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#1 ethr

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Posted February 15 2014 - 09:22 AM

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After a heated conversation with some friends who are reluctant to pick up Hawken because of the upcoming release of Titan Fall, I wanted to extend our topic to the forums to see what you all think. No disrespect to titan fall but in a Mech vs Mech fight, I'll take any hawken mech over a titan every time. To me people shouldnt even be having this conversation. Its like saying that Gran Turismo is a better racing game than Need For Speed Underground. There is more than enough room in the maketplace because granted both games may put you in control of a car but that is where the similaritys end.

Is anyone else trying to recruit their steam friends to Hawken? Hows that going for you?
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#2 HatesYourFace

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Posted February 15 2014 - 09:26 AM

It's hard to compare free oranges to sixty dollar apples.
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Posted February 15 2014 - 09:32 AM

Titanfall is a lot of fun so far but it certainly doesn't seem like a game to take seriously. It made me appreciate Hawken even more, despite the flaws.

They will both have their place and I will probably play both. Hopefully Titanfall brings some players who are looking for a more competitive/deeper mech experience over to Hawken as well!

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Posted February 15 2014 - 09:37 AM

Hawken is not free. In fact if you bought everything so you had access to it you'd spend a ton more than on Titanfall.

I don't think the two are easily comparable though.

Still, Titanfall will see a TON of Players. It'll also see tons of community / player made content since it's built upon the source engine.
Hawken totally restricts that so they can make money selling emblems and textures that any 10 year old could make using paint in under an hour.

Honestly said I believe you could have more fun with Titanfall in the long run if they open it for community content. For Hawken you rely on Content the developers produce and that, coupled with the low playerbase and complexity of the game, get's boring quickly. Especially if you are done with the boring grind part.

No one can say for sure how things will turn out. Eventually someone could track the Hawken stats and see how things progress. That'd be the easiest way to tell how much impact Titanfall will have.

Edited by Madfish, February 15 2014 - 09:39 AM.


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Posted February 15 2014 - 09:40 AM

View PostHatesYourFace, on February 15 2014 - 09:26 AM, said:

It's hard to compare free oranges to sixty dollar apples.

Pretty much this.  Titanfall is a completely different animal compared to Hawken because it introduces several different mechanics that Hawken lacks and is in a whole other league.

Titanfall, IMO, looks great and all, but I think for all intents and purposes I might stick with Hawken.  There's a lot to like from Respawn Entertainment's first offering, but I don't know if it's enough to be a sustainable product.

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Posted February 15 2014 - 09:41 AM

View PostMadfish, on February 15 2014 - 09:37 AM, said:

Hawken is not free.

It's free enough to me lol. Never spent a cent. (I'm poor folk...Love you Hawken Dev's! <3 forgive my mooching.)

Titanfall requires payment to play; This automatically makes Hawken the default choice for those like myself who can't afford a next gen system and a brand spanking new game.

Thus they are in two completely different categories, making it hard to compare them. But don't let that stop you from trying.
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Posted February 15 2014 - 09:43 AM

I really don't know why people seem to think Titanfall will suddenly stomp out Hawken. I can't understand how they are totally comparable because they both involve mechs and are some what fast paced. It seems wrong.

Hawken is focused on mech combat, Titanfall mixes both infantry and mech combat. Its like Battlefield Vs COD. COD is just infantry combat and Battlefield is infantry and vehicles and what do you know they both co exist just fine. Neither one stomps the other out of this world.

I think Titanfall looks good, not the best game in the world (I have my own reasons) but good. I will probably end up playing it, but you know what I will probably still be playing Hawken as well. Since you know, I can do this magical thing called playing more then one game in a day.

Anyone who thinks that the 2 games are going to have some special competition between each other are just idiots who are talking out of their rear ends.

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#8 Gunmoku

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Posted February 15 2014 - 09:43 AM

View PostMadfish, on February 15 2014 - 09:37 AM, said:

Hawken is not free. In fact if you bought everything so you had access to it you'd spend a ton more than on Titanfall.

Except that 90% of Hawken's paid content is purely cosmetic and optional, compared to Titanfall which requires $60 and a paid online subscription on consoles at $10 a month to play.  So no, you're actually spending more on Titanfall in the long run.  I only paid for my stuff in Hawken because I support Adhesive and what they're trying to do, despite the rough bumps in the road, and want to see them succeed.  (And I thought it looked cool.)

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YER A RAIDER, HARRY.

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Posted February 15 2014 - 09:44 AM

Why would you compare these 2 games against each other?

Can you compare Skyrim to Dark Souls (masterpieces btw)?
And ask what game is the best, and why?

Titanfall has a few mechs, yes, but thats not a reason to compaire it with Hawken imo.

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Posted February 15 2014 - 09:45 AM

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#11 Sulfaid

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Posted February 15 2014 - 10:00 AM

Hawken has toaster oven mechs. Need I say any more?

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Posted February 15 2014 - 10:18 AM

i followed some titan stream on twitch
to be honest i prefer hawken ......
i can watch hawken streams and enjoy them

titanfall is kinda boring after watching a few times .....

my opinion

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Posted February 15 2014 - 10:20 AM

Titanfall = COD with mechs as killstreaks.
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Posted February 15 2014 - 10:23 AM

View PostHatesYourFace, on February 15 2014 - 10:20 AM, said:

Titanfall = COD with mechs as killstreaks.

yep

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Posted February 15 2014 - 10:39 AM

Agree, i actually really like how they proclaim everywhere that game is more than just "CoD with mechs", its quite funny.
In my hearth there is still just one Mechwarrior and one Hawk3n, other games are just copys.

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Posted February 15 2014 - 10:52 AM

It's hard to tell when I haven't been able to get online with Titanfall, but I imagine everybody prefers riding a mech rather than running on the ground, and HAWKEN is 100% mechs.

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Posted February 15 2014 - 10:58 AM

gran turismo is for sure better than nfs.. not that im in to racing games but i know that :ph34r:

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Posted February 15 2014 - 11:03 AM

Who gives a fuzzy bunny? Comparisons like 'hawken vs titanfall' are just comparisons made for the sake of arguing. They're both video games, they'll both be successful in their own right and they both have their own 'feel and appeal'. Personally I think they are both very fun and unique games in their own way (although the titanfall beta is laughably buggy and largely unplayable)
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Posted February 15 2014 - 11:04 AM

Grand turismo is more like simulator, than pure arcade NFS.
Hawken i see like pure arcade with tactix (group, positioning etc.), but titanfal -arcade game too- is still run´n´gun like CoD, only tiers here are with mechs.
Basicaly i like be pilot more, than run for score to call mech.

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Posted February 15 2014 - 11:11 AM

View PostGunmoku, on February 15 2014 - 09:43 AM, said:

View PostMadfish, on February 15 2014 - 09:37 AM, said:

Hawken is not free. In fact if you bought everything so you had access to it you'd spend a ton more than on Titanfall.

Except that 90% of Hawken's paid content is purely cosmetic and optional, compared to Titanfall which requires $60 and a paid online subscription on consoles at $10 a month to play.  So no, you're actually spending more on Titanfall in the long run.  I only paid for my stuff in Hawken because I support Adhesive and what they're trying to do, despite the rough bumps in the road, and want to see them succeed.  (And I thought it looked cool.)

First of all keep this in mind: if you don't buy a product - you ARE the product. Nothing is free. Hawken Needs to run their servers also. And most free2play games are more expensive than paid games - exactly because only a fraction of the players want's to spend money which means the others have to bleed for it.
Also you can buy Titanfall during a sale - which means it costs you the same or even less as a Hawken starter bundle (not even including everything).

That said Titanfall is source engine. Eventually it's even possible to run your own modded server. Limitless prossibilities really.

Also yes, if you play like crazy you won't have to spend money - aside from consumables - you could just grind and unlock. But I have a day job and honestly I can't afford to grind for that long just to play a mech...
On top of that this argument is moot: if People would really Play Hawken for free than Hawken would have to be canceled. They NEED money as well to develop the game and run it...


So again: Hawken is NOT free. Just because YOU don't pay doesn't mean it's free at all. That is a hilarious statement to begin with...




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