History VideoGame / Hawken

* UnusualEuphemism: "Fuzzy bunny" is the go-to curse word in-universe, and in real life, is the wordfilter for any swear word but ass on the forums.

[[http://www.playhawken.com/ Hawken]] is a first-person mecha-combat game. Made by Adhesive Games Ltd. with Unreal Engine 3. Players duke it out in dense urban battlefields where society has gone to hell due to the Hawken virus and there's a fight for resources with customizable mechas.

The game entered open beta at the 12th of december.

* UnusualEuphemism: "Fuzzy bunny" is the go-to curse word in-universe, and in real life, is the wordfilter for any swear word but ass.

* MiniMecha: All the mecha generally follow this, being the size of a small house, with the cockpits making up a huge chunk of the mecha.

* MiniMecha: All the mecha generally follow this with the cockpits making up a huge chunk of the mecha.

* AllThereInTheManual: The comic, which would net people access to Closed Beta, details the background of Hawken. The setting's on a planet light-years away, and the conflict is between two {{Mega Corp}}s trying to salvage what they can from a global catastrophe that is spreading some sort of virus that mutates everything it touches into a patchwork of metal.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: The Rocketeer and Bruiser both have Hellfire Missiles as a special weapon, which fire a homing swarm of missiles, though for balance they distinctly don't have much punch.

* TheTurretMaster : EVERYONE can deploy turrets. They come in 2 variants, one armed with a Point D Vulcan Minigun and the other a TOW Launcher. Heavy mechs - the Bruiser, especially - can turn into turrets.
* WarForFunAndProfit: The two sides are corporations fighting for what's left of a world that used to be dominated by three- the third inadvertently unleashed the Hawken virus that is slowly turning the planet into random metal bits.
* TheWarSequence: Siege mode, which is a rush to destroy the enemy's battleship, or defend yours.

* TheTurretMaster : EVERYONE can deploy turrets. They come in 2 variants, one armed with a Point D Vulcan Minigun and the other a TOW Launcher. Heavy mechs - the Bruiser, especially - can turn into turrets.

* MightyGlacier: Long-range and close-range support mechs move slowly, but pack a punch. Some

* TheTurretMaster : Subverted, as EVERYONE can deploy turrets. They come in 2 variants, one armed with a Point D Vulcan Minigun and the other a TOW Launcher.

* AllThereInTheManual: The comic, which would net people access to Closed Beta, details the background of Hawken.

* FragileSpeedster: The Light Mechs

* MightyGlacier : One of heavy class mech can deploy it's shield forward. Effectively turning itself into slow-moving turret.

* SceneryPorn : DEM DETAILS.

* JackOfAllStats: The CRT-Recruit mech you start with. It's one of

* The Turret Master : Subverted, as EVERYONE can deploy turrets. They come in 2 variants, one armed with a Point D Vulcan Minigun and the other a TOW Launcher.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: The Rocketeer and Bruiser both have Hellfire Missiles as a special weapon, which fire a homing swarm of missiles, though for balance they distinctly don't have much punch. Also, with the Seeker, introduced in the 3rd Closed Beta. It was considered a gamebreaker until it's nerf with the inroduction of the Open Beta on the 12th of December, 2012.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: The Rocketeer and Bruiser both have Hellfire Missiles as a special weapon, which fire a homing swarm of missiles, though for balance they distinctly don't have much punch.

Also, with Seeker, introduced in the 3rd Closed Beta. It was considered a gamebreaker until it's nerf with the inroduction of the Open Beta on the 12th of December, 2012.

* The Turret Master; Subverted, as EVERYONE can deploy turrets. They come in 2 variants, one armed with a Point D Vulcan Minigun and the other a TOW Launcher.

* FragileSpeedster
* MacrossMissileMassacre: The Rocketeer can fire a homing swarm of Hellfire missiles, though for balance they distinctly don't have much punch.

* SceneryPorn : DEM DETAILS.

* FragileSpeedster

* MightlyGlacier : One of heavy class mech can deploy it's shield forward. Effectively turning itself into slow-moving turret.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: The Rocketeer can fire a homing swarm of Hellfire missiles, though for balance they distinctly don't have much punch.

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[[http://www.playhawken.com/ Hawken]] is a first-person mecha-combat game. Made by Adhesive Games Ltd. with Unreal Engine 3. Players duke it out in dense urban battlefield where society gone to hell and there's a fight for resources with customizable mechas.