Click To Unmute

Want us to remember this setting for all your devices?

Sign up or Sign in now!

Please use a html5 video capable browser to watch videos.
This video has an invalid file format.
00:00:00
Sorry, but you can't access this content!
Please enter your date of birth to view this video

By clicking 'enter', you agree to Giant Bomb's
Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Lay Down Those Turrets for Super Monday Night Combat

Are you ready for the new season?

Aug. 29 2011

Posted by:

In This Episode:

Super Monday Night Combat

67 Comments

Avatar image for meatsim
MeatSim

11201

Forum Posts

150

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 23

Edited By MeatSim

Already liking the more varied environments.

Avatar image for hyper_bunny_meow
Hyper_Bunny_Meow

199

Forum Posts

27

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By Hyper_Bunny_Meow
Avatar image for crusader8463
crusader8463

14850

Forum Posts

4290

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 7

User Lists: 5

Edited By crusader8463

I enjoyed the first one for a few weeks, but it just didn't have any staying power for me. It was also horribly unbalanced, because if you went against a team that had 2-3 tanks that knew what they were doing there was nothing you could do to fight back but spam the same thing.

Avatar image for deactivated-59a31562f0e29
deactivated-59a31562f0e29

1212

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@Shuborno said: 

Also, the original MNC has some nice verticality to the level design. Has that been removed completely? I don't see any evidence of it in this video.

I saw lots of upper levels. Granted no-one was up there but yeah.
Avatar image for rmanthorp
rmanthorp

4654

Forum Posts

3603

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 14

Edited By rmanthorp  Moderator

@PJ said:

I'm a sucker for slow-mo walking with an explotion in the background. :)

SOLD!! I mean... hmm.

Sold? It's free! :D

Avatar image for solh0und
Solh0und

2189

Forum Posts

10

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Solh0und
@left4doof said:
Damn my shitty PC
Damn mine as well! :( 
 
Looks like I'll be buying a new PC this holiday.
Avatar image for leejunfan83
leejunfan83

1241

Forum Posts

54

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By leejunfan83

@digitalsea87: the 4 chords gimmick is hardly epic

Avatar image for pj
PJ

1195

Forum Posts

705

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 3

Edited By PJ

I'm a sucker for slow-mo walking with an explotion in the background. :)

SOLD!! I mean... hmm.

Avatar image for libb
libb

169

Forum Posts

336

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 7

Edited By libb

@Rufi91:

No Caption Provided
Avatar image for shabs
Shabs

906

Forum Posts

312

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 4

Edited By Shabs

I am displeased with the change in art style.

The "arena" visual design of Monday Night Combat was one of its selling points. Earthy environments with robots doesn't even make sense.

Also, the original MNC has some nice verticality to the level design. Has that been removed completely? I don't see any evidence of it in this video.

Avatar image for deactivated-5e4c09d3ba1b3
deactivated-5e4c09d3ba1b3

1115

Forum Posts

1494

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 12

@Rufi91 said:

I AM READY.

Avatar image for pop
Pop

2769

Forum Posts

4697

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 8

Edited By Pop

What about the mascot? is it still in the game? that dance was hilarious!

Avatar image for zereta
Zereta

1531

Forum Posts

601

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

Edited By Zereta
@President_Barackbar: Hmm I guess when you put it that way, it makes a bit more sense. I could never get into the gameplay of DOTA and hence, the countless clones that popped up in the last 2 years always failed to grab my interest for too long. MNC was special because it was a DOTA third person shooter, and believe me, I can play a third person shooter no problemo.  
 
I guess that's why I'm completely fine with this. I love the concept behind DOTA, so if SMNC is gonna basically go down the DOTA path more, for me that's what's completely exciting.  
 
To each their own I guess, eh? :)
Avatar image for narcolepticbat
NarcolepticBat

453

Forum Posts

580

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By NarcolepticBat
@Stubee: I think your green name pretty much sums up how much that opinion is worth.
Avatar image for stubee
Stubee

411

Forum Posts

102

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Stubee

Does this count as a MOBA, or is it disqualified because it actually looks fun?

Avatar image for professoress
ProfessorEss

7962

Forum Posts

160

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 11

Edited By ProfessorEss

Looks awesome.

Avatar image for manburger
Manburger

531

Forum Posts

28

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 7

Edited By Manburger

@G0rd0nFr33m4n:

I concur, it's pretty great!

It would be strange if SMNC does not end up on Steam, seeing as the original is on there.

Avatar image for forum_user
Forum_User

319

Forum Posts

5

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

Edited By Forum_User
@louiedog said:

@Forum_User said:

@JeffGoldblum said:

So this is coming out on the SNES?

Clearly this is supposed to be a joke of some sort, but the meaning is lost on me...

Super is a prefix used on many SNES games.

Yeah, I actually realized that a while after making the post.  I wasn't really thinking about the name when I read that.
Avatar image for xite
xite

970

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By xite

Cool chicks don't look at explosions.

Avatar image for rmanthorp
rmanthorp

4654

Forum Posts

3603

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 14

Edited By rmanthorp  Moderator

I AM READY.

Avatar image for left4doof
left4doof

318

Forum Posts

781

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By left4doof

Damn my shitty PC

Avatar image for valiantgrizzly
valiantgrizzly

504

Forum Posts

3

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By valiantgrizzly
@Chris said:

So tired of trailers with this kind of epic music that is completely unjustified by the tone of the actual game.

I actually thought it was funny, and I think that might have been the point.
Avatar image for the_red_mage
the_red_mage

169

Forum Posts

16

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 0

Edited By the_red_mage
@Forum_User said:

MNC's pretty good, but I still feel like it has some significant balance issues when making the obvious comparison to TF2.

What balance are you talking about? Have you played TF2 recently?! It hasn't been balanced properly since vanilla days in my opinion and now with it being used as a marketing platform by valve it's a complete clusterf***.
Avatar image for zipperface
zipperface

122

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By zipperface

They say the track in the teaser was written for the game but I could swear I've heard it elsewhere.

Avatar image for scottygrayskull
scottygrayskull

606

Forum Posts

26

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By scottygrayskull

Very nice, although I still wish they actually supported the 360 MNC. :(

Avatar image for d
D

261

Forum Posts

6

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 15

User Lists: 0

Edited By D

No love for XBLA too bad, well at least its free to play on steam.

Avatar image for bennym6
bennym6

479

Forum Posts

757

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 6

User Lists: 5

Edited By bennym6

Wish this was on XBLA big fan of first game :(

Avatar image for tunaburn
tunaburn

2093

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By tunaburn

i loved monday night combat. i pray they dont let anyone use cash to make them better in the game. please please please just cash for non game changing stuff!

Avatar image for addfwyn
Addfwyn

2057

Forum Posts

33

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 10

User Lists: 11

Edited By Addfwyn

Got something of a 'Valve making Global Agenda' feel from the aesthetic of it...and I'm not typically a fan of valve aesthetics. That said, never played the original MNC, so it may be worth giving this a shot.

Avatar image for president_barackbar
President_Barackbar

3648

Forum Posts

853

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

@Zereta: Because those games were made by the DOTA guys and are more like sequels to DOTA. I get that MNC is something different and let me reiterate, I LIKE MNC, I just don't think that copying DOTA even more is what MNC really needed. That's my problem is that they ARE trying to copy it too much.

Avatar image for zereta
Zereta

1531

Forum Posts

601

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

Edited By Zereta
@President_Barackbar: So how is this less acceptable than those other DOTA like games that all look and play exactly the same way? i mean, at least these guys are trying a different gameplay approach.
Avatar image for president_barackbar
President_Barackbar

3648

Forum Posts

853

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

@onimonkii: @Zereta: @TimFReilly: I played the game, I know its DOTA inspired. But at least MNC felt like its own game. This new update changes the environments (jungles like DOTA), the new characters look like they are DIRECT ripoffs of LoL archetypes (at least the original MNC featured classes only loosely based on MOBA archetypes), and it seems like the way they want to monetize the game is exactly like LoL.

Avatar image for delta_ass
delta_ass

3776

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 36

User Lists: 7

Edited By delta_ass

I used to be a Gunner.
 
Not thrilled at the new Mike Tyson-style facial tattoo on the Gunner.

Avatar image for selfconfessedcynic
selfconfessedcynic

3005

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 12

*has no clue why there's so much hate*

MNC was fun and this is more MNC for free... I cant see the problem. Plus, the Steam version was better supported anyway - and they will prob release on 360 later, as this option has not been ruled out anywhere.

As for the trailer, fuck the music (although I dont mind it) - the main thing is it was almost all actual gameplay, which can only be a good thing. My gripe is that it doesnt really highlight the important things - like map layouts and new skills. Then again, it does show the new classes.

Shrug - at minimum, as a free to play game, I shall be trying it out.

Avatar image for betterboulder
betterboulder

200

Forum Posts

15

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

Edited By betterboulder

That cowgirl is uber hot

Avatar image for uberexplodey
uberexplodey

1016

Forum Posts

743

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 8

Edited By uberexplodey

TEAM UBER.

Avatar image for lockwoodx
lockwoodx

2531

Forum Posts

6

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By lockwoodx

The music did not match the art style of that game at all. It was rather stupid.

Avatar image for babychoochoo
BabyChooChoo

7106

Forum Posts

2094

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 2

Edited By BabyChooChoo

Sold. MNC was great already and this looks even better. I have so much love for the Uber guys, that depending on how much they charge for the extra tidbits, I'm willing to buy everything they can crank out.

Avatar image for timfreilly
TimFReilly

104

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 1

Edited By TimFReilly

@President_Barackbar said:

Super disappointed that their way to make the game more popular is to just make a LoL third person shooter.

Did you want them to make a different game than the original? The first one was a 3rd person DOTA...

Avatar image for razor
Razor

129

Forum Posts

587

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 6

User Lists: 2

Edited By Razor

What a depressing ass theme song for an F2P game that's an FPS DotA.  Whatever, best of luck competing with LoL or TF2.

Avatar image for example1013
Example1013

4854

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Example1013

First.

Avatar image for zereta
Zereta

1531

Forum Posts

601

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

Edited By Zereta
@President_Barackbar said:

Super disappointed that their way to make the game more popular is to just make a LoL third person shooter.

You do know that this is basically a sequel to a game before this that was awesome as well, right?
Avatar image for belligerentengine
BelligerentEngine

354

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

With the amount of big Samoan looking dudes they've modeled for this game I'd imagine the developers must listen to a lot of Boo Ya Tribe.

Avatar image for frankxiv
frankxiv

2600

Forum Posts

8534

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 11

Edited By frankxiv
@President_Barackbar said:

Super disappointed that their way to make the game more popular is to just make a LoL third person shooter.

aside from going free to play, wasn't that what it was already?
Avatar image for rapid
rapid

1962

Forum Posts

1338

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 8

Edited By rapid

No release date yet?

Avatar image for president_barackbar
President_Barackbar

3648

Forum Posts

853

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Super disappointed that their way to make the game more popular is to just make a LoL third person shooter.

Avatar image for ssully
SSully

5753

Forum Posts

315

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By SSully

Well they sold me on this. Ik its free to play, but I will buy something just to support them for it.

Avatar image for g0rd0nfr33m4n
G0rd0nFr33m4n

826

Forum Posts

2263

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 12

User Lists: 18

Edited By G0rd0nFr33m4n

I played the original game for 111 hours before forcing myself to stop playing it so I could tackle my 60+ game back-catalog. I love UBER-E for making this game, and look forward to playing it.  
 
P.S. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, put it on STEAM, Steam is awesome ! 

Avatar image for moondogg
moondogg

381

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By moondogg

If the first MNC had of worked when I bought it and actually wanted to play it, I might be interested in this, but unfortunately that kind of tainted my experience, or lack of as the case were. But hell its free I'll give it a crack.
Avatar image for coreymw
coreymw

284

Forum Posts

4

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 0

Edited By coreymw

I wish other games took themselves less serious and made ironically epic trailers like this. I've never had an inclination to play this game until now. All due to the cool trailer.