• @[email protected]
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    359 months ago

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

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

    • Arcanus
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      99 months ago

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

      May as well ask why porn and cat videos are so popular online

      • _NoName_
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        79 months ago

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

        Might as well ask why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch

    • Bimfred
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      39 months ago

      There’s truth to this. I recall an old saying, went something like “Chicks dig giant robots.”

  • wave_walnut
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    79 months ago

    Because mech has rigid body and gamedev likes controlling rigid body

  • @[email protected]
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    69 months ago

    The first Armored Core in a decade comes out and it got someone asking existential questions?

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

  • I Cast Fist
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    59 months ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    49 months ago

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

    Robots allow extreme violence, without the moral issues.

  • Dudewitbow
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    19 months ago

    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