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wrote: "The most disappointing thing about this game is that you see lots of parts of the game that really do show care and creativity." He considered
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franchise. Fortune concluded: "As it stands, the game feels more like a beta than a finished product and is woefully incomplete in many areas."
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code. Before the release of the PC game, an arcade version based on the Virtuality Hardware Platforms was developed but never released.
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gave the game two 4.5/5 scores for graphics and sound, 4/5 for control, and 3.5/5 for fun factor.
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a missed opportunity that failed to live up to its competitor, the
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acquired exclusive worldwide rights to video games based on the
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wrote: "First-timers to the giant-robot-derby genre will enjoy
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The game was nominated for the "Best Sci-Fi Sim" award at the
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is inexcusable coming from a veteran team of game designers."
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was developed by largely the same team which created
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The reviewer from 1052:Edge staff (February 1998). 1008:Fortune, Greg (March 1998). 987:Computer Games Strategy Plus 633:Computer Games Strategy Plus 413:Computer Games Strategy Plus 313: 7: 257:Faced with the loss of the 10: 1437: 1029:. pp. 184, 186, 189. 307:MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries 355: 352: 330: 327: 189: 173: 144: 132: 120: 110: 100: 90: 80: 70: 60: 50: 38: 29: 24: 1396:Multiplayer online games 1265:Boba Fatt (March 1998). 728: 686:Heavy Gear Computer Game 233:, was released in 1999. 1401:Video games about mecha 1095:The Electric Playground 848:. August 1997. p.  808:"NG Alphas: Heavy Gear" 236: 184:vehicle simulation game 1386:Heavy Gear video games 1328:. CNET. Archived from 954:. CNET. Archived from 820:. 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Developer(s)
Activision
Publisher(s)
Director(s)
Producer(s)
Designer(s)
Programmer(s)
Writer(s)
Composer(s)
Heavy Gear
Platform(s)
Microsoft Windows
NA
EU
Genre(s)
First-person shooter
vehicle simulation game
Single-player
multiplayer
computer game
Windows 95
Heavy Gear
role-playing game
Heavy Gear II
BattleTech
MechWarrior
Activision
Mechwarrior 2
Frank Evers

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