LiquidThunder posted this at IGN, from the new GI:
"In addition to every game mode and mech from the first game, several new gametypes are being added, the grandaddy of all of them tho, is conquest. In conquest, there is a persistant world of 45 planets. At the get-go, the 45 planets are divided equally into 5 groups of 9, each group being the territory of a single house. When you first load up conquest, you must select a house, then create a clan w/in that house (or join an allready existing clan via an invite). From there, it's a giant fight for territory. Each planet has a certain point value, for instance planet A might be worth 10 points. If planet A is adjacent to a planet your house allready owns, you can attack planet A, and because it's worth 10 points your house must win 10 battles on that planet. The individual battles will take place just like a regular MA2 game would play out, w/ all the various TEAM gametypes being used, but only team, never Free for all play in conquest.
This is the gamemode that will use the xbl 3.0 features like crazy. Say a house starts invading a planet under your possetion, you'll be able to e-mail, txt message, and instant message people from in the game to come help fend of the attackers, or I could send out a huge e-mail to everyone in the squad and organize a huge attack, or i could e-mail another squad and organize a game in advance.
The magazine has some screenshots of the planetary map and it looks super hot.
Also, the article talks about how day 1 will be CONSTANTLY updating the persistant system of planets, dynamically altering their point values, bonuses for holding certain planets, and even completely changing out the entire planetary grid for a whole new one from time to time so that it's always fresh."
Sounds great
"In addition to every game mode and mech from the first game, several new gametypes are being added, the grandaddy of all of them tho, is conquest. In conquest, there is a persistant world of 45 planets. At the get-go, the 45 planets are divided equally into 5 groups of 9, each group being the territory of a single house. When you first load up conquest, you must select a house, then create a clan w/in that house (or join an allready existing clan via an invite). From there, it's a giant fight for territory. Each planet has a certain point value, for instance planet A might be worth 10 points. If planet A is adjacent to a planet your house allready owns, you can attack planet A, and because it's worth 10 points your house must win 10 battles on that planet. The individual battles will take place just like a regular MA2 game would play out, w/ all the various TEAM gametypes being used, but only team, never Free for all play in conquest.
This is the gamemode that will use the xbl 3.0 features like crazy. Say a house starts invading a planet under your possetion, you'll be able to e-mail, txt message, and instant message people from in the game to come help fend of the attackers, or I could send out a huge e-mail to everyone in the squad and organize a huge attack, or i could e-mail another squad and organize a game in advance.
The magazine has some screenshots of the planetary map and it looks super hot.
Also, the article talks about how day 1 will be CONSTANTLY updating the persistant system of planets, dynamically altering their point values, bonuses for holding certain planets, and even completely changing out the entire planetary grid for a whole new one from time to time so that it's always fresh."
Sounds great
