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A Sub-"genre" of nearly every video game genre out there, The Mecha Game focuses on the use of [[Humongous Mecha]] to blow the crap out of each other.
Mecha games usually come in two flavors, High-Speed and Stompy, mirroring the [[Super Robot]] versus [[Real Robot]] divide. In stompy games, usually referred to as Mech Simulators, which were more prevalent in earlier times, the Mecha move rather slow normally, and an emphasis is on long-range combat with missiles, lasers, machineguns, and the like. Mech Sims usually also have a first-person perspective from the mech's cockpit. High-speed games are, as their name suggests, much zippier, often with a focus on close-range combat, although guns may be just as prevalent. These are usually shown from a third-person perspective.
As noted in the opening, Mecha Games are not a genre in and of themselves, but a sub-class that encompasses Action games, Simulations, [[Turn Based Strategy|Turn-]] ''and'' [[Real Time Strategy]] and more. What sets these games apart as a sub-genre is the fact that most Mecha games have a heavy customization element. Weapons, pilots, and sometimes entire mechs and parts thereof can be purchased and switched around between missions/stages, giving players unique engines of destruction and mayhem. This focus on [[Elite Tweak|Elite Tweaking]] makes it entirely possible for a [[Mecha Game]] to allow both stompy and high-speed styles of play. Other games may not have the customization element (for instance, ''[[Mech Assault (Video Game)|Mech Assault]]''), but are included due to the sheer force of [[Humongous Mecha]] as a trope/meme. Because the term "Mech" has been trademarked, expect to see [[A Mech By Any Other Name]].
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