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    Hawken

    Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Feb 14, 2014

    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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    #1  Edited By CptBedlam

    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.
     
    (I hope this doesn't qualify as spam)
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    #2  Edited By BraveToaster

    Looks good. I like Mechs.

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    #3  Edited By JJWeatherman

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

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    #4  Edited By BigLemon

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

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    #5  Edited By sweep  Moderator

    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: 
     

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     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  Edited By beej

    Oh shit, that looks fantastic.

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    #7  Edited By Slaker117

    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.

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    #8  Edited By EuanDewar
    @Sweep: CUPCAKE 87M!
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    #9  Edited By sweep  Moderator
    @EuanDewar: Mechs and cupcakes? 
     
     
    "Truly they were as gods who built this place"
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    #10  Edited By Dylabaloo

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

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    #11  Edited By LongMasterWolf

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

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    #12  Edited By KillyDarko

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

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    #13  Edited By mfpantst

    my head paints the walls of my cubicle.

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    #14  Edited By sweep  Moderator

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

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    #16  Edited By CL60

    Impressive.

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    #17  Edited By Soap

    Those enviroments are fucking beautiful :D

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    #18  Edited By Rockanomics

    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. 

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    #19  Edited By sameeeeam

    I love Mechs.

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    #20  Edited By Jambones

    Camera shaaaake! Looks amazing.

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    #21  Edited By Yanngc33

    that kind of looks insane

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    #22  Edited By Informant

    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.

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    #23  Edited By Tordah

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

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    #24  Edited By Cirdain

    Woot!

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    #25  Edited By SSully

    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

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    #26  Edited By keyhunter

    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

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    #27  Edited By tourgen

    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.

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    #28  Edited By penguindust

    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. 

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    #29  Edited By Red12b

    Is it dated yet? 

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