It's fairly simple: A mech is a walking tank. Anything that looks too impractical to operate within the bounds of suspension of disbelief is shit.
In other words, it needs to look like a somewhat believable utility vehicle of some sorts.
Putting a head on it immediately disqualifies it for that reason. That's not a mech. That's a robot. And like any actual robot that has a head, it's purely there to cater to human emotions and instill a sense of personality for social interactions.
Nobody would ever build a larger than human-scale vehicle shaped like a person for any reason other than social interactions with people.
Certainly no war machine, nor any utility vehicle would ever have a head.
Hands are fine. There's an obvious use or benefit to them for many reasons. Not by any means to hold a large rifle, though. That's yet again absolutely retarded on any scale that is larger than what would just be power armor.
Re: Weebshit Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:50 am
by VoiceOfReasonPast
You might like 86 -Eighty Six-. It's like what happens if you make a mecha series centered around that big spider tank from Ghost in the Shell.
It's one of those visual novel animu adaptations though, so it's probably shit and/or doesn't actually have a proper ending.
Though to its credit the klessik choppy 3D animation they use for the mecha kinda works in its favor, since of course you expect a spider tank to not have the smoothest of locomotion.
Metal Gear thought? Rex is definitely a mech despite being described in universe as a “vertical tank” or whatever term they use.
Metal Gear Rex is clearly a mech by any standards.
Super realistic and practical? Perhaps not. But it looks fucking awesome and iconic and has a great name. Plus, it's a nuclear warhead artillery launch platform yet is angled and sleek enough to believably be able to withstand armed resistance it's likely to encounter. A+ rating in my book!
That cockpit is also not what I refer to as a head, nor is it unreasonable for its intended use.
Metal Gear thought? Rex is definitely a mech despite being described in universe as a “vertical tank” or whatever term they use.
Metal Gear Rex is clearly a mech by any standards.
Super realistic and practical? Perhaps not. But it looks fucking awesome and iconic and has a great name. Plus, it's a nuclear warhead artillery launch platform yet is angled and sleek enough to believably be able to withstand armed resistance it's likely to encounter. A+ rating in my book!
That cockpit is also not what I refer to as a head, nor is it unreasonable for its intended use.
Man of culture! It’s definitely the best one in the series.
Rex being of the analogue era is exactly its appeal!
Ray was only ever fit to get sliced to Rules of Nature.
Just how ridiculously dumb and awesome was that game anyway?
I've played it and yet can hardly believe it exists. If Kill Bill is the movie the people in the Pulp Fiction universe would watch, MGR would be the vidya.
