Grub's Guides: MechAssault from a MechWarrior Perspective
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Whether you are a MechWarrior fan wondering what this Xbox oddity was like or an old fan looking to rediscover the series, this video is for you! In this introductory overview we look at all the major differences between the mainline MechWarrior titles and the Xbox series, and all you need to know to jump into playing it.
If you are interested in playing, come check out the MechAssault Reborn Discord server!
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This video was created and edited by me, the thumbnail and the Mech2 clips are courtesy of BigTa1k.
Mech Assault is very much more arcade, it definitely deserves a reboot
Or a Remaster but either one is 😎 played the MechAssault for the original XBox I use to have
There's an MW5 modder, making a sort of remaster of Mechassault called Wolves. The demo on their website was pretty faithful to classic mechassault gameplay but it's super prealpha at the moment. Im hoping it gets a major update soon! They also have trailers on their youtube channel called New Day Fiction!
@@Silverfox607can you keep me updated on that ? I love mechassualt 2 my favorite game as a kid
Some mad man on Gmod modded in the MA2 mechs, and i will say it is... wow, i love it.
For what it was, MechAssault was aight. Being a Mechwarrior player, I did find it goofy, but knew what kinda game it was. It was fun enough. I played it a few times after high school with a friend.
love this game, played it so much as a kid, miss those days. thanks for keeping this legendary game alive, i regret giving away my physcal copies of mech 1 and 2 those 2 where amazing, young me was such a fool.
you got a pc? its easy to run mech assault 1 and 2 on xemu. also the mods are crazy
@@JesusChrist-holyghost whats a "xemu"?
@@soldier22881 it's a original Xbox emulator. A pretty low end pc can run it. It's free so is mech assault if you got to vimms . Net and grab a copy of literally any Xbox game
This game was my heart and soul. In mechassault 2 lone wolf I was in the top 5 regularly. All of us in the top 20 eventually ended up knowing each other over hundreds of battles and ended up trading gamertag where we would play 2vs6's and walk out winning by landslides of 20 to 30 kills more due to teamwork and sharing power ups and picking certain targets to go critical when the enemy wasnt paying attention to cause mass chain reaction explosions....
I'm watching this with a tear in my eye!!!!
Fight on mechwarrior!!!!
I was "theCREEPER" I was a great pilot till I took an srm to the knee lol
Are you interested in joining the Discord? No pressure but we do play at least once a week, if you want to get back into it you can, and you don't need an OG Xbox.
@@donavan2517 I have no pc or way to play at all but I'm glad i got to watch you guys have fun playing something that i loved to death.
I do alpha strike these days. I dont do digital gaming anymore. Thank you for offering tho!
Ah, well. You can still watch my entire playlist, or many more done by Bigta1k, Reborn and others. Glad to see you're still passionate.
Would love for Mech Assault 4 to be made on Xbox. Keep the core gameplay of 1 but instead of selecting a whole mech you could select chassis and change its weapons out
That's a little optimistic, we need Mech Assault 3 first.
@@andrewx8888 there was already a MechAssault 3. It was called MechAssault Phantom War
@@daltonburroughs3811No Mechassault 3 was never made. We have concept art though. Phantom War is a different game.
Keep the gameplay of 2. That one was perfect
@@daltonburroughs3811Thats not a Mech Assault 3. Thats like saying Halo: Reach is Halo 4 when it isnt
Mech Assault was my first exposure to the Battletech universe when I was 7.
Couple years went by and stumbled into mechwarrior from one of my friends. I immediately recognized the Madcat and Atlas.
Been playing Mechwarrior ever since.
While I think Mech Warrior and Battletech are superior games to Mech Assault, I miss playing Mech Assault 1 & 2. Plus the story was passable and I wouldn't mind seeing a modernized version of it. Maybe introduce limb destruction and a few other mechanics from Mech Warrior.
This was my first BattleTech title... Played the Demo when I was 4 it came with a demo disc that was with my xbox I got for Christmas in 2001... I still have that xbox and it's modded to play MA online still.
BTW remaking the MA variants in the MW games is really strong.
What a well done video. Love mech assault forever
Your mic keeps fading in and out. Are you moving your head back and forth or is this just bad editting?
My audio quality has never been the best to be honest. It's the combination of a cheap mic and the fact that I have no audio setup in my room at all :/
I first played MechAssault around 2005, I think, saw it in a video rental store and picked it up. And it was fun! Knew nothing about Battletech at the time, thought Mechassault was just a cool video game I was very bad at.
Last year, 2022, a Discord friend convinced me to pick up MechWarrior 5. I absolutely love the combat in that game even if I really don't think the money management systems are at all good (long story, too long for youtube comment) but the name felt familiar. Mechwarrior, wasn't that the player character of MechAssault? Definitely was. And going through longplays to relive the nostalgia was great....
But you know what was even better, now that I had played MechWarrior 5? Seeing all the ways MechAssault simply does NOT care about Battletech mechanics and just makes things up to be as extra as possible. Oh, fusion engines are actually very safe because damage to the reactor will just shut it off harmlessly? Well, let's ignore that and makes mechs EXPLODE in a MASSIVE FIREBALL that chain-reacts if you catch other mechs in it! These babies explode more often than Gundam mooks! And let's throw in a space opera about lost data cores that just cause magic to happen, it's Flash Gordon meets MechaGodzilla all up in here now. It's glorious
ONE thing MA should get kudos for is getting in/ out of your mech! Wish you could do that in MW, like on the fly and even drive other vehicles. Balanced with earning liscences etc.
Interesting that the variations of mechs are based on both their alternate naming and some completely new ones. A new Mech Assault should deepen the gameplay with mech sections getting dmg and blown off, internal structure and armor even. Also have randomness to weapon accuracy and not ALWAYS pin-point and constant alpha strikes. Able to choose different loadouts nicely listed from Sarna as well.
It would still be arcadish gameplay regarding controls
It also deserves credit for integrating combined arms before any MechWarrior game did. Even now none of the mainline titles let the player pilot Tanks and Aircraft, there's only the indie Living Legends project.
As a teen I spent countless hours playing Mechassault 1&2 and I tried to play Mech Warrior 5 a few years ago and it was like playing a completely different game. Unfortunately I didn't really like it, the controls for moving your mech felt VERY clunky compared to MA.
Same I tried to play mechwarrior on gamepass and uninstalled. Way different feel from mechassault
@@xyrusx lol yeah, it's an objectively better game and series.
@@xyrusx I mean mechwarrior by the way. You're just not grown up though for a real simulation
@@yolobathsaltsMechassault is better
@@AdorablePeach23 lmao so confidently incorrect.
Have you guys switched to playing on insignia?? It works great for me
Yes the community has pretty much exclusively switched to insignia for gamenights.
I have played MechWarrior first then both MechAssault
Given the new weapons introduced in the Catalyst Games era of Battletech, and given the MechAssault game mechanics, this is a rough analogue of equivalency weapons to the tabletop:
Energy:
Pulse Laser: X-Pulse Laser or Clan Medium Pulse laser - Good fire rate, attack range is not so restrictive compared to Tabletop IS Medium Pulse Lasers.
Laser: IS ER Large or Clan ER Large Laser - Surprising range.
PPC: Heavy PPC or Clan ER PPC with Capacitor - Charging mechanic for more damage reminds me a lot of PPC Capacitors in advanced rules. The heavy damage they cause to another 'mech means it has to be one of these. Though how an energy weapon gains the streak missile property is just funny.
Still, the blue ball PPC projectiles reminds me a lot of MechWarrior 2.
Ballistic:
Machine Guns: Clan Anti-Personnel Gauss. Fast firing, surprisingly adequate range (Instead of very short ranges like the normal machine guns of the tabletop.)
If using MechWarrior 4 era weapons though, it would be a special Machine Gun Array, which has the damage of Heavy machine guns, but the better range of the Light Machine guns.
Autocannon: LB10-X or LB20-X firing slug ammunition, given their single fire, but quite heavy damage.
Gauss Rifle: Clan Gauss Rifle - The weight savings are absolutely critical to ensure some Mech builds can be done - The Owens "Hackman" variant and the Uziel "Belial" variant really need the weight savings.
Missile weapons:
Crossbow : Clan Streak SRMs - Instant lock on mechanics means these missile should be Streak, using MechWarrior 4 mechanics as a standard.
Javelin Missiles: Clan Streak LRMs
Hammer Missile: Arrow IV artillery missiles that trade away indirect fire capability for more damage.
Special weapons:
Lava Gun: 3 x Plasma Cannons / Plasma Rifles
Flamer: Heavy Flamer with the range of an ER Flamer, which deals BOTH damage and heat at once - Flamers in tabletop can only deal heat OR damage, not both at the same time.
Special Equipment:
Target Jamming: Angel ECM Suite - Breaking all lock capability in MechAssault means that ECM suite has to be able to break streak missile capability - only the Angel ECM from Tabletop can do that.
Null Signature : Needs two tabletop equipment to function: Star League era Null Signature for the inability for locking weapons to track, but also the Chameleon Light Polarisation Shield in order to become functionally invisible to visual and optical detection. Alternately, the Word of Blake Void Signature System is also a possible equipment.
Chaff : Chaff pods, but reusable instead of being a one shot equipment in the tabletop.
It's hard to notice but each powerup for the Autocannon makes it fire an extra shot, up to three round bursts. That's the Ultra AC's gimmick.
A closer analogue to the Hammer Missiles in tabletop is probably those esoteric NARC rounds that stick to the target and wait for a remote detonation signal, the idea being that you stick several of them to one target and then detonate them together to knock the target down.
Really awesome video just stumbled across will definitely check out the discord
Mechassaults movement is way better
So i just played mechwarrior 5 and omg and i disappointed..... coming from mechassault im very sad, what happened to the fast walking action the weapons THE DEATH SOUND ITS ALL GONE
2 vastly diffrent ip's.
Mechwarrior is a tradtional action sim
Assualt is a console mech themed arcade game.
I love both.
I would love mw a bit more if the reactor critical sounds from assualt were replaced.
@@missfire9480
Their the same. They take place in the same universe.
@@tristanbackup2536 mech assault is non canon
@@kanderson772
Where can I find that info? Been asking that myself.
@@tristanbackup2536 Technically it's Apocryphal, as are all mechwarrior videogames
I'm a big fan of Mechwarrior, Battletech. I'll NEVER play MA. Look like poor schoolboys fanfic