Best Xbox Game
MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf
Publisher: Microsoft
Developer: Day 1 Studios
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There were certainly some impressive-looking Xbox games shown at E3 this year. There was even the Xbox's version of an 800-pound gorilla in the form of Halo 2. But while a lot of games showed a whole lot of promise, one game already looked like it was delivering on its promise. That game is Microsoft's new sequel, MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf.
The first game was fantastic, and the sequel builds off of the original in ways you wouldn't expect. Starting out each spawn as just a lowly pilot and having to run to various vehicles has the potential to give the game a class-based feel. Want to provide support? Airlift power-ups to your teammates with the VTOL. Looking for stealth? The tank can turn invisible. Looking to deliver a powerful punch? The mechs are what you want. And for the deviant in all of us, there's the battle armor, which lets you really mess up a foe's day by stealing his mech and killing him in the process. The game even lets out a satisfying "mech jaaaaack" announcement whenever you steal someone's stuff.
The game also makes significant graphical improvements over the original. The early version at E3 already had some stellar explosion effects, from the shock waves that ripple out from a mech explosion to the way a building crumbles just right.
It's original from top to bottom and takes the original game's online concepts in several exciting new directions. It's for these reasons that MechAssault 2 is a very easy choice for the best Xbox game at the show.
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