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Your favourite ‘mech’ game and why?
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I like Armored Core 2: Another Age, but there's probably a lot of nostalgia at play there.
I also liked For Answer.
I also liked For Answer.
Absolutely loved this game on PS2 for the slick graphics and insane combat. Picked it up last year and beat it in one sitting.
If you haven't played this game yet, and you enjoy mech games, you need to buy this game!
If you haven't played this game yet, and you enjoy mech games, you need to buy this game!
A turn based rpg mecha game is still a mecha game. As long as it has mecha as part of its core plot and gameplay, still considered as a mecha game. Op doesnt even say it has to be a certain kind of mecha genre
And also, im surprised no one mentioned trails of cold steel: legend of heroes. As far as i know, doesnt the game also have mecha??
Why? Mechwarrior 2 was massive at the time. It was the high profile PC mech game. The intro alone was well regarded and still is.
Besides Mechwarrior 2, I liked Heavy gear 2 (the last mission on a CEF gateship was great) I recently have been getting in to Earthsiege 1 and Starsiege after find out you could still get them free. Earthsiege 2 unfortunately doesn't work
MechForce on Amiga was amazing.
Basically a version of battletech tabletop game on Amiga.
MechWarrior 1&2.
First one was nice due to the freedom it gave to players.
Second is just amazing simulation of proper mech combat. (Honorable mention to Interstate 76 which did same for car combat.) (Both superior in software rendered mode.)
Front Mission 3 was also good.
I asked around but all people come up with and games I find are games that aren't really topdown or isometric. But maybe it's one of these?
- Uprising X
- Armored Core
- Iron Soldier
- Carnage Heart
Or was it a strategy game? Front Mission 3 or Front Mission Alternative?
Mechassault.
It had a wicked campaign and the multiplayer was so much fun with a surprising amount of depth.
It was also the first proper Xbox Live shooter style game to come out so had a large player base.
It had a wicked campaign and the multiplayer was so much fun with a surprising amount of depth.
It was also the first proper Xbox Live shooter style game to come out so had a large player base.
It's not nearly my favorite but I still want to give a shout out to Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars on GBA.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who enjoyed that game.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who enjoyed that game.
Titanfall 2. Awesome in every possible way, both multiplayer and single player. Wonderful implementation of mechs in a warfare contest.
Heavy Gear 2. Anybody remembers the series? I loved those small nimble mechs.
Still got my disc. Should give it a go again soon.
I liked it, but that was also the time when I was discovering SRW.
I like you. I think both games are totally underrated. They should be given more attention.
As to where Mechwarrior had those big ass slow machines this had much smaller but faster mechs. They even have roller blades to traverse more quickly.
The Super Robot Wars series.
It has all the goodness of various franchises' mechs and stories as well as the original story of each game.
It has all the goodness of various franchises' mechs and stories as well as the original story of each game.
The num pad controls were wack but I did feel very accomplished when I eventually mastered them. Definitely never finished the game without cheats lol. Such is gaming as a kid.
Yeah, it was hard af and I also remember using cheats. But once you figured out the controls it was really something. Not perfect but a lot of fun. (god, I miss cheats...)
I'm really sorry, nothing's ringing a bell. I shouldn't have even brought it up with as foggy a memory as it was, but I really appreciate the effort of yourself and the others in trying to jog my inadequate memory.
I remember earthsiege well. I remember how it was different from MechWarrior. I played a ton.
There was a spinoff of Earth siege... Where you played one-on-one arena fights and went up a ladder. Can't remember the name at the moment.
Maybe, actually, Cybernator and Metal Warriors. As a kid I loved especially the lush environments of MW. And the concept of getting out of your mecha and feel so vulnerable on foot... That was pretty cool. Titanfall 2 gave me a bit of a flashback, but that game never had that sense of danger you had when you went out of the mecha in MW... I'm still kinda hoping there's more enthousiasts of that mechanic out there and some indie will go and make something new in this vein. Tungsten Armored Outlaw, perhaps.
My pc at the time was so bad, couldn't even run it. Got it on PS1 at the time. That intro... I mean. Top 10 GOAT for me.
The trailer they released for the reboot of Mechwarrior reminded me souch of it, so so epic!
Titanfall
TF2 was great for it's story but I liked the multiplayer from the first game better. There is a reason why Respawn changed things around to reflect a more TF1 type experience.
TF2 was great for it's story but I liked the multiplayer from the first game better. There is a reason why Respawn changed things around to reflect a more TF1 type experience.
Love some VOOT. DC import was first taste.I have such nostalgia for Virtual On. My first experience with it was in a small short lived arcade in NJ. I played it on the Dreamcast constantly from then on.
That first Titanfall was so good! Titanfall 2 was pretty great too, but I got into playing PvP multiplayer again for Titanfall and I didn't think that would happen again.
My answer would have to be a old Mechwarrior game though. I played so much Mechwarrior 2 back when I was a stupid teenager in the 90s while having the Gravity Kills CD playing on my portable CD player (does it get more "edgy 90s" than that?). Like, I really liked playing Mechwarrior 1 when I was a little younger, but Mechwarrior 2 just looked so much better.
My answer would have to be a old Mechwarrior game though. I played so much Mechwarrior 2 back when I was a stupid teenager in the 90s while having the Gravity Kills CD playing on my portable CD player (does it get more "edgy 90s" than that?). Like, I really liked playing Mechwarrior 1 when I was a little younger, but Mechwarrior 2 just looked so much better.
There are a couple reasons why people wouldn't mention the Cold Steel games. One, the fact that the games have mech combat is kind of a spoiler. Two, the games are much more known for their stories and characters than they are for their mechs (Xenogears is story-driven, too, but its mechs feature much more prominently throughout the game and in its promotional materials). Three, the first Cold Steel game only has mech battles at the very end, and the other games put a lot more emphasis on hand-to-hand combat than mech combat. Four, half of the Cold Steel games haven't been released in English yet.
Overwatch has been the only game where I truly feel like I'm piloting a heavy yet nimble mech that can fly without being an awful simulator type game. I don't even play it anymore but I'd love a Gundam game based around D.Va controls. Titanfall 2 is cool but it doesn't scratch the same itch
Could it be Blast Corps? It is an early N64 game where you use various construction vehicles and mechs to demolish buildings in order to clear the path for a runaway nuclear weapon transport vehicle. It has the open levels, blocky graphics, and building destruction you mention.
Metaltech:Battledrome. Never played it. It was announced before Earthsiege but came out after it.
I haven't played many mech games, but I think I will go with Front Mission 2. While most people will say Front Mission 5 is the best in the series (which is reasonable), I think 2 has the best level design and overall game mechanics, with a high degree of difficulty.. It also has a very cool setting, with the plot taking place in modern day Bangladesh.
Really needs a remake though, since the loading times are atrocious and the UI not very user friendly.
Also, the character design by Jun Suemi is a delight.
Really needs a remake though, since the loading times are atrocious and the UI not very user friendly.
Also, the character design by Jun Suemi is a delight.
The Super Robot Wars series.
It has all the goodness of various franchises' mechs and stories as well as the original story of each game.
And the attack animations, don't forget the attack animations:
Mechwarrior 3 for sure! I was too young to appreciate MW2 at the time, but MW3 really captured the feel of being in this massive heavy mech, and I really like the way the game was set behind enemy lines, forcing you to strategically try to disable enemy mechs to add them to your roster, rather than completely destroying them.
In some ways MW4 was certainly a more polished game and I know the multiplayer was pretty popular at the time, but I thought it lost the weighty feeling of MW3 and felt more arcade-y.
In some ways MW4 was certainly a more polished game and I know the multiplayer was pretty popular at the time, but I thought it lost the weighty feeling of MW3 and felt more arcade-y.
SHOGO
I like the games structure where I felt like I was a part of a bigger story and world, and not just separate missions/levels to beat.
You had few mechs to choose with different stats, cool music, awesome weapons and effects, you could transform into a vehicle but there were also on foot missions.
I like the games structure where I felt like I was a part of a bigger story and world, and not just separate missions/levels to beat.
You had few mechs to choose with different stats, cool music, awesome weapons and effects, you could transform into a vehicle but there were also on foot missions.
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Titanfall 2 for me. Never really played other Mech games.
Are there other games like Titanfall 2, where you switch between mech and just regular fps?
Are there other games like Titanfall 2, where you switch between mech and just regular fps?
Armored Core 3
Lots of content, some cool multiplayer maps, an insane amount of parts for your mech,...
I like most of the AC games but this one really stood out for me.
Lots of content, some cool multiplayer maps, an insane amount of parts for your mech,...
I like most of the AC games but this one really stood out for me.
