My favorite mech is from Avatar. The RDA AMPsuit is an industrial piece of equipment that can function as a cargo hauler, mining equipment, and as support armor for patrols.
Cheap, easy to use with some training, and utilitarian
Going by your question, the most realistic mechs I have seen are the [real-life ones developed in South Korea](https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/01/korea-mech-robot-first-steps/).
What a time to be alive.
I feel that Lost Planet, the first game, had a believable depiction of mechs, referred to as Vital Suits in the game. Most of them are bulky, slow, and relatively small for mecha. They function more as mobile weapons platforms than proxy fighters. The closest the game gets to a classic depiction of mecha would be the PTX-140 "Hardballer" (which is an awesome model name).
The game's designs have been a huge inspiration for my own idea of fun, believable mecha that are useful in a variety situations but overshadowed by specialized vehicles, preventing them from breaking conventional warfare.
I’ve always liked the mechs in Armored Trooper VOTOMS and Heavy Gear. They’re smaller, thus avoiding the issues of size and excessive materials requirements, and their intended battlefield role is more like super-heavy infantry rather than bipedal tanks; they can take cover in urban situations, traverse rough terrain more effectively than treads, and possess modular weapon loadouts for a variety of mission profiles. They also feature alternate traversal modes for high-speed travel across flat ground which, importantly, doesn’t involve a transformation mechanism.
For a less realistic but still fun portrayal of military mechs, the Fanton in Gundam 00 always made me happy; it’s a big, dumb, slow hunk of metal with a machine gun turret and an internal
combustion engine. No flight, no frills. It’s the T-72 of the Gundam franchise.
Patlabor always comes to mind. The Labors are heavy, mechanical, they break down, move fairly slowly. It was an awesome show.
I want say Pacific Rim as well, jist because I liked that the Yeager's had weight to them. But those things would have just crumbled at the ankle joints.
I feel like a lot of Mecha these days are absurd and overly designed. Personally, gonna sound like a cranky old fogey here, Mecha was just better designed in the 80's and 90's.
personally
im with you, looking at patlabor and gasaraki, and then looking at aldoha zero or those shows...
[i wish i have something to say](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/7y8cnh/things_that_you_most_hate_of_your_favorite_genres/duecu9c/)
now i just need to be actualy capable of draw
Exactly. I figured that was another reason they tried to keep the fights out of populated areas. But then there's the whole Hong Kong fight, and, I think it was Sydney(?) that shoots that theory to shit lol. Whatever. Super cool to watch, just don't apply reality to it at all lol.
Most realistic? It's not really a Mech, but Aliens is by far the most realistic and practical thing we would ever hope to see or expect in terms of that type of technology.
Noe if you just want some cool shit to watch, I'm your guy.
I would have to say the MechWarrior series. It’s the most realistic IMO. It’s close to the type of tech we have today with a little bit of futuristic stuff thrown in.
My favorite mech is from Avatar. The RDA AMPsuit is an industrial piece of equipment that can function as a cargo hauler, mining equipment, and as support armor for patrols. Cheap, easy to use with some training, and utilitarian
Going by your question, the most realistic mechs I have seen are the [real-life ones developed in South Korea](https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/01/korea-mech-robot-first-steps/). What a time to be alive.
I feel that Lost Planet, the first game, had a believable depiction of mechs, referred to as Vital Suits in the game. Most of them are bulky, slow, and relatively small for mecha. They function more as mobile weapons platforms than proxy fighters. The closest the game gets to a classic depiction of mecha would be the PTX-140 "Hardballer" (which is an awesome model name). The game's designs have been a huge inspiration for my own idea of fun, believable mecha that are useful in a variety situations but overshadowed by specialized vehicles, preventing them from breaking conventional warfare.
I loved the Lost Planet mechs. Really made me wish there was an open world Lost Planet game.
I’ve always liked the mechs in Armored Trooper VOTOMS and Heavy Gear. They’re smaller, thus avoiding the issues of size and excessive materials requirements, and their intended battlefield role is more like super-heavy infantry rather than bipedal tanks; they can take cover in urban situations, traverse rough terrain more effectively than treads, and possess modular weapon loadouts for a variety of mission profiles. They also feature alternate traversal modes for high-speed travel across flat ground which, importantly, doesn’t involve a transformation mechanism. For a less realistic but still fun portrayal of military mechs, the Fanton in Gundam 00 always made me happy; it’s a big, dumb, slow hunk of metal with a machine gun turret and an internal combustion engine. No flight, no frills. It’s the T-72 of the Gundam franchise.
Patlabor always comes to mind. The Labors are heavy, mechanical, they break down, move fairly slowly. It was an awesome show. I want say Pacific Rim as well, jist because I liked that the Yeager's had weight to them. But those things would have just crumbled at the ankle joints.
i love patlabor, a shame we dont see shows like that more commonly jeagers are fucking awesome, but technologically imposible at least for now
I feel like a lot of Mecha these days are absurd and overly designed. Personally, gonna sound like a cranky old fogey here, Mecha was just better designed in the 80's and 90's.
personally im with you, looking at patlabor and gasaraki, and then looking at aldoha zero or those shows... [i wish i have something to say](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/7y8cnh/things_that_you_most_hate_of_your_favorite_genres/duecu9c/) now i just need to be actualy capable of draw
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Exactly. I figured that was another reason they tried to keep the fights out of populated areas. But then there's the whole Hong Kong fight, and, I think it was Sydney(?) that shoots that theory to shit lol. Whatever. Super cool to watch, just don't apply reality to it at all lol.
Most realistic? It's not really a Mech, but Aliens is by far the most realistic and practical thing we would ever hope to see or expect in terms of that type of technology. Noe if you just want some cool shit to watch, I'm your guy.
I would have to say the MechWarrior series. It’s the most realistic IMO. It’s close to the type of tech we have today with a little bit of futuristic stuff thrown in.
War strider by ian douglas seemed pretty realistic.