Gaming Murakumo (56kers beware)

[ZeroBlade]

I was web surfing earlier and came across a pic of this game I never heard of on Xbox (duh...) called Murakumo on IGN. The mech looked extremely wicked and now I want to know more about it. Unfortunately IGN has the link locked so I can't dig up more info.:( I need to know more about this game... This may be perhaps the spark that will make me finally consider getting an Xbox...

Edit: Did some recon on this unkown game and got some interesting results. First let me say that this game is nothing like other games like Armored Core or Mech Warrior in that you can't build your own mech and customise weapons. In fact its not even your typical stomp around mech game. Its actually a new type of game that is basically a pursuit shooter or a mech racer if you will. Story is your basic anime style set up, a well known corporation greates an advanced A.I.that is installed on machines called an A.R.K. (I forget what it means). Anyway, as expected it go berserk for no reason and now a city is in danger of being destroyed. The same corporation then gathers 5 pilots to stop the A.I. in their own own A.R.K. This team is called Murakumo. There is only 5 availible mechs, shown below each with different weapons and stats. The red one is the most balanced, the white is the fastest, blue the best weapons, green best defense, and yellow for close range combat. GFX and Sound is also good but the voice acting is as expected bad. Now for the gameplay and controls. The gameplay is unlike any other in wich you basically use your A.R.K. and you blast through a huge city with pretty much no barriers at incredible speed. A game like this would easily be limited to rails but it hasn't and you can go in, out around, over and under the buildings in the city. While doing this you have to shoot down the enemy. The enemy you're targeting can fly in any direction and its really gives a great feeling of speed and how they can suddenly do a 90 degree turns between buildings. The game is really in a league all its own. Now comes the problems. The game is really great (supposedly) but its suffers from very simple controls. The top problem of it is the accelerate and brakes buttons. They are the back L and R buttons but From Software (the same people who made Armored Core) made a very big mistake. They again did not take advantage of the analog functions of the back buttons. When you press the accelerator and no matter how lightly you release it, your mech just blasts off. It is a major problem when your chasing down a target through narrow areas and its annoying to suddenly smack into a building. Another thing is that you have no control over the targeting system of your mech. To lock on you have to face in the direction of an enemy and the mech automatically locks on to it. It is problem in that you can't switch to another target that is more important to destroy. Finally basically the things I just said is pretty much all you do in the game. You are always shooting down the enemy in every level so don't expect anything else from this. Thats pretty much how this game runs. The game was out in Japan for some time and is now being released in the States with upgrades like more levels and a new type of game mode. Basically in the end, its one of those game that are determined by your tastes in games.
[img]http://www.fromsoftware.co.jp/top/soft/murakumo/download/wall/murakumo-04s.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.fromsoftware.co.jp/etop/soft/murakumo/images/data/M_Gerry_front.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.fromsoftware.co.jp/etop/soft/murakumo/images/data/M_Chris_front.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.fromsoftware.co.jp/etop/soft/murakumo/images/data/M_Levin_front.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.fromsoftware.co.jp/etop/soft/murakumo/images/data/M_David_front.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.fromsoftware.co.jp/etop/soft/murakumo/images/data/M_Lisa_front.jpg[/img]

[Posthumous]

Looks like a Gundam,Evangelion,Vandread mix.

That green one looks awesome.

[Bing]

Woah! I see what you mean, that blue one sure does look like one of my friends Gundam figures he used to have. That game looks great! I enjoy robot fighting games ALOT!:flaming:

[Guest Musahi]

I have seen this game in motion and it is simply breath taking. The images are smooth and fluid. The framrate is solid and the graphics are awesome. The mech designs are some on the most innovative I have seen in any new mech game. Also, from what you have said the story seems interesting as well.

[img]http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/news/01/22/mu_screen001.jpg[/img]
[img]http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/news/01/22/mu_screen002.jpg[/img]
[img]http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/news/01/22/mu_screen003.jpg[/img]
[img]http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/news/01/22/mu_screen004.jpg[/img]

[NorykoAngelcry]

[COLOR=darkred][SIZE=1]The game is looking really good. I don't have an X-Box, but I am sure I will have to rent it and steal my friends X-Box. . .lol. I have played quite a few Mech games, and I just hope that this game plays out as good as it looks. . . too many games are coming out that look good but the controls suck, or the storyline is awful and on and on. . you get my point. *shrug* That's it I suppose. . *nods*[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[BigCajones]

Wow this game sure looks some good stuff. I will try and look into it later! If this is like Mech Assault though I would definetely think twice about getting it, but it sure looks amazing. :)