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[HellJumper]

http://store.steampo...com/app/266470/

so how many of you have heard about it??

its promising the same the same things that MWO did loooooooooong time ago.

[Vassago Rain]

I can't wait for them to release CW before MWO.

[Wintersdark]

Not at all interested, though it may be an awesome game.

1) Its not Battletech/Mechwarrior.
2) I dislike PvP.
3) I really, really dislike 3rd person view shooters.
4) The mech's look awful
5) The weapons look worse


However, if they release CW before PGI... *sighs* Who am I kidding. Of course they will.

[Vassago Rain]

Wintersdark, on 21 July 2014 - 11:45 PM, said:

Not at all interested, though it may be an awesome game.

1) Its not Battletech/Mechwarrior.
2) I dislike PvP.
3) I really, really dislike 3rd person view shooters.
4) The mech's look awful
5) The weapons look worse


However, if they release CW before PGI... *sighs* Who am I kidding. Of course they will.

It is a word for word clone of MWO 2011 and 2012 hype features, right down to using battle mechs.

They even have location based damage, unlike hawken, and are operating based around some kind of primitive RnR system. The mechs are: not-catapult, not-stalker, and not-jenner.



Looks like they were smart enough to implement a points value system for the mechs, so you don't end up with atlases fighting awesomes as if they were equal, or other such nonsense.

This whole thing is hilarious to me.

[Alistair Winter]

Looks like they're doing a lot of things better than MWO, but the core of the game looks... appalling. I hate third persion view, and both the animations, models and special effects look extremely tacky. The gameplay looks very arcade-like.

I was kind of worried that this would be a video of a free game that does everything better than MWO, after I've spent so much time and money on MWO, but... thankfully, Dark Horizons doesn't look appealing at all. It looks like something I'd want my 5 year old child to play, before he or she moved on to MWO.

Edited by Alistair Winter, 22 July 2014 - 12:03 AM.

[HellJumper]

well it might not be Battletech/mechwarrior stuff but its promising same stuff as MWO did...they call it "Faction wars" or something like that

4 classes of battlemechs
dozens of maps
huge number of customizable weapons
and other stuff like that

so even if its a 3rd person game i will be happy to compensate it against a larger pool of maps, mechs, factions wars etc.

[Vassago Rain]

Alistair Winter, on 22 July 2014 - 12:03 AM, said:

Looks like they're doing a lot of things better than MWO, but the core of the game looks... appalling. I hate third persion view, and both the animations, models and special effects look extremely tacky. The gameplay looks very arcade-like.

I was kind of worried that this would be a video of a free game that does everything better than MWO, after I've spent so much time and money on MWO, but... thankfully, Dark Horizons doesn't look appealing at all. It looks like something I'd want my 5 year old child to play, before he or she moved on to MWO.

I just realized the HUD is basically copied from MW4.

Can't really find any flaws with the mech animations, models, or special effects, either. Looks like it's made in unity.

[HellJumper]

Alistair Winter, on 22 July 2014 - 12:03 AM, said:

Looks like they're doing a lot of things better than MWO, but the core of the game looks... appalling. I hate third persion view, and both the animations, models and special effects look extremely tacky. The gameplay looks very arcade-like.

I was kind of worried that this would be a video of a free game that does everything better than MWO, after I've spent so much time and money on MWO, but... thankfully, Dark Horizons doesn't look appealing at all. It looks like something I'd want my 5 year old child to play, before he or she moved on to MWO.

umm you do know that its pre-alpha footage and they have already stated that they will be improving the engine and gfx over time...

[Alistair Winter]

HellJumper, on 22 July 2014 - 12:08 AM, said:

umm you do know that its pre-alpha footage and they have already stated that they will be improving the engine and gfx over time...

In terms of improving graphics, I tend to believe that when I see it. I can't think of too many games that looked like crap in pre-alpha, then looked amazing when they were released.

But graphics aren't the major concern I have about that game.

[MonkeyCheese]

Ergh looks like what strike vector is to fps/spacecombat games but in a poorer tacky way.

[Thunder Child]

You'll notice off to the right during the trailer, that one of the Mechs explodes with a VERY MW4 looking Reactor Meltdown. And I recognised at least one of the maps from Mech4. It IS just a Reskinned MW4.

[Nauht]

Holy crap. This makes MWO look like a DCS series.

[Vassago Rain]

Thunder Child, on 22 July 2014 - 12:23 AM, said:

You'll notice off to the right during the trailer, that one of the Mechs explodes with a VERY MW4 looking Reactor Meltdown. And I recognised at least one of the maps from Mech4. It IS just a Reskinned MW4.

Basically everything is repurposed MW4 stuff or MWO 'inspiration.' Like the hype read-out about community warfare.

[Thunder Child]

On the plus side, because it's their own thing, they won't be restricted to Lore like we are. It'll be interesting to see if Microsoft buries it or not.

[HellJumper]

ya the reactor does go boom..i wonder if it will damage the mechs a well...

reminds me of MW4 in 3rd person days...

[Vassago Rain]

HellJumper, on 22 July 2014 - 12:29 AM, said:

ya the reactor does go boom..i wonder if it will damage the mechs a well...

reminds me of MW4 in 3rd person days...

That's because it is MW4 in third person.

Thunder Child, on 22 July 2014 - 12:26 AM, said:

On the plus side, because it's their own thing, they won't be restricted to Lore like we are. It'll be interesting to see if Microsoft buries it or not.

There's really nothing they can bury.

[SaltBeef]

That's what it looks like to me re-skinned MW4. It May have been interesting if they had made it into Starseige or something.

Edited by SaltBeef, 22 July 2014 - 12:31 AM.

[Impyrium]

I was wondering when this was going to show up. And as I figured, this community is quick to slap the 'MW clone' sticker right on. Come on, I expect better of you guys.

I helped out the guy back in early early stages of this game. He's a great guy, and he's not in this just to make more money. Honestly that's how I see PGI with MW, not this guy with Dark Horizons. Dark Horizons actually had a game back in 2005, of which this game is based on. Inspired by games like MW4? Obviously. A rip off? Not even close. Lore: Invasion was actually kinda fun for it's time, and in my opinion was a great game in its own right.

The guy's come a long way with this game. Please don't be so quick to judge it.

[MischiefSC]

3PV.

Would rather try to attach my junk to a methed up weasel with a nail gun.

People who like 3PV are bad people, they should not be trusted and should be subject to the wrath of the Space Marines.

PURGE THE UNCLEAN.

[Vassago Rain]

MischiefSC, on 22 July 2014 - 12:34 AM, said:

3PV.

Would rather try to attach my junk to a methed up weasel with a nail gun.

People who like 3PV are bad people, they should not be trusted and should be subject to the wrath of the Space Marines.

PURGE THE UNCLEAN.

Ah, but their dev team managed to implement offline bot matches in 3 days.