Looking for another 360 game: Chrome Hounds?

Heatsinked · 25 Jun 2007 at 13:43

I am at work and many game-related websites are filtered. However, I want to pick up something to play this evening. Chrome Hounds looks like a MechWarrior-esque game, which I would enjoy if this were true.

Can anyone recommend this game? And why?

Thanks

dustiestrat · 25 Jun 2007 at 13:52

its not a bad game think i still have it quite good for online and good for building your own robots theres also armored core that looks a lil like chrome hounds aswell .

Shamikebab · 25 Jun 2007 at 13:53

Haven't got any personal experience but a friend of mine loves it. Not sure about the SP but the MP is very good apparently.

~J~ · 25 Jun 2007 at 13:56

Heatsinked said:
I am at work and many game-related websites are filtered. However, I want to pick up something to play this evening. Chrome Hounds looks like a MechWarrior-esque game, which I would enjoy if this were true.

Can anyone recommend this game? And why?

Thanks

Yeah I've got it. I 'enjoy' it, wouldn't say it's fantastic, but it's a good challenge, lasts a while too. Never played it Multiplayer so if you're up for it, I'll join you.

If you enjoyed MechWarrior, you'll probably enjoy this.

Heatsinked · 25 Jun 2007 at 13:57

Cool, thanks for that. I will try and get it second-hand. dustiestrat, is "Armoured Core" a 360 title also?

~J~ · 25 Jun 2007 at 14:01

I think it is. Not got it myself but have heard it's meant to be good.

dustiestrat · 25 Jun 2007 at 14:02

yeah saw it in shop during lunch time today i'll do quick check as not blocked .

yeah it is you can pick it up for £35

Kreeeee · 25 Jun 2007 at 14:03

There's a demo isn't there? So you can try it before you buy it.

Heatsinked · 25 Jun 2007 at 14:09

Yeah, I should have checked the Marketplace first :rolleyes:

My bad.

Andybtsn · 25 Jun 2007 at 14:10

Worst game I've ever played.

Heatsinked · 25 Jun 2007 at 14:13

Care to elaborate?

fish99 · 25 Jun 2007 at 14:15

I didn't rate the demo. Didn't seem to stack up against the Mechwarrior series.

Andybtsn · 25 Jun 2007 at 14:17

Heatsinked said:
Care to elaborate?

Well i wasn't going to add my opinion as it didn't stand for much as it was a game genre I was never going to like, in fact, I could only stand about 5 minutes of it.

Herminator · 25 Jun 2007 at 14:39

I haven't played it in a while, but its a pretty good mech game.
It's aimed at mutiplayer, the single player is more like a load of training missions for the various class of mechs.

The problem I found was that you need to be in a group to enjoy it properly, so each person can have a mech that fills a specific role.
There's also a persistant online world/map with three "countries" fighting each other for control over regions, trying to get to the others capital. When I was playing, one country was vastly out numbered and often the rounds were over far too quick because of the imbalance.

I'm tempted to go back to it and see how things are now.

Heatsinked · 25 Jun 2007 at 16:16

That sounds great! Can't wait to give it a go. Does it have a skirmish mode at all? Or something similar?

Andybtsn · 25 Jun 2007 at 16:20

Heatsinked said:
That sounds great! Can't wait to give it a go. Does it have a skirmish mode at all? Or something similar?

How much did you pay for it by the way?

Heatsinked · 25 Jun 2007 at 16:21

Nothing yet, will try the demo first... If I like it, I have found it in town for £20 (second hand).

Andybtsn · 25 Jun 2007 at 16:23

Heatsinked said:
Nothing yet, will try the demo first... If I like it, I have found it in town for £20 (second hand).

I got mine on here for £12 posted.

Try putting a post in the wanted section.

Abooie · 25 Jun 2007 at 16:50

Just wrote for 20 minutes about this game then lost the post in a browser spasm (don't you just hate it when that happens).

In summary as I can't be assed to do it all again.

a) The single player game is really just a tutorial for the main game
b) The main game is the persistent online "Neroimus War" .. check out the current state of the war here: http://www.sega.com/gamesite/chromehounds/leaderboard.php
c) Join a clan (check out the xbox.com forums) and then battle up to 6 vs 6 (players or bots)
d) It's slow paced (can be very slow if you play a long range heavy mech) but this adds to the tension
e) I played it to death when it came out and didn't put anything else in my 360 for months