But what should the story be? Should it be a remake of MW2 or MW3? Should it take one of the BT novels to the (small) screen? Or should it be something entirely new? What do you think?
Personally, I'd like to see something based on the novels, because that would give the devs a wealth of info and BT lore to draw on in-game.
I always thought that the Gray Death Saga could be a good one to adapt. It starts with the protagonist essentially on the run in a city, seeing the havoc that mechs cause from a human POV... crushing people underfoot, annihilating traditional defences, knocking down houses etc. At some point, you finally get hold of a Locust and then the fun begins as you take on and acquire larger chassis and attempt to fist the Draconis Combine. At this stage in BT lore, mechs are also rare and often cobbled together!
One thing that MWO never really gets across is how dangerous mechs are on the battlefield as a whole. They are insta-death to standard tanks and vehicles, and god forbid you try to take them on with poor bloody infantry. It would be great to experience mechs from both sides - from a human FPS perspective and then as a mech pilot.
The Gray Death story would also be an easy way into user generated content, because it leaves you as a Merc on Outreach. So other people could design new missions, expansions etc set on different worlds.
Edited by Kelvin Casing, 14 July 2014 - 12:40 PM.