M.A.S.S. Builder – WIP 0.10.0 Close Combat Weapon Simple Part – Steam News
While later than expected, we do have some news to share this week. It’s an exciting one to creators of M.A.S.S. Builders… simple close combat parts! A long-requested content has finally made it in for the next update.
It was definitely later than expected, but melee customization’s going to be a whole lot better going forward. I started thinking up a few random designs the moment I saw the base parts.
M.A.S.S. Builder – WIP 0.10.0 New Quark Boss Part 2 – Steam News
Another short update this week, we’re excited to show you another up and coming boss that we’ve been working on these past few weeks. It’s a boss that will rush at you menacingly, given the chance, and we hope to make a fun fight for you all out of this big guy!
This guy is clearly a freight train in quark form. Let’s just call it now: he’s going to have a charge attack that hurls him clear across the arena following a thick orange aoe marker that spawns right under the player’s M.A.S.S.
Welcome back to another week with another WIP update, this time featuring something we’ve been working on for a while… new missions mechanics.
VD’s calling it a new gameplay mechanic, but …
It looks cool, granted, but isn’t this giant crystal shooting crystal just a big turret? New look and scale, yeah, but I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a new mechanic. Maybe it’s indestructible? That would warrant being called a stage hazard. Even then, we’ve had indestructible turrets in the past, whole batches of them. This crystal tower looks a lot more dangerous though.
They said it was just a glimpse so there’s probably more to this, and regardless, I’m liking the new visuals so far.
M.A.S.S. Builder – WIP 0.10.0 New Quark Boss – Steam News
Today’s update will be another short one featuring one of the new bosses in the upcoming story missions. As part of the polishing process of the game and content addition, we have created a boss that combines old mechanics with newer, more challenging ones.
I have to admit straight away that, at first blush, this is the most generic looking boss quark I’ve seen in a long time.
That might not be a bad thing, though, especially if they’re mixing old and new mechanics for a greater challenge.
One thing I like about this one are the proportions; it’s pretty obvious what he’s about in combat, and the legs look sturdy enough to support the rest of the body while he’s beating the player senseless with those freight train fists.
We’ve been a few weeks away from our usual weekly WIP but we’re back with some footage of the new enemies players will be facing against in the next update!
I look at these new flying accessory packs as the halfway point between fighting other M.A.S.S. units and fighting stationary turrets. That’s definitely a gap that needed filling and their attacks look nice too. The missile from the helicopter drone could use some tweaks, though.
I just don’t think missiles should be sidestepped that easily. It’s Ace Combat levels of lethargy for missiles to miss a target cranking them at that range.
But yeah other than that, these drones look better in action. I’m looking forward to getting back into the game proper at some point, maybe in September or so? After I’ve got more time and the Armored Core 6 hype has tapered off a little.
Oh who am I kidding, that’s going to take months, not weeks.
We’ll see. Either way the game’s going to be fresh since I lost my old data and have to start from scratch.
