Mech Assault *Official Thread*

Something's wrong in the world when I make an official thread. Oh well. Anyway, after racking my brain in yet another Crystal Report (remember kids, databases=fun!), I relaxed with the Mech Assault review at xbox.ign.com (Insiders only). While I'm happy with the glowing praise the game has received thus far, there were a few things that caught my eye (in a bad way) in the review.

• No customizing of the mechs. I can understand this to a point, just to keep a balance of gameplay when it comes to weapons. but it would be nice to "spray paint" the mech, or pick a decal (or design your own).
• Multi-player options only available on Sys Link or Split Screen. There are apparently several mult-player modes that were not brought over to the online multi-play. This seems odd to me.
• Having to create a new game session/lobby after each online game. This seems just ridiculous to me. If they would have put this game in the beta test, this would have been one of the first things bitched about. :)

On the plus side, they are planning a good deal of downloadable content. Hopefully free downloadable content. Depending on how many hooks they left in the code, they could conceivably take care of all 3 of the things I mentioned above. One other bad thing: only 8 player max. I think 16 would have been sweet, but it sounds like the engine wouldn't make it.

Probably the best multiplayer option: Not It. Whoever is IT is the only person who can score points for killing other players. Another player has to kill you to become IT. Wash, Rinse, Repeat. So, 7 other people after your ass, and you have to take as many of them out as possible before you're killed. I likey. :evil:

So who's getting this game? Anyone seen other reviews/news on it?

I really want to play it, but it seems best to wait until I sign on with XBox Live (which won't be until the first of the year). I'm sure the single player game is ok, but c'mon, on-line mech battles is where it's at.

I'm definitely getting the game. I've read that it controls alot like Halo, and the videos make it look as good as Robotech to me. I'm not too worried about the offline multiplayer, cuz unless I'm playing single player, it'll all be online. :D

I'm hoping that this is one of those games that's good enough online to where I play it for a year or two without even flinching. I also really hope that the single player story mode is done well, and not just an afterthought.

I'll be online with this Day 1. Look for Gakusei. :sneak:

My friend is getting this one. I might grab it after I've played out Steel Batallion, if the offline mode is good.

No customizing mechs = no sale.

Phantom Crash and Tekki will fill my mecha needs for a long time to come, especially since I'm passing on Xbox Live for the near future at least.

No customizing Mechs = Happy Customer.

I hated Armored Core.




I'll be there, no question, on day one.

Hey

I got to try out Mech Assault today & it is a blast. I only tried out the first two single player missions, but damn is it fun. I cannot describe how well things blow up in this game! The controls work perfectly & the mechs feel just right. I love how the infantry men scream when I stomp through a patrol unit.

I shouldn't comment on the visuals or audio, since I was playing on a FuncoLand(shitty) TV, but it looked & sounded very nice.

Damn my lack of funds! I should be playing this on XBLive tonight!

JM

I want this game a lot too, the videos look excellent. I'm getting Unreal Champ first, but this will definitely be soon :)

Gamespot basically said it's the best game on Xbox Live, giving it a 9.0:

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...897126,00.html

I played a hell of alot of Battletech in my younger days (the real thing, not the computer version), so I'll definitely be at least checking this out.

The second I see this @ Compusa (I get a 10% discount with Gamefixx membership), it's mine. :) Can't wait!

I just got home from the store with Mechassault.

Impressions later...

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Gamespot basically said it's the best game on Xbox Live, giving it a 9.0:

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...897126,00.html

I played a hell of alot of Battletech in my younger days (the real thing, not the computer version), so I'll definitely be at least checking this out.

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Battletech, was that the Genesis game where you played a mech in isometric view and it was a bit like the Strike games?

Yes, it was, but all MechWarrior/BatleTech games are based off of the tabletop strategy game. It was pretty kickass, actually. I'd love to see somebody make a game that incorporated all of those rules.

My cousin used to play that game all the time. More of a reason for him to get an X-Box...

Crap, this is out already? Well, I'll be picking this up soon, and hopefully XBLive as well. Steel Battalion pushes back another game for me...

I watched some videos today and walked away very impressed. Mech Assault reminds me of Alien Front Online only a little faster and with more weapon variety.

Hey guys,

If any of you are in Canada and are definately getting Xbox Live and Mechassault, Future Shop has an awesome deal going on.

Buy XBL at $69.99CDN and get Mechassault for $49.99CDN. Save $20 bucks and get your game on!

Well I picked this and Ghost Recon up today. I have only played a little of each so far, but I can say right now Mech Assault will be GREAT on Live. The attention to detail is awesome, when you shoot building up they take damage according to where and with what you shot them with and the explosions are good as well. I am on the third mission right now, and so far it has been a complete blast. I have had to save a city from attack and let me tell you the entire city was in ruins by the time that skirmish was over, we literally demolished the entire area. There is something special about dodging a volley of missiles, then barely escaping getting crushed by the building behind you that was hit instead and is now about to crush you. One thing I have noticed is enemy mechs take ALOT of damage to take down although me playing on hard difficulty might have something to do with that ;)

Controls are excellent, usually games have an adjusting period but this game is pick up and play at it's best. There's 3 different weapons categories and each has its own button (X Y and B) or you can press left trigger to shuffle through then quickly in the midst of battle. On the mechs I have used so far, pressing in left joystick gives you a hover move which can make for some incredible battles flying through the air and landing behind a mech only to blast him point blank with a pack of missiles. And of course stepping on the poor infantry is fun as well!

Graphics look nice, as I already said good attention to detail on explosions and damage factors, your mech looks amazing (well, the two I have used so far) and looks and moves how I think a real one would. I don't have any complaints really so far, it has solid single player campaign with fast, frenetic and most important enjoyable action and I am absolutely certain this will be amazing when played online. There's a few impressions after about 20-30 minutes of playing for you guys, I highly suggest you check it out

Hey Doug, what Mechs are available in the game so far?

I have the Cougar and it's variant the Puma so far

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There is something special about dodging a volley of missiles, then barely escaping getting crushed by the building behind you that was hit instead and is now about to crush you.

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You mean you can take damage from buildings that go down!? If that's true, that's freaking awesome! That could add so much strategy to things, not to mention being plain cool :)

I was going to get it - but I opted for getting a pimp leather jacket, new fedora and some shoes instead =/

Where have my priorities gone...

ºTracer

How many missions are there in the single player campaign mode??

You guys should play this online with me.

Send me friend invitations.

I got it. Its cool. Its very Alien Frontish online. And yes, you can take damage from buildings. I was near a falling one and got hurt BADLY. My bro and I played for 3 hours straight tonight. Two player ONLINE! JOY! Runs well too! Its kind of a blast a thon though. Dodging shit isnt easy either. My bro and I didnt lose once tonight. A few matches was 3 on 4 too. The only gay shit for the online right now is after you finish a match the game doesnt take everyone back to the lobby. It dumps you out. I imagine this getting fixed fast via download though. I give the game thumbs up.

EvilMog is my gamertag. Look for me!

It looks kickass to me. Only thing that's keeping me away is my lack of broadband.

It's only hard to dodge if you pick a 'mech without good dodging abilities.

Also, don't forget that most 'mechs have a defensive ability (activated by pressing in the right analog). If you're into dodging, pick something with jumpjets. Me, I like being huge, so I pick Atlas or Prometheum most of the time.

EvilMog, I take it you can have a guest online with you, like in MotoGP? If so, that is awesome! Compusa better have the damned thing when I go out there at lunch today....grrr...

Ok, I caved yesterday & bought this sucker. I played from 8:30 to 1:00 without taking one little break. This game PWNZ me in the worst way. Guess what is running through the back of my head right now? That's right, nonstop urges to fake a sickness to go home & play this. It is easily one of the most visually busy games I have ever seen & the fact that this plays really smoothly on Live speaks volumes about the Xbox hardware & the quality of the network.

I DO have a few nitpicks though. The whole getting kicked out of the session when the match is over. How are you supposed to gloat overy your victory if you get booted back to the damn optimatch screen every time? The other thing is, I noticed people losing connections. EVERY time I tried to play Team Destruction, one side or another would lose a couple of players. This makes for REALLY uneven matches with 4 reds against 2 blues. The resulting bloodbath is unpleasant if you are on the losing side & boring if you are on the winning side. This made me go for straight destruction deathmatches for the majority of my play time.

Even with these downfalls, the game totally rocks, & I can't remember the last time I had this much fun with a game.

Korly, I will send you an invite tonight. :)

JM

I was wondering how varied are the mech types and how many are there, also how customizable are they with the exception of not being able to paint them?

There is a pretty good selection, but absolutely NO customization. This is a pure arcade style action-fest. Just forget the battletech name & treat it like a great action title & you will get over your dissapointment really quickly. Bottom line, this game is wonderful online. You owe it to yourself to try this out. The high ratings at Gamespot & IGN are spot on.

JM

The game rocks. I'm loving it now. Between this and Unreal I may never sleep again.

Is anybody else getting alot of "Dirty disc errors" while playing online? I get booted back to my XBox dashboard after almost every game.

Damn you all. Broadband want.

This game sounds excellent, but I have one question.

How fast are the mechs? Are we talking normal Mechwarrior speeds? I hope not.

Tonydoo – I was having that same problem. I’d say in 12 of 15 online games, after the match ended I was booted to the dashboard and greeted with a dirty disc error. Super annoying! I took the game back and got a new copy. The new copy has done it twice out of about 15 games. My Xbox is less than a month old so I hope it is not the source of the problem.

This game is extremely cool. Im on about the 10th mission now and due to no broadband I wont be seein online anytime soon. It is a really cool and fun game but I had one question: When playing in multiplayer and you die, is there anything you can do with your little guy or is it just so you can watch. I was hoping it was similar to the old classic Metal Warriors where you could take someone elses mech.

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It looks kickass to me. Only thing that's keeping me away is my lack of broadband.

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Holy crap, you run NeoMega over 56k?? Don't Steal My Tiles and everything? Dang.

And what other mechs are in the game? Warhammer? Grasshopper? Valkyrie? (or any of the other veritechs?) Victor? Hatamoto-Chi? C'mon, there's gotta be an Atlas or something.

Man this game is a blast. I played a game of team destruction against Game Cynic last nigh, but I neve managed to hook up with him again after that. Great stuff, but the lack of Session options are the only thing holding this game back from being perfect.

JM

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I played a hell of alot of Battletech in my younger days (the real thing, not the computer version...

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Man, I wish I did. The closest BT was in, I believe, L.A. Did I ever mention I live in Philadelphia? What I would have done to play one of those!

Striderkyo: Atlas, Cougar, Vulture, Puma (alt. Cougar), Mad Cat, Timberwolf, Thor. No Grasshopper or Valk (those were Macross designs, and aren't allowed to exist in the BattleTech universe). Got this last night after a very bad day at work (and shortly thereafter at home). The HD on our FTP server wigged out, and it took 2 hours to get running again. (Big deal since we have a major client who uses the server to send us trouble tickets to import into and out of our system here; major national chain). After grabbing the game and a MS wireless optical mouse @ CompUsa, I headed home and found our satellite system dead. The fuckers @ the cable company took our diplexers that allow us to run satellite and cable into multiple rooms (around $50 of equipment, $200 of effort to hook it all up), so my wife and I worked in the dark from 7pm until 8pm trying to get things working to where we'd have satellite and cable and cable modem again. Luckily we had one spare diplexer. Fuckers. I hate Charter Cable Company. Oh yeah, this thread was about Mech Assault...

The single player game, in my opinion, is the sequel to Battletech on the Genesis. It really really is. Not necessarily storywise, but definitely in terms of gameplay. You have your three weapon types, a mech that is neither uber-fast, nor Mechwarrior slow, and you have mission objectives to blow everything up. :) This is a good thing. I can see where some people might get bored though.

I've only played through 3 missions in single player so far, and Grinder in multiplayer (gladiator style combat), er, by myself (my wife was watching CBS all night). I saw JM playing on Live, but he was in-game and I couldn't send an invite. Oh, and Evilmog, I apologize for the invite decline last night, but I don't have Unreal. Sorry.

Even though I like the game, and I'm looking forward to playing against y'all on Live, I'm surprised at the lame ass implimentation of the Live interface. In Revolt, when you looked for new content, you'd stayed in game, on Live, it checked for content, offered it if it was there, and stuck you right back at the Live screen to jump in an play it you wanted. MA kicks you out to a special screen, forces you to sign onto Live again, checks for content (and currently finds none), and kicks you back to the game option screens, as in, "The Game just booted up and you pressed start" screen.

When you finish a game in Revolt, MotoGP, or Whacked (and I assume in Fever), you drop to the lobby for that session (ie, everyone who just played is in a lobby together). MA, no lobby. You have to recreate the lobby and game to play with your friends each time. Big no-no there.

Your friends list in every other Live game I've seen works like this: People who have not yet accepted your friend invite show at the top, then a list of friends who are on, then a list of people who aren't. MA, it normally keeps the list in alphabetically order, whether your friends are on or not. So, for example, if I wanted to see if Werewolf was on, rather than a quick look at my friend screen, I have to scroll alllllll the way to the bottom of my list and check there.

MotoGP spoiled me. There, you could see your rankings worldwide, as well as how you rank against your friends on each track and overall. MA, you have to search through the list of scores on the leaderboard to tell.

Also, the friends list doesn't show what game they are playing if a friend is on. You have to select the friend and see if they are joinable to see what game they are playing. If they aren't joinable, you can't see what they are playing. Every other game works the opposite; You see what they are playing and if they can be joined in a separate frame on the same screen.

These are all small niggling things, but you'd think that a game by Microsoft (well, published by them) would have implemented the Live interface a little better. It's almost like there was no useability testing on it at all. I would think that Day-1 would have been able to see how Revolt, Fever, Whacked and MotoGP worked on Live from a user stand point. I really hope that these are things that can be fixed via a Live update, as they are currently the only thing wrong with the game that I've seen thus far. Sorry for the rant, but it bites my rear a bit the Microsoft could have put this on the beta test and been able to address these issues before the game went gold, but chose not to.

Ah! The Mad Cat. Good ol' poster child for the BT franchise. Glad it's in there.

So, how's single player? I don't have access to BB yet, so I'd be buying it for the single player missions currently. Is it worth it?

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Man, I wish I did. The closest BT was in, I believe, L.A. Did I ever mention I live in Philadelphia? What I would have done to play one of those!

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If you mean the BattleTech centres, there was one in Chicago. I should know, I went :D It was pretty damn cool, but it'd seem kinda primitive these days. It was basically just a LAN party where everyone got their own Steel Battalion style cockpit.

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Striderkyo: Atlas, Cougar, Vulture, Puma (alt. Cougar), Mad Cat, Timberwolf, Thor. No Grasshopper or Valk (those were Macross designs, and aren't allowed to exist in the BattleTech universe).

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I think the Grasshopper was an original FASA design, but when did they lose the rights to having the Veritechs? And those sound like they're all clan mechs. I lost track of the story towards the end; did they ditch all the regular Inner Sphere mechs?

Every complaint Wolffen has about MA's online stuff is spot on. I want this shit fixed with a DL NOW! If this doesn't get fixed up, this game will not get played as much as others.

Well, it looks like the hard drive & online access has finally done it. I'm waiting for a patch to make a good game into a great one. :(

This shit should have been in there day one. It pushes this game into the realm of Annonymous Multiplayer game. It is almost impossible to cooridnate a match made up entirely of friends. It would take either an act of god or calling everone up on the phone & saying "OK now!" or something. I still love the gameplay & how much fun it is talking smack to other people in Mechs, but It would be 10 times better if you could consistantly do it with who you wanted to.

JM

It's an ONLINE game and the screw-ups all take place in the ONLINE aspects of said game? WTF?! :wtf:

I haven't been into Battletech since it first started, so I'm not sure about Inner Sphere vs clan mechs. I'd hazard a guess that they're all clan mechs. FASA lost the Macross designs in the mid-eighties after Harmony Gold sued the pants off them. FASA thought they had the rights, but they got the rights from someone who didn't actually have the rights to sell (much like Harmony Gold! Not that the courts have gotten to that yet). I need to find my Battletech mech book from when it first came out. The line art in that rocked!

Captain Veggie, the single player, as I said, reminds me a lot of the Genesis Battletech game. It's mission based; you blow up a lot of shit (and get to stomp on infantry!), pick up power ups from things you blow up, etc. Almost everything in the environment is destructible. The game play is not fast and furious, but it's not super slow either. It's a fair middle ground. The left stick controls your mech's direction, the right stick controls your mech's torso (for shooting one direction whilst running another) as well as looking up and down. L trigger cycles through weapon types (ballistic, energy, missle), and R trigger or A fires. X, Y, B can choose your weapon type, if you don't want to cycle with L. Pressing the left stick in will activate your jump jets (if you have them), and pressing the right stick in will activate defensive weapons (if you have them) like cloaking, chaff, etc. Very friendly controls.

This is definitely an easy game to pick up and play. The various mechs offer different weapon combinations and varianices in speed, armor, and defensive capabilities. For example: Cougars can jump jet. Atlases, can, well, they don't need defense. They just kick your ass.

The single player is worth it if you're not looking for a super deep game (like Splinter Cell or such) that you can pick up, play a mission, and put down. Plus, there are several split-screen multi-player options if you don't have Live.

Very very fun. I enjoy running over infantry alot. Lots of neat environments to play in. It's a really neat effect when those mechs explode. My only complaint would have to be that I don't have broadband and therefore cannot fully enjoy the multiplayer. Will have to go to prometheus' house later and play this weekend.

Man, I keep hearing that a lot ("I don't have broadband, so I can't get on Live"). I realize broadband isn't available (or affordable) for a lot of people, which sucks. But Live is better for going broadband, though. I don't think that the service could be this stable (much less offer full duplex voice) if there was a mix of broad and narrowband. Broadband providers were looking for something to increase the number of subcribers, and I think Live is a great start. Once you play it enough, you don't want to give it up. There are some issues, but they're not enough to warrant dismissing the service yet (if you want multiplayer action). Hmm...once I get my wife gets my website up and running, I'll post an in-depth analysis of Live and post a link over here.

I heard the rankings are based only on amount of kills. So basically the people at the top are going to be the losers who spend every hour of their waking lives playing it. It doesn't factor in deaths either, so the people at the top will not be the most skilled, just the biggest lowlifes...well if what I hear is true. I hope its not, but if it is, it needs to be changed and fast.

Hey guys, at least it isn't like Tribes, Twisted Metal Black, and NFL2K3 on PS2. You can't even talk in those. AT ALL. No chat, no voice, nothing. Seriously.

:lol:

Yeah, that does put the complaints in a different light.

JM

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Striderkyo: Atlas, Cougar, Vulture, Puma (alt. Cougar), Mad Cat, Timberwolf, Thor.

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I didn't see some of them on the website, what does the Timberwolf look like, that will probably be the one I use ;)

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Man this game is a blast. I played a game of team destruction against Game Cynic last nigh, but I neve managed to hook up with him again after that. Great stuff, but the lack of Session options are the only thing holding this game back from being perfect.

JM

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That was pretty cool last night, but unfortunatly I was playing w/ Tonydoo at his place (he was Flamble), and his XBox kept crashing after every game:mad: So we bounced back and forth between NFL2k3 and Mech Assault most of the night.

Yeah, are you going to be playing Unreal Championship or Mech Assault tonight? I will, & my friend Brad will be over too, so I'll be on the lookout for you.

JM

Wolf- Im not complaining that this is broadband only, Im just complaining about the fact that BB is not available where I live. My dad and I both want broadband it is just the fact that we cannot get DSL or Cable out here. If any of you know of some high speed internet that is more available than others feel free to fill me in. THere is nothing I would like more than to play on my XBOX and PS2 with you guys.

Also no one answered this before. In Grinder mode when playing two player when you die you remain as a little man that can walk around the screen. Is there anyway that you can enter a new mech or get in any vehicles like in Metal Combat that old SNES classic. Just wondering becasue that would be bad ass. Or if you had a rocket launcher and you could slowly chip away at big mechs in multiplayer if they couldnt find you.

Alright guys I'm Live as Zombified hope to see you around

Prometheus, I didn't take it as a complaint against the Xbox. :) I know how frustrating it is for some people to not have access to a cable modem. I was one of those people before last year. I'm just hoping the broadband provides will see this as an opportunity to expand the market and get their service to more places that don't have it.

As to your question on Grinder, I don't know, but I'd hazard a guess of no. All the mechs blow up good, and I've yet to see an empty one to jump into (the turning into an infantry guy was news to me).

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Yeah, are you going to be playing Unreal Championship or Mech Assault tonight? I will, & my friend Brad will be over too, so I'll be on the lookout for you.

JM

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I picked up Unreal Championship and I'll be playing that most of the day, and probably some Mech Assault later as well; I'm on the fence about buying the game (Steel Battalion is taking all my money), but I plan on playing some more split screen later w/ Tonydoo/Flamble.

Ok, I'm going on in a bit. Everyone make sure to send me an invite.

You guys should play HALO instead. It fucking RULZORS!!!

I'll be playing Mech Assault in an hour or so if anyone wants to play a game -- gamertag = Makaze IGN

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Man, I keep hearing that a lot ("I don't have broadband, so I can't get on Live").

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I live about a long jump from prometheus and it will be a "long" time before we get broadband at my house which makes me cry. I was considering running a very long piece of cat 5 cable from my girlfriends cable modem to my house just to play on live.

Regardless I think going BB only is the best thing microsoft has going for it. It would piss me off if my game of UC or Mechassault was crippled by some guy running on a crappy 56k connection.

I played one game with Master last night, and he OWNXXORZZXX00377!!!11ED me. Next time gadget, next time...

;)

I have been playing the game for a while to Korly's credit.

PS: You can see your rank at the bottom of the rankings screen, you don't have to search for it.

They were sold out of UC, but damned if I was going to come home empty-handed. So, I picked up MechAssault. Chaotic, mostly brainless, but extremely fun. Gamertag is the same as TNL username -- give me a shout.

FUUUUUCCCCK!!!! I must be the only Xbox owner in the damn country without Live!!!:mad:

I've got to get this game.

Waitaminute, I THOUGHT there was an older version of the "official" thread (and it was hiding out on page 21).

Yeah, I started it, but no skin off my nose. A thread's a thread..

I decided to splurge my ass off today and impulse purchase this and Live. Very nice so far, although things seem to be lacking from a defensive end thanks to the huge auto-aim. I've also tried sniping across maps, but missiles blow up after a short distance. Feh to that.

Anyone's on, look for me as Hotsuma. I'm probably blind here, but how do you add people to your friends list? Can you only find them in-game and add, or is there any other way?

This game is a kick ass online game. It just plays great and there are so many tactics to boot it really doesnt matter which mech you are because you can always win, except for maybe elemental. My only gripe is that you have to go back to the live menu every time a matchis over which takes out any possibility of staying with a clan for team battles. Other than that this game is awesome. Live it and love it.

Mech, you can add friends in the dashboard of XBox live where you set up your account for the first time. Its under the friends option.

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Mech, you can add friends in the dashboard of XBox live where you set up your account for the first time. Its under the friends option.

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Thanks, but I just found it not too long ago. I haven't touched my startup screen since I copied a CD after I bought PGR, so I didn't see it at first.

Ok, I'm borrowing this from a friend from work tomorrow. I'm going to see if I should buy it from him(he hates it) or get Ghost Recon. So, if you see an invite from Spanky McGee, thats me. Hopefully I'll see some of you on there.

This game is amazing! I only wish I could play it online with all of you sexy, sexy men! ;)

I haven't had the joy of playing any TNLers online yet, but I've been enjoying the single player game. I'd just like to say, the Mad Cat kicks all kinds of ass! I could blow up buildings all day. Targeting is difficult, but the Gauss Rifle causes massive damage. Hope to see one of you online at some point. Oh, and I took the liberty of putting a list of TNL Names/Gamertags up:
click here

If anyone is missing from the list, please let me know and I'll add them. I'll post this at my official website (www.wolffen.com) once it goes live.

I picked up Mech Assault this weekend and played some of the offline missions just to get the basic controls down, hopefully I will catch some of you online :)

Damn that "Wolf in Sheep's..." mission! Im-freaking-possible!

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Captain, you should know better than to mention a title like that around me or Werewolf. :) How far into the game is that? I just finished taking out the Nuclear Plant last night.

Did I mention I could just sit there and blow buildings up for hours? ;)

It's not much further.

I believe it's after the "knock out the sensor arays" mission. Two Atluses!!! TWO! At the same time!!! In close quarters!!! And they expect me to live?! Screw them!

I'm stuck on the same one. Apparently -- though I haven't tried it myself -- you can trap both Atlasuses... err, both of them in the enemy base by destroying a turret to the right of gates once outside. You still have to contend with the jump-jet equipped mechs, but there are at least two health salvage items outside the base to help you along with that. Watch out for that ice bridge, too.

Thanks, Mode! I can deal with the smaller ones, as I usualy toast them by the generater that get's the back door open before the Atluses know where I am or how to get to me. If I can shake them, I'm home free!

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Damn that "Wolf in Sheep's..." mission! Im-freaking-possible!

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...Hey! Wool makes me itch anyway ;) I didn't get that far yet, I only went through the first 3 or 4 missions so far :)

Hey, everyone, if you will be playing this tonight, reply here:
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...559#post213559

I will be hosting games & if we get enough TNLers playing , it will turn into all TNL session hosted by me.

Make sure you reply to my friend request in your dashboard (if you haven't already) before getting on so you can get into private slots.

JM

Hey

I was wondering how you guys played the game when online? Lots of smack talk? Do you steal kills when you see that someone has softened a mech up for you? Power up snatching?

Are you honorable or is it a no holds barred battle, with no deed too underhanded?

JM

No dirty pool here :) Actually I never played it online yet so it would be no... but I'm not usualy one to pull that stuff anyway ;)

No holds barred for me. If you're playing a weak or range-style mech, sometimes going for the softer kills is your only option. I hear a lot of people complaining about kill theft, but it's just a part of the game -- especially with no exact indication of just how close an opponent is to busting open. Suck it up!

I am a dirty vulture.

But I win a lot.

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No holds barred for me. If you're playing a weak or range-style mech, sometimes going for the softer kills is your only option. I hear a lot of people complaining about kill theft, but it's just a part of the game -- especially with no exact indication of just how close an opponent is to busting open. Suck it up!

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Same here, although if I'm pounding on someone and I see the mech he's working on start lighting up, I'm gonna redirect a PPC shot. :) As for exact indication, the lighting up of a mech is a guarantee they're about to blow, although limping is only fifty/fifty.

It's always fun to watch an Atlas wander into the center of River City and complain about everyone raping him. Like there's any way to become a bigger target...

Alright, this is starting to tick me off. Every single time someone has sent an invite and I accept, it gives a "Bad Connection" message and then says the game is no longer available. The hell? Anyone know?

Got your friend invite :) I tried to send you an invite but I guess you had some problems... that sucks, I wonder why it did that :confused:

Got to run now, maybe some other time when I not in a rush :)

Yeah, it's happened with you, Mode7, Master and a few other people online. Wierd, as everything else seems to be perfect.

Maybe this is the punishment I get since I've never had a dirty disc error. :confused:

I've had zero success trying to accept invites. Quite frustrating -- I hope the match set-up is something they can and will change.

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I've had zero success trying to accept invites. Quite frustrating -- I hope the match set-up is something they can and will change.

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Are you behind a router/firewall, Mode7?

Nope. Managed to go through on a couple invites tonight, fortunately. It seems basically up to chance whether or not you'll actually catch someone at the right moment -- unless you want to sit on the host screen for hours.

It wouldn't be so bad if the invite didn't just disappear after a failed attempt.

The whole XBL portion of MA has some serious problems. It's amazing a group like Camelot/THQ can bust out an online version of a game that requires a ton of scratch work in about 8 weeks, and make THE best Live interface (and the least buggy) while their at it, and Day1 with MS's support makes an interface worse than Whacked!I dread the idea of patching, but since this would be for the Live component only, I think it's allowable. I saw quite a few of you on last night, but, with the wonderful MA Live interface, I could never join anyone. :( I got an invite that magically disappeared when I went to accept it. Oh well.

Btw, folks, I'd seriously appreciate some feedback on my review of Xbox Live ( http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...747#post214747 ). If anyone here likes my review style, I'll start working up a review for Mech Assault soon. The review will also wind up going on my site once my wife gets done with the design (a couple of weeks, hopefully). If you think it sucks, that's fine, just tell me why it sucks. I'm used to critiques. :)

Mech, the whole "Bad Connection" notice when you try to join a game may be just that, the person you tried to join has a slow connection. If you try to host a game with more people than your connection can handle, you will loose people when the game is started. Cable modems can slow way the hell down in highly populated areas. I live in a small town, but I still try to keep my games down to 4 players total, because I seem to get fewer loose fewer people that way.

I sen't you invites last night, but since my games were so small, they filled up pretty quickly. Maybe we can organize something one night. At a certain time I could send out invites to 3 TNLers to join a totally private game & I could just wait untill you guys showed up. It would probably mean dropping out of whatever game you were playing at the time, but once we got together it gets a lot easier to stay together.

JM

JM, out of curiousity, what is your upload speed on your broadband connection? That seems to be one of the determining factors for connections issues with XBL (oh, the joys of P2P). It's tempting to bring my Xbox into work one day (we have 2 full T1s. Dslreports.com says I have a 1.178MB upload connection there. ^_^) just to see if it runs any better. I currently get 1MB down, 128K up from my provider at home. I'd be willing to drop to 756 or 512k down to move to 256k upload.

I'm hoping to catch some of you on tonight, after 9pm EST. I need to "test" MA's Live gameplay for my review. :)

They limit my upload speed on my cable modem service :(

I get about 470k upload, according to dslreports.

Mode7, you suck. Who's you're provider? Meanwhile, those of us in Redneck Ragoon get 1/4 of your upload. :( Guess I won't host any games anytime soon...

I don't know what mine is offhand.

You want to know what is really weird? When Mode7 hosted a game, I got the whole "BAD CONNECTION may affect network play" or whatever message.

Who knows, all of this may be from MS's side of things.

JM

Wolffen: Rogers cable

The error messages seem somewhat wonky in general, and rarely offer a clear indication as to what in the hell just happened. Hopefully things will smooth out a bit more once the network adjusts to the influx of new gamers.

Edit: Make that shaw. God knows why I wrote rogers.