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Outstanding Mech Game!
I'm not a HUGE fan of the Mech genre, but I do dig it. I've played 3-4 mech games over the years from pc to xbox. This has got to be the top of the line. The graphic and physics are superb. The single player a bit short, but very educational and it takes you through the entire gambit of all the different general types and roles of mechs as used in the game. Honestly, it really is just a glorified trainer for online play and if you don't have a Gold membership online the game is pretty pointless. I can't imagine having a 360 and not having a gold account though. <
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>The real strong suit of the game is online play. While there are an apparently infinite number of pop-up messages and alerts with information I really didn't find useful, once you get through those you're golden. You can be a single player and do match-ups or you can join a squad. That's where the game really shines. Develop and use squad tactics with all the different types of mechs that you can build. <
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>The amount of customization you can do is really amazing. It's really a game in itself. It's easy to use and fairly intuitive and supports folks who just want to slap something together quickly or folks who want to watch and compare stats on various pieces of gear. <
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>There are currently somewhere over 300 unique parts each with a unique size, weight, attachment option, durability, heat generation, etc. Each of these parts can be placed in a dizzying array of orientations. Weapons often have multiple types of ammunition available with options to carry extra ammo at the expense of weight. Chassey units (wheel, biped, tacks, etc) all have weight limits, top speeds, rotation speed, etc. while cockpits have a set number of devices you can attach, internal power supply, various degrees of armor, etc. Cockpits also support 3 types of modification chips that let you trade off statistics between tying together multiple weapons in a single trigger pull, top speed and acceleration boosts, aim and cockpit stabilization, etc. <
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>To really get a feel for the game you have to pay attention to the details on the parts, but for the beginner it's easy enough to just build and shoot. You can even spend your mech $ earned in battles to buy pre-configured mechs. You can also spend your money (which honestly comes flowing in pretty easily and is almost always in abundant supply) on upgraded parts or even enter a lottery for experimental parts that are given away daily. <
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>You have control down to the paint jobs, camouflage patters and a nice selection of customizable decals to polish off your masterpiece. <
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>Once you have your mech put together you can select from a number of ongoing battles to drop into with your squad and match up either against the computer or human opponents. Eventually you'll learn to pick your map and battlefield situations to best suit your mech's capabilities. Then you work out a battle plan with your squad members. <
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>Graphics are superb as you would expect with the 360. Of course it's not perfect, but pretty darn good where it counts. Online play is amazing as far as mech games are concerned. It's not as fast paced and nerve twitching as say Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, but it's 110% cool as far as mech games go. IMHO there's a LOT more strategy involved in Chromehounds as opposed to something like GRAW. <
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>Oh, to the DarkDan who commented that he couldn't find the menu options he was looking for in the middle of a mission, he's right, you can't access some options in the middle of a mission but if you hold down the BACK button on the controller for 3 seconds your mech will self-destruct and end the mission so you can exit the game. <
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Great online team gameplay
ChromeHounds is the first Mech related adventure for the XBox 360. A little bit combat, a little bit strategy, this provides quick, easy missions and then involving online gameplay. <
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>If you've seen mech games before, you know the basic idea. Big, plodding robots with legs, tracks or wheels. Lots of weapons and armor to plunk onto the mech in lego-like fashion. Enemies and buildings to blow up, while staying alive. <
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>Where other mech games go for arcadey non-reality, ChromeHounds tries to keep things real. Your mechs don't zip along at 100 miles an hour. They stomp with realistic weight and speed, leaving behind footprints and track marks. The detail on their glistening metal body is quite impressive. With the incredibly huge amount of customization available for your mech, you can spend hours honing the exact perfect mech for your gameplay style, and really care about its survival. <
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>The world you inhabit didn't get this same level of loving detail. The missions are all very short and really don't need a plot. You are blowing things up while trying not to be blown up yourself. The environments you stomp through are almost an afterthought. Don't look for waving fields of grain or purple mountains majesty here. <
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>As in many modern combat games, the basic mission tree is really all just a training mission for the *real* challenge - facing other human beings. You want to replay the local missions several times, tuning your mech movement skills and your weapon / armor combination to get ready for the team based online gameplay. That is where the real fun and skill-testing begins. Can you coordinate your efforts with your friends to ward off attacks from other skilled players from around the world? You can't just run and blast away - that technique will get you killed quickly. You have to know your mech's limitations and advantages, and then plan joint attacks to achieve that victory. It really is a fun combination of hand-eye coordination and tactical intelligent planning. <
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>Well recommended for people who have online gameplay and enjoy that level of thought. For someone just wanting an arcadey fly-fast-and-blow-things-up-locally, you might want to rent this first to see if the realistic mech functioning will keep you happy.

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Finally a game for hardcore mech fans
I have played well over 200 hours as I write this review so I hope to correct some of the misinformation in other reviews... <
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>1) This is a Mech simulator most similiar to the Mechwarrior (PC) series, especially MW2 & MW3. <
>2) It is nothing like the Mech Assault (Xbox) series. <
>3) Chromehounds does have single player missions which are really just training for online play. The single player teaches you about each Role Type (RT) and grades you in your performance in each RT. <
>4) Once online, you must choose a side and then find a squad to join OR you can create your own squad and recruit others. Don't worry too much about which side to choose because you will eventually want to switch countries to acquire each country's unique parts. <
>5) Chromehounds is a squad based game. Playing alone, although possible, isn't much fun. The most fun is playing with 4-6 per team. There is also a free battle mode that is basically a FPS fragfest. <
>6) Experimenting with different mech designs is nearly as much fun as testing them in combat. In the beginning you may find yourself spending more time in the garage than on the battlefield. If you like customization, Chromehounds offers millions of possible mech combinations from super fast scouts to heavy gunners than can take out half a grid square. <
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>As much fun as Chromehounds is, it isn't perfect. There are still some bugs to be worked out but patches are in the works and minor maintenance is performed every Tuesday. Don't believe the naysayers who shout that Chromehounds will eat your disks, kill your 360, run over your cat and drop crumbs in your bed; Chromehound's flaws are of the much more mundane variety... money glitches and a few network glitches. <
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>Overall, Chromehounds is the best multiplayer mech simulator since Mechwarrior 2 and is a must for true fans of the mech genre.