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Released on December 4, 2007 by NCSoft's E & G Studios, ''Exteel'' (known in China as ''G7 Online'') was a Korean massively multiplayer online third person shooter, similar to ''VideoGame/{{Gunz}}'' and its "Hong Kong-syle gunplay" but with HumongousMecha. The game ran for almost three years before NCSoft abruptly shut it down on September 1, 2010.
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Released on December 4, 2007 by NCSoft's Creator/NCSoft's E & G Studios, ''Exteel'' (known in China as ''G7 Online'') was a Korean massively multiplayer online third person shooter, similar to ''VideoGame/{{Gunz}}'' and its "Hong Kong-syle gunplay" but with HumongousMecha. The game ran for almost three years before NCSoft [=NCSoft=] abruptly shut it down on September 1, 2010.
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* DeathFromAbove: A number of players practice the play style of "Dragooning." It helps that spear thrusts allow you to plummet to the ground ''very'' quickly, so combined with a good high-jump backpack unit, any Mechanaught can put the Dragoons of ''Series/FinalFantasy'' to shame.
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* DeathFromAbove: A number of players practice the play style of "Dragooning." It helps that spear thrusts allow you to plummet to the ground ''very'' quickly, so combined with a good high-jump backpack unit, any Mechanaught can put the Dragoons of ''Series/FinalFantasy'' ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' to shame.
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* BribingYourWayToVictory: While many of Exteel's weapons and Mechanaught parts can be bought with real money--and in some cases cannot be purchased with in-game money--people who do this ''can not'' get the best equipment in the game. In fact, some of the currently high-end parts are ''only'' purchasable with in-game money. For weapons, the difference is split yet again. The general trend is that players who buy items with real money aren't ''exactly'' overpowered, but they do get more options than a player who doesn't.
** On the other hand, this ''does'' put low-leveled people who do not want to spend money at a disadvantage, since a level 1 pilot can plunk down a few dollars and buy themselves a good Mechanaught or weapons. There's no level restriction on parts.
** On the other hand, this ''does'' put low-leveled people who do not want to spend money at a disadvantage, since a level 1 pilot can plunk down a few dollars and buy themselves a good Mechanaught or weapons. There's no level restriction on parts.
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* BribingYourWayToVictory: Initially averted. While many of Exteel's weapons and Mechanaught parts can be bought were purchasable with real money--and in some cases cannot could ''not'' be purchased bought with in-game money--people who do this ''can not'' get money--this did not include the best equipment in the game. In fact, some of the currently high-end parts are game's most powerful gear, which were ''only'' purchasable with in-game money. For weapons, the difference is split yet again. The general trend is was that players who buy items with real money aren't weren't ''exactly'' overpowered, but they do get more options than a player who doesn't.
** On the other hand, this''does'' ''did'' put low-leveled people who do not want to spend money at a disadvantage, since a level 1 pilot can plunk down a few dollars and buy themselves a good Mechanaught or weapons. There's no level restriction on parts.parts.
** However, toward the end of Exteel's run, this trope started to seep into gameplay. Players could pay a small sum to "rent out" skills and premium "superior" skills as well as custom Operators who provide latent boosts. There were no free methods to obtaining either.
** On the other hand, this
** However, toward the end of Exteel's run, this trope started to seep into gameplay. Players could pay a small sum to "rent out" skills and premium "superior" skills as well as custom Operators who provide latent boosts. There were no free methods to obtaining either.
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* {{Microtransactions}}: This was Exteel's business model--see BribingYourWayToVictory above.
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* MissionControl: Operator Sarah, who used to suffer from oddly voice-acted {{Engrish}} until she received new lines from a patch some time in June 2008. For example: If your team managed to keep the enemy from capturing your flag after they'd taken it, she would say: "We recaptured our flag back!"
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* MissionControl: Operator Sarah, who used to suffer from oddly voice-acted {{Engrish}} until she received new lines voice acting from a patch some time in June 2008. For example: If your team managed to keep the enemy from capturing your flag after they'd taken it, she would say: "We recaptured our flag back!"back!" In a ''very'' [[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable awkward-sounding fashion]].
** Toward the end of Exteel's run, E & G Studios introduced additional Operators who, [[{{Microtransactions}} for a small fee]], could replace Sarah for a month's worth of time. Each of these Operators provided their own buffs when chosen to oversee the player's mission.
** Toward the end of Exteel's run, E & G Studios introduced additional Operators who, [[{{Microtransactions}} for a small fee]], could replace Sarah for a month's worth of time. Each of these Operators provided their own buffs when chosen to oversee the player's mission.
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* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: This is, after all, ''{{Gunz}}'' [[RecycledInSPACE ''in SPACE!'']]
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* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: This is, after all, ''{{Gunz}}'' [[RecycledInSPACE ''in SPACE!'']]Despite their size and mass, Mechanaughts have all the grace and dexterity of ballerinas.
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''"Once we were united against a common foe. Now we are bathed in the blood of our own families."''
Released on December 4, 2007, ''Exteel'' is a Korean massively multiplayer online third person shooter, sort of like ''VideoGame/{{Gunz}}'' and its "Hong Kong-syle gunplay," but with HumongousMecha.
Released on December 4, 2007, ''Exteel'' is a Korean massively multiplayer online third person shooter, sort of like ''VideoGame/{{Gunz}}'' and its "Hong Kong-syle gunplay," but with HumongousMecha.
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->''"Once we were united against a common foe. Now we are bathed in the blood of our own families.
-->-- '''Divided We Stand'''
Released on December 4,
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Marston is the most militaristic and aristocratic of the former rebellious colonies. They were the last to fall to the Galactic Federation, and apparently the first to arrive on Natha, because their colonization of the planet wasn't a cakewalk. Forced underground by meteor showers at the time of founding, Marston has a highly industrialized society. On the other hand, the democratic nation Palamo fared much better, landing on a section of Taryn most ideal for farming, becoming a breadbasket of Natha. Aiers founded itself in isolation from the other two nations, and of the three boasts the best technology and scientific prowess. It has tried to remain neutral in all disputes that have cropped up since colonizations.
Things went sour quickly. A section of Marston wanted independence from the rest of the country. Palamo assisted them, which Marston was not about to accept. Although this new fourth nation calls itself West Palamo, Marston doesn't recognize its independence, and this dispute brought the four contries very close to the brink of war. All it took was for one attack on a Marston outpost--for which they blamed Palamo--for full scale war to erupt.
Things went sour quickly. A section of Marston wanted independence from the rest of the country. Palamo assisted them, which Marston was not about to accept. Although this new fourth nation calls itself West Palamo, Marston doesn't recognize its independence, and this dispute brought the four contries very close to the brink of war. All it took was for one attack on a Marston outpost--for which they blamed Palamo--for full scale war to erupt.
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Marston is the most militaristic and aristocratic of the former rebellious colonies. They were the last to fall to the Galactic Federation, and apparently the first to arrive on Natha, because their colonization of the planet wasn't a cakewalk. Forced underground by meteor showers at the time of founding, Marston has a highly industrialized society. On the other hand, the democratic nation Palamo fared much better, landing on a section of Taryn most ideal for farming, becoming a breadbasket of Natha. Aiers founded itself in isolation from the other two nations, and of the three boasts the best technology and scientific prowess. It has tried to remain neutral in all disputes that have cropped up since colonizations.
colonization.
Things went sour quickly. A section of Marston wanted independence from the rest of the country. Palamo assisted them, which Marston was not about to accept. Although this new fourth nation calls itself West Palamo, Marston doesn't recognize its independence, and this dispute brought the fourcontries countries very close to the brink of war. All it took was for one attack on a Marston outpost--for which they blamed Palamo--for full scale war to erupt.
Things went sour quickly. A section of Marston wanted independence from the rest of the country. Palamo assisted them, which Marston was not about to accept. Although this new fourth nation calls itself West Palamo, Marston doesn't recognize its independence, and this dispute brought the four
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This game contains examples of:
* AMechByAnyOtherName (Mechanaughts)
* AMechByAnyOtherName (Mechanaughts)
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* AllThereInTheManual: [=NCSoft=] is releasing background information on Exteel in places [[http://http://pc.gamezone.com/news/06_27_08_02_16PM.htm outside the game itself]].
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* AllThereInTheManual: [=NCSoft=] is releasing released background information on Exteel in places [[http://http://pc.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20080629025401/pc.gamezone.com/news/06_27_08_02_16PM.htm outside the game itself]].
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* BribingYourWayToVictory: ''Exteel'' is a strange case, and either plays this trope straight or subverts it. While many of Exteel's weapons and Mechanaught parts can be bought with real money--and in some cases cannot be purchased with in-game money--people who do this ''can not'' get the best equipment in the game. In fact, some of the currently high-end parts are ''only'' buyable with in-game money. With weapons, the difference is split yet again, but the general trend is that players who buy items with real money aren't exactly overpowered, but they do get more options than a player who doesn't.
** On the other hand, this ''does'' put low-leveled people who do not want to spend money at a disadvantage, since a level 1 pilot can plunk down a few dollars and buy a good Mechanaught or weapons. There's no level restriction on parts.
* CaptureTheFlag (one of the available gameplay modes)
** On the other hand, this ''does'' put low-leveled people who do not want to spend money at a disadvantage, since a level 1 pilot can plunk down a few dollars and buy a good Mechanaught or weapons. There's no level restriction on parts.
* CaptureTheFlag (one of the available gameplay modes)
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* BribingYourWayToVictory: ''Exteel'' is a strange case, and either plays this trope straight or subverts it. While many of Exteel's weapons and Mechanaught parts can be bought with real money--and in some cases cannot be purchased with in-game money--people who do this ''can not'' get the best equipment in the game. In fact, some of the currently high-end parts are ''only'' buyable purchasable with in-game money. With For weapons, the difference is split yet again, but the again. The general trend is that players who buy items with real money aren't exactly ''exactly'' overpowered, but they do get more options than a player who doesn't.
** On the other hand, this ''does'' put low-leveled people who do not want to spend money at a disadvantage, since a level 1 pilot can plunk down a few dollars and buy themselves a good Mechanaught or weapons. There's no level restriction on parts.
*CaptureTheFlag (one CaptureTheFlag: One of the available gameplay modes)modes.
** On the other hand, this ''does'' put low-leveled people who do not want to spend money at a disadvantage, since a level 1 pilot can plunk down a few dollars and buy themselves a good Mechanaught or weapons. There's no level restriction on parts.
*
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* CyberCyclops: The basic Pinkett Mechanaught, possibly a ShoutOut to Anime/MobileSuitGundam and its Zaku.
* DeathFromAbove: A number of players practice the play style of "Dragooning." It helps that spear thrusts allow you to plummet to the ground ''very'' quickly, so combined with a good high-jump backpack unit ...
** MacrossMissileMassacre: One of the skills for Mechanaughts with rocket launchers is literally named DeathFromAbove, and combines that trope with this one.
* DeflectorShields: One of the handheld shelds is just such an object, called the Force Shield, and great for defending against ranged (but not siege-level) weapons.
* DieChairDie: You can knock over lampposts, shoot out billboard advertisements and blow up people's cars. Sometimes. There's no reward in doing it, though.
* DeathFromAbove: A number of players practice the play style of "Dragooning." It helps that spear thrusts allow you to plummet to the ground ''very'' quickly, so combined with a good high-jump backpack unit ...
** MacrossMissileMassacre: One of the skills for Mechanaughts with rocket launchers is literally named DeathFromAbove, and combines that trope with this one.
* DeflectorShields: One of the handheld shelds is just such an object, called the Force Shield, and great for defending against ranged (but not siege-level) weapons.
* DieChairDie: You can knock over lampposts, shoot out billboard advertisements and blow up people's cars. Sometimes. There's no reward in doing it, though.
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* CyberCyclops: The basic Pinkett Mechanaught, Mechanaught's optics look like this, possibly as a ShoutOut to Anime/MobileSuitGundam and its Zaku.
the Zaku of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''.
* DeathFromAbove: A number of players practice the play style of "Dragooning." It helps that spear thrusts allow you to plummet to the ground ''very'' quickly, so combined with a good high-jump backpackunit ...
unit, any Mechanaught can put the Dragoons of ''Series/FinalFantasy'' to shame.
** MacrossMissileMassacre: One of the skills for Mechanaughts with rocket launchers isliterally specifically named DeathFromAbove, and DeathFromAbove. It combines that trope with this one.
one: the Mechanaught jumps high into the air and rapidly fires missiles on targets below.
* DeflectorShields: One of the handheldshelds shields is just such an object, called object. Known as the Force Shield, and it's great for defending against ranged (but not siege-level) weapons.
* DieChairDie: You can knock over lampposts, shoot out billboard advertisements and blow uppeople's cars.the cars of hapless citizens. Sometimes. There's no reward in doing it, though.
* DeathFromAbove: A number of players practice the play style of "Dragooning." It helps that spear thrusts allow you to plummet to the ground ''very'' quickly, so combined with a good high-jump backpack
** MacrossMissileMassacre: One of the skills for Mechanaughts with rocket launchers is
* DeflectorShields: One of the handheld
* DieChairDie: You can knock over lampposts, shoot out billboard advertisements and blow up
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** LaserBlade: Even though its name is Particle Blade, the description does say it uses a focused beam of energy.
* GlobalCurrency (Credits)
* GlowingEyesOfDoom (''every last one of the Mechanaughts'')
* GlobalCurrency (Credits)
* GlowingEyesOfDoom (''every last one of the Mechanaughts'')
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** LaserBlade: Even though its name is Particle Blade, the description does say says it uses a focused beam of energy.
*GlobalCurrency (Credits)
GlobalCurrency: Credits.
*GlowingEyesOfDoom (''every GlowingEyesOfDoom: Pick a Mechanaught's head. Any head. ''Every last one of the Mechanaughts'')them'' features these.
*
*
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* GunsAkimbo: Mechanaughts can wield two one-handed ranged weapons at once. Not just mecha-sized pistols and submachine guns, but ''shotguns and rifles as well.'' Hey, ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'s'' Security Officer! Watch ''this!''
** TheGunslinger: Watch how mechanaughts fire [=SMGs=] and handguns.
** TheGunslinger: Watch how mechanaughts fire [=SMGs=] and handguns.
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* GunsAkimbo: Mechanaughts can wield two one-handed ranged weapons at once. Not just mecha-sized pistols and submachine guns, but ''shotguns shotguns and rifles as well.'' Hey, well. ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'s'' Security Officer! Watch ''this!''
Officer would be proud.
** TheGunslinger:Watch how mechanaughts fire Mechanaughts are rather showy with their [=SMGs=] and handguns.handguns, spinning them before and after firing.
** TheGunslinger:
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* HyperspaceArsenal: Mechanaughts can carry two sets of weapons, but they don't have any room to carry the second set; it just appears in a burst of eletricity.
* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: This is, after all, ''{{Gunz}}'' ... [[RecycledInSPACE ''in SPACE!'']]
* KatanasAreJustBetter, averted; the Katanaish Crimson Edge is the JackOfAllStats of the currently available swords, and its low-grade form is standard issue.
* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: This is, after all, ''{{Gunz}}'' ... [[RecycledInSPACE ''in SPACE!'']]
* KatanasAreJustBetter, averted; the Katanaish Crimson Edge is the JackOfAllStats of the currently available swords, and its low-grade form is standard issue.
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* HyperspaceArsenal: Mechanaughts can carry two sets of weapons, but they don't have any room to visibly carry the second set; set they're not using; it just appears in a burst of eletricity.
electricity.
* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: This is, after all,''{{Gunz}}'' ... ''{{Gunz}}'' [[RecycledInSPACE ''in SPACE!'']]
*KatanasAreJustBetter, averted; the Katanaish KatanasAreJustBetter: The Katana-like Crimson Edge is the JackOfAllStats out of the currently available swords, and averting the trope. In fact, its low-grade form is standard issue.
* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: This is, after all,
*
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* MissionControl: Operator Sarah, who used to suffer from odd voice-acted {{Engrish}} until a recent patch. "We recaptured our flag back!" ... Right.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the other hand, you get unique things like this. When a Mechanaught activates a skill that specifically targets another Mechanaught, both are treated to a {{cutscene}}-like animation of the skill being performed on the victim while the battle continues around them ... and many of them are '''''brutal'''''. There's even one ''literally called'' "Beat Down" that involves a Mechanaught slapping down its foe with a shield and then unloading its SMG into the chest of its victim!
* RageQuit: Some players like to engage in [=CADing=] (hitting Control-Alt-Delete to bring up Task Manager and killing the process in order to avoid a loss), much to the annoyance of others.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the other hand, you get unique things like this. When a Mechanaught activates a skill that specifically targets another Mechanaught, both are treated to a {{cutscene}}-like animation of the skill being performed on the victim while the battle continues around them ... and many of them are '''''brutal'''''. There's even one ''literally called'' "Beat Down" that involves a Mechanaught slapping down its foe with a shield and then unloading its SMG into the chest of its victim!
* RageQuit: Some players like to engage in [=CADing=] (hitting Control-Alt-Delete to bring up Task Manager and killing the process in order to avoid a loss), much to the annoyance of others.
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* MissionControl: Operator Sarah, who used to suffer from odd oddly voice-acted {{Engrish}} until she received new lines from a recent patch. patch some time in June 2008. For example: If your team managed to keep the enemy from capturing your flag after they'd taken it, she would say: "We recaptured our flag back!" ... Right.
back!"
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:On the other hand, you get unique things like this. When a Mechanaught activates a skill that specifically targets another Mechanaught, both are treated to a {{cutscene}}-like animation of the skill being performed on the victim while the battle continues around them ... and many of them are '''''brutal'''''. There's even one ''literally called'' one "Beat Down" that involves a Mechanaught slapping down its foe with a shield and then unloading its SMG into the chest of its victim!
* RageQuit: Some players like to engage in [=CADing=] (hitting Control-Alt-Delete to bring up Task Manager and killing the process in order to avoid aloss), loss) much to the annoyance of others.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
* RageQuit: Some players like to engage in [=CADing=] (hitting Control-Alt-Delete to bring up Task Manager and killing the process in order to avoid a
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* SwordFight: And ''how''!
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* SwordFight: And ''how''!Swordplay has quite a bit of focus in Exteel, considering they are one of the major types of melee weapons available to Mechanaughts.
* TheWarSequence: Last Stand modes pit a team of players against hordes of {{Mooks}}, in which they must prevent them from capturing Aerogates.
* TheWarSequence: Last Stand modes pit a team of players against hordes of {{Mooks}}, in which they must prevent them from capturing Aerogates.
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Released on December 4, 2007, ''Exteel'' is a Korean massively multiplayer online third person shooter, sort of like ''{{Gunz}}'' and its "Hong Kong-syle gunplay," but with HumongousMecha.
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Released on December 4, 2007, ''Exteel'' is a Korean massively multiplayer online third person shooter, sort of like ''{{Gunz}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Gunz}}'' and its "Hong Kong-syle gunplay," but with HumongousMecha.
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* CyberCyclops: The basic Pinkett Mechanaught, possibly a ShoutOut to MobileSuitGundam and its Zaku.
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* CyberCyclops: The basic Pinkett Mechanaught, possibly a ShoutOut to MobileSuitGundam Anime/MobileSuitGundam and its Zaku.
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''"Once we were united against a common foe. Now we are bathed in the blood of our own families."''
Released on December 4, 2007, ''Exteel'' is a Korean massively multiplayer online third person shooter, sort of like ''{{Gunz}}'' and its "Hong Kong-syle gunplay," but with HumongousMecha.
The present time for Exteel is A.D. 2107. Thirty years ago, rebels from Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter fought against the [[TheFederation Galactic Federation]] and lost. The vanquished were herded up and deported to another star system, where they settled on the planet Natha. There, on the continent Taryn, they built three nations; the Martians founded Marston, the Jupiter refugees founded Palamo, and the Saturnians founded Aiers.
Marston is the most militaristic and aristocratic of the former rebellious colonies. They were the last to fall to the Galactic Federation, and apparently the first to arrive on Natha, because their colonization of the planet wasn't a cakewalk. Forced underground by meteor showers at the time of founding, Marston has a highly industrialized society. On the other hand, the democratic nation Palamo fared much better, landing on a section of Taryn most ideal for farming, becoming a breadbasket of Natha. Aiers founded itself in isolation from the other two nations, and of the three boasts the best technology and scientific prowess. It has tried to remain neutral in all disputes that have cropped up since colonizations.
Things went sour quickly. A section of Marston wanted independence from the rest of the country. Palamo assisted them, which Marston was not about to accept. Although this new fourth nation calls itself West Palamo, Marston doesn't recognize its independence, and this dispute brought the four contries very close to the brink of war. All it took was for one attack on a Marston outpost--for which they blamed Palamo--for full scale war to erupt.
The nations of Natha were forbidden by the Galactic Federation from taking military equipment with them when they colonized the planet, but there's more than one way to wage war. As Marston's home grown forces advance into Palamo, the four nations are hiring mercenaries to send to the front lines. The primary weapons platform used in this conflict are the agile [[HumongousMecha Mechanaughts]], with each of the four nations developing their own models on top of the ones available from off-world sources. That's where the players come in ...
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This game contains examples of:
* AMechByAnyOtherName (Mechanaughts)
* AirborneAircraftCarrier: One of the playable areas is Mobile Fortress, which is visibly flying over a landscape and has its own host of flying gunships.
* AllThereInTheManual: [=NCSoft=] is releasing background information on Exteel in places [[http://http://pc.gamezone.com/news/06_27_08_02_16PM.htm outside the game itself]].
* BeneathTheEarth: The nation of Marston. One playable area is Underground City, most likely set in this nation.
* {{BFG}}: Rockets and Cannons are not only two-handed weapons, they are ''huge''.
* BottomlessMagazines: The only thing stopping a Mechanaught from firing endlessly is heat. Must be the HyperspaceArsenal working for them ...
* BottomlessPits: The area Defrosted Summit can be very nasty to fight in. Lagspikes can send you off the edge of the base, plummeting down the mountain to your death.
* BribingYourWayToVictory: ''Exteel'' is a strange case, and either plays this trope straight or subverts it. While many of Exteel's weapons and Mechanaught parts can be bought with real money--and in some cases cannot be purchased with in-game money--people who do this ''can not'' get the best equipment in the game. In fact, some of the currently high-end parts are ''only'' buyable with in-game money. With weapons, the difference is split yet again, but the general trend is that players who buy items with real money aren't exactly overpowered, but they do get more options than a player who doesn't.
** On the other hand, this ''does'' put low-leveled people who do not want to spend money at a disadvantage, since a level 1 pilot can plunk down a few dollars and buy a good Mechanaught or weapons. There's no level restriction on parts.
* CaptureTheFlag (one of the available gameplay modes)
* CriticalExistenceFailure: Once you hit 0 HP, your Mechanaught falls to the ground and explodes. Until that point, your mechanaught operates normally.
* CriticalHit: Happens with melee attacks occasionally.
* CyberCyclops: The basic Pinkett Mechanaught, possibly a ShoutOut to MobileSuitGundam and its Zaku.
* DeathFromAbove: A number of players practice the play style of "Dragooning." It helps that spear thrusts allow you to plummet to the ground ''very'' quickly, so combined with a good high-jump backpack unit ...
** MacrossMissileMassacre: One of the skills for Mechanaughts with rocket launchers is literally named DeathFromAbove, and combines that trope with this one.
* DeflectorShields: One of the handheld shelds is just such an object, called the Force Shield, and great for defending against ranged (but not siege-level) weapons.
* DieChairDie: You can knock over lampposts, shoot out billboard advertisements and blow up people's cars. Sometimes. There's no reward in doing it, though.
* DoNotDropYourWeapon: Averted, if only because Mechanaughts never let go of their weapons when destroyed.
* DualWielding: Mechanaughts can wield two spears or two swords at once. Some skills require this.
* DuringTheWar: Well, during the war on ''Natha'', anyway.
* EnergyWeapons
** LaserBlade: Even though its name is Particle Blade, the description does say it uses a focused beam of energy.
* GlobalCurrency (Credits)
* GlowingEyesOfDoom (''every last one of the Mechanaughts'')
* GunKata: Happens with quite a few special attacks that Mechanaught pilots can perform, and seen during the FMV intro/trailer where a Trooper Mechanaught dispatches a number of enemies this way.
* GunsAkimbo: Mechanaughts can wield two one-handed ranged weapons at once. Not just mecha-sized pistols and submachine guns, but ''shotguns and rifles as well.'' Hey, ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'s'' Security Officer! Watch ''this!''
** TheGunslinger: Watch how mechanaughts fire [=SMGs=] and handguns.
* HumongousMecha
** RealRobot: Some things seem a little more like SuperRobot stuff, but this is majorly on the Real side of the spectrum.
* HyperspaceArsenal: Mechanaughts can carry two sets of weapons, but they don't have any room to carry the second set; it just appears in a burst of eletricity.
* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: This is, after all, ''{{Gunz}}'' ... [[RecycledInSPACE ''in SPACE!'']]
* KatanasAreJustBetter, averted; the Katanaish Crimson Edge is the JackOfAllStats of the currently available swords, and its low-grade form is standard issue.
* MechaMooks: A combination of ''both'' aspects of the trope; not only are they nameless mass-produced units, they're also explicitly labeled "Drones." In Last Stand games, players have to defend an area from hordes of them, while destroying the mooks' outpost. They also appear in other team-based modes to guard control points and slow down enemy players.
** Those Last Stand mooks ''might'' be Marston's home grown forces mentioned in the backstory.
* MissionControl: Operator Sarah, who used to suffer from odd voice-acted {{Engrish}} until a recent patch. "We recaptured our flag back!" ... Right.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the other hand, you get unique things like this. When a Mechanaught activates a skill that specifically targets another Mechanaught, both are treated to a {{cutscene}}-like animation of the skill being performed on the victim while the battle continues around them ... and many of them are '''''brutal'''''. There's even one ''literally called'' "Beat Down" that involves a Mechanaught slapping down its foe with a shield and then unloading its SMG into the chest of its victim!
* RageQuit: Some players like to engage in [=CADing=] (hitting Control-Alt-Delete to bring up Task Manager and killing the process in order to avoid a loss), much to the annoyance of others.
* {{Roboteching}} (Backpack-mounted weapons systems do this to an extent)
* SwordFight: And ''how''!
* ThisIsADrill: The Metal Helix spear.
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Released on December 4, 2007, ''Exteel'' is a Korean massively multiplayer online third person shooter, sort of like ''{{Gunz}}'' and its "Hong Kong-syle gunplay," but with HumongousMecha.
The present time for Exteel is A.D. 2107. Thirty years ago, rebels from Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter fought against the [[TheFederation Galactic Federation]] and lost. The vanquished were herded up and deported to another star system, where they settled on the planet Natha. There, on the continent Taryn, they built three nations; the Martians founded Marston, the Jupiter refugees founded Palamo, and the Saturnians founded Aiers.
Marston is the most militaristic and aristocratic of the former rebellious colonies. They were the last to fall to the Galactic Federation, and apparently the first to arrive on Natha, because their colonization of the planet wasn't a cakewalk. Forced underground by meteor showers at the time of founding, Marston has a highly industrialized society. On the other hand, the democratic nation Palamo fared much better, landing on a section of Taryn most ideal for farming, becoming a breadbasket of Natha. Aiers founded itself in isolation from the other two nations, and of the three boasts the best technology and scientific prowess. It has tried to remain neutral in all disputes that have cropped up since colonizations.
Things went sour quickly. A section of Marston wanted independence from the rest of the country. Palamo assisted them, which Marston was not about to accept. Although this new fourth nation calls itself West Palamo, Marston doesn't recognize its independence, and this dispute brought the four contries very close to the brink of war. All it took was for one attack on a Marston outpost--for which they blamed Palamo--for full scale war to erupt.
The nations of Natha were forbidden by the Galactic Federation from taking military equipment with them when they colonized the planet, but there's more than one way to wage war. As Marston's home grown forces advance into Palamo, the four nations are hiring mercenaries to send to the front lines. The primary weapons platform used in this conflict are the agile [[HumongousMecha Mechanaughts]], with each of the four nations developing their own models on top of the ones available from off-world sources. That's where the players come in ...
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This game contains examples of:
* AMechByAnyOtherName (Mechanaughts)
* AirborneAircraftCarrier: One of the playable areas is Mobile Fortress, which is visibly flying over a landscape and has its own host of flying gunships.
* AllThereInTheManual: [=NCSoft=] is releasing background information on Exteel in places [[http://http://pc.gamezone.com/news/06_27_08_02_16PM.htm outside the game itself]].
* BeneathTheEarth: The nation of Marston. One playable area is Underground City, most likely set in this nation.
* {{BFG}}: Rockets and Cannons are not only two-handed weapons, they are ''huge''.
* BottomlessMagazines: The only thing stopping a Mechanaught from firing endlessly is heat. Must be the HyperspaceArsenal working for them ...
* BottomlessPits: The area Defrosted Summit can be very nasty to fight in. Lagspikes can send you off the edge of the base, plummeting down the mountain to your death.
* BribingYourWayToVictory: ''Exteel'' is a strange case, and either plays this trope straight or subverts it. While many of Exteel's weapons and Mechanaught parts can be bought with real money--and in some cases cannot be purchased with in-game money--people who do this ''can not'' get the best equipment in the game. In fact, some of the currently high-end parts are ''only'' buyable with in-game money. With weapons, the difference is split yet again, but the general trend is that players who buy items with real money aren't exactly overpowered, but they do get more options than a player who doesn't.
** On the other hand, this ''does'' put low-leveled people who do not want to spend money at a disadvantage, since a level 1 pilot can plunk down a few dollars and buy a good Mechanaught or weapons. There's no level restriction on parts.
* CaptureTheFlag (one of the available gameplay modes)
* CriticalExistenceFailure: Once you hit 0 HP, your Mechanaught falls to the ground and explodes. Until that point, your mechanaught operates normally.
* CriticalHit: Happens with melee attacks occasionally.
* CyberCyclops: The basic Pinkett Mechanaught, possibly a ShoutOut to MobileSuitGundam and its Zaku.
* DeathFromAbove: A number of players practice the play style of "Dragooning." It helps that spear thrusts allow you to plummet to the ground ''very'' quickly, so combined with a good high-jump backpack unit ...
** MacrossMissileMassacre: One of the skills for Mechanaughts with rocket launchers is literally named DeathFromAbove, and combines that trope with this one.
* DeflectorShields: One of the handheld shelds is just such an object, called the Force Shield, and great for defending against ranged (but not siege-level) weapons.
* DieChairDie: You can knock over lampposts, shoot out billboard advertisements and blow up people's cars. Sometimes. There's no reward in doing it, though.
* DoNotDropYourWeapon: Averted, if only because Mechanaughts never let go of their weapons when destroyed.
* DualWielding: Mechanaughts can wield two spears or two swords at once. Some skills require this.
* DuringTheWar: Well, during the war on ''Natha'', anyway.
* EnergyWeapons
** LaserBlade: Even though its name is Particle Blade, the description does say it uses a focused beam of energy.
* GlobalCurrency (Credits)
* GlowingEyesOfDoom (''every last one of the Mechanaughts'')
* GunKata: Happens with quite a few special attacks that Mechanaught pilots can perform, and seen during the FMV intro/trailer where a Trooper Mechanaught dispatches a number of enemies this way.
* GunsAkimbo: Mechanaughts can wield two one-handed ranged weapons at once. Not just mecha-sized pistols and submachine guns, but ''shotguns and rifles as well.'' Hey, ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'s'' Security Officer! Watch ''this!''
** TheGunslinger: Watch how mechanaughts fire [=SMGs=] and handguns.
* HumongousMecha
** RealRobot: Some things seem a little more like SuperRobot stuff, but this is majorly on the Real side of the spectrum.
* HyperspaceArsenal: Mechanaughts can carry two sets of weapons, but they don't have any room to carry the second set; it just appears in a burst of eletricity.
* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: This is, after all, ''{{Gunz}}'' ... [[RecycledInSPACE ''in SPACE!'']]
* KatanasAreJustBetter, averted; the Katanaish Crimson Edge is the JackOfAllStats of the currently available swords, and its low-grade form is standard issue.
* MechaMooks: A combination of ''both'' aspects of the trope; not only are they nameless mass-produced units, they're also explicitly labeled "Drones." In Last Stand games, players have to defend an area from hordes of them, while destroying the mooks' outpost. They also appear in other team-based modes to guard control points and slow down enemy players.
** Those Last Stand mooks ''might'' be Marston's home grown forces mentioned in the backstory.
* MissionControl: Operator Sarah, who used to suffer from odd voice-acted {{Engrish}} until a recent patch. "We recaptured our flag back!" ... Right.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the other hand, you get unique things like this. When a Mechanaught activates a skill that specifically targets another Mechanaught, both are treated to a {{cutscene}}-like animation of the skill being performed on the victim while the battle continues around them ... and many of them are '''''brutal'''''. There's even one ''literally called'' "Beat Down" that involves a Mechanaught slapping down its foe with a shield and then unloading its SMG into the chest of its victim!
* RageQuit: Some players like to engage in [=CADing=] (hitting Control-Alt-Delete to bring up Task Manager and killing the process in order to avoid a loss), much to the annoyance of others.
* {{Roboteching}} (Backpack-mounted weapons systems do this to an extent)
* SwordFight: And ''how''!
* ThisIsADrill: The Metal Helix spear.
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