Another that should be on ALL lists of
the best mech games as AT LEAST an honorable mention, even if the list writer is heavily biased.
Now maybe you don't play a lot of video games, but
the best mech games ever produced were old and western made games, like mech warrior, shogo and several others.
The first one feels a bit dated and simplistic, but the second one is definitely one of
the best mech games ever made.
A few weeks ago, I was chatting with a buddy about how there hasn't been
any good mech games on the PS4.
From Software make exceedingly
good Mech games - and the months since Armored Core: For Answer hit the shelves have dragged on interminably for mech fanatics.
Not exact matches
The mix of genres works out just right, as the tactical notions of a tower defense
game blend in
well with the action of a third - person
mech shooter.
For
better or worse, with its lengthy cutscenes and frequent penchant for filibuster - worthy speeches about nuclear weapons and technology, Metal Gear Solid revolutionized a cinematic approach to video
game storytelling that still influences the industry today, all through a science - fiction lens of
mechs, genetically enhanced soldiers, and nanomachines.
Going into Front Mission Evolved I wasn't sure what to expect.I normally am not the biggest fan of
mech games, however, Square Enix and Double Helix
Games have done a great job with this title.Long time fans of the series, or of this genre in general, might not like some of the changes that were made in the latest title, however, Square Enix has made it a lot more accessible.The
game is much more like a third person action
game as opposed to the tactical type of
game play that the series is generally known for.There were definitely times when it felt a little like Lost Planet with the difference being this
game actually worked pretty
well and was fun.
Mech games haven't been as
good as everyone would hope on the next generation consoles, all have had either Gameplay or graphical issues that stopped them from being top notch
games.
The graphics of
Mech have to be the
best thing in the
game.
The environments are by far the
best looking for any
Mech games.
If you are looking for another
Mech game for your Xbox then this one is a
good choice.
Gundam series is quite popular among the
mech fans but it hasn't managed to transition
well to video
games.
Sonic R — A
game with a great Sound Track, terrible controls, and a creepy Tails Doll Sonic Adventure — A great Sonic
game, but Big the Cat though... Sonic Adventure 2 — A
good game that has some gameplay issues (WHY IS TAILS IN A
MECH!!!)
These
mechs are known as «Dolls» in the
game universe, and play into the exploration aspects, as
well as being able to transform into vehicles such as motorcycles or even tanks.
Eviscerating common enemies is consistently gratifying over Revengeance's eight chapters, but it's the handful of boss fights with Desperado cyborgs and giant
mechs that deliver the
game's
best, most bombastic encounters.
The new
Mech Strategy
game from Paradox Interactive and Harebrained Schemes is out now and it's one of the
best games of the year.
Weird blur filter aside (I still have no idea why they went with this after releasing a much
better - looking alpha version), it feels so great to be getting 2D *
mech games with decent budgets again, even if this one is technically a remake.
However, as if that was not enough, Respawn's majestic,
mech - based shooter is one of the
best multiplayer
games around, too.
Damn...
well, hard to believe it's been 20 years since VO hit the arcades... still one of the greatest
mech games ever made.
The starhawks themselves are standard - issue
mechs, the heavy tanks look like moon buggies, the characters look like...
well, you never really see them given the scale of the
game, but if you could, they'd recall Brink's colorful mismatched whimsy.
Looking back on the development of Rigs, I can see how far we've come — from the very first dreams of what it would feel like to pilot a «
mech» to Shuhei giggling with joy when his RIG was destroyed and he was ejected skywards in VR... and that was all more than a year ago now,
well before we'd revealed the
game at E3 2015.
St. Petersburg - based independent studio Octobox Interactive are making the Western - themed VR shooter High Noon as
well as the tactical
mech battle
game Project Echo: Knights of the Future with UE4.
Whether it's the feeling as you jump into an enormous robot that's just landed on the ground in front of you and shoot the guy that's been bearing down on you, or if it's the
game's uncanny knack of making you feel like a boss even if you're bottom of the leaderboard, Titanfall's mix of on foot gameplay and hulking great «don't - call - them -
mechs»
mechs» firepower is extremely
well balanced and has really refreshed the genre.
Arguably one of the
best giant
mech games in recent times, Lost Planet was a fun romp through a hostile snow - capped landscape, while fighting for one's life.
The final two modes don't sit
well with me: Pilot Hunter is a variant of Attrition in which only killing Pilots awards points, while Last Titan Standing starts everyone off with their
mech and no respawns, with the first team to lose all their Titan's losing the
game.
Getting a glimpse of the new melee mechanic (something
mech games have rarely done
well), the lighting improvements, and the general level of overall polish, I can say that fans and backers will be incredibly impressed with the next milestone / demo from the team.
The
Good Hawken is the fast paced
mech game put forward by Adhesive Games and it's what I have been chomping at for the last several days.
RIGS: Mechanized Combat League utilizes the PSVR headset quite
well, as you essentially are viewing what your character in the
game is seeing as they are inside their
mech.
There's an audio book that's about eight hours long, and in -
game every
mech, weapon, pilot, region, and weapon is
well - described.
The way the
mech aims and boost - jumps also reminds us of Assault Suits Valken (released in the West as Cybernator), which was certainly one of the
best mecha
games released on the Super Nintendo and which inspired the Western developed Metal Warriors and the doujin
game GunHound as
well as the
better known Front Mission: Gun Hazard (itself developed by the Assault Suits developers).
The
mech genre has no appeal to the western audience unless its Transformers and even that goes to the atrocity which is Bayformers.When you come down to it, quality is not the issue but consumer taste.In Japan Killzone 3 which, while not interesting to me, is
well made
game was throughly beaten by iDOLM@STER 2 on its launch day.If Bandai tried to release that here the exact opposite would happen and it goes to show that different regions want different things.
In fact the
game looks a whole lot
better now as you will see in this video that compares the scene we saw at E3 2013 with how it looks now, it is worth noting that changes have also been made to the same scene such as the
mech has seen a color change and it might just be me but I think the character has also seen a change, either wa you can see the comparison below:
In 2013 we saw a major part of Xenoblade Chronicles X featuring one of the
games characters walking toward his
mech, at the time this looked pretty
good though was notably flawed, watching the same scene we saw at E3 2013 now it is evident how much an upgrade the
game has had graphically.
Better news is that the developers are
well aware that past
games have overwhelmingly favored the heavier assault - class
Mechs, leaving humble scouts such as the Jenner at a severe disadvantage.
When Assault Gunners first released in Japan, I was skeptical about the
game ever coming West, mostly for the fact that
mech games don't tend to do rather
well within the states.
Each
mech has a different cockpit view, some of which are just
better to look at then others with a few even containing a clock displaying the real - world time, which is one of those things that I love in a
game.
Get in early to learn the ropes of»
Mech combat and help us make the
game better.
You can transform into a
mech by virtue of merely powering up all the way, and that
game has both
good graphics and a killer CD soundtrack that I often listen to in the car.
Hey, you have forgotten: — Front Mission (T - rpg series)-- Front Mission Gunhazard (the
best 2D
mech game ever done)
Hope this futuristic bull stops I mean what's next call of duty in space or call of duty with giant
mechs well I'm saving my money when they decide to make a shooter worth my time playing then I'll think about getting the
game call of duty but for now let the gullible people buy there
game whith there hurendnes maps.
It's also quite a
good - looking
game, with solid character modeling and
mech design, excellent scripted moments and animation, explosive and beautiful lighting and special effects, and on point sci - fi aesthetic and environments.
Sonic R — A
game with a great Sound Track, terrible controls, and a creepy Tails Doll Sonic Adventure — A great Sonic
game, but Big the Cat though... Sonic Adventure 2 — A
good game that has some gameplay issues (WHY IS TAILS IN A
MECH!!!)
Looking at the final in
game models of Jehuty next to the early design sketches drives home how
well the Z.O.E. development team adapted the fluid lines and futuristic elements of the
mech to PS2 era graphics, which was no mean feat.
The environments are by far the
best looking for any
Mech games.
Gundam series is quite popular among the
mech fans but it hasn't managed to transition
well to video
games.
The graphics in a
game that includes alien races,
mech suits, awesome monsters and anime - style humans has to be
good enough to deliver the desired effect, and Xenoblade Chronicles does not disappoint.
The Sentinel series of tower defense
games keeps getting
better, with Sentinel 3: Homeworld adding a commander
mech to an already great series.
I love
mech games and the power armor in Fallout 4 feels so damn
good, all without destroying the
game's balance.
Personally, Fallout 4 is the
best single - player
mech game I have played due to the immersion of the suit in the
game.