It's boring. When I think of mechs I think of battles between factions with plenty of enemy mechs to take down, not yet another meme arena brawler.
They're not even the cool kind of brawler ala Robot Jox.
Those games preceded Armored Core and are first person mission-based games, VO is a third-person one-on-one action game. I don't know why you seem to think just because they feature robots they need to be one thing only.
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Because the entire premise of this thread is flawed and OP only wants to fight a pointless battle.
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The point is that they are different genres but one is vastly overrepresented.
>When I think of mechs I think of battles between factions with plenty of enemy mechs to take down
all of the mech stuff that's actually good is two mechs fighting in space or a big empty desert. mechs that just act like fighter jets with legs are corny as frick, by trying to be some middle ground between gundam and tacticool western sci-fi they appeal to nobody
Game is so much fun, but like any fighting game the joy you're getting out of it isn't coming from the arcade mode, unless maybe you're playing on the arcade cab.
It's a PvP oriented game where the majority of enjoyment is derived from mastery of the game mechanics. This is like complaining about playing a 2D fighting game and then complaining the stages are all flat lines and the arcade mode is short and repetitive - it completely misses the point.
i dont even like it but i respect it immensely for what it did for the genre
i cant imagine gundam vs games or even armored core being as they are without what virtual on did
The first time I saw T-Mek had to be 95. I had already been playing Doom, and was constantly downloading shitty WADs. I played 1 round of TMek and thought, I wonder if there is a Doom wad of something like this. But I wasn't impressed. I was hooked on the sharp polygons of Virtual On and Cyber Sled. PC polygonal games weren't that smooth. But there is absolutely nothing wrong with preferring TMek.
You need to understand that people have to "own OoT" by acting like anything that vaguely did anything similar to it beforehand is actually more advanced and superior.
Yes anon. Every time an anon likes a non-Nintendo game, it's a conspiracy theory. You would have to be extremely deranged to like one of the millions of games not made by Nintendo.
I recently picked up this game and the twin stick controller for Saturn. The game looked cool, but the only experience I had with it before buying it was a handful of 2P matches with a friend at his arcade. The first few fights against the AI are easy, then suddenly the AI starts whupping my ass. Can anyone give me tips on how to stop sucking? Is there a best mech, and if so, which one?
There were very few others that played the game too, but I definitely enjoyed it. It was very cool in the arcade and with play I got pretty good, so I probably enjoy it since only on rare occasions have I met someone that could contend. The music and visuals really appeal to me too. It is like anything else from Sega, most dislike their games or anything associated with the brand, but the few, like myself, it truly has its appeal.
Who are you quoting?
himself
So you don't know
You can keep avoiding the question all you want.
Come back to me when you drop the snarky anon act and I will tell you
So who are you quoting?
myself
>1v1 arena combat on a big empty map with no one else around
Man, mech games sure had it rough in the 90s.
How?
It's boring. When I think of mechs I think of battles between factions with plenty of enemy mechs to take down, not yet another meme arena brawler.
They're not even the cool kind of brawler ala Robot Jox.
PC had a few indie studio shitty robot brawlers in the late 90s early 2000s. Sega did it right, keep it simple stupid.
The only arena robot game I could think of that was kinda fun was Metaltech: Battledrome.
This is because you have a pretty narrow view of mecha as a genre. You're not actually into it.
The Gundam games on the Saturn are a good example of mecha combat that isn't a virtual on/armored core ripoff.
Not every mecha game has to be Gundam. Many of the original manga and anime series were just robot wrestling.
Those games preceded Armored Core and are first person mission-based games, VO is a third-person one-on-one action game. I don't know why you seem to think just because they feature robots they need to be one thing only.
Because the entire premise of this thread is flawed and OP only wants to fight a pointless battle.
The point is that they are different genres but one is vastly overrepresented.
How?
>when I think of mechs I only think of a very specific subgenre of mecha
That's your problem. Mazinger was almost always 1v1.
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>Another meme arena brawler
It literally invented the genre. Dont blame Virtua On because Japan default to poor arena battler for every single licensed anime game.
>It literally invented the genre
VOTOMS on the SNES already was like this (and with more enemies too) so the genre is much older.
>Not every mecha game has to be Gundam
Most of them aren't, but most 3D ones play like that.
Had no idea there were any VOTOMS games at all. Based: going to give this SNES one a whirl soon, then.
>When I think of mechs I think of battles between factions with plenty of enemy mechs to take down
all of the mech stuff that's actually good is two mechs fighting in space or a big empty desert. mechs that just act like fighter jets with legs are corny as frick, by trying to be some middle ground between gundam and tacticool western sci-fi they appeal to nobody
Neither of you know what you're talking about.
It was the heyday of mech games on PC.
That sounds really fun.
Game is so much fun, but like any fighting game the joy you're getting out of it isn't coming from the arcade mode, unless maybe you're playing on the arcade cab.
It's a PvP oriented game where the majority of enjoyment is derived from mastery of the game mechanics. This is like complaining about playing a 2D fighting game and then complaining the stages are all flat lines and the arcade mode is short and repetitive - it completely misses the point.
sure, but the game sucks
I played in Akihabara at Taito HEY and fricked up some Japanese player that challenged me
Fricking based
i dont even like it but i respect it immensely for what it did for the genre
i cant imagine gundam vs games or even armored core being as they are without what virtual on did
OP got filtered hard and probably couldn't even beat the mid boss.
VO:OT is still the pinnacle of arena fighters to this day.
I prefer the original, but mostly because I play on the sega ages 2500 for PS2. Love the new control scheme on it. viper II for life
had more fun with T-mek
The first time I saw T-Mek had to be 95. I had already been playing Doom, and was constantly downloading shitty WADs. I played 1 round of TMek and thought, I wonder if there is a Doom wad of something like this. But I wasn't impressed. I was hooked on the sharp polygons of Virtual On and Cyber Sled. PC polygonal games weren't that smooth. But there is absolutely nothing wrong with preferring TMek.
Low effort bait. OP is a gay
You need to understand that people have to "own OoT" by acting like anything that vaguely did anything similar to it beforehand is actually more advanced and superior.
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Yes anon. Every time an anon likes a non-Nintendo game, it's a conspiracy theory. You would have to be extremely deranged to like one of the millions of games not made by Nintendo.
I recently picked up this game and the twin stick controller for Saturn. The game looked cool, but the only experience I had with it before buying it was a handful of 2P matches with a friend at his arcade. The first few fights against the AI are easy, then suddenly the AI starts whupping my ass. Can anyone give me tips on how to stop sucking? Is there a best mech, and if so, which one?
There were very few others that played the game too, but I definitely enjoyed it. It was very cool in the arcade and with play I got pretty good, so I probably enjoy it since only on rare occasions have I met someone that could contend. The music and visuals really appeal to me too. It is like anything else from Sega, most dislike their games or anything associated with the brand, but the few, like myself, it truly has its appeal.