Hawken – GDC Gameplay Teaser

It’s an interesting experience to see a game develop from conception to full fledged, playable title. Hawken started out as a simple, awkward child, and has – as of this teaser – really grown into an awesome, missile firing, mature, robotic adult. The leap forward in terms of gameplay, visuals, and presentation is absolutely staggering.

This is the first Hawken gameplay teaser that really feels like a finished game. As you’ll see in a moment, everything from the movement animations to the hud presentation look solid and ready for release. Adhesive Games gives us a solid glimpse into the kind of multiplayer mayhem we can get ourselves into, and I’m very excited to actually start moving around in the game world and fighting off legions of mechanized minions.

Hawken Gameplay Trailer #3

What I enjoy most about the trailer is that everything looks so completely polished. The mechs move around gracefully, in a world that’s visually appealing, to a musical score that’s adrenaline pumping. While the other trailers were cute and lanky, like Bambi stumbling through the woods, this latest Hawken gameplay teaser looks strong and confident. I’m also fairly certain that the team has improved the graphics a touch, as they really do look better to me. If Hawken is as fun as it looks in the video, we’re in for a real treat later this year.

Trailer Highlights

Though MechWarrior Online was announced not long ago, and though it too looks great, I think Hawken is going to be solid competition. If anything, having two mech games arriving in the same year should provide a healthy dose of competition for both teams; when that happens, we all win. It’s been a long time since the world has had a mech game, so everyone developing them had better do a good job.

Hawken arrives on PC December 12th, 2012. You can sign up in advance on the Play Hawken website.