Comments on: BootFighter Windom

By: Cooper

Cooper — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:33:18 +0000

It seems to have one of those control systems that is only intelligible with a gamepad.

An excellent peow-peow smashy smashy shiny robots snack.

By: Ixtab

Ixtab — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:19:32 +0000

Well I fail a lot because I get confused and just mash all the weapon buttons but I have fun while doing so. I’m not sure it’s something I could play for very long but it’s a nice distraction. I’d rather the controls were less all over the place with a different button for every weapon though.

Sorry for the double post but I missed the edit time.

By: Ixtab

Ixtab — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:41:23 +0000

Dorian Cornelius Jasper: I must say I completely agree with your points. It irritates me when things pretend to be realistic but aren’t but when something goes all the way and throws out realism for sheer awesomeness I think it’s a fair trade off.

“Who the hell do you think we are!” I loved Gurren Lagann. Damn awesome.

I haven’t had a chance to play this game yet but I am a fan of the japanese style of mechs more than the big stompy kind, although they are also good, so I shall definately give it a go.

By: Thingus

Thingus — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:55:35 +0000

The way I saw it, Gurren-Lagann was awesome. And stupid. The reason it was so awesome was because it was so stupid, and the reason it was so stupid was because it was so awesome. It doesn’t take it’sself seriously in any way, shape or form, and that’s great :D . Also, big, stompy mechs often fly! Haven’t you ever used jumpjets?

PS: Good to know I’m not the only anime geek around here :D

By: fluffy bunny

fluffy bunny — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:53:20 +0000

Sightseemc: Well, mechs shouldn’t be insta-transforming, plasma-propelled glow in the dark et.c., they should be heavy, stomping monstrosities that move slowly (complete with loud mechanical noises) and destroys everything with heavy machineguns and missiles. And they should never, ever fly. :)

By: Dorian Cornelius Jasper

Dorian Cornelius Jasper — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:29:33 +0000

Oh yes we did. And for the record, the winner is Drill.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=p9EUeZMpoPc

By: Sightseemc

Sightseemc — Tue, 06 May 2008 04:34:30 +0000

Did you guys just have an argument over what weapons are realistically feasible on insta-transforming, plasma-propelled, glow in the dark giant combat robots?

Put the bowl down. Turn the lights back on. Come up for air. :)

By: Albides

Albides — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:33:44 +0000

If by stupid you mean awesome, then yes!

I agree with the comment about the game being spammy and the controls being awkward, but it’s been so long since I’ve played a mech game I just don’t care. I can appreciate both the blocky, lumbering bipedal weapons platforms favoured by the west and the sleek, acrobatic robots that owe as much to the martial arts genre as to sci fi. All are awesome.

By: fluffy bunny

fluffy bunny — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:31:58 +0000

“No, I’m not being facetious. I’m just being a fanboy. Because his drill is a drill that pierces the heavens.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=s65n0PmvIm4”

Errr.. that was unbelievably stupid. Sorry. :)

By: Cruz

Cruz — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:35:37 +0000

I’ll gladly pay you a BootFighter Tuesday, for a new Mechwarrior (on PC) today.

By: Larington

Larington — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:09:55 +0000

“Basically, most anime mecha shows are fairly grounded in mechanical know-how. Or at least, they were until Gundam SEED.”

A bit of a shame, since it seems as though SEED is the only one that I ever hear of here in the UK.

Were I that way inclined I might look into the earlier ones, but I don’t honestly have the patience or time for that at the moment (Assignment deadlines and all that).

By: MeestaNob!

MeestaNob! — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:04:51 +0000

Ben Abraham, just re-install the latest direct x and it should update/insert any files you need.