Heavy Gear (Windows)

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Description

In a distant future on a planet called Terra Nova an epic war is waged between the AST and the ECEF. You are a "gear" pilot for one of these sides as you join the battle for supremacy. You pilot the various Heavy Gears (large Biped fighting robots) in a variety of mission either playing through the storyline for both factions or participating in the endless dynamic war going on between the two. As you get promoted you gain acces to better gears and more destructive weaponry to acomplish your goals.

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• Heavy Gear series

User Reviews

The unsuccessful successor to Mechwarrior2.	blefuscu (462)
Flawed attempt to shove Mechwarrior down your throat once again	Zovni (10644)

Critic Reviews

Electric Playground	Jan 15, 1998	9 out of 10	90
PC Jeux	Dec, 1997	89 out of 100	89
Power Play	Dec, 1997	86 out of 100	86
PC Action	Dec 17, 1997	86 out of 100	86
Game Revolution	Jun 05, 2004	B+	83
Gameplay (Benelux)	Mar 02, 1998	81 out of 100	81
PC Games (Germany)	Dec 03, 1997	74 out of 100	74
PC Joker	Dec, 1997	73 out of 100	73
GameSpot	Dec 18, 1997	7.3 out of 10	73
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Mar, 1998		50

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Development

This was the first "mecha" type game Activision produced after they lost the Mechwarrior license. Based upon another traditional pen and paper game created by the company "Dream Pod 9"

Related Web Sites

• Interview with Chacko Sonny, Heavy Gear Producer (on Gamezilla.com (1997))