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Started by Ed Anger, November 01, 2011, 04:11:16 PM

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Barrister

#15
November 02, 2011, 03:24:40 PM
Quote from: Drakken on November 02, 2011, 02:58:01 PM
First a faithful Shadowrun Online in the works, now this?

This is gonna be a kick-ass 2012.

Don't count your chickens until they ship.
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Razgovory

#16
November 03, 2011, 06:14:13 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 02, 2011, 03:24:40 PM
Quote from: Drakken on November 02, 2011, 02:58:01 PM
First a faithful Shadowrun Online in the works, now this?

This is gonna be a kick-ass 2012.

Don't count your chickens until they ship.

I haven't played a Shadowrun game since the SNES.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Drakken

#17
November 03, 2011, 11:31:58 PM
I'm still playing the Genesis version from my emulator from time to time. Closest to the RPG, but repetitive and unforgiving as hell.

SNES version has kick-ass 16-bit soundtrack, though.

DontSayBanana

#18
November 04, 2011, 10:13:41 AM
Of course, for those of a boardgamer bent, this is already out there: http://megamek.info/

:D
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Habbaku

#19
November 04, 2011, 01:52:32 PM
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Razgovory

#20
October 28, 2012, 11:16:39 PM
The Mechwarrior online open beta starts on Monday, which as of typing is 45 minutes from now.  Well at least in the Central time zone.  I don't know about all you folks living in other time zones or other dimensions and such.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Barrister

#21
October 29, 2012, 09:49:29 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 28, 2012, 11:16:39 PM
The Mechwarrior online open beta starts on Monday, which as of typing is 45 minutes from now.  Well at least in the Central time zone.  I don't know about all you folks living in other time zones or other dimensions and such.

Except the Open Beta starts at 1pm PDT.

I didn't want to shell out money for this, but now that it's an open beta I'm going to give it a try.
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Syt

#22
October 29, 2012, 10:23:23 AM
Isn't it F2P, anyways? Kind of like World of Tanks with Mechs?
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Barrister

#23
October 29, 2012, 10:28:07 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 29, 2012, 10:23:23 AM
Isn't it F2P, anyways? Kind of like World of Tanks with Mechs?

Yes.

But to get into the earlier, closed beta you needed to buy some special "founder" package.

ow it is truely free to play (though like all other F2P games, there are plenty of things to spend real-life money on).
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FunkMonk

#24
October 29, 2012, 11:49:59 AM
I somehow magically got into the closed beta a month ago without paying for the founders package or whatever crap they call it. I played it for a few days before I got tired of it. It was ok but it was still bare on features. I may come back to this in a few months.
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Barrister

#25
October 30, 2012, 12:06:23 AM
I'm an old-school BattleTech player, but back when the MechWarrior computer games were going, I really didn't have a computer powerful enough to play them.

So anyways... this is really cool. :nerd:
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Razgovory

#26
October 30, 2012, 09:16:54 AM
I have to wait till the game downloads 38 different patches. <_<
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Barrister

#27
October 30, 2012, 12:58:54 PM
I don't know if I'm going to have the patience for this.  F2P means its really grinderiffic.  At least to start you can use the trial mechs, which you do not have to repair, and do not have to load with ammo.  But it looks like it'll take me a few dozen matches before having enough credits to buy my own mech.

But it is fun.   :)
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

Razgovory

#28
October 30, 2012, 07:19:06 PM
I played one match.  I got a kill despite not knowing what I was doing.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Drakken

#29
January 22, 2013, 02:36:46 PM Last Edit: January 22, 2013, 02:41:19 PM by Drakken
Reporting in after a few (read three) evenings of play.

It's not WoT, no paying for top tiers bullshit (that might change in the future when "beta" is over, though). Even with trial mechs I have gathered enough money to buy at least a default Hunchback/Centurion with some cash for improved modules after a few pew-pew, thanks to Cadet Credits Bonus. Only "hero" mechs and extras (like camo) can be bought with money points only, and even these can be beatable with normal mech sets used by skilled opponents.

The only "complaints" I see so far are lack of content, somewhat unstable, and overpowered ECM, all of which PGI acknowledged.

It's still a game that has a steep learning curve, however. It's definitely based on player and twitch skill, but it's the closest to the simulation I used to love when playing the original MechWarrior on SNES. Prepared to get hammered for weeks on end, though, unless you find a good team.
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