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Great graphics, but it's best LIVE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 29 / 34
Date: November 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

MechAssault boasts great graphics, detailed Mechs and engaging single player ... but just wait until you take your mechs LIVE!

The game basically has you controlling a variety of mechanical robots with armor and weapons on a planetary assault mission. You land and start fighting off infantry, tanks, other mechs, and more.

There are a bunch of single player missions that you go through on your quest to rid the planet of the enemy. The graphics are quite nice, with rolling fields, rocky mountains, bases full of bridges and vehicles. You can blow up boats, take out bridges, demolish large buildings. You can stomp on infantry and shoot down helicopters. It's very destructive, but all in the name of saving the planet.

The mech takes a little getting used to, because of the combinations of flying, twisting torso, movement, and weapon selections you have. But really, for any gamer that's played games for more than a year, this shouldn't be a problem. The controls are rather intuitive and we were up and running with the mech in no time flat. Your ability to pretty much go anywhere and demolish anything means that you can take a number of different approaches to any problem. Add in the fact that you can often choose from a variety of mechs to take on the mission, each with its own configuration, and you can really get involved.

Still, the missions are single player and your multiplayer gameplay on your own system is two player only. The single player missions can probably be won in a weekend if you go for the easy settings. But all of these things are merely TRAINING for the true on line experience, with XBox Live!!

No AI is ever going to match the true cunning of a human (at least not any time soon) and when you play on XBox Live, you get to play against entire teams of mechs! You can play Capture the Flag, deathmatch, team deathmatch, and MANY other types of games. It is amazingly fun! And you really do need that single player or two-player local mode to practice in, so you can hold your own against the Mech players from around the world.

Highly, highly recommended if you have XBox Live. It's a blast! If you don't have XBox live yet, it's a great game to play for a while, if you keep increasing the difficulty level to keep you challenged.

Look out!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 36
Date: October 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Three things concern me when it comes to buying a game, Graphics, replay value and fun factor.
I rated this game how i did because it has all three, while i know it hasn't come out yet i am convinced of this by the research i have done.
First the graphics, fire a rocket- see the trail, the light from the flaming exaust, the glass shattering in the side of the building as the explosion goes off, the dust from crumbling concrete, and chunks of columns as the building comes crashing down. I have seen all of these in the trailers available.
Lighting effects give explosions a new demension, muzzle flashes give away an enemy hiding in the alleyway... Particle effects are very well used and add to the scope of the world around you as it comes crashing down...
Next the replay value... Games by themselves tend to get old, AI gets repetitive, graphics can seem repetitive also... where do you get replay then? Playing with other people!!! Online play. With online death matches you can hone your skills and trim that mech into the perfict fit for your fighting style, lure an unsuspecting oponent into an alleyway and crash a building down on top of him, see someone rocketing up to a building top? wait till he gets close and destroy the building before he can land- watching him fall all the way back down ).
Finally the fun factor... need i say more?
This game gives the mechwarrior series the final thing it was lacking... ACTION. When you are in the midst of a city with huge buildings falling to pieces and attempting to get out of their way as well as fight as part of a team or a free for all against 5 or 6 other mechs... try to remain calm.
The third person perspective actually draws you into the game more than a first person would when you can see to scale all the dangers around you and the action turns fast paced you will feel it more than any other mechwarior to date... Enjoy )

Good blasting fun even for the single player

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: December 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I'll be the first to admit that I don't like multiplayer games. I'm more of a solitary gamer. I don't buy into Xbox Live or any online play services. That said, I have been enjoying Mech Assault tremendously. My time with the series goes back to the very first installment of Mech Warrior; oh, that was how many years ago? 8, 9? Can't remember. But Mech Assault is the best of the series, by far, and also the best of mech games I've laid my hands on. The environment is vast, the gameplay tight and FUN, and the framerate excellent. This latter point is important because it makes the game enjoyable, compared to old versions where the mech would move painfully slowly. This time around they fly and leap, and truly come to life. The graphics is first-rate. The controls are easy and Halo-like. And everyone just loves the sight and feel of megaton explosions.

Like I said, I don't play multiplayer, but every review raves about the online play. So the final verdict is, 5 stars for a single-player gaming experience, and more (you name it) for added online features.

In short, this is one game I'll play again and again, if for nothing else besides running my favorite tech around and just blasting away at everything in sight. (Disclaimer: this reviewer is a totally peace-loving American and only blasts away bad guys and bad buildings worthy of getting blasted.)

The 'Halo' of mech games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I do not have XBox Live, nor do I require it to enjoy MechAssault. The graphics are extremely detailed, the controls are simple and easy to understand, and the gameplay is worth the cost alone (invisibility, jump jets, environments that respond to your attacks, etc.). As I haven't beaten it yet, I can only comment on the one cutscene I've watched so far: amazing. All in all, a good purchase.

There are small but definite cons, however. You cannot customize your mechs, but like 'Halo' the simplicity of the game works in its favor by concentrating on storyline and gameplay. There are a finite amount of mechs available, but the lucky few with XBox Live can apparently download updates to the game that include new mechs.

Just for being a stand-alone game, this receives 5 stars. This game makes a strong case for XBox Live, but also makes a strong case for itself.

Fun game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This one is good fun for kids, not too violent, and easy for them to learn

Awsome Action Assault Game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Loved it from the beginning! I can do this game over again...
Much better than other similar games. This is cool cause you blow up just about everything in the game. Skyscrapers, trucks, tanks, other Mech's. humans can get steped on, crushed and blown to bits. And more. check it out!

good fun great graphics and simple at all.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: December 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks it has xbox live abillity to and i have xbox live hehe.

Very Fun, But.......

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is extremly fun..In my opinoin I think this game is extremly hard...If you like Hard and intense games this is a good 1. Welll To start off The things I dont like,Are that In the begining of the game They dont give you much help at all just how to pull the trigger and then your on your own but it is a good game the controling is good, The sound is good From what level ive gottin to it seems kinda long but any way its a goosd game

Trash people online? How could anyone resist?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When I bought this game, I figured it would be good, but I didn't think ANY game could be this fun. First of all, the campaign missions are great. You get to destroy a technologically-advanced cult bent on mass destruction(Waco, anyone?). If you have XBOX LIVE, you can take on the world, AND download new maps, mechs, and everything else you can think of. Now, I think it needs to be said that MECH ASSAULT is very different from the MECHWARRIOR computer series. But that is not a bad thing. The computer game was okay, but nothing compared to the XBOX experience. My advice is, if you own an XBOX, and you have an irrepressable urge to destroy those weaker than you, then GET THIS GAME!

MechAssault!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game has very nice graphics and is fairly simple to play. It is a game to have on your X-Box collection as it makes for great entertainment specially with a group of friends. The price for it on this website is outdated though, since this is now on the Platinum Hits for a lower price.

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