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Respawn: "Mech is kind of a dirty word with us. We don't like it."
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There's a key difference: cars actually exist, and so we use that term, much like for planes, boats, etc. Mecha we actually ride around in DON'T (and there's a good chance they'll forever remain a dream more due to practicality), and so everyone - not just them, EVERYONE - comes up with their own names for them. It's like my zombie comparison albeit to a greater extent, half the time zombies show up they aren't actually CALLED zombies, this actually seems more likely in fantasy works where zombies are just another kind of monster and not a world ending threat.
Snapshot King
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The majority of japanese mechs are more agile and faster than the mechs seen in Titanfall so the analogy completely falls apart.
EmCeeGramr
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"'Magic' is kind of verboten around here," explains Cudgel of Xanthor director Bob Dower. "When people think of 'magic' they think of Harry Potter or some wizard in a pointy hat and blue robe with stars. What our series is doing is a subversion of natural law. It's an arcane ritual in which something is exchanged for supernatural control over the physical world; it's ether-bending."
SmarterUnconscious
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I'm guessing he was only thinking about the american concept of mechs when he said that part.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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I guess you could call them exosuits or exoskeletons. Kind of reminds me of that cartoon Exosquad......
So stupid.
And what's the deal with the reaction to this game? Why did everyone go crazy over it at E3 when it just looks like CoD meets battlefield-light? Not that it won't be fun for people who are into CoD, but so many people who dislike it or have grown bored with it over the years are exceedingly hyped for it. I don't get it.
And what's the deal with the reaction to this game? Why did everyone go crazy over it at E3 when it just looks like CoD meets battlefield-light? Not that it won't be fun for people who are into CoD, but so many people who dislike it or have grown bored with it over the years are exceedingly hyped for it. I don't get it.
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FunkyPajamas
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Now do cars!
I'm a little confused with this too. I don't follow hollywood, and I don't even have cable or anything similar so I have no idea if the commercials play a lot, but I can tell you the amount of ads for Pacific Rim in major areas is insane.
I have no clue if the movie will be good or not, but I'd say it's at a point where it would be pretty hard for it to fail. Gamers should know as well as anyone that a massive and well targeted ad campaign can make even vaguely interesting products into cash cows.
A lot of the gaming press are, I think this an effort get them to stop associated them with it in there articles which is form of advertising gamers are going to be reading and hearing about titanfall for the first time.
Dr.Thunder
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Probably only comparing the mechs to other westernizations of mechs.
A mech is a mech respawn.
A mech is a mech respawn.
Well, but that's the point. Mechs usually are fast and agile, that's pretty much what they are about. He probably knows that as well, but is trying to steer away from the word so that the mechs can be promoted as something groundbreaking and new.
Let's be honest, when they inititially designed the game they were probably talking about mechs as well and not about "humanoid robots" or something.
The mecha in Pacific Rim should be called Titans, and the Mecha in Titanfall should be called Jaegers. Still, how they fail to see how these 'Titans' are not mecha is just ridiculous.
From Wiktionary's definition of 'Mech': a large piloted combat robot.
So, the Titans are certainly larger than a person, they are piloted, and have weapons, and when you get out of it, it behaves on it's own.
I'd say that qualifies for all 4.
From Wiktionary's definition of 'Mech': a large piloted combat robot.
So, the Titans are certainly larger than a person, they are piloted, and have weapons, and when you get out of it, it behaves on it's own.
I'd say that qualifies for all 4.
I don't think it will appeal to the COD audience.
Vertical movement, mechs, non-ADS twitch aim. There is a reason COD players don't migrate to other shooters.
SolarPowered
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They need to shaddup. These are mechs.
They're something entirely new!
Just realized something; they just gave us the power to kill this game. If we all geek out and be excited about piloting giant robots "just like in Power Rangers: Pacific Rim wink wink", we could actually do it. We can kill Titanfall.
Sooooooo EA... about SimCity and Darkspore...
Sooooooo EA... about SimCity and Darkspore...
Game is being published by EA Partners, meaning EA doesn't have a heavy hand influencing the development.
Also means that Respawn can make the game available on Steam.
Lol.
The way they pick you up and shit makes them seem more "ALIVE" than just a mech. Kinda like evas from evangalion.
Mechs, titans, whatever, game will be amazing!
Sounds about right. I'm curious when mechs became unacceptable. I was under the impression that Battletech/Mechwarrior was popular and it only died because Microsoft killed FASA.
Wonder what the chances of landing on Steam are on that note... probably not high.
I actually wouldn't be surprised if the deal was revised partially due to EA Partners collapsing.
When you contrast to those you DO see their point, it's half of why most of the examples in this thread of mechs are Japanese ones like Gundam, because relative to those it sounds completely crazy to say these aren't for those reasons.
They have the option to self publish on Steam. Same situation as Kingdoms of Amalur.
EmCeeGramr
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Isn't this simply a new twist on an old flavor? Heimbach chuckles at my question.
"Well, you know, there's a lot of games that fall into - they do that whole 'oh, he has power armor, an exoskeleton,' whatever. But when you use those phrases with the average consumer, their reaction is, 'What? Power, skeleton? Like a bug, or a knight?'"
"Our approach is different. These are NEMEAN suits; they're powerful yet lightweight, as though the player is just wearing a shirt. Also, they have a jetpack and thrusters built in, which really adds a new dimension to the gameplay."
"Well, you know, there's a lot of games that fall into - they do that whole 'oh, he has power armor, an exoskeleton,' whatever. But when you use those phrases with the average consumer, their reaction is, 'What? Power, skeleton? Like a bug, or a knight?'"
"Our approach is different. These are NEMEAN suits; they're powerful yet lightweight, as though the player is just wearing a shirt. Also, they have a jetpack and thrusters built in, which really adds a new dimension to the gameplay."
I would say the chances are fairly high.
Just about every single EA Partners game has been published on Steam.
The only ones that haven't were Hellgate: London (studio shutdown, IP sold), and Syndicate (EA owns the IP).
They're not cockpits. They're gearwombs.
Hellsing321
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I want to know when the hell the word Mech turned into a dirty word. When did the idea of a huge piloted humanoid robot filled to the gills with weapons become poison in the power fantasy loving manchild world of video games?