Mech/Mecha game recommendations

[Jacko the Lantern]

As a kid I played Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Hawken, and later Titanfall.
Then during covid I discovered Armored Core, Lancer, and the Battletech universe. Which solidified my love for the “depressed people fighting each other with big ass robots” genre.
I like both the speedy humanoid Japanese mechas, and the big chonky stompy walker kinds, so any recommendations in any genre are appreciated!

 

[brawlerdiary]

armored warriors, cyberbots full metal madness, tech romancer. none are particularly depressing, 2 are fighters and one is a regular beat em up, capcom quality

 

[Jacko the Lantern]

armored warriors, cyberbots full metal madness, tech romancer. none are particularly depressing, 2 are fighters and one is a regular beat em up, capcom quality

Yeah I played Cyberbots with a friend of mine a couple times. The stages in that game are gorgeous.
Haven’t heard of the other two tho, might check them out.

 

[valosagutas]

Now, Mech and Mecha are very different things. I do love Mech games but they are few, however Mecha games are not my cup of tea but whole Japanese video game library is filled with them (so it seems lol), however I somewhat enjoyed these games I played: Silent Line: Armored Core and Zone of the Enders series.

Silent Line: Armored Core offers high customisation, the only appealing factor of the Zone of the Enders series is "high speed mecha action" aspect.

I don't know much Mecha games but I heard about Daemon X Machina. It seems cool but I never even wanted to try it. Check it if you want.

As for Mech games, pretty much your only option is the MechWarrior series and S.L.A.I. on PS2 that's very similar to Hawken but then there are also Steambot Chronicles and Dark Cloud 2 with tiny mechs you can pilot akin to Hawken.

If you care to play mech turn-based games, check the Front Mission series.

Bonus: If you really want something retro you may wanna check CRW: Metal Jacket. It's translated into English recently as this is how I learned about the existence of the game. It's in my "games to play" list.

 

[MetalSharkPlayer]

Gundam Extreme Vs on the PS3.
Works really good on RPCS3 as well.

 

[merzbun]

gotta shoutout custom robo. doesnt fit the depressed people part but i remember playing some of the ds version as a kid and absolutely fucking loving it

 

[TotzOnGaming]

The SRW Series
Front Mission Series
Metal Wolf Chaos
DaemonXMachina
Strike Suit Zero
Gundam Musou and Breaker 4
Are just some I played.

 

[GundamJehutyKai]

if you're looking for Speedy Japanese mecha games then aside from the Armoured core series, Daemon x machina is a good shout.

For the more anime aesthetic there's the Zone of the enders games, the gundam breaker series, Various gundam Vs games (I'm particularly fond of Alliance vs ZAFT), The Another Century Episode trilogy (there is no game after ACE 3!!!), Macross on PS2. Macross Ace frontier on PSP as well as Gundam battle Chronicles...

It may also be worth checking out Robotic Alchemic Drive on PS2 as well. That's an interesting one where you play a child who controls a hulking mecha remotely like in Giant Robo or Tetsujin 28. so you need to find a place where you can see the mecha from where you are so you can control it properly.

 

[Vesthal]

The second Damascus game, it's a pocket size Diablo clone with mecha costumization. It's good but a little ripetitive (the first it's just unfair and bad). If you haven't play Transformers War of Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron, they are two really good fps

 

[AncientBehemoth]

Armored Warriors for MAMe/arcade

 

[NotReallyHere]

One of my favorite games to rent way back when was Krazy Ivan for the PS1. Pretty fun for a launch-era title! Also has some way over-the-top live-action cutscenes with bad accents and stereotypes all around.

Plus, it gave us this gem of a print ad, which I literally have framed on my living room wall:

Though I put a few choice "censor bars" over the diaper guy, because even I have my limits

The controls kinda suck, but they work fine once you get used to them. And the game is so short, you can beat it in a single sitting, so there's not much a time investment involved if you want to check it out! Pretty much the perfect weekend rental

 

[BigNerdSam]

So I got a few:

On PS1 I can recommend Polyphony's Omega Boost, where the same people that make Gran Turismo made a Starfox-Like where you're controlling a giant flying robot.

If you can tolerate tank controls then Brahma Force is a pretty speedy first-person mech game on PS1 I can also recommend. I played it for an hour two years ago, but it felt pretty solid for a tank controlled PS1 game.

Check out the Jumping Flash games, they're that wacky PS1 Aesthetic, but it's still a fun game featuring a giant robot rabbit. Also check out the developer's licensed Ghost in the Shell game, where you play as a Fuchikoma (it was licensing the manga), so I'd also call that a mecha.

Virtual On is a cool arcade mecha fighter, it's one of those Sega Arcade titles that gets forgotten until that one guy at RGG Studio goes down the list of Sega Arcade games to put in the game.

In 2D games I can recommend Cybernator/Assault Suits Valken and Metal Warriors: they're side scrollers but there are some cool mech control things I enjoy like how you have to boost to soften your landing.

Finally: just look at Fromsoft's catalog. They got old Armored Cores, they worked on Another Century's Episode (A crossover mecha game), Metal Wolf Chaos (A game Fromsoft was afraid would offend the USA somehow), and Murakumo Renegade Mech Pursuit (an arcadey chase shooter).

Two other titles that sort of fit but I hesitate to seriously recommend:

Earth Defense Force 4.1 and onwards feature mechs as a deployable unit for the Air Raider, assuming you can get RNG to drop them. Also arachnophobia warning: two of the enemy types in EDF are kaiju-sized spiders.

Robot Alchemic Drive is a really silly game with delightfully below-par voice acting and mecha controls I would compare to QWOP. I've been seeing it a lot lately because one of the main characters is just having the worst day of her life because of the giant robot fights destroying her town.

 

[TotzOnGaming]

Oh and there's also this one that came out recently.