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Mechwarrior is coming back!

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ChangeAgent said...

If you haven't seen it, go check out the reveal trailer for the new Mechwarrior... a reboot of the series.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/09/new-mechwarrior-a-reboot-called-mechwarrior/

Man, I had some great memories with Battletech and the original Mechwarrior robot sim games. I even played quite a bit of Battletech with friends when I was young... creating characters, squads... all sorts of awesome stuff. I even remember making this DOS batch file-based application that was a voice interface to a Battletech corporation computer using Dr. Sbaitso. It would use voice to read out equipment manifests and everything. So geeky.

Anyone else have any Battletech/Mechwarrior memories?

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Crystalia said 4 months ago

I used to play those games all the time. I can't say I was really good at it but they were fun.

It's awesome to see that type of game come back! :D

raaa said 4 months ago

loads of mems.. mostly the battletech paper rpg and mini action. even read a few of those novels years ago too... gotta go check out the trailer now :)

genepool said 4 months ago

did you ever play one of the LBE ones in the arcade?

raaa said 4 months ago

speaking of which, did you hang on to any of that stuff? i recovered some boxes from parental storage some years ago.. but none of the old fasa books *snap* ahh the libraries of the modern geek

raaa said 4 months ago

genepool.. i wish, read stories about the pods hooked up to LANs for team battles way back in the day. trapper.. you ever get in on that action?

Hagan said 4 months ago

Played Battletech for 4 years using the limited resources we cold get our hands on (Using GW Space Marines for mechs cos we couldn't get hold of models). Then 5 years Mechwarrior Roleplay (I was the GM, fun times).

Had the pc games from Mechwarrior 2 onwards (First one didn't sell well here so they never restocked it). Out of all of them, both Mercenary games where the best of series (MW2 Mercs was just awesome).

In fact I'm such a geek on the subject I could prob remember the mech data for each of the 3 shown from memory. And now we're getting a new pre-clan world(s) to blow up... I'm... I'm so happy *weeps with joy*

Crystalia said 4 months ago

I don't have any of my old games because back then I left all my video games at my parents place and I think they might have simply trashed them. :(

Cormyre said 4 months ago

that just made my month! sa-weet!

raaa said 4 months ago

looking forward to seeing more on this one, was that an.. Atlas model? been a While

ChangeAgent said 4 months ago

*geek mode*

It looked like an Atlas fighting a Warhammer (without its urban night fighting light) :)

Although the PPC shots in the video from the warhammer don't look as crazy as PPCs have looked in the past.

Hagan said 4 months ago

Jenner scout (Light mech, SRM's and Small Lasers).
Atlas (looks like a pirate. Assault Mech, Heavy & Medium Lasers, LRMs, Heavy Autocannon).
Wolverine (Odd Model, but it matches what I remember. Medium Mech, PPC, Medium Masers, SRM).

And yes, the Jenner is trash, only advantage is its speed (useless in an urban environment where it not for the jump jets).

And yes the Wolverine does look like a Warhammer without the search light, must have a new design team working on some of the models. Just as long as they leave Dusty Bin, I mean the Urbanmech alone... its just comical (or is that cylindrical?)

LordXenophon said 4 months ago

I still play MechWarrior 2 on the PS when I just want to blow things up.

MrVista360 said 4 months ago

Major Flashbacks!! 1995 Playing MechWarrior 2 online with your buddies on a "tricked out" 75 Mhz Packard Bell w/ a smoking 1Mb graphics card, and an upgraded 28.8 modem...8^)
I can still hear that modem whistling and pinging as it tried to connect to my Compuserve account.....

alphadoque said 4 months ago

I have no history with MechWarrior but this looks like a ton of fun. Game environments just keep getting better and better. Just another game to add to the "looking forward to" list!

RedLynk said 4 months ago

Dude... Awsm.

AzraelPC said 4 months ago

CA, is it the original MechWarrior on XBLA? Or a complete revamp on retail disc? I never really got into MechWarrior that much because I was more of a console gamer than a PC gamer, but I'm willing to give it a shot.

ChangeAgent said 4 months ago

@AzraelPC This will be a retail release on PC and Xbox. So you don't even have to try a different platform! :)

ProPapaSmurf said 4 months ago

I played MechWarrior 2 for an unhealthy amount of time in college. This looks to be pretty cool!

TandyQ said 4 months ago

They're also going to be re-releasing MechWarrior 4 for PC. For free!

Looking forward to it!

Retodon8 said 4 months ago

I've never been inside a mech, and ever since I knew they existed it felt like I've been missing out. :( I'm not sure if this is the genre for me though, but I really should try it out!