Poonman Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 anybody get it yet? I picked it up yesterday and so far am having a blast with it. so far I've only really been playing the single player mission because the online stuff makes no sense to me yet but I like what I see so far. contrary to what people are saying the graphics are pretty damn good. trees crash down and trucks blow up with satisfying explosions if you stomp on them in your mech and you can take down entire buildings too. and like the old Xbox game Phantom Crash there seems to be endless parts to buy and customize your mech with. the only things that aren't that great are the repetitive, droning music and the pace the mechs crawl along on. i'm hoping tho that there'll be better legs, motors, generators etc. that'll speed the pace of the game up a bit. you can also get hover jets too which sound pretty cool. I never got Steel Battalion for the Xbox1 so I'm kind of glad I got this game to make up for it. Quote
Poonman Posted July 13, 2006 Author Posted July 13, 2006 yeah, the graphics of the actual mechs are pretty nice. lots of little spinning cooling fans and whiring thingamajigs. the graphics of the levels aren't really anything special tho. Quote
Cacophanus Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 Singleplayer is mostly a glorified training setup. Online is very cool though. You play in a persistant war with three factions, so you capture and defend strategic positions. They had problems with the servers but they've mostly been fixed now. Quote
gerwalk25 Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 Chromehounds looks great. BTW, I never played Phantom Crash/S.L.A.I. (I guess it's rare since I don't see it at Gamestop or EB). Does it play like Mechassault or Armored Core? Quote
Cacophanus Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 Chromehounds looks great. BTW, I never played Phantom Crash/S.L.A.I. (I guess it's rare since I don't see it at Gamestop or EB). Does it play like Mechassault or Armored Core? 415909[/snapback] Gameplay is a far more strategic and teambased version of MechAssault, the customisation is all Armored Core. Quote
Poonman Posted July 13, 2006 Author Posted July 13, 2006 the only thing I didn't like about Phantom Crash was the controls.. they were absolutely atrocious. I probably would have played the game a heck of a lot more had they been better. the graphics were real cool tho. Quote
Southpaw Samurai Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 Am probably getting it today or tomorrow. Been waiting for this for awhile and while reviews have been cringing about the online game feeling too 'slow', I sort of like the idea of a slower, more deliberate PC Mechwarrior over the frenzied nature of the Mechwarrior Assault stuff... and the customization is ridiculous... you can even design up your own paint jobs/logos on top of all the various parts. Any chance of a Macrossworld clan/squad starting up for this? Apparently to really participate online you need a squad of five or six to be effective in any engagement. I generally avoid clans because it often just becomes a bunch of immature clubs, but if I'm gonna breakdown and play with a bunch of immature people, it might as well be people from here. (j/k) The Euro-American faction (well, moreso European with some support from the isolated and unplayable Americans) is currently being torn to pieces online... be fun to help out such a desperate side... Quote
Poonman Posted July 13, 2006 Author Posted July 13, 2006 I'm down. the online portion has proven to be pretty confusing to me but add me to your friend list if you'd like. my GT is "Chitty Zane". I play GRAW pretty frequently too. Quote
Hikuro Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 I picked up ChromeHounds at work, REALLY dirty cheap, saved myself 15 bucks off the normal retail price, sweetness huh? Havne't had time to play it yet but I'm excited to do so later tonight. Quote
Poonman Posted July 14, 2006 Author Posted July 14, 2006 its "Bawls". and that stuff is da bomb. Quote
Hikuro Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Mmmmmm Bawls, tastes like Yoshinol....yeeeesss. I played it a bit, controls are pretty damn simple, and I love the fact I can get better kill shots by just switching to first person and just knocking the snot outta any HOUND that comes my way....I've been doing reall good with the missiles. But first mission confuses me a bit.......so I dunno, I did something wrong and just don't know what. Quote
gerwalk25 Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Chromehounds looks great. BTW, I never played Phantom Crash/S.L.A.I. (I guess it's rare since I don't see it at Gamestop or EB). Does it play like Mechassault or Armored Core? 415909[/snapback] Gameplay is a far more strategic and teambased version of MechAssault, the customisation is all Armored Core. 415910[/snapback] That's actually what I'd like in a mecha based game IMHO. Thanks! Quote
Hikuro Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 The graphics are really nice, and a nice destructive enviorment too, I like pushing trees. However customized options have been sort of blah right now....I haven't had alot to work with cause I just suck. The last mission I played which was the enemy trap really knocked the crap outta my hound, I was basically out of ammo cause I was being ambushed quiet often. Quote
Cacophanus Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 That's actually what I'd like in a mecha based game IMHO. Thanks! 416042[/snapback] It's worth pointing out though that Hounds is a slower game than both MechAssault and especially Armored Core. However, once you have a 6 man squad in-game the game speed makes a lot of sense tactically. Quote
Hikuro Posted July 17, 2006 Posted July 17, 2006 *yawns* the games getting pretty boring now......it'd be nice if you speed up the game with better mecha combat, but it just feels to damn "real" ......and when I say real I mean SLOOOOW. Quote
Vostok 7 Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 I just got this last night (actually, the wife LET me get it lol) and I was up until 2:30am playing it (that hasn't happened in awhile). Anyway, I'm impressed. Great mech game. Like Armored Core but alot less complicated. Looking forward to playing online. Vostok 7 Quote
Poonman Posted July 20, 2006 Author Posted July 20, 2006 (edited) thats just sad . grow some balls man! Edited July 20, 2006 by Poonman Quote
Shmitty Posted July 22, 2006 Posted July 22, 2006 If anybody's looking for a squad, I've gone ahead and made one. Name is "Mobius Squad", right now its on the Morskoj side, everyone is welcome to join, just shoot me a message that you're from MW. My GT is Yushiro050 If any of you played Ace Combat 4, you may recognize something... Quote
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