Excuse my ignorance when it comes to consoles, but is there any way to check what kind of numbers hawken has been pulling on xbox? I'd really like to see something similar to steam charts or herokuapp since I'm quite curious about how the population is so far. Especially since those numbers have a direct impact on whether or not PC updates occur.
What have the numbers been like on xbox so far?
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Posted 06 July 2016 - 03:14 PM
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Posted 07 July 2016 - 06:07 AM
I have only seen around 50.000 views on a video about the xbox-release on YT so far. Bet you've seen it as well, as most of us follow the progress of the console release. It recently gets a lot of attention. If 5% of those people try Hawken and another 50% of THOSE people become long-term-players, it could have an impact on the PC version. But I am only guessing.



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Posted 07 July 2016 - 07:04 AM
I also checked for reviews, there a not much info if pple like it or not.
http://www.metacriti...xbox-one/hawken
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Posted 07 July 2016 - 05:56 PM
I have been playing on the XB1 every day since it came out and can tell you from personal experience that there are ton of people playing. So many that they had to bring more servers up to meet high demand. Everyone I have asked randomly in lobbies have said they loved the game so far. Haven't really seen any empty servers either. Takes about 15-30 seconds to find a match in any game mode. Personally I am quite satisfied with the console port. There are some things here and there that I think where odd decisions but overall it plays really well on the XboxOne and Xbox players seem to be really enjoying it.
As for looking for reviews on Hawken by gaming critics? Wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. Chances are not many are going to review it since most gaming critics know it came out on pc a few years ago and probably aren't going to cover it again unless it really picks up some big time steam playerbase-wise.
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Posted 07 July 2016 - 06:14 PM
I have been playing on the XB1 every day since it came out and can tell you from personal experience that there are ton of people playing. So many that they had to bring more servers up to meet high demand. Everyone I have asked randomly in lobbies have said they loved the game so far. Haven't really seen any empty servers either. Takes about 15-30 seconds to find a match in any game mode. Personally I am quite satisfied with the console port. There are some things here and there that I think where odd decisions but overall it plays really well on the XboxOne and Xbox players seem to be really enjoying it.
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Match wait times are a matter of seconds.
The xbox people are really having a blast with it.
Much to my great delight, I have randomly been dropped into servers with (xbox)Hocisern and (xbox)Hestoned today, but thats probably more a matter of mmr grouping than anything.
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Posted 07 July 2016 - 07:33 PM
quoted for truth
Match wait times are a matter of seconds.
The xbox people are really having a blast with it.
Much to my great delight, I have randomly been dropped into servers with (xbox)Hocisern and (xbox)Hestoned today, but thats probably more a matter of mmr grouping than anything.
Very glad to hear this.
I mentioned elsewhere that Hawken on Xbox is the first thing that has actually made me consider getting a better console than our aging Wii that my young boys play.
PC players will reap benefits in time. be patient
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Posted 07 July 2016 - 09:54 PM
Very glad to hear this.
I mentioned elsewhere that Hawken on Xbox is the first thing that has actually made me consider getting a better console than our aging Wii that my young boys play.
PC players will reap benefits in time. be patient
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Posted 07 July 2016 - 10:33 PM
One of those reviews reads....
I played this game on the PC back in 2012 pretty religiously and it feels exactly the same on the Xbox. The controls are a bit hard to get used to since piloting a mech is not the same as a person and you can't remap anything but I found that it's no problem after half an hour.
A lot of the gameplay is centered on map awareness, movement, and knowing how to use your specific mech. With over 30 mechs that all fit into some sort of niche in the class based shooter genre (TF2 style), every play style you can imagine is covered. one example would be the Scout mech; fast, hard hitting, and great for harassing the enemy team in urban maps. another would be the brawler; heavily armored with a rapid fire shotgun and rocket launcher, this mech is slow moving but able to move into a bottleneck and push its way through. The Predator is fast, shoots sticky explosives along with a sniperifle and has a special ability to lower incoming damage. Literally everything imaginable is here.
I've read some complaintson the Hawken forums from xbox players saying that the graphics are bad, aiming is hard, turning is too slow, and the bots are too jittery but that is all part of the original design of the game. Remember that this is a game from 2012 and the full file size is somwhere around 4.5gb. the aiming is hard because there is no auto aim and every mech can dash in every direction and jump/ float in the air. This is not a twitch shooter like cod, 1v1 fights can last up to 15 seconds of continuous fire if both sides use cover and keeping on target is not something easily done without aim assist. The mechs are jittery and slower than expected when turning because the lore says that they are all repurposed industrial mechs that rumble around the battle field doing something they were not designed to do. that being said, you can turn down or turn off the jittering and bouncing around in the settings.
All in all, this was exactly what i expected the game to be. Fights are intense, maps are small varied enough for 12 guys to get into nonstop fights and duel at range. they have multiple gametypes available from tdm to ctf and a horde mode too. Collapse
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#9
Posted 07 July 2016 - 11:21 PM
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I love hearing stuff like this! So easy to get jaded if you hang around these forums often enough / can never find a game on a local server.
Thanks for posting. +2 Spirits lifted.
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Posted 08 July 2016 - 12:55 AM
I love hearing stuff like this! So easy to get jaded if you hang around these forums often enough / can never find a game on a local server.
Thanks for posting. +2 Spirits lifted.
As another oceanic I completely understand :p
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Posted 08 July 2016 - 02:00 AM
As another oceanic I completely understand :p
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