end"

he was that awesome, that I didn't care that the game sort of pissed itself away afterwards.

 

[Copter400]

While you wait, you could play that 'The American Dream' mission from Fallout 3. Again and again.

DEMOCRACY IS NON-NEGOTIABLE

 

[Dommyboy]

Also Liberty Prime was the highlight of Fallout 3!

"DIE COMMIE SCUM!"

You know originally the player got to control Liberty Prime?
The Bethesda remebered how much fun everyone had in Oblivion watching other people do awesome things so they had you just follow it around instead.

Liberty Prime is the best giant robot I've seen in ages, he could single handedly beat communism.

I dunno about him beating communism solely, after all the Soviet Union has a fair amount of blimps and bombs. Though "Democracy is non-negotiable" wins it with Liberty Prime.

 

[Woe Is You]

The Super Robot Wars series is awesome. I'm not talking about the SRTaisen OG for GBA(although it is from the same series and a good game in it's own right) I'm talking about the ones from Japan. The only ones in English are the two GBA games I just mentioned and fan-translated SRW 3 for the SNES. Its a good game, but not as user friendly as the later games. The series follows the same idea as Super Smash Brothers and Kingdom Hearts but precedes them by at least 10 years and instead of Mario you get gundam.

Yes! I want my translated Super Robot Wars W on the Nintendo DS!

With some Tekkaman action on the side, please.

And the fully voiced versions of Super Robot Wars OG on the PS2 should also be ported translated. The GBA versions are awesome, but I want my Sanger Zonvolt voiced dammit!