HAWKEN

#1 Edited by CptBedlam (3989 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

So this is apparently a Mech-FPS developed by a team of 9 people. And it looks incredible, they must have some extremely talented level designers or something:

It runs on the Unreal Engine but no word on platforms or estimated release date yet.

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#2 Posted by BraveToaster (12588 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Looks good. I like Mechs.

#3 Posted by JJWeatherman (13878 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

9 people? That seems impressive. Kind of unbelievable, but I'm no game developer.

#4 Posted by BigLemon (1022 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Do you play as Stephen Hawken? Because that's a pun I could get behind.

#5 Posted by Sweep (8113 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Videos containing new or interesting gameplay or trailers are exceptions to the youtube-spam rule, provided you write a little explanation so people know what they are looking at. This thread is fine.

In fact, if it didn't already exist then I was about to make it myself.

Made by 9 people in 9 months? Fucking mindblowing. Here are some of the in-game screenies:

I recommend watching in HD.

I notice the mechs look a little janky when moving so I guess they still have a lot of optimization to be getting on with, but the aesthetic of the game is fucking beeeeeaaaaauuuuutiful.

Here's a screeny of the first person perspective:

So fucking excited for this project now, and I didn't even know it existed until about 5 minutes ago.

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#6 Posted by beej (1660 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Oh shit, that looks fantastic.

#7 Posted by Slaker117 (4831 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Looks like a video game.

I don't know if I'm just super jaded, but I'm not seeing what makes this incredible. Don't get me wrong, it looks fine, I don't have a problem with it, and it's super impressive that it only took nine people to make all those assets, but I'm not getting blown away by as a game. Yeah it looks nice, that's cool, but I need some other hook otherwise it just seems like a mech shooter running on Unreal.

Again, really cool that such a small team made this in such a short amount of time, it's just nothing about what it is looks interesting from what they've shown so far.

#8 Posted by EuanDewar (4029 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

@Sweep: CUPCAKE 87M!

#9 Posted by Sweep (8113 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

@EuanDewar: Mechs and cupcakes?

"Truly they were as gods who built this place"

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#10 Edited by Dylabaloo (1497 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Wait 9 people.............. These people must be the indie developer gods.

#11 Posted by LongMasterWolf (152 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Count me in, especially if its a an XBL game.

#12 Posted by KillyDarko (1886 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

This looks kinda awesome, I'm looking forward to seeing more ^^

#13 Posted by mfpantst (2572 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

my head paints the walls of my cubicle.

#14 Posted by Sweep (8113 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

This is the sort of game that I can actually imagine (I can't believe I'm about to say this) being kind of awesome in 3D.

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#15 Posted by The_Dark_Guardian (42 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

I'm not that into mechs but i can definitely appreciate that only 9 people are working on this. That is mind blowing!

#16 Posted by CL60 (16906 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Impressive.

#17 Posted by Soap (3362 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Those enviroments are fucking beautiful :D

#18 Edited by Rockanomics (1150 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Oh, I thought this thread was gonna be about making DA2's Hawke look like SF's Ken...

But I did see the trailer earlier and it does look pretty sweet.

#19 Edited by Underachiever007 (2460 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

I love Mechs.

#20 Posted by Jambones (1695 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Camera shaaaake! Looks amazing.

#21 Posted by Yanngc33 (4472 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

that kind of looks insane

#22 Edited by Informant (84 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

A game I actually want to play after seeing that. Battletech has been so forsaken, I still have hopes for that fifth game however.

Art style makes me think of a blend of Armoured Core and Battletech, although I'm more of a clunky Battletech fan. If these few developers can make this kind of game with little to no bugs and in 9 months, they deserve money.

#23 Posted by Tordah (2370 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

This looks pretty cool. Hard to believe only 9 people are making it.

#24 Posted by Cirdain (2659 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Woot!

#25 Posted by SSully (3796 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

I could get behind this. I haven't played a good mech game in a very long time. While playing both KZ2, KZ3, hell even that part in MGS4, I have wanted a full mech game that was actually good

#26 Posted by keyhunter (3207 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Not too fast. Not too slow. Uses the Mech Warrior style mechs that I love so much. But more mobile than those pieces of shit. And level design that consists of more than just huge flat planes with one or two buildings. Assuming this controls like mech warrior, this might persuade me to go out and buy a PC joystick for the first time in 8 years. I think they just sold themselves a copy of HAWKEN

#27 Posted by tourgen (2994 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

looks pretty great. I love the art. Not a fan of the weird, slow rolling/shaking camera animation. The cockpit pic looks pretty cool too. Thanks for posting.

#28 Edited by PenguinDust (12111 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

Looks really good. I like the urban decay meets unrestricted urban sprawl look to the setting. For some reason that's what I imagine Hong Kong will look like before the end of the century. Anyway, my only reservation is I bet there are a ton of "invisible walls" in that game. There would need to be something to restrict my desire to just run off and explore. There hasn't been a good mech-combat game in ages, so this looks promising.

#29 Posted by Red12b (8819 posts) - 1 year, 9 months ago

Is it dated yet?

Hawken is a free to play, multiplayer-only first-person shooter featuring enormous mechs and micro-transactions from independent studio Adhesive Games.

HAWKEN - looks incredible

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