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Giant Mech/a Robot games?

Pajama_ManPajama_Man Registered User regular
edited September 2007 in Games and Technology
I currently have a urge to play some giant hulking mech games. Somthing more of a walking tank simulator rather then an arcade interpretation.

With MechWarrior 4: Mercs pretty much being the last of the kind for the PC, their hasn't really been any offerings the past half a decade. My somewhat last hope was Front Mission Online, but hell we'll never see that in the states. Is the future of mech games on the PC doomed? D:

So i'm wondering if there are any mech type games in the works for the PC (maybe even consoles) or ones i've yet heard about that y'all might know of?

I'm about to break down and buy an old xbox, and grab Steel Battalion:LoC :x (no campaign mode ftl) :x

Why God, why!?

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  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    A Wii stompy mech game would work so well. Why the hell hasn't anyone made one yet?

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  • MegoDrDoomMegoDrDoom Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I've never been one for major PC gaming. I currently run a shitbox from hell...

    Steel battalion runs reasonably cheap nowadays since they aren't BC. Thats the only luck Ive had with a Mech game on a console. I really wasn't into Mechassault or Chromehounds (later on).

    Me and my brother have been holding ourselves back from buying a used Xbox, a copy of steel battalion/LoC, and Laning the fuck out of it for 1 v 1 GIANT ROBOT ACTION.

    Also, the LoC servers were shutdown I believe. so that game would be totally useless for anything other then Lan play.

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  • eelektrikeelektrik Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    You can still play on Freeplay on LoC, it was just the Campaign with persistent stats and such that got shut down. But really, its just not the same when the Mech your using in a battle isn't actually on the line and everybodys using 3rd Gens... That is, when people are actually online... Then again I haven't played it online since my Xbox headset broke, playing without voice chat sucks.

    And as far as currently available Walking Tank Simulators goes, Steel Battalion is really the only option out there. God I would kill for an Xbox 360 sequel. And if you do want to play it online, your best bet is to hit www.steelbattalion.org and check their forums for the times they organize games.

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  • chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Ring of Red. True walking tank action.

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    This thread is so RAD.

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  • ShujaaShujaa Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I hate Microsoft for blocking any chance of a Mechwarrior 5. It could be so awesome on today's hardware.

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  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    chasm953 wrote: »
    Ring of Red. True walking tank action.

    I picked this up too, it was much better than I was inspecting. I figured that SRPG + mechs couldn't be too bad, since it works for Front Mission, but it ended up being hella fun.

    While they're not the stompy mech games you're looking for, if you've got a GBA either of the Super Robot Wars would be worth trying out. You can pick them up on the cheap too now.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    This thread is so RAD.

    I love that game

    My old used copy stopped working though

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Shujaa wrote: »
    I hate Microsoft for blocking any chance of a Mechwarrior 5. It could be so awesome on today's hardware.

    Esplain please. Why is it that I have not seen a Mechwarrior sequel in too long a time?

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  • ShujaaShujaa Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Wikipedia:
    Microsoft have not announced any intention of developing a sequel to Mercenaries. No other mod team or software publisher can do so while Microsoft hold the rights to the game, although there is wide interest in doing so.
    In March 2003, it was announced that Mechwarrior 5 had been canceled. As of July 2007 there has yet to be any official word on future titles in the series and it's doubtful that any further PC releases bearing the "Mechwarrior" name will be produced by Microsoft. This has led to a decline of interest in the series due to Microsoft's attempt to shift interest to the more arcade-based MechAssault series.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Shujaa wrote: »
    Wikipedia:
    Microsoft have not announced any intention of developing a sequel to Mercenaries. No other mod team or software publisher can do so while Microsoft hold the rights to the game, although there is wide interest in doing so.
    In March 2003, it was announced that Mechwarrior 5 had been canceled. As of July 2007 there has yet to be any official word on future titles in the series and it's doubtful that any further PC releases bearing the "Mechwarrior" name will be produced by Microsoft. This has led to a decline of interest in the series due to Microsoft's attempt to shift interest to the more arcade-based MechAssault series.

    Heart = break. :(

    Seriously, it's not as if it even has to be PC specific. They could very easily make a multiplatform mech-sim (not the arcadey style stuff they've been focussing on), and it's not as if there's any shortage of decent developers who'd be willing to take on the licence.

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  • Waka LakaWaka Laka Riding the stuffed Unicorn If ya know what I mean.Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    MechAssault DS

    What... the... fuck... I'd rather have a full fledged console game.

    Shogo: Mobile Armor Division is pretty sweet. Recomended.

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  • Guardian LegendGuardian Legend Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    You can try Chromehounds for 360. It's extremely slow going though. Like the slowest mech game ever made. The chances of you actually enjoying the game are slim, but if you do like it, you'll probably be hooked.. like me :P

    Also, the upgraded version of War World is coming out on Xbox Live Arcade sometime this month. It's arcadey though.

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  • ShujaaShujaa Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Your best bet would probably be MW4: Mercenaries on PC, with the fan mods and additions. There's still fan support for it, including an update pack with new mechs (http://www.mektek.net/projects/mp3/), and a High Def patch with higher resolution textures and models (http://www.mechstorm.net/hdp.html#ins). The high def patch is even now being developed for the latest MekPak addon, currently in beta. I even found a preview video of it here.

    Haven't tried it myself yet though.

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  • OrogogusOrogogus San DiegoRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Shujaa wrote: »
    Wikipedia:
    Microsoft have not announced any intention of developing a sequel to Mercenaries. No other mod team or software publisher can do so while Microsoft hold the rights to the game, although there is wide interest in doing so.
    Hahaha. That's pretty hilarious fanboyism in that quote. First, the idea that Microsoft is out there squashing a fan developed sequel, as iff there could be a situation where mod teams would have free reign to develop a Mercenaries sequel (like, Wizkids donates the entire BattleTech/Mechwarrior license to the public domain). Second, the suggestion that other publishers are lining up to buy the license, but Microsoft is just asking for too much money or something -- because, you know, all the other giant robot licenses are doing so well on the PC right now, and BattleTech is being left out. Has there ever been any sign that anyone else wants to buy the license?

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  • Bouncing_SoulBouncing_Soul Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    This thread is so RAD.

    Someone recommended that when I created a thread like this a while ago. I went to ebay and won an auction for like $25 with shipping and the son of a bitch never sent it.

    I've still never played it...

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  • SilpheedSilpheed Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    What was the deal with MechWarrior: Dark Age? Was it supposed to be set before or after the Invasion of the Clans

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  • VaregaVarega Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Silpheed wrote: »
    What was the deal with MechWarrior: Dark Age? Was it supposed to be set before or after the Invasion of the Clans

    Way after. Victor took control of C*, C* made themselves a huge power, taking in something like every world that's 200 light years away from terra, and ruled it for like 100 years.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    What are the mech sections of Lost Planet like? I have pretty much played on foot only so far (hardly into it)

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  • SilpheedSilpheed Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Varega wrote: »
    Silpheed wrote: »
    What was the deal with MechWarrior: Dark Age? Was it supposed to be set before or after the Invasion of the Clans

    Way after. Victor took control of C*, C* made themselves a huge power, taking in something like every world that's 200 light years away from terra, and ruled it for like 100 years.
    I take it that everything went to shit after that?

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  • VaregaVarega Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Silpheed wrote: »
    Varega wrote: »
    Silpheed wrote: »
    What was the deal with MechWarrior: Dark Age? Was it supposed to be set before or after the Invasion of the Clans

    Way after. Victor took control of C*, C* made themselves a huge power, taking in something like every world that's 200 light years away from terra, and ruled it for like 100 years.
    I take it that everything went to shit after that?

    Pretty much. Anyone with a mech was a big deal, since everything they used via mech building was destroyed, and they could only maintain. They started using Aggromechs as weapons because they just couldn't get enough parts to maintain actual war machines.

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  • oldmankenoldmanken Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Someone needs to make a new Heavy Gear game... HG2 was the bomb.com, and the online deathmatch and CTF was good fun for its time.

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  • VaregaVarega Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Man, I'd kill for a new Mech game. I loved Chromehounds, HG, MechWarrior, Mechcommander, Titans of Steel. I'll even throw Armored Core in there just because it features big robots in a different way. The fact that they think an arcadey Mech game would be better than oldschool Mechwarrior2 is blasphemy.
    Blasphemy.

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  • SilpheedSilpheed Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    oldmanken wrote: »
    Someone needs to make a new Heavy Gear game... HG2 was the bomb.com, and the online deathmatch and CTF was good fun for its time.

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  • LibrarianThorneLibrarianThorne Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    The Japanese ACE series is fucking awesome and totally worth the purchase of a Japanese PS2 to play them on.

    Dynasty Warriors: Gundam comes out at the end of the month.

    As said earlier in the thread, the best mecha game on PS2 is RAD : Robot Alchemical Drive. That game needs a next gen sequel, if only for the amount of pants it would destroy.

    I too lament the death of MechWarrior. 3 and 4 were probably the best Mech games ever made for PC.

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  • SyngyneSyngyne Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    jothki wrote: »
    A Wii stompy mech game would work so well. Why the hell hasn't anyone made one yet?

    They have.
    Someone needs to make a new Heavy Gear game... HG2 was the bomb.com, and the online deathmatch and CTF was good fun for its time.

    If they fixed all the weird game mechanics that came from trying to directly shoehorn the abstract RPG rules into a sim game, I'd be all over it.

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  • SilpheedSilpheed Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Hell, I wouldn't mind a Heavy Gear RPG where you fight both in and out of your mech.

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  • oldmankenoldmanken Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Silpheed wrote: »
    Hell, I wouldn't mind a Heavy Gear RPG where you fight both in and out of your mech.

    I'm with you on that one... the Heavy Gear universe is just uber cool.

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  • DeadshotDeadshot Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Steel Battalion is your best bet.

    The only downside is that with LoC since there are so few players you can't really improve at all, and even if you do it'll be hard to tell.

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  • SyngyneSyngyne Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    According to Steelbattalion.org, Sundays are your best bet.

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  • LachLach Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Anyone still playing Chromehounds? I just picked it up for the 360 and I like it, but I'd like to try online games. (I'm scared of the internet if I'm not with PA'ers)

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  • Pajama_ManPajama_Man Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Blah, looks like Mechwarrior 4: Mercs is my best bet again for the pc...

    The old Heavy Gear 1 was awsome (I played through the whole campaign mission etc), 2 was meh for me since using the joystick in that was pretty much a death wish instead of the mouse for some reason.

    I've played RAD, the giant remote control robot isn't really for me, but the scale was awsome. :|

    So pretty much no new mech/sim like games in development? :(

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Front Mission 3. It's a PS1 game, so if you can find it, it'll probably be cheap.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I realise what I'm about to say is probably heresy to a lot of people, but I really want a Robotech / Macross game where you can change between modes on the fly, with both ground based and space based missions.

    Double bonus points if they can include the awesome missile swarms.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    didn't that happen, iirc it was called "Robotech: Battlecry" on PS2/Xbox/GC

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  • Pajama_ManPajama_Man Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    subedii wrote: »
    I realise what I'm about to say is probably heresy to a lot of people, but I really want a Robotech / Macross game where you can change between modes on the fly, with both ground based and space based missions.

    Double bonus points if they can include the awesome missile swarms.

    There is but...

    http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/games/_gamessoft_homevideo.htm
    (last one on the bottom)

    Only in Japan or import :| There are english guides out there to help you though.
    It's also considerd by many the best Macross game ever made

    Everything you wanted to see is HERE in this video including heavy metal rock.

    :EDIT: woops, fixed video link

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    subedii wrote: »
    I realise what I'm about to say is probably heresy to a lot of people, but I really want a Robotech / Macross game where you can change between modes on the fly, with both ground based and space based missions.

    Double bonus points if they can include the awesome missile swarms.

    Have you tried "BattleCry"?
    EDIT: Beaten on the Macross, but my Dark Ages comment still applies.

    Also, back to Silpheed's inquiry on MW:Dark Ages, the reason it's called DA (at first anyway) was the fact that Comstar got shut down. With the lack of communication (and mech production reasorces), things really went to shit. However, I recently got to see something wierd. 3-legged, 120-ton Goliath class mechs. (For those of you with a working knowledge of BT/MW the previous heavyweights were the Assault class, weighing in at 100tons)

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  • bruinbruin Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Lost Planet is kind of a mediocre game, but the mechs are actually really awesome and you get to use them a lot.

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  • Pajama_ManPajama_Man Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Speaking of Lost Planet, I was hoping the game would thrive online on the PC.

    But alas...

    http://game-monitor.com/search.php?search=&type=server&game=lostplanet2&location=all

    With maxima amount of player only ever reaching 16 and 1 server. :x

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I wish RAD would get a PAL release. Ah, well. We did get Global Defence Force instead.

    Anyways, the older Transformers Game for PS2 (the one not related to the film) is really pretty good. Steambot Chronicles also has tank controls.

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