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[Heeden]

http://www.pcgamer.c...n-a-video-game/

[The Jove]

Some good press for MWO!

[BerryChunks]

The most fun thing for me to shoot in video games is people. A game with good animations or scream effects (setting children on fire in Black and White, for instance) really shoots endorphins through me.

The article seems to imply a definitive answer to why shooting mechs is best, instead of stating that this is simply something true of the people who enjoy mech games. Everyone has different ways of enjoying different entertainment outlets.

Edited by BerryChunks, 03 January 2013 - 04:42 AM.

[Ashnod]

Awesome review, great press for the game - hopefully they fix the net code so aiming for specific sections is always possible

[Zaptruder]

Great article... yes... been a Mechwarrior is akin to playing chess, piloting a tank AND been a boxer, all at once.

It's why for all the faults, this game is nonetheless great.

[Apoc1138]

Russ uses the word strategy too much, other than that, good article

[Aym]

Yeah, I do like the attrition feel of Mechwarrior. Also glad to see PCGamer still pumping out the MWO press.

[Sug]

BerryChunks, on 03 January 2013 - 04:39 AM, said:

The most fun thing for me to shoot in video games is people. A game with good animations or scream effects (setting children on fire in Black and White, for instance) really shoots endorphins through me.

Let's keep an eye on this guy.

[Fooooo]

BerryChunks, on 03 January 2013 - 04:39 AM, said:

The article seems to imply a definitive answer to why shooting mechs is best, instead of stating that this is simply something true of the people who enjoy mech games. Everyone has different ways of enjoying different entertainment outlets.

It should be true of almost any player of any FPS. I would gather that most would love a more indepth damage model in bf3 pr arma or CoD or any other military shooter (the shooters that say they "try" to be realistic in a sense anyways), IE legs and arms can take dmg, too much dmg in an arm and you can't fire your m-16 as well anymore etc etc...

Arena / fast / arcade shooters its not so much a thing to have more than head + body.

That is what I think the article is trying to get across. MWO mechs have the most in-depth damage mechanics of any FPS out there. (in regards to the whole body being modeled and effects happening because of it) Hence is the most fun thing to shoot at.

Some tank games are similar in that you can knock out components etc, but those generally happen instantly, MWO is different in that regard...

Edited by Fooooo, 03 January 2013 - 06:04 AM.

[pcunite]

What attracts me to MechWarrior is the non-gory strategy, chess like destructive nature it has.

Edited by pcunite, 03 January 2013 - 06:21 AM.

[The Jove]

pcunite, on 03 January 2013 - 06:20 AM, said:

What attracts me to MechWarrior is the non-gory strategy, chess like destructive nature it has.

Essentially, MWO is Chessboxing: http://en.wikipedia....iki/Chessboxing

Edited by The Jove, 03 January 2013 - 06:25 AM.

[Ozric]

That is one awesome lego timberwolf.

[siLve00]

okay serious... from when is that video ?

i wanted to believe its realy new... but all ECM capable mechs dont use ECM ? okay...
still good press.. and the comments arent that bad ^^

[Ngamok]

That was the article they had in the November or December issue that had the codes for the skin and coconut bobble ehad cokcpit item.

[WolvesX]

The Jove, on 03 January 2013 - 04:35 AM, said:

Some good press for MWO!

I like this!

[Ngamok]

Fooooo, on 03 January 2013 - 05:58 AM, said:

It should be true of almost any player of any FPS. I would gather that most would love a more indepth damage model in bf3 pr arma or CoD or any other military shooter (the shooters that say they "try" to be realistic in a sense anyways), IE legs and arms can take dmg, too much dmg in an arm and you can't fire your m-16 as well anymore etc etc...

Arena / fast / arcade shooters its not so much a thing to have more than head + body.

That is what I think the article is trying to get across. MWO mechs have the most in-depth damage mechanics of any FPS out there. (in regards to the whole body being modeled and effects happening because of it) Hence is the most fun thing to shoot at.

Some tank games are similar in that you can knock out components etc, but those generally happen instantly, MWO is different in that regard...

You mean having a M203 Grenade Launcher shell *roll* over your foot as a kill shot isn't in depth and fun? Or having someone AWP you in the foot for a one shot kill?

/end funny moments in fps gaming.

[Voridan Atreides]

MechWarrior Online deserves all of the fame that crappy Hawken is getting (why would you pilot a freaking microwave on legs??????????).