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Hawken vs MWO (Mech Warrior Online)
#1
Posted June 30 2012 - 06:54 AM
I am a freshmeat to the "Mech Robot" genre. Before becoming familiar to games like these recently through E3 trailers and the such, I was playing MMORPG games and FPS games. The two I play now are Runescape and Battlefield 3.
Seeing this genre and how awesome the graphics is, I surely want to play it, try it out, and of course to test the awesome gaming PC that I have built.
The question I have is: How is Hawken different from MWO (Mech Warrior Online)?
I surely did ask this same question to Modern Warfare 3 vs Battlefield 3.
I get this impression:
MWO = Battlefield 3
Hawken = COD: Modern Warfare 3
Is this the right assessment? I am trying to figure out which game I should play... and the first part of this will probably just to play both. But before that, I just want to get the general sense of what is the different between the two or what distinguishes them from the other? is one more fast pace and casual? while the other is a little slower and have a more focus on realistic mechanic such as bullet dropping in BF3?
I hope for veterans of this genre to come and answer this question for a freshmeat to the genre like so I can become more familiar with the genre overall!
Thank you so much for your help =)!
#2
Posted June 30 2012 - 07:10 AM
#3
Posted June 30 2012 - 05:37 PM
#4
Posted July 01 2012 - 02:34 PM
One people can't talk about because they aren't allowed to, the other people can't talk about because they haven't played it yet.
#5
Posted July 01 2012 - 06:20 PM
: )..
"MWO = Battlefield 3
Hawken = COD: Modern Warfare 3"
Who allowed the fucking troll roam this site?
#6
Posted July 02 2012 - 03:37 PM
I know I will.
Oh, and just as an FYI: Comparing Hawken and MWO to BF3 and MW3 is pretty silly. Might as well start comparing apples to oranges.
#7
Posted July 07 2012 - 06:58 AM
Hawken art style/aesthetic instead is really fresh, colorful and Mechs are really cool PLUS there are a lot of little things that makes it stand out: the HUD is gorgeous, the lighting also is fantastic.
Unreal Engine shines with this kind of design philosophy far more then the Cry Engine which is a great engine but IMO is all about realism and often lacks that extra spice that helps(Crysis 2)
Environments also looks far more unique/vary in Hawken and really there are some amazing weather effects: so far in MWO I have seen only big forests that frankly are generic at best.
Gamepaly wise Hawken is far faster then MWO, far more focused the magic of FPS that on the simulation and personally I prefer games with a fast gamepaly: taking too long to kill someone is dangerously close to frustration for me...it just me though.
As far as the RPG elements (customization, character/mech progression, etc...) it's hard to tell which is delivering more: I have seen both Hawken & MWO customization videos and IMO Hawken delivers a more then excellent customization, so surely it won't disappoint.
#8
Posted July 11 2012 - 07:43 AM
#9
Posted July 11 2012 - 09:14 AM
Mech Mechanic said:
#10
Posted July 11 2012 - 09:18 AM

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"The difference between theory and practice is smaller in theory than it is in practice"
#11
Posted July 23 2012 - 08:49 PM
#12
Posted July 25 2012 - 12:40 AM
#13
Posted July 25 2012 - 05:13 PM
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Yeah, I kind of think that Hawken just looks like a Mech version of Call of Duty ...
Hawken has absolutely nothing to do with CoD. And it doesn't look similar in any way.
The art style is totally different.
Hawken is rather original and uses a setting, which is fairly new in the gaming world. CoD looks just like any other of those many war games, we've seen in the last years.
The gameplay seems to be very different as well. And Hawken is developed as a multiplayer title (with all its focus on that), while CoD is mainly a single player "game" (well, rather interactive film).
And MWO is of course not comparable to BF3 as well.
We will see how good those games will be (MWO and Hawken). I think they both look really promising, and even though I have a pretty good picture of how the gameplay will most likely be, I still don't know which game I will like more in the long run. It really comes down to how good the balance, variety, etc. is.
I will definetly play both when they come out.
#14
Posted July 26 2012 - 10:09 PM
#15
Posted July 27 2012 - 10:15 AM
#16
Posted July 27 2012 - 01:46 PM
#17
Posted July 29 2012 - 02:27 AM
Varaka said:
Two different approaches. I'll probably try both, why not. But for some reason Hawken appease better my FPS mech sci fi needs than any other game out there. Ah and there's Planet Side II.
Hawken.
Planet Side II.
Ravaged.
Can't get any better than this...
#18
Posted August 03 2012 - 01:19 AM
It'll more then likely end up being two very different games catering to different crowds.

sig courtesy of Necro
#19
Posted August 06 2012 - 09:45 AM
Mek Boyz said:
If a game is fast paced, it's not casual, as you need to be a better gamer to play fast paced.
Come hang out on #hawken and #hawkenscrim, http://webchat.quakenet.org/

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#20
Posted August 06 2012 - 11:22 AM
Redvan said:
Mek Boyz said:
Difficulty and pacing are two ENTIRELY different things. Neither has anything to do with the other.
EDIT:Hawken is faster paced though.
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