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E3 2012: Hawken Demo

Brad has techs-mechs for lunch, as he sits down with Jason Hughes of Adhesive Games to try out Hawken.

The eternal battle between Giant Bomb and the Electronic Three rages on.

Jun. 7 2012

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I'd say this looks pretty meh-ch.

edit: Kidding, but I had to get it out of my system. This looks great.

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Is it just me or is it nauseating to watch?And the framerate seems bad

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All I can hear s Cult of Personality

(mostly joking)

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Wait, Hawken is free to play?

That's one of the best things I've heard from this E3!

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Did... Did he just say "wasdee"?

Fuck this game.

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They ripped that talent tree straight out of League of Legends.

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Non-inverted, Brad? Really? REALLY?

Yeah, you started something.

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Looks great. Good to see Brad can at least school some gaming press baddies in an FPS. :P

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@Three0neFive: You never played an FPS on a PC before?

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@TruthTellah said:

Wait, Hawken is free to play?

That's one of the best things I've heard from this E3!

Yup.

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Is Hawkman in this game? Also The Strokes reptilla in the background at the start of this video, only good background music I have heard at E3

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Man, these guys are so good at making whatever they show of the game look complete. From the first trailer they did I just want to pay it.

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This game looks fantastic, but they really need a dedicated button for the 180 turn.

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@poheroe said:

a backward K cool!!!!!

Jonathan Davis approves.
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Brad was actually real good at this!

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Edited By helios1337

Signed up for the beta a while ago before they announced it was F2P. This is looking good and glad to hear they don't want it to be "pay to win".

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I am going to play the SHIT out of this game!

This looks absolutely fucking amazing!

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Hawken has the kind of visuals that make it look amazing off screen or in compressed flash video. It's awesome If this holds up in real high res gameplay.

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inverted aiming is the only way to play. Never forget that. Game looks really cool.

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I had heard before E3 that this would be free to play. I was surprised since i would easily pay 20 dollars for it.

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@alibson said:

They ripped that talent tree straight out of League of Legends.

Who ripped it straight out of WoW, who probably ripped it out of something else.

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@Sooty: But they didn't even change the colours. Red, blue and green - Offence, Defence and Utility.

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THIS GAME IS FREEEEE! THE INDUSTRY IS SCREWED! GAMECHANGER!.

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Shift + S doesnt seems like the best key binding.

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Read that as Hawkman Demo. Needless to say, I was disappointed.

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@andygazi said:

I avoid F2P. But damn I like a good Mech game. This will be my first F2P game. Id pay retail for this one!

I did too, but Tribes made me realize that they can be good. I'll definitely check this out when its available.

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12/12/12 of this year...

hah

Hell, ftp mech game, I'll check it out.

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I've been signed up for the beta and have had my name reserved for a while. Can't wait to actually play it!

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@Sooty said:

@alibson said:

They ripped that talent tree straight out of League of Legends.

Who ripped it straight out of WoW, who probably ripped it out of something else.

Sigh. LoL is to MOBAs as WoW is to MMORPGs. IT INVENTED THE GENRE AND ALL THE MECHANICS GUYS! o.O

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@jt1080 said:

@Sooty said:

@alibson said:

They ripped that talent tree straight out of League of Legends.

Who ripped it straight out of WoW, who probably ripped it out of something else.

Sigh. LoL is to MOBAs as WoW is to MMORPGs. IT INVENTED THE GENRE AND ALL THE MECHANICS GUYS! o.O

No DOTA came before LoL and is the widest played of the genre

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I think he was being sarcastic since there were MMOs around for years and years before WoW launched.

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That movement almost had me motion sick in this video. Hope it doesn't feel that strange in the actual game itself.

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this game looks so goddamned sexy.

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First person armored core? Hell yeah! If only i had a computer...

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@Three0neFive said:

Did... Did he just say "wasdee"?

Fuck this game.

ok bro

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I'm definitely gonna try this, man I'm so glad I built a gaming PC.

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That upgrade tree looks great. I had a chance to play this at PAX East and none of that upgrade stuff was in the build there. Looks like they've added a lot of stuff to the customization menu, too. Jason Hughes was great, too. He answered a bunch of questions and was really friendly.

The game looks and plays great, and I can't argue with the price tag.

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I don't understand why it's so fast paced. They're 50,000 ton giant robots that walk.

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Glad GiantBomb is excited for Hawken. I've been watching and waiting for this game for so long. Can't wait until it launches!

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@Rohok said:

I don't understand why it's so fast paced. They're 50,000 ton giant robots that walk.

Why can't heavy things be fast? Just need enough power. 
 
Also, somebody is blasting The Strokes in the background of this video. This is subliminal manipulation.
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Game looks awesome and it's free to play. Going to check this out when it's released.

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Did anyone notice most of Brad's kills were against some guy named Curt

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Inverted mouse? What is wrong with that man?

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I bet it's really flattering to have your interview described as "one more to crank out".

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Hot, sexy Mech action...and the Inverted shall inherit the Earth!

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@Beomoose said:

All I can hear s Cult of Personality

(mostly joking)

Hey, that's all I heard too.

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@Foggen said:

I bet it's really flattering to have your interview described as "one more to crank out".

Yeah, but Brad was so obviously positive on the game I don't think he cared.

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Are they using new shaders? They look pretty cool.

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Edited By wh1terav3n

Man. Wow. And still 6 months away from beta. Man....wow.

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Edited By spartanlolz92

best visual asthetics ive seen in a long time glad im finally getting my dream pc :).

the pc resurgence hasn't come at a better time between this and mechwarrior i will be very happy