Author Topic: Robot Arena 3 (Read 351725 times)

Reier · « **Reply #400 on:** March 12, 2016, 01:55:42 PM »

i have all the imgs saved just in case.

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #401 on:** March 12, 2016, 02:13:20 PM »

Quote from: Naryar on March 12, 2016, 01:37:18 PM

This 3D chassis building tho...

Good or bad thing?

Joelu Of Eagleland · « **Reply #402 on:** March 12, 2016, 02:15:47 PM »

Crap, I doubted this so much... Now I am super hype. Here's hoping everything will be a little more balanced.

*every robot is popup*

Quote from: Jonzu95 on March 12, 2016, 02:13:20 PM

Quote from: Naryar on March 12, 2016, 01:37:18 PM
This 3D chassis building tho...
Good or bad thing?

I know you didn't ask me, but in my opinion... not too sure. Looks odd, almost limited in a way. Too early to definitively say, however.

*EDIT*: I just noticed that in the images, it says "preset" on the left. I was probably wrong about the "limited" bit.
Also, the font and colours makes it look like it's going for a BattleBots look. No surprise there...

Reier · « **Reply #403 on:** March 12, 2016, 02:31:23 PM »

they don't look too sci-fi, that's a good sign at least
also note that the crocodile robot has a chain belt, fingers crossed

Stigma · « **Reply #404 on:** March 12, 2016, 02:39:27 PM »

oooOOOOOooohh this is exciting. I think this confirms for definite that we are dealing with a genuine product here. That and the real tiem chassis modification will make space saving 10x less painful.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #405 on:** March 12, 2016, 02:43:11 PM »

Most of the parts in the bot lab seem to be HQ versions of RA2 parts. I see the mace, spiked club, car steering, z-tek., battle axe...

Mr. AS · « **Reply #406 on:** March 12, 2016, 02:50:44 PM »

Definitely a ton of references to RA2 and robot combat in there, from batteaxes, fatboys, snowplow and red extenders on the robot, to the various RA2 components and game cover in the garage. There's even your Robot Wars/Battlebots expy arena that has references to stock components if you look closely. I also noticed that you can attach things to the end of the spiked clubs, they probably got that idea from DSL.

There also seems to be a lot of components that the tentative AI bots use that we don't see in the actual botlab. Maybe those will be unlockables, as indicated by "Battle against AI opponents in Career Mode to enhance your bot designs".

Quote from: Reier on March 12, 2016, 02:31:23 PM

also note that the crocodile robot has a chain belt, fingers crossed

Crocbot actually only seems to have a chain belt on one side.

Reier · « **Reply #407 on:** March 12, 2016, 02:50:58 PM »

Quote from: Badnik96 on March 12, 2016, 02:43:11 PM

Most of the parts in the bot lab seem to be HQ versions of RA2 parts. I see the mace, spiked club, car steering, z-tek., battle axe...

tribar, plow, and those wheels might be fatboys and rubbers too.
also notice the bracket wedge, air tank, piston, mallet, CB and RA2 poster in the background haha.

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #408 on:** March 12, 2016, 02:51:11 PM »

quick someone make these in RA2 DSL 2.2

09090901 · « **Reply #409 on:** March 12, 2016, 03:21:50 PM »

Arenas remind me so much of the old robot wars games

Thyrus · « **Reply #410 on:** March 12, 2016, 03:41:31 PM »

Some things I noticed:

- On the very first bot there are wheelguards. If this bot gets in the final game like this it could have a custom body, custom wheelguards or a new mechanic that allowes you to shape the chassis like this. I hope it's the last.

- A belt on the croco bot. hope you can connect motors and components by a few clicks. that would make building a whole new experience. Also the two bots that feature saws have very flat motors or, like the croco bot, belts as well.

- my favorite bot of those is the green 6WD that reminds me of Breaker Box. it features a round top. A ROUND TOP! make it happen!also those wheels are pretty close together. it either uses small motors or some kind of chained thing going on as well.

Now the bot lab is something I'm unsure of. it showes sections of the bot you can build at. Top, top middle, middle, bottom middle, bottom. I have no idea if this is a good thing or not but at the look of it it kinda looks limiting for some reason. on the other hand it looks like each component you add gets a number that can be selected and maybe edited. you have some sort of this in the bot files of ra 2. having this displayed could improve building as you can simply change components while building whithout leaving the game.
I also wonder why the botlab screenshots are that low in resolution. they are work in progress. they are in the current version of the game. so a srceenshot shouldn't be that hard to take.

The arenas and the whole look of the game reminds me more of the first robot arena than ra2. and yes it has some futuristic but also a comic vibe to it.

I hope it will be modable. but now that it will be available in steam it might will be workshop supported wich will be such a good thing for this game as it survived more than 10 years in some sort of a dark corner thanks to tha community.

MassimoV · « **Reply #411 on:** March 12, 2016, 03:48:59 PM »

Nice concept art. Hopefully there's enough options to skin the bots/components. Looks pretty cool honestly. And just like Thyrus said, I really do hope that there's still a lot of freedom to build. I don't want like a sh**ty App Store game where you can just choose your flavor of weapon and attach it to a predefined point.

Thyrus · « **Reply #412 on:** March 12, 2016, 03:56:44 PM »

Also I am a bit confuse as why they have two diffetent logos for the upcomming game.

I took both logos and put them over each other to check it they have just taken the basic form of the fist one and made it more simple. as it turns out... they did not!

Jarvis_Rapture · « **Reply #413 on:** March 12, 2016, 04:25:10 PM »

*cough*
https://steamdb.info/app/363530/subs/

ALKaboom01 · « **Reply #414 on:** March 12, 2016, 04:31:45 PM »

Quote from: Thyrus on March 12, 2016, 03:56:44 PM

Also I am a bit confuse as why they have two diffetent logos for the upcomming game.

I took both logos and put them over each other to check it they have just taken the basic form of the fist one and made it more simple. as it turns out... they did not!

(Image removed from quote.)

Well, they probably didn't create the pages at the same time and I'm guessing the one I found is supposed to be a replacement for the current RA homepage so I bet either they use the logo on the replacement page or it's just a placeholder for the actual logo from the og homepage.

Badger · « **Reply #415 on:** March 12, 2016, 04:55:41 PM »

The new one looks so much better, the chrome effects on the old one scream early 2000s shovelware.

Mecha · « **Reply #416 on:** March 12, 2016, 05:23:06 PM »

Holy sh**, this looks awesome. ~~Andy really putting in that work~~
I always knew this wasn't a hoax anyway, but it's great to see some screenshots and stuff. Let's me know that they're are even doing anything.
the hype train starts again

Scorpion · « **Reply #417 on:** March 12, 2016, 05:53:33 PM »

Sweet, good to see progress, Andy is doing a great job.

Scorpio · « **Reply #418 on:** March 12, 2016, 07:37:00 PM »

OH MY HELL YES.

Seriously though, this pretty much just made my day. My cautious optimism towards the game really payed off; everything the site's showing us looks awesome, and it really looks like we'll have more advanced options for bot building. Plus, now we have definitive proof that ~~Andy has WAY more skillz than we realized~~it's not a fake.

Also, just a thought, I think the botlab will have both freeform component placement and the "top-right, bottom-left" preset point placement for people who can't quite get the hang of the former.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #419 on:** March 13, 2016, 12:42:08 AM »

Quote from: Jonzu95 on March 12, 2016, 02:13:20 PM

Quote from: Naryar on March 12, 2016, 01:37:18 PM
This 3D chassis building tho...
Good or bad thing?

Certainly a huge improvement over the old system; 5 layers instead of 2.

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