Hi,
Big, stomping machines that is manned, maybe even designed and built
(but not necessary) that walk around and shoot stuff? :-)
I probably already have one.
Not sure what made me think of them, but any way... Something fun
that looks good.
PW <iamnotusing...@notinuse.com> writes:
Hi,
Big, stomping machines that is manned, maybe even designed and built
(but not necessary) that walk around and shoot stuff? :-)
I probably already have one.
Not sure what made me think of them, but any way... Something funWasn't there a Battletech game recently? Yep, imaginatively named
that looks good.
Battletech, from 2018. See https://store.steampowered.com/app/637090/BATTLETECH/
I don't know if it's a god mech game but at least the reviews seem
positive. I think it's been a while since the last Mechwarrior game.
Hi,
Big, stomping machines that is manned, maybe even designed and built
(but not necessary) that walk around and shoot stuff? :-)
I probably already have one.
Not sure what made me think of them, but any way... Something fun
that looks good.
PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> writes:
Hi,
Big, stomping machines that is manned, maybe even designed and built
(but not necessary) that walk around and shoot stuff? :-)
I probably already have one.
Not sure what made me think of them, but any way... Something fun
that looks good.
Wasn't there a Battletech game recently? Yep, imaginatively named
Battletech, from 2018. See >https://store.steampowered.com/app/637090/BATTLETECH/
I don't know if it's a god mech game but at least the reviews seem
positive. I think it's been a while since the last Mechwarrior game.
On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 09:45:19 -0600, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
Hi,
Big, stomping machines that is manned, maybe even designed and built
(but not necessary) that walk around and shoot stuff? :-)
(I call 'em "rompin' stompin' robot games" ;-)
I probably already have one.
Not sure what made me think of them, but any way... Something fun
that looks good.
Well, the Battletech franchise is the big one, of course. "Mechwarrior
5" is a pretty good continuation of the classic series (although I
think it peaked with "Mechwarrior 3". Sadly, that game doesn't run
well on modern hardware / operating systems).
(Also, "Mechwarrior Online", which is a slightly older version of the
game more focused on multiplayer)
There's also "Battletech", which is basically the same game except
from a top-down view and with a slightly more strategic element. Still >enjoyable (although its DLC is overpriced for what you get).
"Brigador" is another similar strategic mech-game (I didnt' find that
one as engaging, however).
If you want something a bit more action-oriented, "Titanfall 2" is a
solid FPS where you also ride around in a mech (it's a roughly 50/50
split). The mech-combat is a lot more fluid in its controls than the
bulky BattleTech robots, which may or may not appeal. Similarly (but
not as well done, IMHO) are the "Lost Planet" games, which are equal
parts FPS and mech-rider.
It's a bit different, but the Transformers games ("War for Cybertron"
/ "Fall of Cybertron") feature giant stompy robots. The games are
mostly fan-service so if you don't love the franchise the gameplay
definitely isn't going to win you over... but massive warbots, they
got!
"War Robots" and "Mecha Knights" are two other fairly new games in the
genre. I don't have experience with either of those though.
Is "Hawken" still a thing? That was a multiplayer-focused (but I think
there was solo-against-bots too) free-to-play game where you piloted >fast-moving giant robots. It was fairly heavy on microtransactions,
though. I remember being quite impressed with the art style, though.
There are also a lot of classics: the older "MechWarrior" games, of
course, and the "Mech Commander" series. The "Front Mission" and
"Armored Core" games started on consoles but more recent versions have >migrated over to PC. Other older classics include the "Heavy Gear"
games, the Earthsiege series (and the spin-off "Tribes" games), and -
a personal favorite - Looking Glass' "Terra Nova Strike Force
Centari".
Of course, the latter are more 'powered armor' than proper mech... and
if we start including those this list will get abysmally long
(although then I'd get to include "The Surge" games, which are 'Dark
Souls except you wear a powered exoskeleton' ;-)
Which one would I recommend? That's hard. Of the above, I /personally/
would go with "Mechwarrior 5", but if you want faster, more fluid
combat then maybe "Titanfall 2"... or "The Surge" if you're okay with
merely being a mech-agumented human (and not riding a 50'
battle-behemoth) and enjoyed "Elden Ring".
Or just "Terra Nova". Sure it's extremely dated (from 1995!) but I
love that game ;-)
On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 19:08:31 +0300, Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> wrote:
PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> writes:
Hi,
Big, stomping machines that is manned, maybe even designed and built
(but not necessary) that walk around and shoot stuff? :-)
I probably already have one.
Not sure what made me think of them, but any way... Something fun
that looks good.
Wasn't there a Battletech game recently? Yep, imaginatively named
Battletech, from 2018. See
https://store.steampowered.com/app/637090/BATTLETECH/
I don't know if it's a god mech game but at least the reviews seem
positive. I think it's been a while since the last Mechwarrior game.
*--
Oh boy Annsi! This looks pretty serious! A reviewer says he has 281
hours into it with all the DLCs. Another "A deep tactial wargame..."/
I think I am afraid of getting into this one. And it is $40.
Thanks!
Thanks everyone. I do have Titanfall 2 but I didn't get as far as the
mechs. Probably not further along than the training which, as far as
I got, had nothing to do with Mechs.
On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:34:20 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 09:45:19 -0600, PW
<iamnotusing...@notinuse.com> wrote:
Hi,
Big, stomping machines that is manned, maybe even designed and built
(but not necessary) that walk around and shoot stuff? :-)
(I call 'em "rompin' stompin' robot games" ;-)
I probably already have one.
Not sure what made me think of them, but any way... Something fun
that looks good.
Well, the Battletech franchise is the big one, of course. "Mechwarrior
5" is a pretty good continuation of the classic series (although I
think it peaked with "Mechwarrior 3". Sadly, that game doesn't run
well on modern hardware / operating systems).
There's also "Battletech", which is basically the same game except
from a top-down view and with a slightly more strategic element. Still >enjoyable (although its DLC is overpriced for what you get).
If you want something a bit more action-oriented, "Titanfall 2" is a
solid FPS where you also ride around in a mech (it's a roughly 50/50 >split). The mech-combat is a lot more fluid in its controls than the
bulky BattleTech robots, which may or may not appeal. Similarly (but
not as well done, IMHO) are the "Lost Planet" games, which are equal
parts FPS and mech-rider.
Thanks everyone. I do have Titanfall 2 but I didn't get as far as the
mechs. Probably not further along than the training which, as far as
I got, had nothing to do with Mechs.
On 16/09/2022 00:06, PW wrote:
On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 19:08:31 +0300, Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> wrote:
PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> writes:
Hi,
Big, stomping machines that is manned, maybe even designed and built
(but not necessary) that walk around and shoot stuff? :-)
I probably already have one.
Not sure what made me think of them, but any way... Something fun
that looks good.
Wasn't there a Battletech game recently? Yep, imaginatively named
Battletech, from 2018. See
https://store.steampowered.com/app/637090/BATTLETECH/
I don't know if it's a god mech game but at least the reviews seem
positive. I think it's been a while since the last Mechwarrior game.
*--
Oh boy Annsi! This looks pretty serious! A reviewer says he has 281
hours into it with all the DLCs. Another "A deep tactial wargame..."/
I think I am afraid of getting into this one. And it is $40.
Thanks!
That's what Steam sales are for. I think I got it for £7 or so.
Blech, didn't realize Battletech was turn based until I looked at the
Steam page again. I remember playing the pen and paper game
once, but everyone else was more familiar, and the GM gave me some
crappy tiny mech that was more like a flying powersuit that couldn't
do anything useful besides scout, which wasn't useful, and being
bored out of my mind.
Blech, didn't realize Battletech was turn based until I looked at the
Steam page again. I remember playing the pen and paper game
once, but everyone else was more familiar, and the GM gave me some
crappy tiny mech that was more like a flying powersuit that couldn't
do anything useful besides scout, which wasn't useful, and being
bored out of my mind.
I didn't realize that. I just put it on my wishlist and now I am
going to take it off. But, JAB said he got it cheap 7 pounds is
probably around 15 dollars so if it goes down that cheap maybe I will
buy it any way.
That's what Steam sales are for. I think I got it for £7 or so.
*--
Wow! I added it to my wishlist. Thanks!
Hi,
Big, stomping machines that is manned, maybe even designed and built
(but not necessary) that walk around and shoot stuff? :-)
I probably already have one.
Not sure what made me think of them, but any way... Something fun
that looks good.
-pw
I remember playing one of the Mechwarrior games decades ago,
might have been 3, whichever it was, was the best PC mech game
I played - only outdone by the arcade (see below.)
"Battletech" - the strategy game - is intentionally designed to play
like the tabletop game, so yes, it's turn-based (although IIRC only
during combat; if there are no enemies around you - and the rest of
your squad* - move real-time). It gives you a good idea of the mass
and destructive capability of these hundred-ton behemoths, and even
just plowing through woods and forests (much less rocket-jumping onto
the cockpit of some unfortunate 30-ton scout-mech) is a lot of fun.
Being a tabletop gamer myself (although only a dabbler in Battletech;
I didn't have the patience to buy, assemble and paint all those tiny miniatures) I quite enjoyed the video game adaptation. Despite its
turn-based limitations, the combat moved fairly quickly. Arguably a
bit/too/ quickly; I think the learning curve - while not steep -
could have been a bit shallower. There are a lot of things to keep
track of in the game and how everything works together could have used
a little better explanation. I/knew/ most of the stuff already and
even I felt a little overwhelmed by it all in actual practice; for
somebody coming into the game blind, it might be a bit much.
On 16/09/2022 15:53, Justisaur wrote:
I remember playing one of the Mechwarrior games decades ago,
might have been 3, whichever it was, was the best PC mech game
I played - only outdone by the arcade (see below.)
I did play Mechcommander many years ago and I enjoyed except for one
slight problem, it had a habit of crashing quite often. SO much so, that
I ended up taking it back and getting a different game. I was pleasantly >surprised that the shop had no quibbles about doing it.
On Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:58:56 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
On 16/09/2022 15:53, Justisaur wrote:
I remember playing one of the Mechwarrior games decades ago,
might have been 3, whichever it was, was the best PC mech game
I played - only outdone by the arcade (see below.)
I did play Mechcommander many years ago and I enjoyed except for one
slight problem, it had a habit of crashing quite often. SO much so, that
I ended up taking it back and getting a different game. I was pleasantly
surprised that the shop had no quibbles about doing it.
I always preferred the second Mech Commander game. The first's
pseudo-3D was rough around the edges visually, and felt like it was
uncertain whether it wanted to be action or strategy oriented. The
second game generally felt more sure of itself, with more polished
gameplay and visuals. It's mission design was a bit lackluster but
overall the second game was far more enjoyable.
But both don't fare too well on modern hardware/operating systems, and instability seems to be the rule. Sadly, due to licensing issues there
have never been updated versions sold digitally that might have fixed
these problems.
For all its other faults, "Battletech (2018)" knew what it wanted to
be - a digital representation of the tabletop miniature game - and did
a pretty good job of achieving its vision, even if it resulted in the
game being a bit niche.
But - truth be told - I think I enjoyed "Mech Commander 2" more. It's arguably not a 'better' game - it's less sophisticated, less true to
the license - but it better suited my tastes, which was to have quick
battles of rompy-stompy-robots smashing everything. "Battletech
(2018)" does tend to get a bit involved, with you second-guessing
every move you make. "Do I do an alpha-strike now, and go into
heat-shutdown but maybe kill them, or should I flank them and chip
away at their rear armor, or... or..." Meanwhile, in "MechCommander"
it's "shoot shoot shoot till their fusion plants explode!"
I dunno, maybe that says more about me than the games ;-)
On Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:12:55 +0100, JAB <no...@nochance.com> wrote:
I really don't remember much about Mechcommander beyond I liked it
enough that I was annoyed that it didn't work on my PC very well. 2018 I >rather liked but again it's one of those games I was enjoying but then
got distracted by something else - that's why I have my New Year's >Resolution on buying games!
It's a good resolution; work through the backlog and save some money
doing it!
I really should do the same... except I think that sooner or later
it's going to be forced on me rather than something I do out of
choice. Modern games are increasingly not becoming worth buying - or
even playing - and I can see a time five or ten years in the future
when I finally say, "no thank you, I'm good" to new releases. At which
point I'll just rely on my overly-large library of games to keep me entertained... probably for decades.
(I'm really not that far off from that now, as you can probably tell
by looking at my monthly playlists. And most of the 'new' games I
purchase tend to be digital versions of games I already own, purchased
simply for the convenience of not having to use a CD-ROM).
I really don't remember much about Mechcommander beyond I liked it
enough that I was annoyed that it didn't work on my PC very well. 2018 I >rather liked but again it's one of those games I was enjoying but then
got distracted by something else - that's why I have my New Year's
Resolution on buying games!
On Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:12:55 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
I really don't remember much about Mechcommander beyond I liked itIt's a good resolution; work through the backlog and save some money
enough that I was annoyed that it didn't work on my PC very well. 2018 I
rather liked but again it's one of those games I was enjoying but then
got distracted by something else - that's why I have my New Year's
Resolution on buying games!
doing it!
I really should do the same... except I think that sooner or later
it's going to be forced on me rather than something I do out of
choice. Modern games are increasingly not becoming worth buying - or
even playing - and I can see a time five or ten years in the future
when I finally say, "no thank you, I'm good" to new releases. At which
point I'll just rely on my overly-large library of games to keep me entertained... probably for decades.
(I'm really not that far off from that now, as you can probably tell
by looking at my monthly playlists. And most of the 'new' games I
purchase tend to be digital versions of games I already own, purchased
simply for the convenience of not having to use a CD-ROM).
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