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Alby_da_Wolf said:
mornelithe said:
Alby_da_Wolf said:
The most recent alternative, considering only mech games, is Hawken, that is MP-only too, but it's free to play.
Alternatives with large SP campaigns are almost all quite old or even very old.

http://www.gameguru.in/features/2013/08/best-mech-games/
http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/15934/article/best-mech-games/

None of them hold a candle to Steel Battalion, Microsoft's best IP ever.

It's in both lists, in fact. Great dedicated controller, btw, to recreate a rough equivalent with non proprietary components you'd need at least two joysticks and a gaming keyboard, and even then you'd need a game with very widely customisable controls, like Mechwarrior 2 series, to make fully use of such setup.

I didn't check the list, I was referring to Hawken and Titanfall :)

The proprietary controller (and difficulty) were an integral part of Steel Battalion, Microsoft was fucking stupid for not continuing that series after people ponied up the $150 for the game/controller.  My friend Nate still has the whole setup.  Absurd that they tried (or succeeded?) in making a Kinect version, where you have to go and buy...you guessed it, another $150 proprietary device.  Not sure if they ever actually made that game, or if they were just blowing sunshine up our asses.  But, it was a huge mistake imo.  Steel Battalion's my favorite mech game of all time, by a fairly wide margin.