There Really Isn't Any Other Strategy Game Quite Like Mech Engineer
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- čas přidán 3. 05. 2024
- Mech Engineer Gameplay with Splat! Let's Play Mech Engineer and check out a game where you'll guide a society forward as they attempt to deal with a bug infestation on planet Erf.
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Back in the day I would pick up a game and if the box weighed a lot I knew it had a huge manual and tons of content so Id buy it. Was a pretty solid method to get in depth games.
hello good sir can i have 1 and a half kilo of games please?
but of course.... oh i made it 2 kilo, that ok?
sure thing, thank you very much indeed
I remember getting gifted the first Elder Scrolls Redguard and the manual was a book that had literally had the coffee and lighter treatment to age it. Your relationship with the game started before you even installed it back then.
@@emc3065 Nothing like eagerly reading the manual in the car ride home. My favorite story was when someone got me Steel Battalion for the original xbox for my birthday, and being eager I unboxed it and started it up right away, only for the "tutorial" to start out where your base gets attacked, and the pilots for the mechs in your base were caught off site, so your character says "don't worry, I've read the manual, I can do this!" and it jumps straight into the first mission. With 0 actual tutorial. So I had to frantically get the manual and find out how to even turn the dang thing on, and I managed to get it powered up just in time for an enemy to go in front of the hangar I was parked in and I panic hosed him down with weapons fire. Good times, but that game was hard as hell.
i'm the opposite of you. I don't know if I only play flash games because I have adhd or I have adhd because I only play flash games. 😂😂
I miss those times with the big weighty boxed
I always love how "microprose game" tells you most of what you need to know about the game.
What does micropose mean?
@@X3105i it's a games publisher. check out their portfolio and you will understand. even after changing hands like 5 times their branding is still recognizeable.
@@X3105i MicroProse was a video game developer that made games mostly in the 90s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroProse
@@kalzekdor Steam offers games such as Carrier Command 1 & 2 and various flight simulators from Microprose. Flight sims also. Great games.
They made highfleet too, its great
For some reason, Splat failed to award the box of medals to his pilots after each fight, and didn't bother to buff his low-stat pilots by rotating them into and out of the simulation chamber and the hospital slots. Also, one consideration for positioning and moving the city is that there are special loot squares (ruined cities, enclaves of survivors, etc.) that you need to capture in order to advance. There are ways to ease the steep learning curve by "fixing" the mechs given to you at the start of the game -- turn off the self-destruct, drop the missile launchers (for early game), load up on ammo modules, and arm with one minigun per mech, ignore weight and max out penetration and fire-rate. Rotate the pilots to keep their stats buffed, and avoid any fights with anything bigger than the smallest bugs. Also, avoid any boss fights in the early game, and focus on component construction and repairs to your city.
As mentioned in the ingame manual 'medals are just a decorative thing'.
He also misinformed people about the engine layout. Don't mix both external, and internal cooling together. It will cancel each other out. Pick one type. Put 4 in it and put 2 Multiplier at the last two slots.
Do the bugs scale with time passed?
@@Njordin2010I would also like to know this since I think this will make or break the game for me. If enemies scale as time passes and knowing how complex the customization is then I might have my doubts since I would like to slowly learn the game mechanics
@@FreedomFighterEx I just picked this game up and I've been experimenting with different reactor configurations which lead me to notice that you can manipulate the ratio of cooling ability to temperature resistance by changing how many multipliers you put in. While that fact in and of itself is pretty self explanatory, I was wondering if there's a particular reason you said to use two? I've been having trouble deciding if I'd rather have the resistance or the cooling for the first few missions.
12:20 only have to pick up resources if your going to retreat, it auto collects everything on the map on mission complete.
Thank the dev for that bit of Quality of Life.
Wow, thanks for that. Had no idea 😮
@@deathscreton I gotchu !
mad respect to someone that played and loved the OG Bullfrog Syndicate
Same OG Syndicate was so baller, the remake was so so disappointing.
I played it to death. But Magic Carpet was superior. I'd give anything to play MC again.
I played Syndicate on my 3DO
Over time, my cousin and me ended up renting Syndicate for the SNES so often, actually buying the game probably would have been cheaper. Good times! 😅
I played Syndicate on both 3DO and PC. Miss that game. Speaking of 3DO used to love playing Space Hulk, Road Rash, Gex and Guardian War.
Some trick from playing this game for a bit,
1:During fight, on the bottom right there is a button with four arrows in all directions, if you press it, you will be able to move the camera freely like most rts.
2: you can actually give your mech priority target, its in the console withe the ”battle” button, in the slot where your mech go, if you click on the arrow, you can change which target will, well, prioritize, they won’t always do it, but it helps.
You can only do it before selecting your mech though.
It has the ”little” swarmi thing, would recommend having one mech targeting the nest.
3: You can equip a energy shield in the armor interface and it will protect you from enemy energy weapons, including the laser that the snake/base thing shoot when you inter the moving circle. IT WON’T SAVE THOUGH! That laser can cut through a montagne like it’s butter. Cold butter, but still butter. If all your mech have shields and stuck together, they MIGHT survive.
(After a recent, I find out that energy shields are more powerful the more energy is available and the strength of the shields is represented by a blue bar on the right of the same panel with the send button when making a mech,
Shield might actually save you from the snake death laser if build properly)
4:You don’t have to control all of your mech at once (but they should stick together most of the time) in case you didn’t know.
5: I don’t think the circle around the snake/base actually do anything other than slow projectile and stop missile, but I might have missed it has my sense of observation is simultaneously the best and the worst.
6: If tank gun are the only weapons that use with ammunition, it will basically never run out, but it’s a bit shit, otherwise.
7: Unless your in a nest mission, if you complet the mission, you will get all the loot (I only know this thank to the comment on this video).
8: I think the laser snake/base can actually kill your mech if it’s fall on them.
9: Fun fact: If you look up in the beastiary, the small swarmi thing,
THEY’ARENT SMALL.
10: if I remember correctly, if you upgrade/repair the artillery gun, it will make artillery ammo, giving you one more strike per day (so fast)
11: Want your mech to have more weight limit, more energy or better weapons, but lack the necessary items? Click on the the button with the lighting on it. No, I won’t expend on that, you can figure it yourself, but the thing you can do are both electrysing and hot😉
MicroProse as a publisher again? Not surprised. This reminds me I still need to pick up Highfleet, also from MicroProse.
Same. Been meaning to get Highfleet ever since Seeth did his review of it.
Carrier Command 2 is also very fun with a few friends. if you get 4 or more, you even can play fun versus games.1v1 isn't just doing it for me at least.
Syndicate was a fantastic game back in the day.
I love Batteltech (House Steiner for life), so this looks right up my alley and I didn't know it existed. Thanks!
Ah, so you like to just throw money at your problems and hope they go away.
I'm a canopian player purely for the cyber catgirls
I also love when my tech battle
@@ironboy3245 Same lol
@@Draelyn it's not a real scouting mission if you're dropping with less than 400 tons
Been having a blast with this game the past week. Saw it for the first time months ago when you first reviewed it.
3 things, just in the off chance you get to read this comment Splatter
A) The game autocollects the green crates at the end of the mission. You can check the total at the bottom left before you press the red button to move on past the end screen.
B) In the same end screen, above the mech portraits and to the left of the big red button, you will find the medals. Assign them to your favourite pilots.
C)In the reactor window, check the bottom right value, Resistance. You can only have External or Internal bonus, not both, they cancel each other out. The optimal build is 4 (ext or int aux) and 2 Resistance multiplier last
fullscren mode was a huge step in the right direction... this game is geting there... hope the nuclear reactors are working better now. The end game was a huge mess with the repair costs.
you need repair support bot in your team and get more armour , also overclocking makes so many builds possible
Microprose coming back as a publisher is one of the best things the gaming industry could have at this point.
Every game radiates the same Energy like it did back in the day but its actually a game for todays times ... thats art.
Mech Engineer has been on my wishlist for quite some time now. So i really enjoyed your video. Thanks.
I've been recently rewatching Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, so it's perfect timing for a mech game. I love the scope, I'm surprised I missed it till now.
Row Row, Fight the Power!
yeah , for me is more like Blue gender
Oh damn. Just when i was considering giving Mech Engineers another run through, Splat has the same thought wave. Fantastic!
Wow the pixelart is gorgeous
I love the way the menu looks at 3:20
I hate it. I love everything about the game except the pixelated menus and art. If it was simply retro and not pixelated I'd buy it in a second.
I love strategy games were you can fiddle with the little things on the units, knowing a lot about weapon systems really helps in those
Great stuff. I've always been interested in this game and other games you prop up. I've purchased many games thanks to you many great hours. I absolutely LOVE the tutorial vibe. I really wouldn't mind at all if it's a slow week or w/e deep dive and do some tips and tricks, tutorials or even quick start type videos. I hope you had fun on this one. thanks again splatt much love
Anyone else remember having to use their manual to find a particular word to pass their security check? Some games even came with code wheels. Ahhh the god ole' days
Thanks for showing this game. Should fit me who enjoyed many microprose games. I love it when you sing while you play, seemingly making up the text as you go. Makes me laugh! 😂
People usually don't do that?! Still can remember my "Deck the halls" song from playing through Mass Effect on chrismas 2 years ago XD
You sold me when you said Microprose Game
I liked the improvements this game has made.
I loved the Syndicate shoutout boss. What a fun memory
PTSD from when you brought up not only Syndicate Wars, but also having no manual. (Still remember the day I figured out the persuaderton). Using this video as a tutorial for now, so thank you for that.
As a side thought; Would love to see you do a "Micro Prose" only playlist. One of the last few remaining game makers that we grew up on, that need to get a bit more coverage. Just a thought, you do you boo!
This looks fantastic splat! Thank you!!
This reminds me of a tank game I used to play on my Apple iie back in the late 80s. It had an instruction manual the size of a book of poetry, but it was so enthralling once you had even the slightest clue of how to play it.
I absolutely loved freddy pharkas pharmacy back in DOS because you had to constantly read the manual to search up what goes with what .
So glad a big channel covered this game, been playing it for a while, this game slaps
The pilot images look like Populas and Pop 2. Such a nostalga hit!
That is rather impressive. The UI takes some getting use to from what I see here.
Excuse me, sir. *My* MechWarrior does not shut down when it overheats, because like a proper luddite, I have shutdown overridden.
As it should be!
Remind of old school X-com with that map display.
man im not gonna lie i have been following this game and its amazing how better its gotten over the time i still remember the game crushing you for no reason and endless enemy's but now it actually looks like a playable game cant wait for a full release
I hope things improved for you. Thanks for your videos! I really enjoy them!
hell yeah love the scale of this one
I would really like to see Splat make a video further on into the game
to anyone who has patience and likes to fiddle with mech loadouts i recommmend battletech advanced or rogue tech mods for the harebraned schemes battletech game. dont realla recommend vanilla but i pkayed roguetech for a 100 hours. it has hundreds maybe thousands of fiddly parts.
To add to what the OP is talking about, vanilla is a great intro to the game and setting, but battletech advanced or Rogue tech, assuming you can run the thing, are where it's at for people who like to tweak all the dials as it were. Battletech Advanced has a lite version for people with lighter computers.
I loved the call out to Syndicate.
You had me at MicroProse...
Actually, know that I think about it, this game reminds me a lot of the old Bedlam game. You guided 1-4 (maybe 3) guys in wheeled mechs iirc fighting biomechanical robots that have gone rouge.
You guided them 1 at a time and you started off with just the 1 but as it went on and you completed missions you would get money to buy more components and weapon types for your mechs. It was more isometric and in color but it was a surprisingly gory game with surprising levels of destruction. Brigador is one of the games that comes closest to that sorta gameplay experience in the modern times but this does remind me of it as well.
ngl, you signing to the mechs kinda made my day.
29:45 splat: talks about automatic reload
mechs: reload as he speaks
Would love to see more of this game
yes my favorite i was enjoy a lot after use a ton of time drive in the manual book like the old times when i yunger playing in garage curious about random machines that I don't know what they do how to use them how they work ...everything was feel fresh that time
Never fond when a game prevents you from getting your battle drops because the mission is spontaneously over. It might be believable if there was an emergency extraction, like jumping through a closing warp gate, but not when you've won a battle and no other threats exist to make your exit an immediate concern, just hand the things to the player. This logic also applies to in-battle-only heal skills.
If you complete a mission then all of the dropped stuff will automatically be picked up. The only exception is on missions where you need to enter the enemy nests.
Don't check facts, spread misinformation, ragebait.
Homeworld 2
Your opinion has been noted, and filed away in the nearest black hole.
@@JomnCT It's good that you are given your items. I was going by how Splattercat responded in the literal first few minutes of the video after his first mission ended.
splattercat, you finally did it again, i have not picked up a game you have showed since caves of qud, well this game has me hyped.
Not even Ostranauts? That game was a banger.
I’d love to see a nice long twitch stream of this!
Definitely going to try this one out!
I'm a busy person so i like splat's videos even though i don't have the time to watch fully. I'm doing my part
This game is on my wishlist so Ican watch it, I'll definitely pick it up at some point.
An option that would be cool is to have some kind of "inventory boxes" where I could put all my. desert type stuff apart from cold oriented stuff
Love the feel of this game!
You recommended it to me last time and I got filtered. I should try to pick it up again because I really like the idea.
This looks awesome. I love complicated old man games.
The Balatro disrespect at the end, there. 😆 I feel like that's pretty niche.
I love game like battletech and MechWarrior and i love diving in depth with mechs but even for me this looks challenging but i still might at the vary least give it a try
I might not be from the 90s but i love the music and game stile's
very cool this game looks so nice :)
As someone who played the shit out of Mech Commander growing up, this game definitely appears very attractive to me. I've always loved managing absolute chaos.
Oooh I loved Syndicate, haven't thought of it for years though.
This game looks really good. But the amount of info you have to learn is crazy.
The combat reminds me so much of Phobia 3, but with customisation that's outta this world.
Syndicate was my JAM!
Stop, my Steam library is already to full!
JK a Steam library can never be to full, but my wallet can only take so much.... 😢
6:22 lol was not expecting a blackpink reference 😅
It's high time I put the time into this. It is rather daunting to figure out but damn does this look awesome
Loved The Syndicate, great game.
oh shit I remember this game from a while back. nice to know its been cooking
Well this is an immediate buy for me. Khyber (not sure how it's spelled) isn't just a crystal for Lightsabers anymore!
Looks very fun
Nice video and nice game.
Syndicate was an epic game, loved it
Old RPGs could have manuals filled with world information and extras like maps.
I don't remember Syndicate as a very chonky game. You had to fiddle with research and what different cybernetics did, and of course there was no in-game manual. But you could intuitively grasp what an uzi or a cybernetic leg did. One obscure mechanic was the three drug levels. You would need to light your guys up with combat drugs when they met resistance as fast as possible. It did not have the giant Microprose tinkering and engineering though.
i played this game for a whole year, ALOT, not knowing i can play with more than 4 mechs at a time!
now it is so much easier
Looks very fun.
Are there any legendry or missing mechs you can find ? Even discovering them or reading their entries will be cool
This reminds me of old Family Computer game and Nokia 3210 game.
2:36 As i tested, green resource crates are collected automatically at the end of the mission
I find it very hard to put this in the same genre as Armored Core, Titanfall, and Hawken.
Needs a 4 squad Helldivers to wreck havoc.
Missed the chance to say survive as long as mechanically possible
Coop on this might go hard
Looks like my kind of game for sure.
Is there time pressure in this game? Watched the video and when the explanation about the map came up I was wondering what the incentive is to not just wait around between missions until you've optimized everything possible
I always thought that Mech Engineer setting is a bit like Muv Luv Ultimate or Alternative.
It was 3 years since I played it last time. Guess i should pick it up once again.
This makes me wish Battletech had little alien bugs to stomp 😢
My god this game is nuts
This game looks interesting
Sold. I'm off to play it.
Is that manual available anywhere not in the game?
Ah the manuals... instantly remember the ones from MechWarrior and Discworld.
Wait, there was a manual to Syndicate? I just had the CD, I never even had a case for it, lol.
Where would I start if i wanted to learn how to make my own games like this? Any info would be great, thanks all! Cheers!
1. Decide in your scope, usually by creating a Game Design Document.
2. Pick an engine that fits your needs. I suggest Godot for a 2d game like this. It's ooen source and will never take a portion of profits. It's also easy to learn. Another alternative might be GameMaker Studio. Or make your own engine if that's your speed.
3. Learn your engine. There are thousands of tutorials and pages of documentation for every engine/language. Start by making a small learning project, and develop your proof of concept.
4. Just keep plugging away. Even 5 or 10 minutes a day can make a difference. Take your time. Making a game is difficult, and requires a lot of patience and problem solving skills.
As an aside, I do think that AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot (or a number of others) can help when you're completely stuck on a problem, but be careful of relying too heavily on them. You are more likely to learn if you try to solve a problem yourself.
Have fun developing! Hope this helps!
There is no real definitive answer here, but here's how I would suggest going at it as someone who has been slowly making his own game:
1. Define your scope by creating a Game Design Document. There are a lot of templates and resources that you can search for that will give you an idea of what you want/need to define. Treat this as your starting point. You can expand at any time,so start small. Decide on a few mechanics you want that you think will be fun, and build up from there.
2. Pick a game engine. Choose something that will meet your needs. For a 3D game, you might look into Unreal or Unity, though they take a percentage of your profits, and both companies have some questionable practices.
For a 2D game I highly recommend Godot. It's free, open source, and is easy to learn. It is also being actively developed, so new features and pipelines are being added alongside of bug fixes.
3. Take the time to learn your chosen engine. Start by making a square move with your chosen input, then slowly work out from there. It won't take long, even when learning from zero, to make something that starts to feel like the makings of a game. Don't worry about art assets yet. You can always replace simple assets later.
4. Keep at it. Making a game is hard. It requires a lot of patience, and problem solving. But even 5 minutes a day can help make progress. Don't compare yourself to other developers or their progress. Compare yourself to yourself. Look at your own progress. You had an empty project three months ago. Where are you at now?
It's worth noting that there are many AI tools out there that might help you along as well. However I caution against relying on them. They can be opinionated, and can lead you to bad practices. Instead use them as a tool to help you learn where you are making mistakes, and compare the responses to your own search findings, and decide on a method that works best for you and your game's needs.
Also, I recommend checking out the website develop.games, there is a lot of useful information to get you motivated.
Hit me up if you have questions. :)
"if you can get through the initial learning curve- ooo we unlocked an autocannon!" 😘
I love cranberry sauce!
Been keeping an eye on this one. Love the FO esque / Mech Warrior styling. Love the Rasterized mission art.
Damn, I might reinstall my Mechcommander once again.
Oh man i played Syndicate relgiously, there is remake on steam called "Satellite Reign".
Its crazy that we lost the skill of reading manuals as a society.
here i thought i know the basics about the game and then he shows how to change ammo type and ... i wonder was it always there ? did i miss it all the time ... crazy
Ah, man, I love Syndicate!
You should check out Vagante. Its many years old now but its an excellent 2d indie roguelite