Hawken closed beta set for later this month

 @JimmeyBurrows One, it's free.... So what harm is it to try it.  You don't like it, you don't lose anything.  Two, yes it's worth a try... It is a shooter, but it's more like mechwarrior than your standard FPS.

 @JimmeyBurrows Yes, it is worth giving a try already just for the fact that it's going to be free to play, you don't have to pay anything to play it. The gameplay is really awesome. Though the game looks and kind of plays fast even though you're inside a mech, it still feels like a mech, the control is a bit sluggish despite the fact that you can use boost, and the sluggish control gives it that mech feeling but not being too slow, and the cockpit around the edges feels a bit stuffy, like really watching from a mech. If you get into the beta, give it a try and when it's set to launch in december, definitely give it a try. But yeah, it's also basically another shooter with machines, but those little control tweaks and some mech customization give it some personality to stand out. It's still F2P so I don't think anyone should except anything grand or ground breaking

 @SouL-Tak3R Yeah I only played it for a couple of hours before I got completely bored of it.  Haven't touched it for over a week (or two? I can't remember when I got in.)  With all the love this is getting, I might give it another go to see if my opinion has changed any.

MWO has definitely seen more of my time.

 @doraemonllh1989 Any idea what you're talking about? nope

 @with_teeth26 What you're talking about was the closed Alpha 2, not beta.

 @Sgthombre There's also Armored Core V which already came out, though it seems average at best, and also *groans* Steel Battalion Heavy Armor which is just, nicely put, garpage. Let's hope MWO and Hawken turn todays mech game reputation around

 @erix43 

uhh, have you seen the graphics?