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symple19
03-11-2011, 06:58 AM
Found this on PC gamer. It's a Sci-Fi, multiplayer, FPS made by 9 (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) people. NINE FUCKING PEOPLE. The trailer and screenshots are amazing. I was a massive fan of the mechwarrior series, and have been awaiting something along these lines since the demise of that fantastic franchise.

Make sure you watch the trailer till the very end, where you'll actually see the cockpit view.

If 9 peeps can come up with some stuff like this, why exactly are we regularly suffering through complete shit from multi-million dollar dev houses?

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/03/10/hawken-the-indie-mech-shooter-set-in-an-astonishing-sci-fi-megacity/

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http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2011/03/Hawken-04-590x368.jpg

http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2011/03/Hawken-03-590x368.jpg

http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2011/03/Hawken-02-590x368.jpg

http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2011/03/Hawken-01-590x368.jpg
symple19
03-11-2011, 07:10 AM
^^^^^^^^^ Oh yeah, and it only took them 9 months
Cry Havoc
03-11-2011, 09:10 AM
Looks beautiful. A little anime-ish, but very nicely done. We'll have to see if the gameplay is as good as the concept.
DarkReign
03-11-2011, 12:49 PM
Watching that makes me wish theyd make another Chromehounds. Armored Core fucking sucks and the last Mechwarrior that was any good was Mech4.
4>0rings
03-11-2011, 05:02 PM
Looks great but since they only have 9 people there will probably be a lot of bugs and it won't be balanced right.
symple19
03-12-2011, 05:58 AM
Looks great but since they only have 9 people there will probably be a lot of bugs and it won't be balanced right.

pretty sure it's a long way from being finished
symple19
03-12-2011, 09:51 AM
an interview with the dev http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/03/11/hawken-interview-the-indie-team-behind-the-best-mech-game-weve-seen/
Sense
03-12-2011, 12:08 PM
It really doesn't look amazing at all... it really wasn't impressive until you said 9... in that case they did a great job
symple19
03-12-2011, 06:55 PM
It really doesn't look amazing at all... it really wasn't impressive until you said 9... in that case they did a great job

I think the artwork is impressive, but obviously some people won't like it, that's cool. I'm a big geek for Mech-type games, so that goes along with my thinking.

Being realistic, many of these indy games never come to fruition due to a lack of funds.

Hopefully they can finish this, or get more funding from an outside source
ElNono
03-12-2011, 06:59 PM
It looks small though... I have to assume that's the only scenario?

I'm not really into Mech games, but it looks pretty well done.
Stringer_Bell
03-13-2011, 12:26 AM
It looks fun, but the preview levels do look small - like maybe the environments are for VS fighter experiences and not expansive adventure levels. If the trailer was shorter and didn't seem like they were stretching it, I'd be all on board for them getting more funding...but it just doesn't look like it has a grasp of what type of a game it is yet.

Still, for 9 guys that's fantastic and really shows you how much wasted resources go to shitty games.
symple19
03-31-2011, 06:11 AM
gameplay footage...

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Cry Havoc
03-31-2011, 06:32 AM
I would totally dig that... but wow they need to design that cockpit. It looks absolutely horrible. Why go to all that trouble to make a city look so good and then outfit the player with the cartoony foreground?
SpursNextRomanEmpire
03-31-2011, 11:42 AM
Wow, this looks awesome.

And the cockpit doesn't look that bad to me. Like, what don't you like about it?
Cry Havoc
03-31-2011, 06:16 PM
It just looks really cartoony.

Edit: Don't get me wrong, the game looks incredible. I just don't think the cockpit blends well with the rest of the game.
ManuBalboa
03-31-2011, 08:25 PM
I loved Armored Core on the PS1. I've been tossing the idea around of picking up Armored Core:For Answer, for nostalgia purposes.
phyzik
04-01-2011, 12:49 AM
I would totally dig that... but wow they need to design that cockpit. It looks absolutely horrible. Why go to all that trouble to make a city look so good and then outfit the player with the cartoony foreground?

I honestly dont see the problem you have with the cockpit.... I think it looks just fine considering your not going to be paying attention to the "console" in your mech for this game.