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[Coot]

MWO wasn't my cup of tea. Too slow paced when all I wanted to do was blow $%#^ up  :twisted:


BRING ON HAWKEN!!!!  

[Peter_Stevenson]

I'm not feeling the love for MWO here.  Fair enough, everyone's entitled to their opinion.  MWO is still in closed beta atm, and it's a bit unfair to trash something on the basis of what is a cut down version of the entire game.  I'm a battletech fan from way back, and really looking forward to giving MWO a go.  Free to play_  Awesome.

Having said that, I am also keen to try out Hawken.  I really, really love the art that the dev team are POURING into this game.  It looks like Neo Tokyo meets Beirut - brilliant!  And the mechs themselves have a more realistic look to me (as far as a bipedal walking fantasy war machine can) than mechwarrior does..

As far as comparing the two goes, well, there are videos online.  I think  we'll really just have to wait until both games are out there.  For myself, I know I'll end up playing both.  Will MWO hit my nostalgia for the old days and be enough to keep me playing, or will Hawken, with it's fresh new look and gritty style keep me coming back again and again_

Just a few months to go...

[Hazer]

I'm definitely looking forward to both games.  Very different styles and universes.  I like the Battletech Universe, and I'm curious to see how they use it.  Having Inner Sphere News "broadcasts" on their website isn't going to cut it.  But it is still early yet.  

The speed and style of each game looks very different, and will fill different holes in a Mech pilot's heart.

[Xzile1]

Having played both, I can safely say I'm way more excited about Hawken.

MWO is great for the type of game it is. Definitely slower paced and more about strategical positioning and teamwork. Great gameplay if you think of it more of a game based on a tabletop game. The best part of the game I found was the Mech customization. I probably spent more time tweaking my mech then playing. I found myself playing only to earn credits to unlock more Mech's and parts.

Hawken however has way better gameplay IMO. The pace is much faster than MWO, more on par with a standard FPS's. And the controls are standard, unlike the MWO throttle system. You can also shoot more times before over heating compared to MWO, and your Mech doesn't shut down completely when you do over heat. Hawken also seems like its going to have a more balanced gameplay as far as weapons and mechs go.

All in all, Hawken has the edge on MWO. I just hope they take notes from other F2P games that are doing well, like League of Legends for example, and market the game right. I think the only thing that could hurt this game in the future is a failure to release new content at a reasonable rate. It seems that a lot of F2P games fail because they can't produce content at a rate to keep players interested.

I just can't wait to play the crap out of this game.

[Montiblanc]

MWO is a terrible game only for hardcore mechwarrior fans who play in premade groups with teamspeak. go try it for 3 days and you will understand just how bad this game is its complete garbage and is no place for casual players, join game & under 5 minutes your whole team is dead all day everyday, no balance nothing, piss poor boring gameplay, pathetic excuse for mechs that aircraft and armored vehicles with the same tech would whoop these trash junk heaps.

sorry just had to bash that game really had to & apologize for any bad language
really looking forward to Hawken & exteel 2( if it ever comes out of development ~_~)

[Handicap]

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MWO is a terrible game only for hardcore mechwarrior fans who play in premade groups with teamspeak. go try it for 3 days and you will understand just how bad this game is its complete garbage and is no place for casual players, join game & under 5 minutes your whole team is dead all day everyday, no balance nothing, piss poor boring gameplay, pathetic excuse for mechs that aircraft and armored vehicles with the same tech would whoop these trash junk heaps.

You sound like someone who's posts I have read many times before. Quit your crying. You're just pissed off you paid for founders access to a game you knew nothing about.

I also love how everyone in here has "played" MWO despite you having to digitally sign an NDA which means you're NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT. Stupid tweens.

Yet, at the same time, everyone seems to think Hawken has the best gameplay of the two when I hardly doubt anybody here (Maybe 1 or 2 of you) have even had time behind the wheel of a Hawken Mech.

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The games are completely different. One (Hawken) is a twitch shooter similar in play style to your standard FPS where as the other (MWO) is more of a mech sim where you have to manage various aspects of your mech while moving. It's like comparing Grand Tourismo to Grand Theft Auto.. Just because you drive cars in both games doesn't mean that they're anything alike.

[Handicap]

Matter of fact..

For those of you who posted about having played Mechwarrior, if Hawken has an NDA and the devs do -ANY- research into their applying player base, you can kiss your Hawken Beta access goodbye until December.

Why would you not think about what you were typing_

[Nitris]

I do not know the details of the NDA testers of MWO agreed to as I have not even applied to test MWO.
However, I'd just like to point out that as long as the NDA doesn't say you can't tell people you are a tester, then it is not breaking the NDA, so is perfectly fine.
Of the many games that I have tested while under NDA's I can inform you that only 3 of them specifically restricted talking about if you were a tester. The rest --and vast majority-- did not.

[Handicap]

PGI's NDA on MWO states, with enough detail, rules and restrictions that put certain individuals within this forum, this post specifically, in violation of it.

[MechMechanic]

The hell....

Those are two different games. Why anyone dares to compare these games. Hawken is a fast paced FPS, strategic mech game. The other game is slow paced. It doesn't have the level complexity of the stages designed in Hawken.

[Varaka]

Handicap, on September 14 2012 - 10:52 AM, said:

PGI's NDA on MWO states, with enough detail, rules and restrictions that put certain individuals within this forum, this post specifically, in violation of it.

This is true.

[Montiblanc]

Handicap, on September 13 2012 - 11:58 AM, said:

You sound like someone who's posts I have read many times before. Quit your crying. You're just pissed off you paid for founders access to a game you knew nothing about.

dont assume things i never mentioned no i did not buy a founders but still had pretty solid setups and know wdf im playing but admire your defense for this game fricking fanboy

[Fr0d0]

Hawken = COD       Hawken = Counter-Strike

[Zeether]

It's apples and oranges. Hawken is faster and MWO is more about slower tactical play. Not that MWO is worse, it serves up a different play style.

[pezzott1]

J2R, on August 16 2012 - 03:31 PM, said:

Mechwarrior is much slower paced and is all about positioning and weapons/heat management. Hawken (from what we've been shown and told) is more of a fast paced fps, that i've come to liken to quake or unreal tournament.

Exactly!! UT is the best reference i can find for hawken. Just double taping A/D (S maybe) for a quick side strafe makes me nostalgic!! Quake may be too fast paced imo. lol

I feel old when people compare a new fps to COD, they dont remember the original games anymore.

[TheoC]

MWO looks like a refinement of previous iterations of the franchise, trying to be realistic about how a 100 ton mech would move around and without very many "fancy" moves. You're basically a walking tank.


I'm hoping Hawken will scratch my phantom crash itch, because I haven't had anything to cover that kind of gameplay since the original xbox...

[SmaCkexe]

Mek Boyz, on June 30 2012 - 06:54 AM, said:

Hello Mech Veterans,

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 =)!

A more Apt description would be ... MWO is WoW with Mechs.  It has a lot of customization and armor building and is very slow paces.   Hawken is more UT.  Hawken is fast paced.  You dash side to side  and move quickly.   Please do not even compare the amazing badassery  that is Hawken to Call of Madden.

[Hazer]

TheoC, on September 16 2012 - 12:55 PM, said:

MWO looks like a refinement of previous iterations of the franchise, trying to be realistic about how a 100 ton mech would move around and without very many "fancy" moves. You're basically a walking tank.


I'm hoping Hawken will scratch my phantom crash itch, because I haven't had anything to cover that kind of gameplay since the original xbox...

Exactly.  I loved Phantom Crash, and there are not enough games that try and do the smaller, quicker style of mech combat.  Actually Hawken is basically the only other one I can think of.

Mechwarrior style combat is just going to be different. Slower, bigger mechs, that are not as easy to maneuver.  Different styles.

[quicksilv3r]

i played MWO beta, and i hated it.
ilove BF3, and hate COD...

[BloodApathy]

I think the comparison is fair in many ways. I know when i was a youngster playing MW2 and mercs, i always dreamed of a mech game that was more fast paced. Hawken is delivering on it. Having been lucky enough to play a few rounds at comic con  I can say i played it, as it wasn't beta it was an open session to get hands on with it, and it is a very solid, well paced multiplayer setup.

The other thing i can say even just from videos of both games is the arenas are much more interesting in hawken. The ability to Jump jet onto ledges and things like that really does make for for more dynamic game play that the walking through and stoping on buildings you get in mechwarrior games.