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Offline Die Hard

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Mech Warrior is back!
« on: July 20, 2009, 04:02:56 AM »
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Re: Mech Warrior is back!
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2009, 08:11:10 AM »
FINALLY!!!
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« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2009, 08:32:03 AM »
What's really great is that one of the two founders of this new game company is one of the original founders of FASA, so we can expect a good deal more fidelity to Battletech canon than we got from Microsoft's last two installments. It also looks like they are restarting the time line, going back to the inner sphere succession wars.
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Re: Mech Warrior is back!
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2009, 08:34:46 AM »
Quote from: Die Hard on July 20, 2009, 08:32:03 AM
What's really great is that one of the two founders of this new game company is one of the original founders of FASA, so we can expect a good deal more fidelity to Battletech canon than we got from Microsoft's last two installments. It also looks like they are restarting the time line, going back to the inner sphere succession wars.

And went back to the way the 'Mechs are supposed to look. The main complaint I had with the whole "Dark Age" line  was that they redesigned the 'Mechs to look totally different, but said they were the same thing. The Atlas they marketed had the same model designation we'd been familiar with since the '80s, but looked nothing like it.
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Re: Mech Warrior is back!
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2009, 08:44:43 AM »
Well, Battletech Dark Age and Age of Destruction are products of WizKids and really meant to be simple miniature games, and a separate IP from Classic Battletech which is owned by Catalyst Game Labs. While their storylines are linked, the Dark Age and the Classic games should not be considered to be in the same series.
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Re: Mech Warrior is back!
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2009, 08:48:37 AM »
Just too bad they can't use the original Warhammer model, the one based on the Robotech designs. I loved that one.

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Re: Mech Warrior is back!
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2009, 08:49:24 AM »
sweet! i used to love playing mechwarrior 2 as a kid.
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Re: Mech Warrior is back!
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2009, 02:26:57 PM »
That video is just wow.
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Re: Mech Warrior is back!
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2009, 04:41:17 PM »
Quote from: Die Hard on July 20, 2009, 08:48:37 AM
Just too bad they can't use the original Warhammer model, the one based on the Robotech designs. I loved that one.

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At least it is a Warhammer in the video, and fairly close to the original one.
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Re: Mech Warrior is back!
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2009, 05:23:00 PM »
Zero maneuvering and arcade physics, apparently.
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Re: Mech Warrior is back!
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2009, 05:58:30 PM »
Quote from: moot on July 20, 2009, 05:23:00 PM
Zero maneuvering and arcade physics, apparently.

Based on?
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Re: Mech Warrior is back!
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2009, 06:54:09 PM »
In the video.  There's some zig zag hide and seek at point blank range and a damage model that looks the same as AH's.  That's their showcase/trailer for the game... Color me unimpressed.
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Re: Mech Warrior is back!
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2009, 07:04:36 PM »
Don't Worry .. be Atlas (to the tune of 'Don't Worry, be Happy)


..and it would be killer to see the 'real' FASA Catapult in action:


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Re: Mech Warrior is back!
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2009, 07:23:25 PM »
Quote from: moot on July 20, 2009, 06:54:09 PM
In the video.  There's some zig zag hide and seek at point blank range and a damage model that looks the same as AH's.  That's their showcase/trailer for the game... Color me unimpressed.

Do you have any knowledge of the Battletech universe?
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Re: Mech Warrior is back!
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2009, 07:32:30 PM »
I put on my robe and wizard hat..
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