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[Kaemon]

Argh!

http://www.destructo...oo-229070.phtml

They're stealing our playbook, I think we need to take our mechs and meet them on neutral ground (say...MW:Tactical Command? Apparently they're not using it ).


Let's settle this once and for all, before my wallet dies (again).

[Manthony Higgs]

How do two Joysticks work? That doesn't even make sense.

[Damascas]

Manthony Higgs, on 09 July 2012 - 11:15 AM, said:

How do two Joysticks work?

Awesomely.

[Gishank]

Hawken isn't too fascinating to be honest, it seems like one of those MMO's that gets all the money and has the 'flash' yet will flop due to no solid gameplay mechanic. /2cents.

[Stunner]

Manthony Higgs, on 09 July 2012 - 11:15 AM, said:

How do two Joysticks work? That doesn't even make sense.

There used to be an old arcade game that used mechs that used two joysticks. I used to enjoy playing it even though it was faster paced than mechwarrior.

I think both sticks forward were not just forward but with afterburner. It took some time getting used to the controls but a fast paced game like hawken would probably benefit from a two joystick controller.

thank goodness I'd rather play battle tech with my mouse and keyboard.

[Okami Ryu]

they are two different beasts entirely and i do not see any problems with playing both

[Faenwulf]

This Joystick news is so old and has circulated in the forusm for so long.
Some people liek the Artemsi better, some liek the Mek Fu better. Most don't like them both.
As do I.


besides of that: MWO is a tactical simulation. Hawken is just another FPS but with big *** battle suits. i don't see one of the mstealing many players from the other.

[Wyr]

Faenwulf, on 09 July 2012 - 12:00 PM, said:

besides of that: MWO is a tactical simulation. Hawken is just another FPS but with big *** battle suits. i don't see one of the mstealing many players from the other.

Exactly. This is like comparing GTA to Forza based on the fact that both have cars in them.

[MuffinTop]

Hawken is Dane Cook or Carlos Mencia and MechWarrior Online is Denis Leary. Go from there folks!

[Gamgee]

Looks better, but personally I don't use joystiq's.

[00seven]

MuffinTop, on 09 July 2012 - 05:30 PM, said:

Hawken is Dane Cook or Carlos Mencia and MechWarrior Online is Denis Leary. Go from there folks!

very good...or George Carlin...with a big farkin gun.

[Alkuam]

Stunner, on 09 July 2012 - 11:39 AM, said:

There used to be an old arcade game that used mechs that used two joysticks. I used to enjoy playing it even though it was faster paced than mechwarrior.

I think both sticks forward were not just forward but with afterburner. It took some time getting used to the controls but a fast paced game like hawken would probably benefit from a two joystick controller.

thank goodness I'd rather play battle tech with my mouse and keyboard.

I think the game was called "Virtual On"

[Kristakis]

I think the games are different enough that there'll be peeps that stay in one or the other and others, like me, that'll try both. I play EVE Online and SWTOR space combat - they are both spaceship games but they play differently. I'm curious about this double joystick thing mainly because it has a keyboard and I am interested to see how it works with MWO too. At least to see how it compares to the Razer thing anyway.

[Damion Sparhawk]

okay I have no problem figuring out the dual joysticks... but... with dual joysticks what exactly do you propose to use the control console in the middle with? >.>



on a related note, how exactly do you imbed a video in here?

Edited by Damion Sparhawk, 12 July 2012 - 08:07 PM.

[Aero Slasher]

Stunner, on 09 July 2012 - 11:39 AM, said:

There used to be an old arcade game that used mechs that used two joysticks. I used to enjoy playing it even though it was faster paced than mechwarrior.

I think both sticks forward were not just forward but with afterburner. It took some time getting used to the controls but a fast paced game like hawken would probably benefit from a two joystick controller.

thank goodness I'd rather play battle tech with my mouse and keyboard.

your thinking of virtual-on

[Agent KI7KO]

Here's how it usually works:

Two games start development.
These two games have something in common in a landscape barren of their common premise (Multiplayer First Person Giant Robots).
Fans of these games notice similarities.
Fans start feeling threatened that someone else has the audacity to copy their chosen franchise.
Cue fans of both sides denouncing each other over little things like "generic run and gun" or "no skill laserboats", despite never having the opportunity to try both.



Who loses? Fans of the PC Multiplayer Giant Robots genre.

Edited by Afoxi, 09 July 2012 - 10:02 PM.

[Zakatak]

Not understanding all the Hawken hate. It looks like a fun game, and the art direction and graphics is pretty far ahead of MWO so far. It looks like a combination of tactical shooters, and armored core with some respect for inertia. It doesn't interest me like MWO, but from the perspective a gamer new to the mech scene, Hawken does look more enticing.

Edited by Zakatak, 12 July 2012 - 03:05 PM.

[Rattlehead NZ]

MuffinTop, on 09 July 2012 - 05:30 PM, said:

Hawken is Dane Cook or Carlos Mencia and MechWarrior Online is Denis Leary. Go from there folks!

MWO is the Bill Hicks of mech combat.

Enough said

[Kotsuno]

Zakatak, on 09 July 2012 - 10:10 PM, said:

Not understanding all the Hawken hate. It looks like a fun game, and the art direction and graphics is pretty far ahead of MWO so far. It looks like a combination of tactical shooters, and armored core with some respect for inertia. It doesn't interest me like MWO, but from the perspective a gamer new to the mech seen, Hawken does look more enticing.

I agree here - to the younger generation of gamers there seems to be more appeal in games that are defined by instant gratification and minimal investment: fast paced action that is 'pick up and play' - a design philosophy which has clearly influenced the creation of Hawken . By definition, Mechwarrior is far from this - it takes time to understand your 'mech - time to understand the battlefield: 'mech warfare is deliberate and calculated and not inherently accessible from the get go. That is to say, we aren't going to be attracting the tens of millions CoD does, but then again, who wants trash in the MWO community?

Edited by Kotsuno, 10 July 2012 - 03:30 AM.

[Scouten]

honestly hawken just looks like your average FPS with a mech cockpit overlay i like the slow turning mechs of MWO more than the speedy little kill machines of hawken. fast moving agile mechs work better in anime not so much in gameplay.