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The teaser clips look so good. Even though MW3 and 4 were good, I want em to go back to the MW2 roots. Particularly some Clan campaigns with some good 'ol Trials of Grievances and for rank. The Battletech universe is so huge they have so many options on what period to set the story in. I've always thought it would be interesting to put a game in the period of the Star League right before Kerensky took them SLDF and left the IS. Old-ass Mech designs.
I was initially so pumped when they announced Mech Assault but those are so restricting and butchering with regard to the source material.
Also for the love of god let Jeehun Hwang do the freakin soundtrack.
I was initially so pumped when they announced Mech Assault but those are so restricting and butchering with regard to the source material.
Also for the love of god let Jeehun Hwang do the freakin soundtrack.
Finally yes. I really hope this is more like the old PC games that had full customization with heat sinks and weapon load outs. Added a whole lot of depth to mech squad combat on the type of mech you used. I was really upset when they stopped developing for the PC back then for the Mech Assault series. Was more of an action game than a tactical simulator, which personally for me, hurt the franchise. Merceneries 2 and 4 were a blast.
I'm kind of torn on this. On the one hand: New MechWarrior, which is awesome.
On the other, they're going back, AGAIN, to the Clan War saga. I understand that this was the best written part of the story, but, come on.
On the other, they're going back, AGAIN, to the Clan War saga. I understand that this was the best written part of the story, but, come on.
So...
It's like Transformers and the next gen Front Mission?
I never thought i would say this, but i hope they innovate about giant robots, i didn't play the originals MechWarriors so i hope this game surprises me.
It's like Transformers and the next gen Front Mission?
I never thought i would say this, but i hope they innovate about giant robots, i didn't play the originals MechWarriors so i hope this game surprises me.
I think the only MechWarrior game I played was on the SNES (it might not have been a true MW game -- maybe an imitation)
All I remember was that you could customize your mech and buy new weapons, and that it was really really hard when I was 7. I don't think I could beat the first level.
All I remember was that you could customize your mech and buy new weapons, and that it was really really hard when I was 7. I don't think I could beat the first level.
I'm a level designer for [url="http://www.mechlivinglegends.net"]Mechwarrior: Living Legends[/url], and this announcement to me felt kind of like a rick roll without the rick astley.
I know you guys don't cover mods but we're about to release our own trailer here very soon, using real in-game footage (the trailer for MW5, while runing inside the engine was entirely scripted/setup).
Personally I'm very skeptical of this. First of all they seem pretty obsessed that the graphics are what's going to make the next game good and make you feel like you are in a mech, when in reality the older mech games already did that simply via the simulation aspect.
The other thing that worries me is that the trailer just looked like an arcady first-person mechassault. Mechwarrior was always about simulation, and frankly that sim part is going to have to be axed in order for the game to possibly work on the 360's control scheme.
Not saying it's a bad game but I don't think you guys should be expecting it to be just as good if not better than MW3+4 in terms of the simulation gameplay really making you feel like a mech-pilot.
I know you guys don't cover mods but we're about to release our own trailer here very soon, using real in-game footage (the trailer for MW5, while runing inside the engine was entirely scripted/setup).
Personally I'm very skeptical of this. First of all they seem pretty obsessed that the graphics are what's going to make the next game good and make you feel like you are in a mech, when in reality the older mech games already did that simply via the simulation aspect.
The other thing that worries me is that the trailer just looked like an arcady first-person mechassault. Mechwarrior was always about simulation, and frankly that sim part is going to have to be axed in order for the game to possibly work on the 360's control scheme.
Not saying it's a bad game but I don't think you guys should be expecting it to be just as good if not better than MW3+4 in terms of the simulation gameplay really making you feel like a mech-pilot.
Yes i love Mechwarrior games ! Also i just pickup up a joystick! There's nothing better than playing Mech with a Joystick !
There was a day when I could tell you the model name of the mechs on sight.
Sadly, the franchise has been dead so long, I can't do that anymore... But needless to say, I'm stoked!
The gameplay itself is pretty tried and true... You run around big landscapes in a giant walking tank, shooting weapons and various things. As long as the objectives make sense and the level designers do a good job with keeping a tense pace during the right times, it'll win my heart easily. Which means then it becomes a matter of graphics which this trailer states will be pretty fucking awesome. (Though, you need to take it with a grain of salt, teaser trailers especially use great looking CGI when the actual gameplay itself doesn't quite look like it.)
Sadly, the franchise has been dead so long, I can't do that anymore... But needless to say, I'm stoked!
The gameplay itself is pretty tried and true... You run around big landscapes in a giant walking tank, shooting weapons and various things. As long as the objectives make sense and the level designers do a good job with keeping a tense pace during the right times, it'll win my heart easily. Which means then it becomes a matter of graphics which this trailer states will be pretty fucking awesome. (Though, you need to take it with a grain of salt, teaser trailers especially use great looking CGI when the actual gameplay itself doesn't quite look like it.)
@Professor Pew
There's no clans in this game (and as such no clan mechs like the Madcat... in the logo) because it takes place in an era before the clans existed. So all IS stuff. Could be interesting. Personally what I like is the 4 player co-op. Sounds fun.
There's no clans in this game (and as such no clan mechs like the Madcat... in the logo) because it takes place in an era before the clans existed. So all IS stuff. Could be interesting. Personally what I like is the 4 player co-op. Sounds fun.
about time! The 2nd one killed a franchise that had been around for YEARS! Time to rent Crash and Burn to get all fired up
@Chronic Logic: Heretic! You can only be cleansed by FIRE (really advanced Blakist fire)! Mech Assault was an abomination in the eyes of the MW canon.
Well, looks like I finally have a reason to upgrade my 7-year-old computer.
Well, looks like I finally have a reason to upgrade my 7-year-old computer.
Clan Ghost Bear FTW! Time to get my computer upgraded and invest in a new Throttle/Stick combination!
I thought I would never ever see another MechWarrior game. Crossing my fingers it's more akin to MechWarrior than MechAssault.
Eh, I missed that part about the 360. I dunno if that will work right since I prefer Sim over arcadey feel for my Mech games. Kor Jax had a good point, I will probably be better off going and playing MW2 again. Sweet sound of hearing "shutdown sequence overridden".
Mad Cat Mech in MW2 ftw
...however as I said in the CBlog that got the jump on the official entry (by hours), the fact that the console is getting a release pretty much assures me that it's going to be nerfed for the console kiddies.
If it requires a Steel Batallion like controller, then I'll be happy. I fear it'll just be Chromehounds with a MechWarrior license.
...however as I said in the CBlog that got the jump on the official entry (by hours), the fact that the console is getting a release pretty much assures me that it's going to be nerfed for the console kiddies.
If it requires a Steel Batallion like controller, then I'll be happy. I fear it'll just be Chromehounds with a MechWarrior license.
I hope this comes to Steam and I hope it has fully customizable load outs and lots of chassis options
@Dexter
You have not been enlightened by how amazing Mechwarrior is.
Though the new one... it's made by the same people who made the Transformer's movie games. I'm trying to keep my hopes down, in the large possibility the game will suck.
You have not been enlightened by how amazing Mechwarrior is.
Though the new one... it's made by the same people who made the Transformer's movie games. I'm trying to keep my hopes down, in the large possibility the game will suck.
Thank God! I only bought MW2: Mercenaries, but I played the crap out of that game. Its nice to hear that I will be getting back in the cockpit soon.
As someone who loves the original mechwarrior games as well as the mech assault games, I good care less how it plays as long as its FUN. Bonus points if they come out with a controller even bigger than Steel Battalion's.
I Remember playing the hell out of the original VGA Vector Graphics game on my old PC near 20 years ago. It was awesome. However, it was not as awesome as the original tabletop game. No Mech video game I have ever played has beat the old FASA Ruleset. I saw a new tabletop version at my FRPS the other day. Maybe I should look into getting into it again.
Stone. Rhino.
I actually wrangled up Mechwarrior 2, Ghost Bear, and Mercenaries in the last few months. I ended up with the Matrox edition of Mech 2, but at 33 cents I'm not going to complain. Hopefully they can bring back the fond memories of my Warhawk-powered rampage (Quad PPC's FTW!) a la MW2 or the ultimate power of the Ultra AC-20 (clan) that let me beat MW3 single handedly.
I actually wrangled up Mechwarrior 2, Ghost Bear, and Mercenaries in the last few months. I ended up with the Matrox edition of Mech 2, but at 33 cents I'm not going to complain. Hopefully they can bring back the fond memories of my Warhawk-powered rampage (Quad PPC's FTW!) a la MW2 or the ultimate power of the Ultra AC-20 (clan) that let me beat MW3 single handedly.
They better have all the classic Battletech mechs (many of which were copied from the anime Super Dimension Fortress Macross (aka 1/3 of Robotech), as this is the closest I can get to playing a new english Macross/Robotech game.
Beat ya to it Nick ;)
From what I have read in an interview with S&T it looks like they really want to add a lot of depth to the PC and 360 controls. I dunno how they will do that, and to be frank the fact that Pirahna is a very unproven developer is causing a lot of doubt with people. Personally I am taking the fact that Jordan Wiesman (the man who created FASA and Battletech) is at the helm as a huge comfort though.
This is their Battletech 25th anniversary title here, they wouldn't dare fuck it up.
FatherChesz: FUCK YEAH STONE RHINO REPRESENT!!!
From what I have read in an interview with S&T it looks like they really want to add a lot of depth to the PC and 360 controls. I dunno how they will do that, and to be frank the fact that Pirahna is a very unproven developer is causing a lot of doubt with people. Personally I am taking the fact that Jordan Wiesman (the man who created FASA and Battletech) is at the helm as a huge comfort though.
This is their Battletech 25th anniversary title here, they wouldn't dare fuck it up.
FatherChesz: FUCK YEAH STONE RHINO REPRESENT!!!
OMG, now what did I do with that left handed thrustmaster I'd mapped the leg movement and all the radar controls to?
oh man. ohmanohmanohmanohman. Mechwarrior is SO good! the books, the tabletop games, the videogames; i've done them all, and all are fantastic.
At first i was skeptical of the game judging it solely on the trailer, but after reading the interview on IGN, my hopes have been rekindled. the game looks to be incredibly ambitious, and with one of the original battletech guys helping, i'm so pumped.
and Phelan Kell's Clan Wolf FTW, bitches.
At first i was skeptical of the game judging it solely on the trailer, but after reading the interview on IGN, my hopes have been rekindled. the game looks to be incredibly ambitious, and with one of the original battletech guys helping, i'm so pumped.
and Phelan Kell's Clan Wolf FTW, bitches.
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