Now, my absolute, all-time favorite mech game, is Mechwarrior 3 
I loved playing that game. Loved salvaging parts and mechs from defeated enemies, customising my mech the way I want it (I don't fucking care what anyone says, if I want a LRM 10 on my head, then I should be able to get one), and the engine (game engine) kicked ass as well 
It's horribly outdated now, but yesterday I tried a game and still had a fucking blast. Unfortunately, the game has serious issues with WinXP, and as such, I couldn't continue past the first operation (Set of missions).
So, I wish to know what other great giant mech games there are out for PC
And please don't suggest Mechwarrior 4. I hate that game. They dummied down the mech customisation way too much - MW3 had it PERFECT.
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Khyron wrote this stupid crap:
And please don't suggest Mechwarrior 4. I hate that game. They dummied down the mech customisation way too much - MW3 had it PERFECT.
Actually they made it make sense, whereas in mechwarrior 3 you could shoot lasers out of your missile bays.
Sadly, Mech games, like the coveted space sim, seem to have gone out of style Maradon! fucked around with this message on 10-14-2004 at 01:32 AM.
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Maradon! had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
Actually they made it make sense, whereas in mechwarrior 3 you could shoot lasers out of your missile bays.Sadly, Mech games, like the coveted space sim, seem to have gone out of style
If I don't want to put missiles in my missile bays, and shove a laser in there instead, sure it may look a little weird, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't work! 
I can understand why they wanted to do it - to force people into putting a certain weapon in a certain slot. I just prefer to do it my own way instead. Besides, I hate how you can't even modify things like whether or not your Mech has Endo-steel or standard internal structures, or you can't change the engine in your mech. Gimme Mechwarrior 3's customization system over Mechwarrior 4 any day.
Also, if anyone knows how to get Mechwarrior 3 to load Operation 2 Mission 1 without crashing (Using Windows XP), I'd be eternally grateful I've tried everything, running it unpatched, running it patched, modifying every setting I can find, running it in both 95 and 98/ME compatibility mode (It won't work at all in 2k or NT or without compatibility mode).
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ACES! Another post by Khyron:
If I don't want to put missiles in my missile bays, and shove a laser in there instead, sure it may look a little weird, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't work!I can understand why they wanted to do it - to force people into putting a certain weapon in a certain slot. I just prefer to do it my own way instead. Besides, I hate how you can't even modify things like whether or not your Mech has Endo-steel or standard internal structures, or you can't change the engine in your mech. Gimme Mechwarrior 3's customization system over Mechwarrior 4 any day.
Also, if anyone knows how to get Mechwarrior 3 to load Operation 2 Mission 1 without crashing (Using Windows XP), I'd be eternally grateful
I've tried everything, running it unpatched, running it patched, modifying every setting I can find, running it in both 95 and 98/ME compatibility mode (It won't work at all in 2k or NT or without compatibility mode).
I never had issues making whatever configuration I wanted, I just had to pick an appropriate chassis. MW3 was fun but somewhat easy in that regard imo, the best config for playing the computer in almost any mission was the heaviest mech you can find filled to the brim with continous lasers and heatsinks, throw everything into a single group and aim for a leg, leg shots especially made the game broken, you can burn through the leg of an equal enemy in about 1/10ths of the time it would take for him to burn though your front armor.
Try downloading a mission 1 act 2 savegame from a cheat site or editing your current one with a hex editor. Mod fucked around with this message on 10-14-2004 at 01:54 AM.
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Tarquinn impressed everyone with:
Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries, still the best of all MW games.
I haven't played MW2 for so long, I honestly can't remember much about it.
I just remember how much fun I have in Mechwarrior 3
If I recall correctly, though... MW2 didn't have the ability to wade into water to help reduce heat, did it? I love that ability in MW3...
It had water, there was a big pond in some city mission... But did it help to dissipate heat? Can't remember.
But it had some awesome missions in open space. Well, on some asteroid you had to protect. Heat wasn't a big problem there.
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Tarquinn was naked while typing this:
Hmm, good question.It had water, there was a big pond in some city mission... But did it help to dissipate heat? Can't remember.
But it had some awesome missions in open space. Well, on some asteroid you had to protect. Heat wasn't a big problem there.
Whenever I think of MW2:Mercs that is the mission I think of. You had to guard a giant block of ice being towed from one planet to a desert planet because of a lack of water. Aerofighters everywhere, mechs trying to blast the tow cables away, oh I loved the chaos in that mission.
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Everyone wondered WTF when Khyron wrote:
I can understand why they wanted to do it - to force people into putting a certain weapon in a certain slot.
Also to make one chassis actually different from another. What's the difference between two different model 50 ton chassises in MW3? The default loadout. That's it.
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Also to make one chassis actually different from another. What's the difference between two different model 50 ton chassises in MW3? The default loadout. That's it.
Exactly. Sure you can't make your leg capping config in your favorite frame but it made sense. That also gave the onmi mechs something over the other mechs, finally. MW3 was fun but the configs were broken.
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This insanity brought to you by Naj:
You can just go to the test server Khy, BFRs are active on it.
They come out on the 18th with the event happening that day.
Naj, ask yourself this, how often is the damn test server ever up?
I have my BFR cert on test, I'm all ready and waiting to hop in that goliath and start stepping on uglies, but every time I load up the TC patcher and try to log on, it says that staging is locked and test is down. 
One guy with a jammer playing hide-and-go-seek and you're fucked.
I went out with a JH and a Punisher with AP ammo + jammer nades and I was doing really well just getting right up next to them. 
But I assume you're asking about PC games, which their are decidedly few.
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Bajah got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Steel Battalion is mega-awesome! Don't buy the shitacular expansion, though. It's xboxlive only.But I assume you're asking about PC games, which their are decidedly few.
Well, to play Steel Battalion, I'd need to buy an X-Box, buy the game, and buy the controller.
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Out of a possible 10, Khyron scored a straight 1 with:
Well, to play Steel Battalion, I'd need to buy an X-Box, buy the game, and buy the controller.
People who still don't own an xbox are getting obsolete.
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Nobody really understood why Bajah wrote:
People who still don't own an xbox are getting obsolete.
Sorry, baj. I just can't fit the thing in my room.
Doesn't help that there are exactly 0 games I am interested in playing on Xbox, either.
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Khyron was listening to Cher while typing:
Well, to play Steel Battalion, I'd need to buy an X-Box, buy the game, and buy the controller.
The game and controller come together.
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Out of a possible 10, Delphi Aegis scored a straight 1 with:
Sorry, baj. I just can't fit the thing in my room.
Doesn't help that there are exactly 0 games I am interested in playing on Xbox, either.
Whoa, a joke about the size of the xbox! Wow! How creative and new!
Most of the same games you'll find on PS2 or GC are on Xbox, but with more/better features... and there's a lot of good games that're XBox only - like Fable, Steel Batallion, Crimson Skies, etc.
Lesse... what other games are X-Box only?
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Check out the big brain on Khyron!
Lesse... what other games are X-Box only?
Waisz fucked around with this message on 10-14-2004 at 07:10 PM.
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Peter had this to say about Cuba:
Mechwarrior 4 Mercs was pretty good, at least the Solaris matches were pretty fun.
MW4 Mercs is the greatest game since MW2 Mercs.
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Fizodeth wrote this stupid crap:
MW4 Mercs is the greatest game since MW2 Mercs.
I concur.
And Khy, while I share your enthusiasm for mech games, sadly there just aren't many out there anymore You could always try the mech commander games, though they aren't really what you're referring too.
MW2 Mercs has the customization that you want in that you can put anything anywhere (Laser Legs!) but it won't work on XP (Except maybe in compatability mode...haven't tried that yet) MW4 Mercs does that game great justice, but it has the Mech4 customization you apparently don't like. And I do mean Mech4 Mercs, not the expansion for Mech 4 called Black Knight, which supposedly put you in command of a merc outfit, but you were still stuck in the campaign they chose for you.
Someone mentioned Armored core. While being a console (only?) game, they weren't really any fun for me, despite being a mech game player. It's hard to say why, especially since it's been a while since last I tried them.
Mech Assault, Xbox only, was fun, but it wasn't the same feel as your normal mech game.
Mech Commander 1 and 2 were rts like games, no resource building during the mission, you had to complete the missions with the mechs you choose before the it started. Had pilot experience and a purchase system similar to mech4.
Then there was the Heavy Gear (series?). Fairly old by now, but if I remember correctly I think Nem X liked them. If it wasn't him, someone on here did. I played half of the first (maybe only) one, and enjoyed it. Didn't finish because I got distracted by newer games and never got back to it.
Can't think of any others at the moment.
edit: fixed something Ragabash fucked around with this message on 10-14-2004 at 11:15 PM.
The only mech thing about it was that your primary enemy was mechs and you could choose various mechs to play as.
Multiplayer rules.
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OtakuPenguin had this to say about dark elf butts:
Yeah, ZoE and ZoE2 are awesome, but hard
ZoE was short enough to be a demo. A short demo. ZoE 2 was fun, but it quickly got monotonous.
Neither are mech sims, they're both more action games.
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Tarquinn thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries, still the best of all MW games.
Yaes!
I didn't much like Mech3, but it was playable. . .it just lacked story. Mech4's voice acting was so bad I had to kill it after only a mission or two.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
