C&C 4 Unit Profile - GDI Mastodon

[Luk3us 63]

The second Command & Conquer 4 unit profile has been posted on the Official C&C Site. This one gives us a detailed look at the GDI Mastodon. This lumbering giant should be a fearsome sight on the battlefield, check out more below.

 

During the Second Tiberium War, the Mammoth Mk. II stood as the most dominant force on the battlefield, capable of laying waste to any and all Nod opposition with its chin-mounted auto-cannon, multiple anti-aircraft missile launchers, and state-of-the-art experimental railguns. The Mk. II's dominance came at a price, however, as the vehicle's development and production costs were notoriously high.

 

Field tests conducted at the height of the Second Tiberium War showed that, although effective, the Mk. II was a highly unreliable beast, requiring extended maintenance on a regular basis, and as such worked best with an escort force. After the war, GDI High Command ceased production of the walker, claiming that with Kane dead and Nod all but destroyed, the "absurd" amount of money spent on weapons development would instead be redirected to Tiberium containment programs.

Click here for the full profile which includes a small video montage of the Mastodon in action!

[Gben 20]

This profile doesn't impress me like I expected it would. It probably has a lot to do with my preference for the other mammy and my general dislike of GDI mechs.

 

Possibly they should have played more to the technological advances that Kane brought through the alliance to make the Mastodon possible. But the chin turret as an artillery weapon particularly irks me... shouldn't they require a high arc in order to reach their turret???

[Nmenth 289]

In agreement with gben, not very impressed and the chin turret is lacking.

 

I also never really liked the missile volleys used as oppressive fire along with cannons since TW did it with the Mammoth Tank.

[Sonic 293]

Possibly they should have played more to the technological advances that Kane brought through the alliance to make the Mastodon possible.

My guess is that could be covered during the single player campaign.

 

I like this profile. Especially the Havoc reference....

 

GDI combined the Mk. II walker technology with innovations Kane had garnered from the Tacitus, and formally introduced the next generation assault walker, the Mastodon, in 2069. When the first Mastodon rolled out of the renovated San Pedro war factory, Col. Nick "Havoc" Parker, retired war hero, was said to have remarked "Bureaucratic doves, 'bout damn time!"

 

[BioBen 3]

These groups, affectionately known as "herds", have been deployed to the front to fight Gideon and his Separatist forces.

 

Gideon? New bad-guy?

[Luk3us 63]

You know, Havoc must be getting fairly old by now.

[ORCaLoVeR 0]

oh well. I like how EALA is gonna implent both the Mammoth tank AND the mastodon to the Assault class arsenal. This way, everyone gets their share.

 

I just dont like the fact bout the head exploding........

 

I hope this is just to show of the new "units take showable damage over time in battle" thing

[Troopzor 5]

You know, Havoc must be getting fairly old by now.

 

I like to think of it as a reference at how us Renegade players never seem to go away

 

I'd take a Renegade 2 over C&C4 any day personally

[Malevolence 6]

GDI combined the Mk. II walker technology with innovations Kane had garnered from the Tacitus, and formally introduced the next generation assault walker, the Mastodon, in 2069.

 

That statement sounds so wrong. Kane + MMKII? WTF?

 

And the video lacks the depth charge deployment video.

 

Btw this is my favorite unit.

[Sonic 293]

And the video lacks the depth charge deployment video.

APOC has said the video will be updated when they are ready to show that.

 

And a quick reminder. The GDI Orca is the next profile coming on Thursday or Friday... depending on your part of the world

[Troopzor 5]

APOC has said the video will be updated when they are ready to show that.

 

And a quick reminder. The GDI Orca is the next profile coming on Thursday or Friday... depending on your part of the world

 

I want Nod stuff!!!

 

But, going from the screenshots, most Nod stuff looks... Not... good.

[Luk3us 63]

But, going from the screenshots, most Nod stuff looks... Not... good.

 

I believe the words you are looking for is "****ing atrociously fugly".

[Guest Stevie_K]

An alright unit profile. The missiles it fires somehow reminds me of the mammy in RA.

And yeah I totally agree that the Nod units doesn't look good.

[ORCaLoVeR 0]

EA knows that all their Nod units look terrible, and they dont dare to show them :lol:

[Raptor 4000 0]

APOC has said the video will be updated when they are ready to show that.

 

And a quick reminder. The GDI Orca is the next profile coming on Thursday or Friday... depending on your part of the world

 

We're sensing a theme here...

[ORCaLoVeR 0]

i hope it will be actually usefull

 

The one from C&C3 was terrible

 

I'm a big fan of TS. And if you go down from a 4 Member Orca family wich are actually usefull to a one Orca wich can be barely used and is shot down with the least amount of AA

[Sonic 293]

You know, Havoc must be getting fairly old by now.

He's got to be around 90 years old by now. But age means nothing in the world of video games

[Luk3us 63]

True, but I get the impression that EA just throw his and other people's names in at random.

 

We're sensing a theme here...

Feels kinda like what they did with Tiberium. They released close to nothing about Nod at all. Which wasn't a bad thing actually as it built up the anticipation. But can't really do that here, since there is only Nod and GDI.

[Raptor 4000 0]

Feels kinda like what they did with Tiberium. They released close to nothing about Nod at all. Which wasn't a bad thing actually as it built up the anticipation. But can't really do that here, since there is only Nod and GDI.

 

Well with Tiberium, Nod were only included because of fan pressure, so the information would have been released as the product continued on. Personally, it seems EA hate Nod with a passion - and ironically hate something like half, maybe three quaters of the Tiberiumverse Fanbase.

[Troopzor 5]

Well with Tiberium, Nod were only included because of fan pressure, so the information would have been released as the product continued on. Personally, it seems EA hate Nod with a passion - and ironically hate something like half, maybe three quaters of the Tiberiumverse Fanbase.

 

They need more Nod fans to work at EALA =_=

[Raptor 4000 0]

They need more Nod fans to work at EALA =_=

 

I think that sums up the solution case and point. The evidence is clearly there in C&C 3.

[Guest Stevie_K]

It's just that the concept artists/3d artists makes Nod units look like they are from year 3000 and not 2070..

 

The designs are to slick, dark and futuristic..

If we look back we can see that Nod designs wasn't UBER sci-fi compared to GDI's, just designed with a Nod flavor to it.

 

To be honest, the Eagle vs Scorpion FMV wouldn't fit with these Nod designs. (Not saying that it has to, but you get the point)

[Raptor 4000 0]

It's just that the concept artists/3d artists makes Nod units look like they are from year 3000 and not 2070..

 

The designs are to slick, dark and futuristic..

If we look back we can see that Nod designs wasn't UBER sci-fi compared to GDI's, just designed with a Nod flavor to it.

 

To be honest, the Eagle vs Scorpion FMV wouldn't fit with these Nod designs. (Not saying that it has to, but you get the point)

 

Or to put it another way - the Nod design department suck almost or as much as Sam Bass does.

[ORCaLoVeR 0]

It issent bout the theme the way it looks, it is about how the WHOLE thing bloody looks.

 

Seriously, did u saw the flamer?That nod Rocket walker thing?

 

By now, the only decent Nod units i saw, was the centurion, or that Nod B2 bomber looking thing

[Nmenth 289]

Split Rocket Cybrog discussion, read it here.