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Virroken

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Mecha rpgs
« on: January 13, 2009, 05:58:11 pm »
Looking for:

Mecha RPGs. Customizable pilots and somewhat customizable mechas. I really enjoyed the style of FM1. Skill growth felt natural until you hit 9999+ and became an unkillable monster. Mecha building didn't take ten hours, but could've been slightly more in depth.

Gearheads is too freeform (I have to run around as a PERSON? Ew), and Titans of Steel felt a bit too complicated, though I'm going to give it another shot. I just can't seem to get my head wrapped around the idea of not being able to shoot and walk at the same time.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
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kcwong

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« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2009, 08:45:43 pm »
I was going to suggest GearHead when I read your first paragraph... >_<

You are not forced to take any personal-scale quest in GearHead though... so you only need to fight on-foot for towns under attack. Otherwise, it's only for conducting town businesses. The other features of GearHead are too good to pass it up...
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Virroken

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« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2009, 10:03:32 pm »
I guess I'll give gearheads another try. I got slightly past fighting the rat before deciding "WOW NOT BEING A GIANT MECHA SUCKS MONKEYS" and raging in frustration.
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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2009, 10:06:31 pm »
This reminds me that I must go bother Asheron about his little Mecha RPG project.
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« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2009, 10:20:22 pm »
You could try Front Mission for the SNES, I guess. It's sort of fun.
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« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2009, 10:37:03 pm »
I was going to suggest Mechwarrior: Crescent Hawk's Inception/Revenge, but it seems to be what you don't want. Depending on your skills, a good portion of the game could be spent on foot.

EDIT: My bad. Sean's got it. The name's BattleTech, not Mechwarrior.
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Virroken

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« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2009, 10:44:00 pm »
Hmm. It looks like I abbreviated Front Mission to FM1 in the first post. Should've been more specific / name dropping. My bad. By the way, FM1 = best RPG EVER.

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« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2009, 10:45:19 pm »
There's also that mech fighting game Asheron was making.  Thread around here somewhere, but he got stalled after just getting the menus working.
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« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2009, 06:58:19 am »
For an action RPG, there is Front Mission: Gun Hazard for the SNES.

Front Mission 4 for the PS2 is pretty good. Its much like the original, but with a vastly extended skill system. Two separate stories with different play strategies required for the two sides. Unfortunately I think the one side is too tedious, but you do eventually get around 15 mechs to control, but not upgrade, during battle. Those are just grunts though, not your main characters.
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« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2009, 08:57:59 am »
Well, if you're looking for a TBS/RTS Mech game (toggleable! Yes, games back when were awesome like that) then I can personally recomend  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberstorm_2:_Corporate_Wars CS2. Its pretty customizable in terms of loadouts, thought you can't change parts around. Great graphics for the time, and has pretty good sound.
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« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2009, 09:29:41 am »
Not Customizeable (maybe), but still fun

Metal Wolf Chaos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Genl242_ZU8
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« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2009, 03:09:24 pm »
Well, there's the good(bad?) old Mechcommander 2, I kinda like it if it weren't for the stupidity of loadouts. 10 LRM racks instead of a gauss rifle on a Hollander? O RLY?

I could propose Silent Storm (it's got powered armor), but that's going a bit too far I guess. :P

There's also classic Battletech, and its PC representation MegaMek, but I suspect you know about it already. :)

Now, what else...  there's one game on the DS about "Wanzers", but I forgot its name - RPG/TBS, customization, just like you want it.

Aaand that's about all I can remember that wasn't mentioned and isn't an arcade-ey thing like Super Robot Wars OG/2. No, wait, there's A.I.M.2, but it's about gliders, not mecha.
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« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2009, 03:57:16 pm »
Quote from: Sean Mirrsen on January 14, 2009, 03:09:24 pm
Now, what else...  there's one game on the DS about "Wanzers", but I forgot its name - RPG/TBS, customization, just like you want it.
Front Mission. It was already mentioned.

It reminded me of a Neo Geo Pocket Color game. Faselei! is quite fun. It's got the customization of Front Mission.

There's also a semi-roguelike on the same system - Biomotor Unitron.
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« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2009, 12:26:16 am »
Quote from: IndonesiaWarMinister on January 14, 2009, 09:29:41 am
Not Customizeable (maybe), but still fun

Metal Wolf Chaos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Genl242_ZU8

Was that the PRESIDENT in a MECHA?
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