Agile mech FPS Hawken switched off its PC servers in 2018, but now it's returning with a new game.
, Hawken Reborn is a free to play"revitalization of the long and beloved Mech combat franchise" from 505 Games that's set to hit Steam early access on May 17.
"By going PvE, it lowers the barrier to entry a little bit with people who might see a PvP game and get discouraged, just because they think they don't have the skill set needed to come in," said senior producer Brian Decker when I asked about the shift to single player, so 505 is"focusing on the PvE, the narrative, the world," at least for now.
The mechs—which function almost as character classes, each filling their own niche—can be tweaked and customised on a pretty granular level. Your mech chassis, as well as its weapons and thrusters, can be upgraded from level one through five, and modded according to a"tech skill tree" that will let you nudge them in a direction of your choosing.
There's still work to be done on that front, though, hence the early access release."We're trying to move slightly towards a character-driven mech … we haven't achieved that quite yet, but I think as we go on you'll see that more and more as their abilities come out," said Fusco.It's in the crafting and upgrade system that Hawken Reborn makes its money.
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