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Why do game developers love mechs? - gamedeveloper.com

Game developers weigh in on the "utter perfection" of giant mechanical robots.

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Because they're fucking awesome and people tend to love em'

May as well ask why sugar and fat are so popular in food

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- Because they're fucking awesome and people tend to love em'
  
  May as well ask why porn and cat videos are so popular online
  
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  Because they're fucking awesome and people tend to love em'
  
  Might as well ask why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch
  
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- There's truth to this. I recall an old saying, went something like "Chicks dig giant robots."
  
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The first Armored Core in a decade comes out and it got someone asking existential questions?

Feh! Just play Armored Core, it's great!

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Because mech has rigid body and gamedev likes controlling rigid body

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Because human combatants means blood and gore and censorship or brutality.

Robots allow extreme violence, without the moral issues.

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I personally prefer big, clunky, stompy mechs (ala mechwarrior) over the super nimble ones (Armored Core, Gundam), but they're all great nonetheless.

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Because they increase the scale of combat to allow for michael bay like moments without having to write a character with nuclear weapon power levels

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sexual perversion i assume

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