Canux.com: Heavy Gear II for Linux [Review]

[ Thanks to Steve
Cockwell for this link. ]

“Not firing until you see the whites of their eyes is very
passe in the 62nd century. Instead, you’re armed to the teeth
sitting comfortably in your five meter high, ten thousand kilogram
weapon of war, armed with a plethora of weapons ranging from high
energy lasers, to more traditional machine guns.“

“Just about everyone I’ve spoke with knew what I was talking
about when I described Heavy Gear II (HG2) as a “Mech Warrior” type
game. If you’re unfamiliar with that genre, you control one of a
dozen two story high battle robots (called Gears). Each of these
Gears can be custom equipped with your pick of over 70 weapons,
varying degrees of armor, and over 30 different perks and
flaws….”

“I found the training missions to be a bit disjointed, but
fairly comprehensive. It took me two tries through the first few
“learn to walk”, “learn to fire” missions before I had the hang of
things, but since then it’s been easy sailing. The game comes with
a quick reference card with the default keyboard commands (all of
which can be re-mapped to your liking) which I highly recommend you
keep close by….”

“HG2 isn’t just shoot’em up game, there’s an element of strategy
to it too. During the missions, you can bring up the Tactical Map,
scroll around the scenery from a bird’s eye view, plot checkpoints,
draw out walking paths and give orders to the other Gears on your
squad. As well, pressing ‘C’ will display the command popup where
you can alter your squads formation or attack tactics and tell them
to follow the paths or proceed to the checkpoints you’ve
setup.”

Complete
Story