Chromehounds

Good MECH game for 360

Reviewed by spacegook on May 11, 2008  |  report this review

At first glance when i saw this game i thought the makers of mechassault were at it again, but this time a title for the 360. I am a huge fan of mech fighting games like this espically mechassault, so this game had alot to live up to in my mind.

The game had me hooked from the very beginning, when i played the first tutorial i was like, whoa, this is nice, again looked like mechassault, but in and itself, totally different. Its awesome how they split up the types of hounds like soldier, sniper, and heavy gunner. The first minute i played it, to me it was very hard to put down. Espically after every mission you'd get a part and 2 parts if you got S rank on the mission. Some of those bonus objectives were awkward but still fairly easy to accomplish. The only downside to this game it you have to have alot of patience to play it because they basically incorporated real world physics to the max. Meaning, a meavy hound takes a long time to move. Especially the heavy gunners, they were better for defending then moving, even thought one of the mission requires alot of movement. Sniper and Heavy GUnner have been my specialities so far, even though i have made a very powerful soldier hound as well. Now the multiplayer, i have barely tapped the surface of this one, it a whole new setup compared to what i am normally used to. War Zones, different factions fighting, its a crazy setup but addictingly fun if you get the hang of it all. I just read a review by a guy burning on the graphics not being "next gen.' i'd like to be shown what next gen graphics should look like on here cause this game has immense graphics, at least in the terran and hound sense, they are very well detailed and the movement mechainics are awesome as well. Overall, I love this game in it enitrity, its just a hard game to get used to since I am used to very fast paced ones. Its a good break just a very hard adjustment.

Overweight Hounds in Online Battle.

Hint by Croneybones on November 06, 2007  |  report this hint

This "Glitch" will allow you to bring any Hound into online battle, even if it is overweight. You can have as much weight on it as you can fit. My highest was 25000.

You load a game using a regular hound that is able to be used online, and while waiting in the online lobby, you hit A, Up, then A again very quickly. If done right, friends in the lobby will see your status as ready, but you'll be in the garage. From here, you can select your overloaded beast, then return to your game. When it starts up, you will be rolling with your 8 Double Cannoned Hound.

Warning: Once overloaded, your Hound will move extremely, extremely slow. This is probably considered cheating, so don't do it against people you don't know.