I was playing Armored Core V this morning and I was actually having some fun with it. I’ve finally mastered the learning curve on the UI and how to build a Mechs not made of junk, but that learning curve is very daunting if you’ve never stepped into one of these games. As I was boosting in my reversed joint Jetzilla across a really horribly designed city I noted that Halo Vehicles and how they handle would actually make great Mechs on their own.
343 is branching out and looking at how to expand the Halo Universe and right now Mech Gaming needs a serious boost in the arm to even appeal to hardcore mech aficionados . Hawken is the right idea, but there’s just something about the coolness of an AC design.
Now Vehicles in Halo are actually a lot of fun to drive. The Warthog is whiley and the Scorpion is sheer Tank beats everything. The Mantis is let down not in design but in function. Watching it lurch about and die under a plasma pistol makes the inner Raven in me sad.
But 343 if you do want to branch out into other games You’re vehicles redesigned into Mechs drifting and lumbering across a massive battlefield would be a interesting Halo Universe game to me. Keep it in mind when you branch out that the Orion Project would have a ring and nice feel in western Mech gaming.