Heavy Gear II

aka: Heavy Gear II: Mission Caprice

Released

1999 on Windows

Releases by Date (by platform)

1999 (Windows)
2000 (Linux)

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Developers

Activision, Inc.

Moby Score

7.9

#2,381 of 155K

Critics

84% (26)

Players

(44)

Ranking

#540 on Windows

Collected By

72 players

Genre: Action
Simulation
Perspective: 1st-person
3rd-person (Other)
Top-down
Vehicular: Mecha / giant robot
Vehicular combat
Misc: Licensed

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As the leader of the special ops group Dark Talons, lead your squad mates on a series of dangerous missions as you discover the NEC plot against your homeland, Terra Nova. Operate behind enemy lines as you gather data, attack enemy camps, capture enemy leaders, take over space stations, and more. Combat happens on land, underground (huge caverns), and even in space. There are plenty of weapons to outfit your gear, even some hand-to-hand weapons. You can also add perks and flaws to further customize your gear. Stealth is a major concern in some missions. The game play feel is very different from the Mechwarrior series.

Set in Dream Pod 9's Heavy Gear universe (it actually rivals the Battletech universe in complexity, though not nearly as famous), this game requires 3D accelerator with its "Dark" 3D engine. The gears are capable of very human-like movements, such as kneeling, crawling, and jumping.

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Director	Jack Mamais
Lead Programming	Jean-Marc Morel
Lead Designer	David White
Art Director	Danny Matson
AI Programmer	Clancy J. Imislund
Network Programmer	Jeff Graebner
Shell/Tool Programmer	Smith Surasmith
Special Effects Programming	Johnathan Kranc
Network Shell Programmer	Christian Grunca Dan Kegel
Physics/Special Effects Programming	Brent Oster
Installer Programmer	Jeff Matsushita Ben Siron
Darkside Engine	Jean-Marc Morel Clancy J. Imislund Julio Jerez David White Jack Mamais
Producer	Eveline M. Cureteau
Associate Producer	Christian D. Astillero
Executive Producer	Elizabeth Storz
Additional Production	Lee Brisken
Game Designers	Robert Berger David C. Nash Doug Pearson
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Trivia

Christmas

If you play a netgame around Christmas, the gears will be wearing Santa hats.

Development

Before the game was released, Activision actually had three different HUD designs for the cockpit displays: demo (from the demo version), graphical, and military. By popular vote, military was chosen for the game.

Intel

Heavy Gear II was selected as one of the showcase games for the "Intel Inside" advertising campaign that year.

Linux version

Heavy Gear II is Loki's first major port attempt that features 3D acceleration. As the original was Direct3D only, Loki has to port the game to OpenGL, as well as rewrite all the soundcard code to OSS/OpenAL standards, but the end result is virtually identical to the Windows version.