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Plaupius on 10 July 2009
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Vetteman94 said:
heruamon said:

Sorry for the dupe thread...I searched in M$, and didn't think to look in Gaming, sicne this is going to be a M$ exclusive, and figured it would be posted there.

I think this, along with KUF2 are REALLY huge annpuncements for 360 owners, since both games look absolutely awesome, and are sequels that 360 owners really wanted.  I've been playing MW games, since way back to the first PC game, and this looks great.  I jsut hope they have roleplaying aspects to it,...nothing wide-open, but some detail level of customization.  I'm not sure I like the...you'll be stuck in one mech thing, since part of the fun was level progression.  If you're part of a military unit, it would make sense to start as a rookie, and rise in rank with more experience...fingers are seriously crossed here!  The series re-boot could be REALLY huge for the Xbox Franchise.

Huge for the Xbox franchise?   How exactly,  this is a born and bred PC game.  This is a huge announcement for PC owners who remember the awesomeness of this franchise.  Buying the 360 version would be an insult to this franchise.  I have a 360 and I am now going to buy a gaming PC just for this game, because that is where it belongs.

Yeah, I can't imagine how they would be able to handle all the controls with the X360 controller. Hopefully this doesn't mean the PC game will be too dumbed down, but I think the reality is that it won't reach the complexity of controls the original PC games had. I still have my trusty F-16 Combat Stick I used to play the Mercenaries, and every single button and hat direction had some function to control, plus using keyboard to handle jump thrusters and torso movements and probably also weapon groups. There is simply no way to have that kind of control with the gamepad, sadly, and for a game like this it is essential. So while the game does look great, and BattleTech universe is sweet, I'll reserve judgment until the game is actually out and we know more about the controls. If it is good, then I might follow your footsteps and buy a gaming PC for this game alone (and maybe some other PC games I've missed over the years... :)