Single player content?

[Skree]

As per topic. Any updates about it? don't really much care for online action.

[Blackfang]

You might be waiting a while then. Last anyone heard the singleplayer content isn't expected until the full online multiplayer experience is achieved, Heavy Gear Assault is based on the arena combat of the lore so it kind of makes sense it's done that way.

[Thulsa]

I'll buy it when they release the single player mode ;)

[Skree]

I am expecting a campaign like in Heavy Gear 2, some black ops epic story with badassery galore.

No, i am joking. I am expecting an half assed piece of crap, if we even arrive there and the company doesn't finish the money before.

[GameMaster]

Originally posted by Skree:

I am expecting a campaign like in Heavy Gear 2, some black ops epic story with badassery galore.

No, i am joking. I am expecting an half assed piece of crap, if we even arrive there and the company doesn't finish the money before.

Yeah, too much negativity here. :\

[ATCC]

Blackfang, if it is supposed to be area multiplayer, why do the battles not take place in an arena? or they should have called the game "Heavy Gear Arena"

Heavy Gear and Heavy Gear 2 were both single/multiplayer games. I too will wait for the campaign content before buying in.

[RaptorRage]

Arenas are not limited to stadiums. Strictly speaking any game with a map that has a defined play area and team spawns could be considered an arena game. In this context the multiplayer maps are various locations on Terra Nova that have been repurposed into Gear dueling arenas. Here's the descriptions on the main page under the Early Access text box:

Maps
In addition to the modules which speaks mainly to development and engineering aspects - we also plan to continue to improve upon and iterate on our core in-game worlds. We currently have the following maps in-game:

Pioneer Outpost - Released
Citizens of the UMF are known to have a keen business sense. When the Northern Guard had to downsize after the Interpolar War, a string of base closures followed. One of those was Pioneer Bravo Outpost, a small Northern Guard garrison and space tracking facility nestled in the alpine mountains around Pioneer. The base was stripped and left abandoned. A venture group from Rapid City decided it was a golden opportunity to create a gear dueling circuit that would radically contrast in terms of environment with their competitors in Khayr ad-Din. The area around the arena also include exclusive ski resorts.

Port Oasis - Released
Nestled on the shores of Lake Esperance is a beach resort just outside of Port Oasis. The Rich Elite of the Republic have built a Dueling arena on this pristine area to bring the excitement of Gear combat to their favorite get-away spot in order to entertain themselves while they soak up the rays. The "arena" is a cordoned off area encompassing a small chain of mini-islands with shallow water close to the beach. Caverns and open sand beaches lead to an interesting combat environments rich in tactical options. When not in use for entertaining the elite, the arena serves as a training facility for maritime Gear regiments practicing amphibious landings.

San Lopez - Released
A once thriving mining homestead called Sand Drift in the Western Desert, has long since fallen victim to the many roving bandit gangs operating in the area and forgotten to sand and time. That is until it was rediscovered by a prospecting team from nearby Prince Gable. With most of its mineral and material wealth gone, there was still potential to turn a profit by refitting the place for Gear dueling and joining it to the nearby dueling leagues.

Hydro Station - Released
A dysfunctional water pumping station that was directly tapping into a branch of the MacAllen Network in the Eastern Mekong Plains. A young enterprising Mekonese businessman has since turn the facility and surrounding ghost town into a gambling and gear dueling resort.

Tershaw Valley - Released
No current description.

Terra Nova Horizon - In Development
Space is a dangerous place. Nestled in high orbit over Terra Nova, the derelicts of the Colonial Expeditionary Force (CEF) Cruiser "Varyag" and the CEF Strike Carrier "Moskva", remnants of the War of the Alliance, have floated lifeless for cycles. That is, until the Terra Nova Sports News Network, in a joint venture with Hermes72, decided to spend the money to refit the wrecks and general area into the most exciting and dangerous arena yet. Floating debris fields, and claustrophobic hull wreckage contrast harshly with empty expanses. The Moskva's hangar was refitted to maintain and repair Gears for zero-G combat.

Chop Shop - In Development
A recycling and parts business turned into a dueling arena at night. The area is owned by the infamous "Trasher Queen", who grew up in the Heaps of Khayr ad-Din. The map features a working foundry that spews molten metal periodically down ducts towards a recycling area. Players can fight in the ducts, but the molten metal can destroy gears outright. There should be indoor work spaces and warehouses as well as outdoor junk heaps to hide in.

Web Arena - In Development
The most prestigious arena on Terra Nova. Built by the infamous Spider Jahmoon king pin, the web arena took Gear Dueling to the main stream sports market. Only the best get invited to fight here.

Paradise Lost Oasis - In Development
The North and the South always love fighting in the Badlands. Unfortunately for the people who live there, foreign wars often arrive in their backyard. This Oasis tower community has fallen to the power plays of the planet's two superpowers during the Interpolar War. The displaced inhabitants has since moved on to other Badlands community. Many cycles later, an old veteran and several original founders of the tower returned to the ruins and have built a new community around the area. Their main economy is tourism and gear dueling, having retrofitted the old tower into a world class close combat arena.

Highlands - In Development
Crashed Colonial Ship - In Development
Swamp Haze - In Development
Old China - In Development

[Skree]

Yeah, don't really care. I am tired as ♥♥♥♥ of seeing great games ruined by this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of love for the online crapload of crapfest.

I want a good story, written by good writers, good music to accompany my gameplay, i want the black talon squad from Heavy Gear 2 and i want a semi-dynamic campaign such as that seen in Mechwarrior 4 - Mercenaries.

If this devs can't deliver something like this they can fail and go live under a bridge.

Heavy Gear is a game that started as a tabletop tactical strategy game and as a ROLE playing game.

Letting it become an oline ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ for dumb idiots is a crime against the purity of the series. Let children play with pubg, overwatch and other crapload games that require no brain.

[RaptorRage]

There have been plans for a single player campaign from the beginning but it is the last priority, as it turns out lacking $10 million from the start of development makes it more cost effective to get the gameplay and assets fully realized in a multiplayer setting first.