Shadowblind said:
mrstickball said:
Very excited for MW4. The company I work for built the original Mechwarrior back in the 1980's, and owns the rights to a few Mechwarrior-esque IPs (such as Earthsiege). I'm really happy to see the franchise revived....We've gone far too long without a good Mech shooter.
If your interested in biding time till MW4 launches, you can try it's spiritual sequel Lore: Aftermath out for free. |
MW5! Its MW5! 
I've never heard of Lore, and I am a massive Mechwarrior 3 fan. I'll have to take a look at it. Do you work for Microprose?
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I work for GarageGames. Which is the spiritual successor to the old mega-company Dynamix (which was owned by Sierra in the golden age of 90's PC gaming).
Dynamix was the company that made the very first MechWarrior game for the PC in 1989 - the one we all know today.
After the first game, Mechwarrior was given/sold/used by Activision instead of Dynamix. In turn, Dynamix build the Earthsiege series which spanned 8 unique games in 2 genres in the 1990's.
If you've never tried an Earthsiege game, it's very similar to the classic MechWarriors that weren't too focused on resource aquisition, with a good bit of Terminator 'machines take over the world' lore to it. Fantastic series.
Included in the series were:
- Earthsiege 1
- Earthsiege 2
- Starsiege
- Starsiege: Tribes
- Tribes 2
- Tribes Vengance
- MissionForce: CyberStorm (one of the best turn based strategy games from the 90's)
- CyberStorm 2: Corporate Wars
GarageGames now owns the rights to the entire series, which is awesome if your a hardcore mech fan.
Within GarageGames is a product/website called www.InstantAction.com - a Web-based 3d gaming platform. The platform is capable of 3-D gaming experiences in your browser, without heavy computer requirements. On the site, there are quite a few games made by former Dynamix companies, as well as Max Gaming Technologies, which makes the Lore series. Lore: Invasion was more arcade-y, and more MechAssault like. Lore: Aftermath is far more akin to a classic MechWarrior or Earthsiege shooter: Lumbering mechs with incredible, customizable loadouts doing battle in a gigantic arena or world.
The game is 100% free, and you can play it at www.instantaction.com - Yes. I know I'm pitching the service, but it's just about the only place you can find a mech game with a community to it.
