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Post by jcrankin on Nov 17, 2016 13:24:24 GMT -5
Some more items for the list
Cyber Knight 1/2 (SFC) - open universe RPG, in short you explore systems looking for plot items, both have a fairly involved customization/upgrade system but are a bit dated. 1 also has some amazingly catchy tunes
Strike Suit Zero (PC) - closest thing we'll get to a Macross game on PC, sadly suffers from balance issues with some enemies being a serious chore to fight
Titans of Steel (PC) - a hardcore tabletop Battletech conversion with serial numbers filed off, you need to read a huge manual to get anywhere
Metal Mech (NES) - a neat idea (you have an ED-like robot you can get out of if you need to), but the execution is a bit off
Walker (Amiga) - a classic from DMA Design (the Lemmings/GTA guys), you pilot a huge, twin cannon chickenwalker throughout four distinct eras
ALLTYNEX (FM Towns) / ALLTYNEX Second (PC) - it's a fighter, it's a robot, it slices, it dices
Also, I have personally found Mechwarrior 3 to be the pinnacle of the series, sure it's linear as hell, but the huge stompy feeling is unparalleled.
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Post by JoeQ on Nov 17, 2016 13:37:54 GMT -5
Titans of Steel (PC) - a hardcore tabletop Battletech conversion with serial numbers filed off, you need to read a huge manual to get anywhere. Nice, that's another one that I was thinking about but couldn't remember the name. I remember trying it way back then and finding it utterly impenetrable  |
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Post by TheGunheart on Nov 17, 2016 14:40:15 GMT -5
Under 2D action, I'd like to suggest Front Mission: Gunhazard separately from the Front Mission series. It's basically an Assault Suits Valken Action-RPG. I think it was by the same dev, in fact.
Also there's the Spriggan SHMUP series for TG-16 and SNES, not to be confused with the PS1 adaptation of a manga/movie with the same name.
Some entries in the Aleste series feature a mecha as the player character, most famously MUSHA for Genesis.
For 3D action, I gotta recommend Robot Alchemic Drive/Gigantic Drive for PS2. It's the most easily accessible successor to Remote Control Dandy, which would also count if I'd played them. Basically, you play as a human pilot on foot, but at any time can take remote control over your giant robot. Has a really complex and cool control scheme that involves using the triggers to control the legs, and the sticks to control the arms.
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Post by jackcaeylin on Nov 17, 2016 16:15:16 GMT -5
I haven't played many mecha games, but I loved Vanguard Bandits, which is a great Mecha SRPG. I should try Super Robot Taisen. It seems a bit familiar.
Yours sincerely
Jack Caeylin
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Post by Snake on Nov 17, 2016 16:47:29 GMT -5
Super Robot Taisen has really gotten impressive visually, even though they've pretty much have stuck to the super-deformed aesthetic.
I never got around to playing the Another Century's Episode games, but I love watching the intros and such.
For older mech games, I used to really like Metal Warriors. It was freaken tough though. I really liked the element of running exiting robots and equipping other stray robots that are lying around. It kinda reminded me of Ikari Warriors from back in the day, getting into tanks.
I used to be heavy into the Gundam strategy games, like SD Gundam X on Super Famicom. But they take waaaaaay too long to play out a session. Especially when you're playing against a friend. But there's something so great about creating any army of Qubeleys and Psycho Gundams, and fighting it out in 2-D. I actually wish games like Final Fantasy Tactics and Fire Emblem were more like that - pick fights on a map, then actually fight it out a la a platformer or Street Fighter.
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Post by Snake on Nov 17, 2016 16:54:13 GMT -5
If 2D shooters count, you could probably add to the list 70s Robot Anime: Geppy-X and Supercharged Robot Vulkaiser. As you may understand from the titles, they're both horizontal shmups pretending to be episodes of an old combining mecha anime series. There were some licensed giant robot/mecha shooters as well. I remember Geppy-X! Its was fucking awesome. So reminiscent of the old Getter Robo. |
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Post by tokenflipguy on Nov 17, 2016 17:39:58 GMT -5
Titanfall and Titanfall 2?
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Post by silentstorm on Nov 17, 2016 18:38:34 GMT -5
I haven't played many mecha games, but I loved Vanguard Bandits, which is a great Mecha SRPG. I should try Super Robot Taisen. It seems a bit familiar. Yours sincerely Jack Caeylin I have no idea if anyone else agrees with me, but i say you shouldn't play the classic series(GB-SNES) and older non-Alpha games, they are usually not well balanced at all, give way too much advantage to the enemy making it unfair for the player, focuses too much on Gundam stories with super robot villains like Dr.Hell, guys that are portrayed as being unbelievably greedy who refuse to work with other villains, working beneath Gundam villains when there is no way that would ever happen. Not to mention it lacks many of the mechanics that make the newer games fun, the animations suck compared to newer ones, and there is honestly no reason to play the old games besides the fact that some of them were translated, even many SRW fans dislike the SNES era. The best point to start if you want an older game is with Super Robot Wars Alpha and then go through the Alpha series and post Alpha games, the games are still fun if you don't understand japanese too, though, thankfully the latest SRW and the upcoming one have english subs so get those, SRW V in particular since it's an solo story. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2016 18:44:26 GMT -5
Xenoblade Chronicles X. You don't unlock the mechs until about halfway through the main story, though. They're also useful transportation, not just a bigger stick.
Robot Alchemic Drive is sorta to super robot games what Steel Battalion is to real robots.
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Post by silentstorm on Nov 17, 2016 18:50:51 GMT -5
There is an Game Boy Color game called Super Robot Pinball featuring robots from Gundam, Mazinger, Great Mazinger, Xabungle, Getter Robo, Evangelion, L-Gaim, Reideen, Dancouga, Combattler V and Voltes V along with enemies from their series.
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Post by klausien on Nov 17, 2016 19:22:58 GMT -5
Some fun obscurities outside the top tier:
Mad Stalker - PCE ACD/PSX
Veigues PCE
Bulk Slash - Saturn
Vortex - SNES FX chip
Battle Clash and Metal Combat - SNES Super Scope
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Post by 1983parrothead on Nov 17, 2016 19:50:46 GMT -5
Mad Stalker is also available on X68000 and FM TOWNS. Gundam is also on FM TOWNS with Ryu Umemoto as its composer.
Other mecha games:
Armored Warriors
Cyberbots
Cyber Troopers Virtual On
Wolf Fang: Kuuga 2001
Galactic Warriors
Gundam arcades by Banpresto and Allumer
Schmeiser Robo
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Post by TheGunheart on Nov 17, 2016 19:58:09 GMT -5
OH, another ultra-obscure one, but there's an ancient PC RPG by Square called Cruise Chaser Blassty where you control a transforming battleship mech. Funnily enough, the main robot was given a steampunk makeover and became the summon Ark in Final Fantasy IX, and FFXIV features a boss called "Cruise Chaser" that's also modeled after the game's robot.
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Post by jcrankin on Nov 18, 2016 2:22:59 GMT -5
Super Robot Taisen has really gotten impressive visually, even though they've pretty much have stuck to the super-deformed aesthetic. I think they stick to deformed because the one time they didn't (Shin/Neo SRW on PS1), the results were really painful to the eyes. |
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Post by JoeQ on Nov 18, 2016 4:46:56 GMT -5
I'm starting to regret the masterlist. Eh, I'll update it during the weekend.
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