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Saw the very first trailer video they released in 2011 and I signed up for Alpha testing.

 

 

Same here. I fell in love with it the minute the first trailer went public.



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I first read about Hawken on Gamespot and saw the ADH/Meteor  presentation at E3. I registered for the closed Alpha and became a member on 9/18/12...Have been here ever since, never left..even through the 'Dark Period' I still played.

 

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I bought a (at the time) new video card from Nvidia and they gave me a $50 in game credit for planetside, WoT and hawken. Hawken was the first one I installed and it was love a first DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA BOOM BOOM MECHANICAL STOMP STOMP ENEMY SIGHTED!
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Saw Kotaku talking about it. Forgot to sign up for closed beta, but was sure as hell to be there for the start of Open Beta.

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Was downloading drivers for my Nvidia GTX 550 Ti on the Nvidia website, saw an ad for Hawken, Googled it, and anxiously awaited OB release on Dec 12, 2012. I've been playing ever since the start of OB.
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Parents, somehow.

I don't even know how they found it.


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I played it at Gamescom 2012 and was instantly hyped. Still got that poster they handed out to a few pilots :D

I registered for alpha, but my computer wasn't powerfull enough at that time. From february 2014 on I was finally able to play Hawken.


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How did I find Hawken?       Fred. 

 

Saw an article in a PC gamer mag,  about this Mech style game.  Love/Hate memories of Mechwarrior came back,  things I loved,  the slow, tedious, anal gameplay I just... didn't click with.  

 

I had seen many console Mech games.... Armored Core, Some Titanfall stuff...  But this Hawken.

 

A funny looking mech, that looked like a refrigerator!!  Kinda cute! 

 

The graphics looked pretty good too,  and the article talked about the smooth, fast gameplay.  

 

heck,  how could you NOT want to pilot a mech as cute as Fred?  that did it.  


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Fred came to me in a dream and whispered sweet nothings in my ear with a Point-D Vulcan.



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Destiny brought me here and now my goal is to become da best technician! XD

DESTINY !!!!! FOLLOW DA DESTINY!!!

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And if you dont .... 

 

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(This is also me when u no cooperate in game XD)

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This

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I read this comic pretty regularly back then. Saw this, read the rant about it. Found youtube videos and it was free? It was all clear after that.

So after digging up my email, I think I've been around since 17/12/12.


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Lol love that what's the comic ?

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And if you dont .... 

 

bloody_keyboard.gif    <-------------- ME and Bunny
 
 
(This is also me when u no cooperate in game XD)

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Lol love that what's the comic ?

 

http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20121214 Ctrl+alt+del by Tim Buckley. Been around since 2002.


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I just googled "best free-to-play games" or something like that, most results were "top 10 free games" and the games on the lists were mostly generic FPS and generic RPGs, but one of those mentioned Hawken and showed a screenshot, I was like "that can't be a screenshot, it looks way too good for a free game", but it was! and I've always loved mechs so I downloaded it instantly.



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By accident, was doing a search on fps type games. Saw it in the list so I you tubed it and fell in :wub:.



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It's been so long I'm not sure I'm remembering this correctly, but I think it was an email from Alienware that had a link to sign up for the closed beta...

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I did not play any games before, I was testing my PC that I build. I just installed This game (Hawken) & I'm glad I did so, from that time I'm still playing it.

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June 2013, I had just busted my ankle and was laid up for the entire summer.  While checking out the Nvidia website, on my new laptop, I found a trailer for the game.  I got hooked instantly, and while healing up, I started to make plans for a new gaming rig.  I spent a year saving up and collecting components for my new rig, and when it was completed, I went to my steam account and installed this game first.  Been playing constantly for almost two years now...


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I learned about if from a guy named Side Strafe on YouTube. Best YouTube recommendation ever. This was about a month or two before the steam release.

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These were some more of the 2012 E3 reviews and videos I found, some of which lead me to Hawken. 

 

http://www.giantbomb...demo/2300-6216/

 

E3 presentation with Giant Bomb..check out some of Jason's comments at around 9:20 in the interview.

 

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Found this early video review from an old community member...Remember her ? 

 

http://www.dragonblo...o-beta-details/

 

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More E3 reviews about Hawken

 

http://www.dragonblo...o-beta-details/

 

http://www.polygon.c...ed-mech-warfare

 

http://www.g4tv.com/...-gameplay-demo/  This interview was with the man himself.

 

http://www.g4tv.com/...mo/#video-59276

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Just Relax....and take life one game at a time....

Don't run to your death....walk

 

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From nvidia's official webpage. Can't remember the real reason why I went there though :rolleyes:. But anyways, curiously I made an account, downloaded, and started playing during the 1st or 2nd month of open beta, way before steam release.

 

I don't have any other mech related games so why not and I'm kinda fan of district 9/transformers with weird guns and robot/mech movies :wub: !      


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http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20121214 Ctrl+alt+del by Tim Buckley. Been around since 2002.

 

 

The mechs in that panel are TOTALLY the Assault and Pred...


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I saw this trailer:

 

 

The rest is history.


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In the liveleak.com forums


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I saw this trailer:

 

 

The rest is history.

Good lord, I remember when battleships would shoot at you!


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