Hawken - Catch All

Great atmosphere!

The near future is pretty cool. Also, that Hawken thingy.

I keep hearing "streaming" and "cloud" revolving around this game. Will I not be able to simply download it to my PC?

Swarfigo wrote:

I keep hearing "streaming" and "cloud" revolving around this game. Will I not be able to simply download it to my PC?

The beta will start on a streaming service before actual code is released for installs. But eventually it will also be released just like any other game.

Wow this game has come a long way in a year. The money they got from Meteor (The League of Legends investors) really is paying off. Also some hints of LoL in there.

http://www.giantbomb.com/e3-2012-haw...

TempestBlayze wrote:

Wow this game has come a long way in a year. The money they got from Meteor (The League of Legends investors) really is paying off. Also some hints of LoL in there.

http://www.giantbomb.com/e3-2012-haw...

Gotta say this is definitely looking better and better.

Not sure how much new there is in this, but I'll post it anyway.

Captured at Gamescom off screen:

I saw that it was supporting Oculus- not going to get one of those, but that is interesting.

demonbox wrote:

I saw that it was supporting Oculus- not going to get one of those, but that is interesting.

I'm definitely interested in whatever consumer produce they come up with, assuming a reasonable price. Seems to deliver above and beyond the what TrackIR brings to the game.

Might take a couple of years for things to settle into a good product, though.

Did anyone just get an email that had signed up to be in the beta about an Alpha? You also may have gotten in from PAX.

I didn't, but I also didn't spam my signup link.

garion333 wrote:

I didn't, but I also didn't spam my signup link.

I got one and I didn't spam my link, either. *shrug*

Yeah, I got a notice in my gmail yesterday. I'm excited!

WipEout wrote:

Yeah, I got a notice in my gmail yesterday. I'm excited!

Nice. We'll need to group up.

I actually bought the cheapest founders package for Mechwarrior, but haven't played it since. No idea why. This one looks a bit more approachable.

I haven't followed this one closely but since I jumped on the Oculus Rift bandwagon I'm now really interested. At first look it simply looks like team deathmatch with mech skins though. Am I missing anything?

Mr.Green wrote:

I haven't followed this one closely but since I jumped on the Oculus Rift bandwagon I'm now really interested. At first look it simply looks like team deathmatch with mech skins though. Am I missing anything?

That's probably how it will initially launch, but they're supposedly adding co-op and maybe SP later.

But it looks to play differently than a military FPS. Heat management, swiveling cockpits that allow you to shoot in a different direction than movement, etc.

MannishBoy wrote:
Mr.Green wrote:

I haven't followed this one closely but since I jumped on the Oculus Rift bandwagon I'm now really interested. At first look it simply looks like team deathmatch with mech skins though. Am I missing anything?

That's probably how it will initially launch, but they're supposedly adding co-op and maybe SP later.

But it looks to play differently than a military FPS. Heat management, swiveling cockpits that allow you to shoot in a different direction than movement, etc.

Any build your own mech stuff à la Chromehounds or at least customization?

*sigh*

I want Chromehounds 2 damnit.

Supposedly. I doubt it will match Mechwarrior, but the vids I've seeing show gun's and other system customization on different frames.

Anyone else get into the Alpha 2? I just got my code this afternoon.

Swarfigo wrote:

Anyone else get into the Alpha 2? I just got my code this afternoon.

Bastid!

None here.

I got an invite. Timing COULD NOT possibly be worse.

I did. Taking a while to install, though. I'm about to go to bed, but I'll try to be on tomorrow night, maybe.

Several of us are in. Too much to play. I got in a round before firing up Borderlands.

Be sure to check your email inbox if you haven't redeemed your code yet. The batch that went out earlier today didn't work. They sent out new ones about an hour ago.

Downloading Alpha 2. Goddamn but there's too much going on right now... Torchlight 2 I can't keep away from and the Mechwarrior Online beta is very compelling, too. Not enough hours in the weekend. Still, super excited for this, more than for any mech game since Heavy Gear 2.

Yep, I got in too.