Another mulitplayer only mech game?

[FoxTurret]

Why?

[The Saturnine Aberrance]

Not a developer, but there are a lot of design consideration differences between setting out to make a single player game versus multiplayer-only. But simply; multiplayer is fun and there's a rich design space to work with when building for a multiplayer experience. The world could always use more good mech games anyway.

[Tamwulf]

Why not? I mean, isn't the play experience better/more enriched when playing with others? As is, the game is in beta and is focused on PvP game play. What do you want/prefer?

[Esgori]

The mech design reminds me of Hawken. Gameplay looks simpler but in a good way.

[Dark Sun Gwyndolin]

I desperately hope this game has players, because it looks tailor-made to appeal to my gameplay preferences (since Mechwarrior Online is on life support and there are no signs of TItanfall 3).

[FoxTurret]

Publicado originalmente por Tamwulf:

Why not? I mean, isn't the play experience better/more enriched when playing with others? As is, the game is in beta and is focused on PvP game play. What do you want/prefer?

I don't like online multiplayer, and am very frustrated that almost all the mech games on steam ATM are multiplayer games. Give me a nice campaign.

[Jack Jackson]

Publicado originalmente por FoxTurret:

Publicado originalmente por Tamwulf:

Why not? I mean, isn't the play experience better/more enriched when playing with others? As is, the game is in beta and is focused on PvP game play. What do you want/prefer?

I don't like online multiplayer, and am very frustrated that almost all the mech games on steam ATM are multiplayer games. Give me a nice campaign.

Most mech games on steam at the moment are not multiplayer games. The only decent Multiplayer Mech games are MWO and maybe DAEMON (Which doesn't even need to be played on MP)

[Floof]

Publicado originalmente por FoxTurret:

Publicado originalmente por Tamwulf:

Why not? I mean, isn't the play experience better/more enriched when playing with others? As is, the game is in beta and is focused on PvP game play. What do you want/prefer?

I don't like online multiplayer, and am very frustrated that almost all the mech games on steam ATM are multiplayer games. Give me a nice campaign.

Anime Gundam esque https://store.steampowered.com/app/1167450/DAEMON_X_MACHINA/

Very neet comes with a lil story https://store.steampowered.com/app/956680/MASS_Builder/

Hoth, AT-ATs yeee https://store.steampowered.com/app/6060/Star_Wars_Battlefront_2_Classic_2005/

Dead Dev but yeah looks nice,
https://store.steampowered.com/app/984610/Mech_Merc_Company/

Lost Planet, all of em
This one is the best one tho
https://store.steampowered.com/app/6510/Lost_Planet_Extreme_Condition/

[Spooky]

Why? Nothing good out there ..

[Luckyleol]

also there is mechwarrior 5 if you want single player or co-op campaign.

[Shajirr]

The problem with multiplayer-only is the deathspiral - if the game doesn't get enough initial playerbase, it will keep declining until game death.

See Hawken as a blueprint for this.

[Gazzy]

I'd actually love another armored core game right about niw

[Redux]

Yeah, that'd be great. FromSoft said next Armored Core game is coming. With their success on PC hopefully it comes to Steam.

[Doko]

Publicado originalmente por Tamwulf:

Why not? I mean, isn't the play experience better/more enriched when playing with others? As is, the game is in beta and is focused on PvP game play. What do you want/prefer?

I'd prefer a SP or at least co-op mech based game?.

A vast majority of PVP games have little to enrich, besides the ever evolving meta, which is enforced in part by the top elite players and the devs, which I greatly dislike, as revolving metas force me to abandon my pref play style/weapons/move sets.

Also, reason why I pref SP/co-op based is because I know I'll be able to return to play those games whenever at any time, but with PVP only, you're objectively looking at a limited lifespan, and you're not always guaranteed that the game will go strong out the gate, let alone for 10+ years (which is what I consider the minimum for the lifespan of a PVP based game).

We hardly have that many mech based games these days anyway (certainly not in the vein of Armored Core/Hawken), so adding another PVP only just means far less offerings for the SP/co-op crowd.

[Luckyleol]

Publicado originalmente por Doko:

Publicado originalmente por Tamwulf:

Why not? I mean, isn't the play experience better/more enriched when playing with others? As is, the game is in beta and is focused on PvP game play. What do you want/prefer?

I'd prefer a SP or at least co-op mech based game?.

A vast majority of PVP games have little to enrich, besides the ever evolving meta, which is enforced in part by the top elite players and the devs, which I greatly dislike, as revolving metas force me to abandon my pref play style/weapons/move sets.

Also, reason why I pref SP/co-op based is because I know I'll be able to return to play those games whenever at any time, but with PVP only, you're objectively looking at a limited lifespan, and you're not always guaranteed that the game will go strong out the gate, let alone for 10+ years (which is what I consider the minimum for the lifespan of a PVP based game).

We hardly have that many mech based games these days anyway (certainly not in the vein of Armored Core/Hawken), so adding another PVP only just means far less offerings for the SP/co-op crowd.

but making a pvp multiplayer game can be easier, as you don't need to rely on making good ai, which is no easy feat, and you don't need to write out a story or quests and the other supplementary game-play loops that can come with it. now of course the net-code is its own beast that they have to tangle with but iirc there are services that does the hard lifting for you.

edit: but yea more sp/co-op would be nice but we can't expect that from people that do like and want multiplayer and the people that want to make a multiplayer version. we just gotta hope that more companies make good mech games.

[Doko]

Publicado originalmente por Luckyleol:

but making a pvp multiplayer game can be easier, as you don't need to rely on making good ai, which is no easy feat, and you don't need to write out a story or quests and the other supplementary game-play loops that can come with it. now of course the net-code is its own beast that they have to tangle with but iirc there are services that does the hard lifting for you.

edit: but yea more sp/co-op would be nice but we can't expect that from people that do like and want multiplayer and the people that want to make a multiplayer version. we just gotta hope that more companies make good mech games.

It's not always easier when you have to constantly balance the game to the ever shifting meta, then on top of that you also need to make the online experience quite stable for everyone, which isn't exactly a simple and easy task itself.

I'd prefer going against AI or via co-op, because I know full well that meta can and will be abused, and that other players will just go for the OP build, or whatever grants them an easy win (years and years of playing a range of PVP based games has shown me this).

PVP has it's own gameplay loops as well y'know?.

I juust don't see how PVP>co-op let alone SP. Like all 3 aren't easy, and PVP certainly isn't the absolute easiest to roll with, otherwise we'd be neck deep in PVP games that are all going strong after 10+ years.

I'd just like for an SP or co-op option is all.