Chromehounds: QuarterToThree squad

TomChick · 07-11-2006, 07:03 PM

Okay, so when you get Chromehounds this week, select 'Tarakia' as your nations, and join the squad called 'QuarterToThree'. No spaces, all one word. As for class, I imagine most folks are just going to be doing the basic Soldiers at first. I've got a Commander mech, so I can handle that chore if no one else wants it.

I chose Tarakia, which is basically Western Europe, with the supposedly balanced parts for your Hounds (the other nationalities are the former Russians and the Middle East). Unfortunately, it turns out Tarakia is already crammed up against a corner by the other two factions. But the good news is there should be no shortage of action.

I'll be playing throughout the day on Wednesday and Thursday. See you guys then.

-Tom

EDIT: Please note: We're switched over to the Republic of Morskoj.

DanielElliot · 07-11-2006, 07:11 PM

Western Europe's boring, what do the Russians get? I'll have the game from Gamefly this week HOPEFULLY, and will play.

Jason McMaster · 07-11-2006, 07:17 PM

I'll be on this week so that I can keep my tradition of playing giant robot games with Tom.

Ephraim · 07-11-2006, 07:37 PM

Oh, I don't think I can resist this. I barely resisted Steel Battalion, and that was insanely expensive. This is doable, and my X360 has been crying out for some non-UNO action.

I don't know if I'll make it on as early as tomorrow, because these games never make it to Canada on release day, but I'm hopeful that I'll be around on Thursday, or possibly Friday.

JamesL · 07-11-2006, 07:46 PM

Damn - wish I had a 360 now, this game sounds great.

Pumpkinhead · 07-11-2006, 07:53 PM

I would love join you guys. My Live tag is denoginizer. I hope to have the game on Thursday.

balut · 07-11-2006, 07:57 PM

I'm definitely game.

TomChick · 07-11-2006, 08:24 PM

I'm seeing a fair bit of fumbling around online as people get the game, so a few tips.

1) You get a bit chunk of money when you first start, so don't sweat your starting Hound too much. You can essentially buy a whole new one if you want. The Heavy Gunner's are sexy, but they're hard to use. Same with Snipers. It's easy to snipe the dumbass AI, but don't count on that being the case with humans. Basically, you want a Defender or Soldier when you're just starting out.

2) A Hound consists first of a chassis (legs, treads, whatever), then a cockpit, then a generator. The legs determine your base movement and weight limt. The generator sets your energy limit. The cockpit has a number of slots for system devices (computers) that improve stability, aiming, and movement. Add weapons or assist parts (thermal vision, mine detectors, etc.) and you're good to go.

3) You start out with crappy system devices. Buy new ones immediately!

4) The basic campaign missions seem to be base attacks. You're supposed to destroy the other guy's base and he's supposed to destroy yours. Before you start a mission, you can pick which of the bases on the map is your real base. The others are dummies. The other guy will do the same thing, so you have to know how to tell which base is real. It's simple: the real base has a national flag on the side of the bunker. If you don't see the flag, it's a dummy base and you're wasting your ammo! If it's too dark to tell, switch on your headlamp. BTW, don't run around with your headlamp switched on at night.

4) Oh, you can also win by killing all the guys on the other team.

5) Regular guns suck vs. bases. You'll want a Heavy Gunner along, or at least someone with a bomb dispenser. Note that the "light arms" bomb dispensers seem capable of destroying a base only if they have the time to sit around and unload all their bombs.

6) Stick armor plates on the outside nodes of your weapons to protect your sides. Also put them in front of your cockpit. And behind you if you can afford it. Armor plates are cheap and relatively light. And it's particularly important to put the plates on your cockpit! If your cockpit is destroyed, you're dead.

7) This is pretty basic, but I'm not sure some folks understand it. Enemies won't show up on the map unless you're the commander with an NA Maker. In which case it's your responsibility to tell your squad when and where you see bad guys. However, as squad members, you can't send or receive voice chat unless you're within NA coverage. So be sure to capture those towers as you go. This unfogs the map for your commander and lets him tell you what's what.

-Tom

Dave Long · 07-11-2006, 08:28 PM

OK Tom, that sounds pretty awesome. I wasn't planning to get this. You're saying I should?

Lunch of Kong · 07-11-2006, 08:30 PM

You're saying I should buy an xbox360?

K0NY · 07-11-2006, 08:43 PM

Tom, I'm ready to run out and buy this game based purely on your gung-ho enthusiasm for it. Please tell me the single player campaigns are at least amusing. I'm so onboard with kicking some online ass as early as tomorrow night. I just hope there's enough substance to actually purchase it.

Any insite? Or a review?

Union Carbide · 07-11-2006, 08:46 PM

Damn it, I told myself I wasn't going to buy any games this week.

I'm such a crackhead.

forgeforsaken · 07-11-2006, 09:15 PM

That really does sound good. I was leaning towards passing on this one but I'm starting to feel the pull.

TomChick · 07-11-2006, 09:46 PM

The single player missions are dumb. If you're planning on just playing offline, give this one a pass. It's all about the multiplayer. There are plenty of pick-up matches available, and also the persistent campaign. You can play the campaign against bot defenders, which I imagine would be a good way to get your squad accustomed to their roles, how the commander works, the maps, etc.

I'll have a review up on Yahoo either later this week or early next week. I told my editor there was really no way to address this game without playing it after it's gone live. You guys should be wary about any reviews that come out tomorrow.

BTW, Tarakia, our faction, just got, umm, defeated. So we can only do guerilla missions in the capital, or we can apply for asylum with one of the other factions (i.e. port ourselves over to the Russian or Middle Eastern faction). If Tarakia is still offline, as it were, later tonight, I'll move us over to the Russian guys and leave a message here for anyone who picks up the game tomorrow.

-Tom

MattKeil · 07-11-2006, 10:57 PM

I'm in. I've been dying to play this online with people who know what they're doing. Great multiplayer concepts. Shame about the single player. Do you have to play single player to unlock online parts or is all that available already?

TomChick · 07-11-2006, 11:31 PM

Playing single player just gives you components that you'll probably swap out as soon as you get online. These components basically let you play around with mech building before you get into buying your own parts from the persistent world.

The game also transfers your singleplayer rank in each "class". You might see someone who has a high skill in "Commander" or "Scout", for instance, who just played those missions in single player.

So, no, it doesn't really unlock anything. If you want a tutorial, just play the first mission for each "class" (they're called "roles") and then jump online.

-Tom

TomChick · 07-11-2006, 11:37 PM

So I've been trying to get the capital of Tarakia back, and I keep getting into 1v1 missions with guys who don't really know what they're doing. They probably jump into the map with a basic soldier mech and I never see them, because they're not attacking my base and they're not defending their own base. They're probably plinking around at the stupid CPU guys littered around the map and wondering why the missions suddenly end. "This game sucks," I imagine them telling themselves.

So I made a dedicated noob-strike Hound! It's a hover chassis, which has a lot of speed but can't manage much weight. It has a lightweight cockpit (very vulnerable!), a barebones generator that carries virtually no fuel, and four bomb dispensers. I stuck a couple of fuel tanks on the back, but realized I probably don't even need them.

I simply zip across the map, checking among all the enemy bases to suss out the real base from the dummy bases, and then just unload the bombs for a quick win. Any defenses take me out pretty easily, so it relies on the other guy not being near his base. I even have to steer way clear of the CPU defenses like turrets, tanks, and the light Hounds on some maps. But it's a quick way to end a mission against folks who don't know any better.

-Tom

Jarrodhk · 07-11-2006, 11:54 PM

ah... my anticipation for this game is getting worse... only a few more hours.

It's sounding like this will be close/better than was multiplayer battletech was supposed to have been.

K0NY · 07-12-2006, 12:55 AM

Damn, for a game that Tom's not exactly recommending, this sure sounds pretty cool. I know I'm gonna cave and pick it up tomorrow. There's almost no avoiding it now.

So Tom, have you won our country back yet?

TomChick · 07-12-2006, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by K0ny

a game that Tom's not exactly recommending

What gave you that idea? I absolutely recommend it, based on what I know so far!

So Tarakia is pretty much closed down for now. It turns out you can't buy new parts when your faction is conquered. So I switched us over to the Republic of Morskoj, which is basically the heavily armored slow Russians.

I can't believe they're going to launch tomorrow with one of the factions -- the "American" one, no less -- essentially shut down. It's probably a grand joke calculated by the European and Asian players.

-Tom

Jason McMaster · 07-12-2006, 04:48 AM

Dammit, now I gotta go get this game earlier than expected. I feel almost the level of excitement as I did with Steel Battalions.

I kind of miss that game, it was fu... er entertaining.

GregB · 07-12-2006, 05:22 AM

Goddammit!!! Sooooooo tempted.... Must resist...

Hump · 07-12-2006, 05:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TomChick

.....I'll have a review up on Yahoo either later this week or early next week. I told my editor there was really no way to address this game without playing it after it's gone live. ......

That is exactly the problem I had with Eurogamers review (Tom Bramwell). He also bitched about the mech speed. As long as its around Mechwarrior 3-4 speed I'm fine.

how fast are the mechs in general Tom? I realize it depends on which class you're using but is it any better/worse than MW titles?

TomChick · 07-12-2006, 05:38 AM

Speed is entirely dependent on the build: chassis, system devices, and I think overtaxing energy slows you down. I can't imagine someone complaining that the mechs are too slow. They're all kinds of speeds! It seems to me it varies much more than it did in the MechWarrior games.

The Heavy Gunners in their four-legged chassis are pigs. Not only do they move slowly, but they turn slowly. Also, with an inverse-legged bipedal chassis, you move a lot slower in reverse. If you look around and get your orientation mixed up, you might think you're moving forward when you've got your view twisted 180 degrees and you're actually in reverse. You have to do a little U-turn with the stick to get your legs right again. Pretty cool detail, but maybe the guy complaining about mechs being too slow didn't realize he was moving in reverse.

Plus, each chassis also has a rotation value that determines how quickly you can change your view (like speed and acceleration, there are system devices that can boost rotation, if you want to use up the slots in your cockpit). It's really gratifying to get close enough to one of those heavy hitters and to be able to say out of his line of fire by just getting behind him and watching him try to turn around and shoot you.

But then there are the hovercraft and wheeled chassis, which come in varying classes. They're plenty fast. And on the smaller maps, I'm not sure you'd want them to be much faster. Matches can end in less than, say, three minutes if someone loads up a fast chassis with base killing weapons and books over to the other guy's HQ to find it undefended.

There's also a device that lets you glide, but I haven't bought one yet, so I'm not sure how it works. As far as I can tell, there's nothing like the locked-wheel/rollerskating from Heavy Gear or Steel Battalion, though. You pretty much have to build your speed and deal with it.

-Tom

Rorschach · 07-12-2006, 05:53 AM

What's the frequency of the world reset? I remember in SB everything would go back to start after 8 weeks. Is it the same here? Will Tarakia ever rise again?

Mysterio · 07-12-2006, 06:00 AM

I read that clans are limited to 20 members. Is that true? I suspect there will be more than 20 Qt3 members who'll want to join the clan.

DustyTheHamster · 07-12-2006, 06:48 AM

Jeebus the moment i get my copy i'm signing on to this.

I love to play 2 roles mainly either advanced scout / information gathering watching where they are and letting you know.

or

Sniper type and picking them off from a ways away.

If there is a mech similar to the Hackman in the mechassault game totally mastered that mech ha a blast taking down timberwolves and pretty much anything.

Must wait till store opens ARggggggg

/goes and plays more Steel Battalion to get a small fix

oh where is the list of live gamertags so I can add mine "DustyTheHamster" to the lineup?

Jason McMaster · 07-12-2006, 07:21 AM

I'll be on tonight.

Balasarius · 07-12-2006, 07:24 AM

EuroGamer gave it a 4 out of 10.

Pass.

Again.

Xaroc · 07-12-2006, 07:25 AM

I am totally in. I have been waiting on this one for a long time. Picking up my copy at lunch. This sounds like everything SB should have been before it was gimped by the limited 3 on 3 games and amount of time you had to spend camping the supply depot for parts.

Oh and that Eurogamer review is crap. The guys basic complaint is the mechs are slow and he didn't even play multiplayer which seems to be the strong point of the game.

07-11-2006, 07:03 PM	#1
TomChick Administrator World's End Supernova Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 18,200	Chromehounds: QuarterToThree squad Okay, so when you get Chromehounds this week, select 'Tarakia' as your nations, and join the squad called 'QuarterToThree'. No spaces, all one word. As for class, I imagine most folks are just going to be doing the basic Soldiers at first. I've got a Commander mech, so I can handle that chore if no one else wants it. I chose Tarakia, which is basically Western Europe, with the supposedly balanced parts for your Hounds (the other nationalities are the former Russians and the Middle East). Unfortunately, it turns out Tarakia is already crammed up against a corner by the other two factions. But the good news is there should be no shortage of action. I'll be playing throughout the day on Wednesday and Thursday. See you guys then. -Tom EDIT: Please note: We're switched over to the Republic of Morskoj. Last edited by TomChick; 07-12-2006 at 04:03 AM..

07-11-2006, 07:11 PM	#2
DanielElliot Social Worker Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,601	Western Europe's boring, what do the Russians get? I'll have the game from Gamefly this week HOPEFULLY, and will play.

07-11-2006, 07:17 PM	#3
Jason McMaster New Romantic Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: FLIP CITY Gamertag:hurkyMcMaster PS3:JChristmas Steam:McMaster[Qt3] Posts: 7,148	I'll be on this week so that I can keep my tradition of playing giant robot games with Tom.

07-11-2006, 07:37 PM	#4
Ephraim Social Worker Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Montreal, QC Gamertag: FriarCoop Posts: 3,665	Oh, I don't think I can resist this. I barely resisted Steel Battalion, and that was insanely expensive. This is doable, and my X360 has been crying out for some non-UNO action. I don't know if I'll make it on as early as tomorrow, because these games never make it to Canada on release day, but I'm hopeful that I'll be around on Thursday, or possibly Friday.

07-11-2006, 07:46 PM	#5
JamesL Spinning Toe Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 545	Damn - wish I had a 360 now, this game sounds great.

07-11-2006, 07:53 PM	#6
Pumpkinhead Spinning Toe Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 658	I would love join you guys. My Live tag is denoginizer. I hope to have the game on Thursday.

07-11-2006, 07:57 PM	#7
balut New Romantic Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Who are you that flies so good? Are you insane? Posts: 5,866	I'm definitely game.

07-11-2006, 08:24 PM	#8
TomChick Administrator World's End Supernova Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 18,200	I'm seeing a fair bit of fumbling around online as people get the game, so a few tips. 1) You get a bit chunk of money when you first start, so don't sweat your starting Hound too much. You can essentially buy a whole new one if you want. The Heavy Gunner's are sexy, but they're hard to use. Same with Snipers. It's easy to snipe the dumbass AI, but don't count on that being the case with humans. Basically, you want a Defender or Soldier when you're just starting out. 2) A Hound consists first of a chassis (legs, treads, whatever), then a cockpit, then a generator. The legs determine your base movement and weight limt. The generator sets your energy limit. The cockpit has a number of slots for system devices (computers) that improve stability, aiming, and movement. Add weapons or assist parts (thermal vision, mine detectors, etc.) and you're good to go. 3) You start out with crappy system devices. Buy new ones immediately! 4) The basic campaign missions seem to be base attacks. You're supposed to destroy the other guy's base and he's supposed to destroy yours. Before you start a mission, you can pick which of the bases on the map is your real base. The others are dummies. The other guy will do the same thing, so you have to know how to tell which base is real. It's simple: the real base has a national flag on the side of the bunker. If you don't see the flag, it's a dummy base and you're wasting your ammo! If it's too dark to tell, switch on your headlamp. BTW, don't run around with your headlamp switched on at night. 4) Oh, you can also win by killing all the guys on the other team. 5) Regular guns suck vs. bases. You'll want a Heavy Gunner along, or at least someone with a bomb dispenser. Note that the "light arms" bomb dispensers seem capable of destroying a base only if they have the time to sit around and unload all their bombs. 6) Stick armor plates on the outside nodes of your weapons to protect your sides. Also put them in front of your cockpit. And behind you if you can afford it. Armor plates are cheap and relatively light. And it's particularly important to put the plates on your cockpit! If your cockpit is destroyed, you're dead. 7) This is pretty basic, but I'm not sure some folks understand it. Enemies won't show up on the map unless you're the commander with an NA Maker. In which case it's your responsibility to tell your squad when and where you see bad guys. However, as squad members, you can't send or receive voice chat unless you're within NA coverage. So be sure to capture those towers as you go. This unfogs the map for your commander and lets him tell you what's what. -Tom

07-11-2006, 08:28 PM	#9
Dave Long How To Go Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 14,204	OK Tom, that sounds pretty awesome. I wasn't planning to get this. You're saying I should?

07-11-2006, 08:30 PM	#10
Lunch of Kong How To Go Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Austin, TX. XBOX: Wonginator Posts: 10,937	You're saying I should buy an xbox360?

07-11-2006, 08:43 PM	#11
K0NY Neo Acoustic Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,538	Tom, I'm ready to run out and buy this game based purely on your gung-ho enthusiasm for it. Please tell me the single player campaigns are at least amusing. I'm so onboard with kicking some online ass as early as tomorrow night. I just hope there's enough substance to actually purchase it. Any insite? Or a review?

07-11-2006, 08:46 PM	#12
Union Carbide Social Worker Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bhopal, India and Institute, WV Gamertag: MonkeyBunker Posts: 3,520	Damn it, I told myself I wasn't going to buy any games this week. I'm such a crackhead.

07-11-2006, 09:15 PM	#13
forgeforsaken New Romantic Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gamertag/PSN/Steam: forgeforsaken Posts: 7,367	That really does sound good. I was leaning towards passing on this one but I'm starting to feel the pull.

07-11-2006, 09:46 PM	#14
TomChick Administrator World's End Supernova Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 18,200	The single player missions are dumb. If you're planning on just playing offline, give this one a pass. It's all about the multiplayer. There are plenty of pick-up matches available, and also the persistent campaign. You can play the campaign against bot defenders, which I imagine would be a good way to get your squad accustomed to their roles, how the commander works, the maps, etc. I'll have a review up on Yahoo either later this week or early next week. I told my editor there was really no way to address this game without playing it after it's gone live. You guys should be wary about any reviews that come out tomorrow. BTW, Tarakia, our faction, just got, umm, defeated. So we can only do guerilla missions in the capital, or we can apply for asylum with one of the other factions (i.e. port ourselves over to the Russian or Middle Eastern faction). If Tarakia is still offline, as it were, later tonight, I'll move us over to the Russian guys and leave a message here for anyone who picks up the game tomorrow. -Tom

07-11-2006, 10:57 PM	#15
MattKeil How To Go Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 10,467	I'm in. I've been dying to play this online with people who know what they're doing. Great multiplayer concepts. Shame about the single player. Do you have to play single player to unlock online parts or is all that available already?

07-11-2006, 11:31 PM	#16
TomChick Administrator World's End Supernova Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 18,200	Playing single player just gives you components that you'll probably swap out as soon as you get online. These components basically let you play around with mech building before you get into buying your own parts from the persistent world. The game also transfers your singleplayer rank in each "class". You might see someone who has a high skill in "Commander" or "Scout", for instance, who just played those missions in single player. So, no, it doesn't really unlock anything. If you want a tutorial, just play the first mission for each "class" (they're called "roles") and then jump online. -Tom

07-11-2006, 11:37 PM	#17
TomChick Administrator World's End Supernova Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 18,200	So I've been trying to get the capital of Tarakia back, and I keep getting into 1v1 missions with guys who don't really know what they're doing. They probably jump into the map with a basic soldier mech and I never see them, because they're not attacking my base and they're not defending their own base. They're probably plinking around at the stupid CPU guys littered around the map and wondering why the missions suddenly end. "This game sucks," I imagine them telling themselves. So I made a dedicated noob-strike Hound! It's a hover chassis, which has a lot of speed but can't manage much weight. It has a lightweight cockpit (very vulnerable!), a barebones generator that carries virtually no fuel, and four bomb dispensers. I stuck a couple of fuel tanks on the back, but realized I probably don't even need them. I simply zip across the map, checking among all the enemy bases to suss out the real base from the dummy bases, and then just unload the bombs for a quick win. Any defenses take me out pretty easily, so it relies on the other guy not being near his base. I even have to steer way clear of the CPU defenses like turrets, tanks, and the light Hounds on some maps. But it's a quick way to end a mission against folks who don't know any better. -Tom

07-11-2006, 11:54 PM	#18
Jarrodhk Spinning Toe Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: GT: Jarrodhk Posts: 604	ah... my anticipation for this game is getting worse... only a few more hours. It's sounding like this will be close/better than was multiplayer battletech was supposed to have been.

07-12-2006, 12:55 AM	#19
K0NY Neo Acoustic Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,538	Damn, for a game that Tom's not exactly recommending, this sure sounds pretty cool. I know I'm gonna cave and pick it up tomorrow. There's almost no avoiding it now. So Tom, have you won our country back yet?

07-12-2006, 04:48 AM	#21
Jason McMaster New Romantic Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: FLIP CITY Gamertag:hurkyMcMaster PS3:JChristmas Steam:McMaster[Qt3] Posts: 7,148	Dammit, now I gotta go get this game earlier than expected. I feel almost the level of excitement as I did with Steel Battalions. I kind of miss that game, it was fu... er entertaining.

07-12-2006, 05:22 AM	#22
GregB Mad Chester Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vermont - Gamertag: Capt Donut Steam: CaptDonut Posts: 1,142	Goddammit!!! Sooooooo tempted.... Must resist...

07-12-2006, 05:38 AM	#24
TomChick Administrator World's End Supernova Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 18,200	Speed is entirely dependent on the build: chassis, system devices, and I think overtaxing energy slows you down. I can't imagine someone complaining that the mechs are too slow. They're all kinds of speeds! It seems to me it varies much more than it did in the MechWarrior games. The Heavy Gunners in their four-legged chassis are pigs. Not only do they move slowly, but they turn slowly. Also, with an inverse-legged bipedal chassis, you move a lot slower in reverse. If you look around and get your orientation mixed up, you might think you're moving forward when you've got your view twisted 180 degrees and you're actually in reverse. You have to do a little U-turn with the stick to get your legs right again. Pretty cool detail, but maybe the guy complaining about mechs being too slow didn't realize he was moving in reverse. Plus, each chassis also has a rotation value that determines how quickly you can change your view (like speed and acceleration, there are system devices that can boost rotation, if you want to use up the slots in your cockpit). It's really gratifying to get close enough to one of those heavy hitters and to be able to say out of his line of fire by just getting behind him and watching him try to turn around and shoot you. But then there are the hovercraft and wheeled chassis, which come in varying classes. They're plenty fast. And on the smaller maps, I'm not sure you'd want them to be much faster. Matches can end in less than, say, three minutes if someone loads up a fast chassis with base killing weapons and books over to the other guy's HQ to find it undefended. There's also a device that lets you glide, but I haven't bought one yet, so I'm not sure how it works. As far as I can tell, there's nothing like the locked-wheel/rollerskating from Heavy Gear or Steel Battalion, though. You pretty much have to build your speed and deal with it. -Tom

07-12-2006, 05:53 AM	#25
Rorschach Social Worker Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: San Diego; GamerTag: "Rorschach Six" Posts: 2,751	What's the frequency of the world reset? I remember in SB everything would go back to start after 8 weeks. Is it the same here? Will Tarakia ever rise again?

07-12-2006, 06:00 AM	#26
Mysterio Social Worker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL XBL:LivinItUp PSN:LivinItUpInPhx Posts: 3,189	I read that clans are limited to 20 members. Is that true? I suspect there will be more than 20 Qt3 members who'll want to join the clan.

07-12-2006, 06:48 AM	#27
DustyTheHamster Spinning Toe Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Outside of my cage Gamertag/PSN:DustyTheHamster Posts: 556	Jeebus the moment i get my copy i'm signing on to this. I love to play 2 roles mainly either advanced scout / information gathering watching where they are and letting you know. or Sniper type and picking them off from a ways away. If there is a mech similar to the Hackman in the mechassault game totally mastered that mech ha a blast taking down timberwolves and pretty much anything. Must wait till store opens ARggggggg /goes and plays more Steel Battalion to get a small fix oh where is the list of live gamertags so I can add mine "DustyTheHamster" to the lineup?

07-12-2006, 07:21 AM	#28
Jason McMaster New Romantic Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: FLIP CITY Gamertag:hurkyMcMaster PS3:JChristmas Steam:McMaster[Qt3] Posts: 7,148	I'll be on tonight.

07-12-2006, 07:24 AM	#29
Balasarius Social Worker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Hampshire - XBL: Balasarius Posts: 2,588	EuroGamer gave it a 4 out of 10. Pass. Again.

07-12-2006, 07:25 AM	#30
Xaroc Social Worker Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Annapolis, MD Gamertag: Xaroc Posts: 3,787	I am totally in. I have been waiting on this one for a long time. Picking up my copy at lunch. This sounds like everything SB should have been before it was gimped by the limited 3 on 3 games and amount of time you had to spend camping the supply depot for parts. Oh and that Eurogamer review is crap. The guys basic complaint is the mechs are slow and he didn't even play multiplayer which seems to be the strong point of the game.

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