# Looking for PC Games that feature Pacific Rim-style giant robots **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 17, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-pc-games-that-feature-pacific-rim-style-giant-robots/686309 "2014-04-17T02:47:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-pc-games-that-feature-pacific-rim-style-giant-robots/686309/1 "2014-04-17T02:47:52Z")
I’ve loved giant robots for decades, and since Pacific Rim came out, I’ve been looking for a similar game I could play. I think the Mechwarrior series is too complicated, it’s like a flight simulator. I liked mechcommander a lot, but MechCommander 2 made it all complicated again. Supreme Commander I didn’t like much. It reminded me too much of Warcraft, where it was pretty much a race to build the “good” pieces, and once they were built, you might as well quit the game right there. From what I can tell from TV commercials, TitanFall looks right up my alley, if it runs on PC. Thanks for suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-pc-games-that-feature-pacific-rim-style-giant-robots/686309/2 "2014-04-17T03:06:05Z")
I’ve played Titanfall quite a bit on PC. I like the fact that, although mechs are really fun, they aren’t invincible and can be taken down by people on foot. It’s very COD-esque. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-pc-games-that-feature-pacific-rim-style-giant-robots/686309/3 "2014-04-17T04:15:24Z")
_Shogo: Mobile Armor Division_ is supposed to be good, **but** it’s 16 years old. _Armored Core_, but I believe all the games are console or handheld. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-pc-games-that-feature-pacific-rim-style-giant-robots/686309/4 "2014-04-17T04:19:57Z")
Didn’t some free to play mech combat game come out recently? I think it was Hawken. I have no idea if it’s any good, the reviews seem to be mixed. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-pc-games-that-feature-pacific-rim-style-giant-robots/686309/5 "2014-04-17T13:03:44Z")
\*MechWarrior \*isn’t really complicated honestly, it’s pretty much a first-person shooter (or third person, if that’s your thing - but I prefer to play in cockpit view) with tank controls and a heat bar. It’s silly fun to play around with crazy mech builds, too. Atlas (the largest, slowest, mightiest one) packed full of piddly machine guns ? Sure, why not. It kinda works, too, although it does turn your entire screen yellow 🙂 The torso mechanic does sort of rely on a joystick (though I suppose you could make a gamepad work). Or at least it’s a lot more comfortable with a joystick than with the mouse+keyboard controls. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-pc-games-that-feature-pacific-rim-style-giant-robots/686309/6 "2014-04-17T19:37:01Z")
Mech Warrior online, Hawken, the last transformers game is lauded a lot too. Titanfall is indeed available for PC. There’s also Strike suit zero and front mission evolved. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-pc-games-that-feature-pacific-rim-style-giant-robots/686309/7 "2014-04-17T19:41:40Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > _Shogo: Mobile Armor Division_ is supposed to be good, **but** it’s 16 years old. Shogo is the tits! Played it through many times, and sometimes just loaded a random save to run around in a giant robot. The on-foot sequences were pretty decent, too. I don’t think it will run on the newer Windows without some tweaks, though. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-pc-games-that-feature-pacific-rim-style-giant-robots/686309/8 "2015-06-01T20:01:35Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > \*MechWarrior \*It’s silly fun to play around with crazy mech builds, too. Atlas (the largest, slowest, mightiest one) packed full of piddly machine guns ? Sure, why not. It kinda works, too, although it does turn your entire screen yellow 🙂 Actually the hardpoints system prevents that. There are restrictions on how many of a certain class of weapon can be mounted in a given location. A laser hardpoint can be any laser but you cant just load a torso with 16 medium lasers or machine guns.