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Released 14 July 2006

Format Xbox 360

Developer FromSoftware

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Chrome Hounds

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According to the developers of Chrome Hounds, military technology will evolve to such a point that battles will be fought using beefed-up robots, each boasting enough firepower to demolish the most fortified enemy base.
But if tomorrow’s warmongers build ‘mechs’ as useless as the metal-heads in this shambles of a game, God help us all…

The biggest problem with Chrome Hounds is its pedestrian pace; loading your mech with weapons adds extra weight, meaning it takes an age to plod across the battlefields and causing you to miss key moments in the explosive skirmishes. Then again, as it’s difficult to target your enemies without switching to the claustrophobic first-person view – in turn severely limiting your perspective on the carnage – the battles are such a chore that you’ll probably give up before you lumber into the first firefight.

In Japan – a country obsessed with Very Big Robots – Chrome Hounds won decent reviews and is brought to life by players who spend their lives online in Xbox Live multiplayer games. But if you aren’t already an aficionado of mech gaming, this may make you lose the will to live.


Reviewer: David MccOmb

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I bought this game after viewing a few screen shots and was amazed at the lovely visuals on screen but that is as far as the fun goes im afraid to say. I used to love playing Mechwarrior on the pc and was hopeing the xbox would be a great platform for a similar game but the action is too slow weapons take a lifetime to reload and by the time you have found your way to the target area your mum shouts up that dinner is ready and u have to turn it off! where is the fast paced fun? This game p... Read More

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