Hawken Design Goals

By: Derek Yu

Khang Le, the lead artist on the upcoming multiplayer mech combat game Hawken, shares some thoughts on its art direction and overall design.

Videos after the jump:

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Part II:

AGuy

you have the trailers backwards

this game looks rad, pretty interesting stuff
http://twitter.com/samuraidan Dan MacDonald

+10 for great creative direction and pretty amazing looking content for 6 guys and 3 interns.
Kicks

Super dope!
I'm not that big into fps's but, dang this game makes me wanna play them!

I'm glad they decided to stick to a competitive mode. Really, that's the lifeblood of games like this anyway and lead to/require much stronger design.
Luke Toomey

If they're allowing for experience-based mecha customisation, I REALLY hope they'll also allow for multiple saved loadouts; taking one of Le's examples, a heavy mech customised for territory holding might get completely shat on in a straight deathmatch, and likewise, a carefully-balanced midweight designed for free-for-all play might be tactically limiting in a teamplay scenario.