Customer Reviews

Mech Assault

5 star:		(61)
4 star:		(33)
3 star:		(21)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

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.

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.)

First off, let me say I'm having a blast playing this game! I sure love blowing buildings up, and it's satisfying to toast your enemy 'mechs and watch them fry when their fusion reactors blow up. I haven't tried the Live version yet, but I'm sure it'll be more fun playing against humans. AI can be a bit dumb sometimes.

OK. The bad parts? The 3rd person view can be a bit annoying when your mech is up against trees or cliffs - it goes bananas - I get disoriented. I wish they would allow us to switch between different views like in MW4; you have a cockpit view, and several different 3rd person views, which even allows you to see yourself from the front, from the left, from the right, from above, etc.. Also, targeting in MW4 allows a ZOOM, which is really neat when you try to hit far-away targets that you can't see on screen.

The next thing is that unlike MW4, there aren't any critical hit areas where you can shoot off a 'mech's leg, arm, or a weapon pod, instead of just shooting at the torso. The other thing, is there's no more "Death from Above" move, where your mech with Jumpjets (like cougar and Uziel, for example) jumps off and lands on top of another mech to damage it. It's one of the Mech Warrior 4 highlights. It's one of those hard core Mech Warrior moves that I love to try.

Another thing: you can't customize your 'mech in Mech Assault (so far - maybe in live, but I don't know). This is another MW4 highlight that I love. There are many camo and marks you can put to make your mech *distinctively your own* in MW4. I really miss that feature.

I understand that this is a console game, but there's no reason why you can't have some depth to the game such as custom skin, critical movements and critical damage abilities. I think it would have made me give this game 5 out of 5 stars.

- Mech Warrior Max "Snake" Lee

I've read several mediocre reviews of Mech Assault which all seem to revolve around complaints associated with single or 2 player modes -- These complaints are for the most part valid, but miss the point of the game: One should not purchase this game if your plan is to play it by your lonesome, period. This is not your father's Mech Warrior...

Mech Assault is at it's best when played live over XBL. While I'm not an aficionado of the Mech Warrior franchise, I have purchased a few of their titles (Fasa - Pre Microsoft) in the past and have to say that I've found this to be the most enjoyable one so far: I can't begin to explain how much fun it is to play over XBL - playing the PC-versioned Mech Warrior titles online can't hold a candle to XBL experience: I've yet to hit a laggy game, and the voice component can really be a blast.

My one complaint about this game (and it's really more of a criticism of XBL in general) is the difficulty of putting an obnoxious player on your "ignore/mute list". There is no way to do this easily while "in game" in order to immediately silence someone who is annoying to you - You have to wait till after your current game is over, then go back to a menu and pull the trigger on them. I want the ability to do this immediately rather than having to suffer through a complete session of hearing some ... babble away. (At times I just turn down the volume all the way, but then I can't hear the "good guys" either).

Anyway, this is a fantastic game if you're an XBL owner. Don't hesitate to pick it up.

This is a simplified version of the PC game, MechWarrior 4. For example, you have to use stock mechs for example... no customizing. You pick up the scrap of dead mechs and use it immediately. There are only a few different multiplayer games, but lots of maps. More mechs and maps are promised to be downloadable from Live.

That aside, the game plays very well. The graphics and framerate are good even in multiplayer. I haven't played online in LIVE yet, but I can't wait! The game is fun and addictive. Best Xbox game I've bought since Halo.

The old mech games for the PC were a lot of fun alone, and I got this hoping to play it both alone and live.

Although it's enjoyable alone (or 2 player), it won't keep your attention long that way.

The 2 player game only has 2 different maps (maybe there are others I can download or unlock - I've not tried yet). There are plenty of different Mechs to choose from, but the lack of variety of maps means you'll get bored within a few hours. After a few hours of this, we went back to Halo (which we've probably logged about 1000 hours on so far).

The 1 player version has a decent storyline and is challenging. But after you've made it all the way through, you'll retire the game.

UNLESS YOU HAVE XBOX LIVE! Live is totally different. Playing with others online makes this a killer game. If you have Xbox live and you like to play online, this game will spend a lot of time in your console.

If you have Xbox Live, get MechAssault.
If you don't have Xbox Live, get something else.

You've probably heard of the concept of giant walking robots.There's RoboTech,and Gundam.This is Microsoft's shot at the idea.The single player mode is just walking around and destroying enemy bases;the multiplayer split-screen is fun;and Xbox Live is AWESOME!!!Imagine,you and three of your online buddies shoot the other team...There is also downloads to MechAssault from Xbox Live.There's new Mech's,called Corvus and Raven,and there's new levels,called Hell's Kitchen and Stone Cold.There is a huge selection of Mech's,so there is one that you are sure to like.Some Mech's and small and fast,and others,are huge and slow.

PROS:
Non-stop action
Great graphics
Good variety of Mech's
Easy controls
Xbox Live support

CONS:
Can get hard and/or frustrating
If you don't have Xbox Live,then this may get boring after a while

GRAPHICS: 9.5/10
Really good!The explosions are really realistic,you can see every single bullet fly,if you smash a building,you can see all of the pieces of glass fall...It's amazing.
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SOUND/MUSIC:10/10
The music is mostly rock-and-roll,and the sound is amazing,too.You can hear realistic explosions,bullets flying,glass shattering,ECT.
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CONTROLS:10/10
You use the A button or the right trigger to fire;The left trigger or the X,Y,and Z buttons to change weapons;The left thumbstick to move foward,left,right,and backward;Right thumbstick to change direction;Left thumstick button to use JumpJets,right to use invisibility booster.
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GAMEPLAY:10/10
The enviorments are fully destructable.You can knock down a building on your foes,you can step on infantry,smash cars,ECT.
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Overall,MechAssault is a MUST OWN GAME,espesially if you have Xbox Live!

The game is fun but I wish I rented it before I bought it cause I'm kinda disappointed. It only took me a day to beat the game so I'm kinda bummed, I don't feel I got my fifty bucks worth out of it. The graphics are fun and good to look at however the game play isn't all that I had hoped it would be. No matter what Mech I choose, I get three similar weapons to use in battle and the action is pretty much the same even thought I choose a different Mech.

If you enjoyed the Mech games on the PC I think you'll be pretty unsatisfied in the way this game plays. My advice again is rent it before you buy it. I would have only gave this game 2 stars but the graphics are better than most games I've played on X-box so far.

My love of this game began when I got into the enemy base and hit a couple of buildings. Suddenly it went from "this is okay" to "oh wow!"

After that I spent the next few evenings smashing my way through enemy fortifications and mechs and having a blast. And that is what this game is about, by the way, shooting things. I don't have a high speed connection, so no Xbox Live. Maybe some day I will get to try that.

Only in hindsite did the game have some things missing. I remember my old Mech Warrior game on the PC. you bought mechs, hired pilots, and led your merc lance to victory. Salvage did not improve your mech. You sold it to increase yor take. Also, you weren't salvaging abstract bonuses, you were salvaging whole mechs, so it was in your interest to leave them as intact as possible to improve their resale (or repair them for your own use).

A lot more plot and detail in the old game. Damage varied on where you were hit. No repairs in combat. Limited ammo on guns and missiles (though not on energy weapons which made them popular). Repairing and rearming cost precious cash, so you picked your own missions with the mercenary mindset of what's in it for me, and haggled for the price.

These are things I'd love to see in a Mech Assault 2. In the meantime, I'll happily kill anything that crosses my path with a smile on my face.

To start off, Mechassault has some of the greatest explosions I have seen on the Xbox yet. Everything is destructible, everything is flammable, and everything looks beautiful. The single player mode is fun for a while, but gets a bit old after 5 or 6 missions. The most fun part of the missions is destroying the other mechs. They are the most difficult enemy in the mission, and are usually matched closely to your own mechs abilities.

Where this game really shines is the multiplayer and online capabilites. There is almost never slow down on the broadband connection. The free-for-all battles are great, and are very challenging to beginner and veteran alike. The multiplayer is just as good, especially with system link play.

Mechassault is a great buy if you have a broadband connection. If you're a fan of mech games, you'll like this game even if you don't have a broadband connection. Maybe one of the best games for Xbox Live yet.