Windows Mech nerds... GTFIH! [Hawken new news] [BETA!]

Oh god this game looks incredible. Why am I so late in finding out about it?

 

New story trailer

 

Greetings!

Hollywood Wastes No Time Securing the Movie Rights to Indie Mech Shooter Hawken

 

well... the game isnt even out yet :0.. wonder if this will help with funding for the game?
Good news tho, but i bet it will be strait to Blu-ray or somthing ill be very surprised if it makes it to the cinema

 

Another video clip showing some of the desert environment as well and some combat.... and people taking photos

 

Looks awesome, haven't played a good mech game in ages. Saying that there hasn't been a replacement for the Mech warrior games, and I don't this will fill that hole. I really enjoyed the First AC game, they seemed to have gone down hill since that one.

 

Greetings!

Problem I am seeing with all this footage is the fast pace. MechWarriors were more slow paced.

 

Problem??

MechWarrior was teh suck. Yes I am going to make enemies saying things like that.

 

Hey JC can you post in the "I hate the person above me because game" thread, I think I have the Because part sorted.

 

Don't worry, you're not alone!

Okay, so they didn't suck but they're certainly nothing compared to the superior Armored Core games.

Also, anyone else excited for the Zone of the Enders HD remake?

 

*googles that*

 

New news
http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/06/meteor-games-to-publish-high-end-online-game-hawken-exclusive/

No longer inde.
Closed beta ETA 12.12.12
Enlisting beta: https://www.playhawken.com/?ref=uibnmq97

 

Signed up!

You got a referral off me any way fella

Cannot wait for this!

+rep

 

I got my name reserved now thanks, the more you get the more rewards you get when the game is established

 

Haha. Seriously though they had a great aesthetic and backstory but I never found one that was any good to play. :|

I am all over the HAWKEN beta though.

 

Signed up for the Beta, looking forward to this! Let's hope the freemium model works out for it as well

 

This is old news for me. Been watching it for a year.

 

Likewise, been following it since they released first details, but the beta is good news.

 

Mech Warrior 2 was epic but that was admittedly back in my DOS days. The later ones were OK but just didn't grab me as much as Heavy Gear and its sequel. I've actually just popped my Heavy Gear 2 disc in the drive and am going to try and get it to run on Windows 7.

I've signed up for the Hawken beta as well, here's hoping it's even half as good as promised by the cinematics!

 

Good luck with that. I couldn't get my version of it running reliably whatsoever - It seems to be very specific in what version of DirectX libraries it has access to and I couldn't get it to play without crashing out every few minutes under W7 64-bit; regardless of any compatibility settings or hackish DLL workarounds. If you get it working, let me know!

As for MechWarrior vs Hawken... I can completely understand the people who saw "Mech Game" being disappointed by what Hawken is turning out to be - I cringed when the developers mentioned 'Halo' as their biggest gameplay influence in an interview - But being disappointed that it isn't a slow, plodding simulation is a bit like being disappointed that Battlefield 3 isn't ARMA. They're just different games with thematic similarities.

Personally I'd love to get my hands on a new simulation-style Mech game and thus can't wait to see how Mechwarrior Online turns out, but I'm still signed-up and looking forward to Hawken. I think it'll be fun and the art & sound direction make it worthy of a go already to me.