Mech combat FPS 'Hawken' announced
A multiplayer mech combat FPS with gorgeous retro-future environments has been announced by indie developer Adhesive Games.
There's little better in life than multiplayer mech battles and nowhere better to fight them than Ghost in the Shell-ish futuristic cityscapes, which makes Indie developer Adhesive Games' announcement (via Rock, Paper, Shotgun) of mech combat FPS Hawken jolly exciting.
Adhesive makes the disclaimer that the Unreal Engine FPS has only been in development for nine months and is still a work in progress, but as you can see, it's already looking gorgeous:
Rather than slow, ungainly, mega-mechs, Hawken features agile constructions. Adhesive explains that it wants to create "an intense and enjoyable battle experience that captures the feeling of piloting a heavy war machine while keeping the action fast-paced and strategic."
Hawken will offer two "unique" team modes, along with team-based and free-for-all deathmatch.
Adhesive notes that it hopes to release Hawken as a downloadable title for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with "a relatively low cost compared to boxed games." It'll be released "when it's done."
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replyComment on Mech combat FPS 'Hawken' announced, by Alice O'Connor.
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Summary: multiplayer mech combat FPS in gorgeous run-down future cities. It looks lovely.
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I am more excited than I have any right to be.
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That looks nice, maybe something to distract me from World of Tanks for a little while But where is my MECHWARRIOR? :(
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You should really check out www.mechlivinglegends.net, it's a full Mechwarrior mod for Crysis that just keeps getting better.
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If it was a Mech sim (think MechWarrior 2) I would be oh so very excited.
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If I had the money to blow on a game that probably wouldn't sell very well I'd make a mech based MMO that included mechs of all shapes and sizes, small mechs would be pilot-able by individuals while larger ones would require increasingly larger teams (and into more specialized roles, gunners, pilots, engineers, etc.). Of course, this has probably been tried before and I just don't remember it.
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Naw, not yet. ST:O's original version was supposed to be that.
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The level looks awesome.
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Their environment artist is up there with the best in the business...looks very nice!
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Yeah, the smoke effects and missile animations could use some work though.
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Environment looks awesome but what was with the stuttering in the animation for the mechs?
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My guess is their networking code still needs work.
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Adhesive makes the disclaimer that the Unreal Engine FPS has only been in development for nine months and is still a work in progress.
Dur you know right above the vid.
Over all it looks nice can not wait to see how far they can push the unreal engine with this game.
Only problem is it looks like the mechs move abit to fast there easy 20-30 tons yet run around like a madman.
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Totally looking forward to this!
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A combination of "mechanical armor" troops and giant mech "mobile all terrain command centers" with everything in between would be the best IMO.
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Yeah, that works in that universe, but I'd think the minimum should be about the size of two Humvee's instead of more "human" sized.
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I don't think that works. It puts them in the same maneuverability and travel realm as the larger mechs, without giving them the heavier armor and weapons to allow them compete. To continue the modern weapon analogy, when humvees in the vicinity of tanks, the tanks win.
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Well if you're going to only include realistic/traditional weaponry I suppose.
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I'm not. I'm just thinking of scale. A 5-ton vehicle is going to be able to carry far less armor than a 50-ton vehicle, while still being nearly as seriously restricted in concealment and terrain traversal compared to infantry. If the 5-ton vehicle isn't limited in armor capacity, why use the 50-ton vehicles? The 50-tonners are just bigger targets.
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agility, cost (if you want that included), and possible requirement for multi-man operation of the giant mech. I would consider the 5-ton vs. 50 ton more of a 5 to 10 on 1 deal too.
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and heavily armored packing some serious SSRMs and twin PPCs. F YEA
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Slow mechs are gay
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Hey, dude, do not hotlink images.
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That's why I did it ^__^
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First, you can't hotlink on Shack, second....YOU WILL SUFFER THE WRATH OF A THOUSAND SUNS FOR YOUR BLASPHEMOUS REMARKS!!!
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Saw this on RPS earlier. Environments looks fantastic, and gameplay looks rather fun. Looking forward to seeing more of this.
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Wow, they made this in 9 months? Looks amazing. They need special abilities, like cloaking, rail gun, etc. And I hope the game doesn't rely too much on reticules, like in Battlefield where you can't see the person you're shooting at because there's a huge green box indicating their position (I could be wrong about this, but that was my lasting impression of Battlefield 2). Coming from my years of Rogue Spear, this new trend in games is disheartening. You no longer rely on looking for visual cues to discern between friend and foe, which is a shame considering that graphical power is like 20x greater than it was back when RS came out.
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Well this has my attention. For a brief moment there, while watching them jet around each other firing rockets, I thought I caught a tinge of Tribes-like gameplay. These mechs are quick.
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This looks so badass! Reminds me of Virtual On, and now I just wanna see this with dual joysticks! Being able to play this at home would be a childhood dream-come-true...
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The jumping mech thing disappoints me, it seems like it will just be a jump and hover fest.
As Arcanum said, I'd rather have the mechs have a "realistic" weight to them, not seeing cracks in the ground when they land looked odd. Hopefully those are added since it's only 9 months in.
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The only thing i want more than homeworld is a new Mech game. Looks good, but i kinda want the super customizable mechwarrior style instead of the arcadey style.
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People keep making that comparison, apparently I should have played Chromehounds.
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The environment looks great but the game seems to play like a typical fps with jet packs. The great thing about Mechwarrior and Steel Battalion is it made you feel like you were operating 10 to 50 ton walking tanks. To me the ultimate multiplayer 'mech' game would feature hulking walking mechs ranging from scout class to super heavy class, fighter jets, attack helicopters, conventional tanks, and regular infantry. All that and fully destructible environments. For a low cost, indie title this looks awesome but the gameplay isn't my cup of tea as far as mech games go.
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Exactly what I was thinking SHOGO!!!!!
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OH GOD YES
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Reminds me of Phantom Crash
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yea thats what i thought. It looks quite similar.... just needs cloaking...
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Dear god, why the shaky cam? It doesn't look "authentic," it's just annoying and draws my attention away from what they're trying to show off.
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It does. I can't wait to play this or when it gets ruined by console controls. :I
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I like slow mechs as much as the next guy, but this game still looks pretty badass
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Not bad for a 6-man team huh?
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http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/03/10/robot-rock-hawken-is-quite-the-indie-game/ says nine people. Still, great work!
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