top 10 mech games

[pragmatic insanester]

i've always have a soft spot for big robots you can control. i'm still waiting for someone to incorporate zombies and mechs into a single game, but back to the point.

out of every mech game/series, which would you classify as the top 10?

here are the contenders (add any i miss)

zone of enders
zone of enders: the second runner
zone of enders: fist of mars (gba)
front mission (snes/ps1)
front mission 2
front mission 3
front mission 4
front mission alternative
front mission: gun hazard
armored core
armored core: project phantasma
armored core: master of the arena
armored core 2
armored core: another age
armored core 3
armored core: nine breaker
armored core: nexus
armored core: silent line
assault suit leynus (aka target earth)
assault suit valken (aka cybernator)
assault suit valken (ps2 remake)
virtual on
virtual on: ontarigram
virtual on marz
mechwarrior (i don't remember how many pc editions there were)
mechwarrior 2 (ps1/sat)
mechwarrior (snes)
mechwarrior 3050 (snes)
phantom crash
phantom crash 2 (aka steel lancer arena international)
frame grid
ring of red
steel battalion
steel battalion: line of contact

[Sylentwulf]

I don't play many, but I know you missed the one that will probly win - Steel Battalion.

[Enixis]

Ring of Red still one of my favs.

[Mr Mort]

The original MechAssault has to be on the list. My fave mech game of all time because of the online play alone. I've wasted countless Saturday nights on that game. Simple, yet fun and addictive gameplay makes it great.

[pragmatic insanester]

ah, i can't believe i forgot RoR in its niche awesomeness. is Grudge Warriors applicable?

[njiska]

Steel Batalion earns a spot in the top ten just for the ridiculously huge controller.

MechWarrior 2 is also a classic.

[Tanis178]

let me prop up the pc list here:

mechwarrior 4 vengeance
mechwarrior 4 black knight expansion
mechwarrior 4 mercenaries
mechwarrior 4 inner sphere pack
mechwarrior 4 clan pack
MechWarrior 3
MechWarrior 3: Pirate's Moon Expansion
MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy
MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries
Mechwarrior
Mechcommander
Mechcommander 2
Battletech- PC/Genesis/Amiga
EarthSiege
Earthsiege 2
Starsiege

[erehwon]

Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner is probably my favorite mech game. I've only played a few mech games, but I liked that the best. Most mech games with camera systems like the one in the Armored Core series I was never able to get into. I could never keep the camera level. The ZOE games never had that problem and I enjoyed them a lot more.

I've never played any of the pc mech games so I can't say anything about them.

[Damaramu]

No Gungriffon? Tsk tsk. :wink 2:

[§ Gideon §]

Here are some missing games:
Krazy Ivan (PC, PS, ...)
The Gundam series (http://www.mobygames.com/search/quick?q=gundam)
The Transformers series (http://www.mobygames.com/search/quick?q=transformers)
Xardion (SNES, ...)
Metal Marines (PC, SNES, ...)

[pragmatic insanester]

i was going to add robotic alchemic drive, but its not quite a mech game.

[blissfulnoise]

You could probably even make a case for Xenogears or Xenosaga here. Maybe even Cyberbots?

In any case, number one should be Steel Battalion.

No other game put such big, brass ones out there to make such a detailed/authentic (authentic?) mech sim.

Mechwarrior 2 should rightfully be second place, but SB's gotta get the nod for any true fan of the genre.

[esquire]

Here are some others:

Slave Zero (DC)
Transformers (PS2)
RAD - Robot Alchemical Drive (PS2)
S.L.A.I. - Steel Lancer Arena International (PS2)
GunGriffon Blaze (PS2)
GunMetal (XBX)
Murakumo - Renegade Mech Pursuit (XBX)
GunGriffon: Allied Strike (XBX)
Robotech: Invasion (XBX)
Robotech: Battlecry (PS2/GCN/XBX)
Heavy Gear (PC)
Heavy Gear II (PC)


Personally, I'll take the MechWarrior series on either the PC or XBox any day. Mech Commander was cool too for the strategy side. I need to play Front Mission 4 and Ring of Red. I have both, but never got around to playing them.

[pragmatic insanester]

slave zero was just a giant metal monster, though?

[petewhitley]

Transformers aren't mechs.

[esquire]

Transformers aren't mechs.

From the original post:


i've always have a soft spot for big robots you can control...

I love it when people have nothing to contribute to a thread but criticism as to another person's response, especially when that person didn't even bother to read the original post.

If a Transformer is not a "big robot" that you can control, WTF is it?

[Sothy]

Space Griffon vf9 and Ring Of Red would be in there... I dont play alott of mech games I guess.


Oh and If you never played Space Griffon Give it a chance the graphics arent too pretty but its like a mech combat version of Wing Commander "storyline, charater interaction, twisting plot" all that shizzle. Little cheesy I guess but...

[Rabid Peanut-Butter]

As other have said, the Gun Griffon games need to be on there, and I think R. A. D. does count as well. Battletech for Genny is missing as well. There were a couple of other mech games for Genesis as well though their names escape me.

As for which games I'd pick personally, I'd have to go with Zone of the Enders: Anubis/2nd Runner, Gun Griffon 1/2, Front Mission 3, and Mechwarrior 2 + Ghost Bear's Legacy.

So if Ring of Red really any good? I'd only heard lackluster things about it.