The lack of redeeming features was originally black comedy political satire sort stuff, but they lost that. Possibly because Thatcher stopped being PM, lots of great dystopian British fiction when she was in charge.KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime said:
Giant Robots!!
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Well there's the other problem for me. Dysopian fiction, even the British variant gets to be a total slog for me. At least when it's presented in the empire building fashion of Warhammer 40k, where no one ever seems to succumb to their own decay, while spending ridiculous amounts of resources on military projects at the same time. It strikes me as too totally silly. If I want dystopian, I want it leading up to the apocalypse of society, or at some point there after, ala Dark Souls and Fallout.thaluikhain said:
Well, the Imperium collapsing due to any number of factors used to be a given in old fluff, but then it seemed they wanted to simultaneously have generic space heroes and to grimdark the hell out of it. Space Marines and Commissars and Inquisitors are both horrible inhuman (often literally) fascist fanatics, and relatable ordinary nice people.KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime said:
Over the last few years Gundam Unicorn has become almost my only love in the mecha department:
Incredibly maneuverable and powerful, considering it's an old unit. Too bad its firepower isn't that great.
The best incarnation of the Red Comet.
Banshee is badass and the Norn version even more so.
You know what, all Gundam Unicorn units qualify:
But, some others I still love:
The bigger and more absurdly overpowered they are, the faster and more maneuverable they are. Makes perfect sense.
My favorite Armored Core setup
You know what, all Gundam Unicorn units qualify:
But, some others I still love:
The tau are kinda niceguys (you will be part of the empire, but they don't actually genocide you like the other factions, Fluff for the vespids implies they're using brainwashing, a commander got censured for wiping out an enemy force as opposed to just defeating them) though the fanboys reaction to them was... vitriolic to put it mildly, a nd 'save' them by claiming they go into mass sterilization camps and similar.thaluikhain said:
"Superman......" I remembermysecondlife said:Who recognizes/remembers this big guy?
...because no one does.
As for me, I've probably got two solid favourites:
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Much can be, and indeed has been, said about this show and it's characters, themes and all that bollocks. But despite it all, still one of my favourite robot designs. Eva-01 is instantly recognizable.
Even if it is, strictly speaking, not a robot
Pacific Rim was one of the best giant robot movies I've ever seen and while I loved ALL the Jaegers, I gotta give a gong to the local lad that made good when it counted. Striker Eureka.
I'm so convinced I have to play MechWarrior Online now. Is it playable without paying for it? Or are there big Pay2Win walls?MarsAtlas said:
It's what the OP provided as example (Battle suits), so I think everyone just assumed that what he meant (Its what I took it as). Of course that's not really what robot typically means, but I've been in a Battletech mood recently, so I just chose to roll with it.thaluikhain said:
No kidding! Ever read the Great Crusade stuff? They actually think Legions of 100,000 is enough for Galactic scale conquest! Galactic! Even with multiple legions, no way you can conquer an single solar system with anything less than 10 million. And thats assuming the enemy doesn't have atomic weapons and a willingness to drop them on Marine landing sights.contagonist said:
In fairness, that's 18 or 20 legions of 100,000ish Space Marines...and an unspecified but massively larger amount of Imperial Army. Also depends on the state of the system you are attacking, a lot of them were pretty backwards. In general though, marines can't conquer anything. They can make small precise messes, you have orbital bombardments for larger less precise messes (though, in reality, they should be pretty precise as well), but you need regular troops to take and hold things...the same way that strategic bombing and special forces were important in WW2, but you still needed the army.Silentpony said:
But yeah, the authors tend to skip over details about how you'd actually invade, and just have a mass landing of marines and battles fought at pistol range that somehow works cause it does shut up.
Let's be honest, it's because it looks fucking cool (in a juvenile sense of the word):thaluikhain said:
All my picks are already mentioned. Do Tansformers count? Cause I would also add Devastator (not Michael Bays "ballsy" version):
Also, High Moon Studios version of Grimlock from Fall of Cybertron is badass:
awesome stuff everything is great and yes I know that robot isn't exactly what we mean here but I figured that everyone here knows a giant mech or suit or robot that they love. We aint discriminating here bring em all 40k, gundam, mechwarrior, zoid, transformers, and even power rangers. We all have seen giant robots in different forms so lets celebrate them! and now to list off a few more I like.
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Man this thing was awesome taking out its sword to kill an overwhelming force was just awesome to watch.
Madcat
Specifically the mechassault version because I know that there are some weird things going on with the battle tech mech names
the death scythe gundam
this one is more a begrudging like for because I hated gundam wing I just felt that all the characters were idiots
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Madcat
the death scythe gundam
Nothing weird, it just that most clan mechs have two names: The actual name the Clans use, and the code names given to the Mechs before the Inner Sphere got into contact with them and learned what the hell they were. The Draconis Combine also has some Japanese names for their own mechs no one else uses.God said:Madcat
Specifically the mechassault version because I know that there are some weird things going on with the battle tech mech names
Specifically the mechassault version because I know that there are some weird things going on with the battle tech mech names
If your curious, 'Mad Cat' is the Inner Sphere designation for the mech. It was called this because when it was first encountered, targeting computers got confused and would alternatively call the mech a Marauder (Who's technical specification is MAD-XX) or a Catapult (The Cat part). The clans call it a Timber Wolf.
"Crimson Typhoon, one of the greatest."
Seriously, my absolute favorite from Pacific Rim, judo flips and buzz-saw hands, oh my goodness, I love it so.
The coolest part about that pose to me is that when you look at at the conn-pod (or "head" if you want to not sound pretentious like me), the flaps around the scope sort of, constrict, we'll say; they focus in on Otachi like "Oh yeah, we see ya."
Seriously, my absolute favorite from Pacific Rim, judo flips and buzz-saw hands, oh my goodness, I love it so.
The coolest part about that pose to me is that when you look at at the conn-pod (or "head" if you want to not sound pretentious like me), the flaps around the scope sort of, constrict, we'll say; they focus in on Otachi like "Oh yeah, we see ya."
The Jaegers, thanks to their fun designs ended up having as much character as their pilots, some might have argued even more soExtra-Ordinary said:"Crimson Typhoon, one of the greatest."
Seriously, my absolute favorite from Pacific Rim, judo flips and buzz-saw hands, oh my goodness, I love it so.
The coolest part about that pose to me is that when you look at at the conn-pod (or "head" if you want to not sound pretentious like me), the flaps around the scope sort of, constrict, we'll say; they focus in on Otachi like "Oh yeah, we see ya."
Pff.
Looks at all of you.
It seems that this thread needs some...
I hope we get to see another giant robot in Fallout 4.
Apart from that, I have to be loyal to one of the most OP Gundams of all time.
Piloted none other by Kira Yamato the Space Jesus. XD
Looks at all of you.
It seems that this thread needs some...
I hope we get to see another giant robot in Fallout 4.
Apart from that, I have to be loyal to one of the most OP Gundams of all time.
Piloted none other by Kira Yamato the Space Jesus. XD
I tell you... You kids today, no appreciation for the classics...
A little something awesome called UFO Robot Grendizer
A little something awesome called UFO Robot Grendizer