Mechwarrior - The war is over?

Ok, me and my friends are getting a LAN party together soon and one of the titles they brought up was Mechwarrior as a game choice. Now, being a huge mechwarrior/battletech fan it got me thinking. Where the hell did Mechwarrior go in the gaming world? Yes, we have had those cheap knockoffs that they liked to call "MechAssualt" but where were those games that I held dare to my heart, the games that allowed me to customize a 100 ton monstrosity, and walk out onto a bleak battlefield with nothing but a trigger finger?

I know that they canned Mechwarrior 5 years back but here is my question. Would you like to see a new Mechwarrior game grace your path? If so, then would there be anything new you would like added to it?

Well, theres a team working on a Mechwarrior mod for Crysis. Could be good.

Don't think MS has any plans for the IP though.

It's a shame the series isn't revived. Although if it WAS, and although I hate it when people call games consolized, the game would probably be consolized, or dumbed down in general to appeal to a mass market.

The last Mechwarrior game I played was freakin awesome... I wasn't any good at it, but it was great fun and the multiplayer was intense. From what I've heard of Chrome Hounds, it's a similar concept.. but I never played that game.

It's a shame the series isn't revived. Although if it WAS, and although I hate it when people call games consolized, the game would probably be consolized, or dumbed down in general to appeal to a mass market.

The last Mechwarrior game I played was freakin awesome... I wasn't any good at it, but it was great fun and the multiplayer was intense. From what I've heard of Chrome Hounds, it's a similar concept.. but I never played that game.

MyopicCanadian

I use to own Chrome Hounds hoping to get the Mechwarrior vibe but in the end it failed to please my hunger...

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It's a shame the series isn't revived. Although if it WAS, and although I hate it when people call games consolized, the game would probably be consolized, or dumbed down in general to appeal to a mass market.

The last Mechwarrior game I played was freakin awesome... I wasn't any good at it, but it was great fun and the multiplayer was intense. From what I've heard of Chrome Hounds, it's a similar concept.. but I never played that game.

Cdscottie

I use to own Chrome Hounds hoping to get the Mechwarrior vibe but in the end it failed to please my hunger...

I was just going to suggest that game. I think I enjoyed Mechwarrior more, but Chromehounds was a solid mech game with a unique online. I hope they make a sequel.

Yes, yes I would. I think the number one thing I would like to have in a new addition is the ability to look around your cockpit in a freelook mode. Like, there could be a key you have to hold down or something that allows you to physically look around the inside of the 'mech, see your body, your hands on the controls, look out the windows of the 'mech. I don't know, I just think that would be really immersive and fun, and each 'mech would be different inside so it would give a little more detailed view of their differences than just how they are on the outside. It'd really give you the feeling that you're playing a human being piloting this giant walker, as opposed to playing a walker that's understood to be piloted by whatever character represents you.

*sigh* Alas, it likely will never be...

Thy guy that started FASA many years ago bought the license back after the Shadowrun team (FASA) produced a retail stinker and FASA closed.

http://www.smithandtinker.com/news

Well, theres a team working on a Mechwarrior mod for Crysis. Could be good.

Don't think MS has any plans for the IP though.

ChristopherPB

MS doesnt own the license anymore, the original creator bought the license back after microsoft ditched (and killed) mechwarrior and crimson skies.

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Well, theres a team working on a Mechwarrior mod for Crysis. Could be good.

Don't think MS has any plans for the IP though.

WARxSnake

MS doesnt own the license anymore, the original creator bought the license back after microsoft ditched (and killed) mechwarrior and crimson skies.

See, that is the kind of news I like hearing. Now all he needs to do is find a small PC game company and get to work!