Disappointing lack of good mech games

[SineSwiper]

I'm not a huge mech gearhead, but I've suddenly wanted to get into a good one the past few weeks. When I picked up DMC4, I also grabbed a used copy of Armored Core 4. I will be taking it back tomorrow. (I'm also taking about N3, but that's another story...)

Reviews of that and Chromehounds aren't very good, either. Much to my dismay, both are made by the same company, and nobody else is making a mech game for the 360.

Zone of the Enders 2 was the last mech game I played, and though it probably wasn't your typical customize-heavy mech game, it was one of the best games I've ever played. I never had so much fun with mech battles than with this one, and I probably never will at this rate...

[Blotus]

Lost Planet? I hear that turns into a mech game by the end.

[Andrew, Killer Bee]

When I picked up DMC4, I also grabbed a used copy of Armored Core 4. I will be taking it back tomorrow.

Damn, sorry to hear that. I've got a soft spot for the Armored Core series, but I haven't played it (with the exception of Frame Gride on the Dreamcast, which may as well be an AC game) since the first one, heh.

Chromehounds might be worth trying out if you can get it for dirt cheap. I've heard good and bad things about it.

[Blotus]

Also: consider moving to Japan. They release multple Gundam games a year and they all sell incredibly. Must mean they're good, because the Japanese certainly wouldn't lap up every liscenced mech game that comes out, right?

[Tessian]

Lost Planet? I hear that turns into a mech game by the end.

It's not what Sine's looking for-- Lost Planet just lets you drive a bipedal tank around; it's a far cry from a mech

I wish they had something coming out too... I used to love the mechwarrior series and I believe I do have every PC game. Didn't a Mechwarrior game come out as one of the first original Xbox games?? Where's the 360 sequel?

[Zeus]

Where's Steel Battalion 2 with an updated super controller when you need it, huh? :-)

[Tessian]

Where's Steel Battalion 2 with an updated super controller when you need it, huh? :-)

Good god, you're talking Rock Band price but with 1 controller instead of 4... can't believe people bought that thing (Steel Battalion) although it was pretty cool.

[Zeus]

Where's Steel Battalion 2 with an updated super controller when you need it, huh? :-)

Good god, you're talking Rock Band price but with 1 controller instead of 4... can't believe people bought that thing (Steel Battalion) although it was pretty cool.

At the time there was nothing like it. It was fun as fuck to play.

Nowadays it would be around the $100-120 though

[bovine]

I think the team that made the original xbox mechwarrior games made the godawful shadowrun game (source = my memory, so quite possibly false). I hope maybe they return to form and make another mechwarrior game, and stay on that part of fasa's franchise list and leave lovely shadowrun alone.

[SineSwiper]

I thought MS bought the rights to Mechwarrior, created Shadowrun, and then the original owners bought the rights to both. I'm not sure. Don't really give a shit about Shadowrun, sooo...

[Zeus]

FASA is gone now, the studio was closed last year after Shadowrun only sold 7 copies.

They did Mechwarrior?

[bovine]

it's their IP, they're responsible for the battletech (also known as mechwarrior) tabletop and the shadowrun p&p.