A WHOLE LOTTA LORE! - ComStar’s *Outbound Light* expedition reaching Huntress, homeworld of the Smoke Jaguars - Khan Leo Showers kickstarting Operation REVIVAL at the Grand Council. - Bombing of Turtle Bay - Wolf’s Dragoons (is that Jamie and Natasha???) appearing towards the end The 17th can’t come soon enough!
Yeah, I didn't put it past them to include the beginning of REVIVAL, but the inclusion of Turtle Bay actually took me by surprise! I can't wait to see how they actually pull it off.
@@Elit3Nick Huh, I see... I usually don't pay much attention to game trailers and such, preferring to wait for reviews instead - I only made an exception to the character teasers because I'm interested in a clan campaign, especially one that includes REVIVAL.
@@Godwin420 If that is what you think, then you know absolutely *nothing* about the Clans, the sourcebooks -or- the novels. What upset you the most? A big scary black elemental leading the Jaguars? That was Lincoln Osis. I'd suggest you read the Stackpole novels. Women in command? Gender equality is 100% in the Clans. Only ability matters. Differing "racial" ethnotypes, or the admixing of them? Again, read the damn books and source material. Go take your KKK bull elsewhere, stravag.
it's almost a meme like the wilhelms scream, they use it in so many movies. Maybe because for a long time the thrustmaster warthog was the high end sim pilot stick and good enough as a prop.
@@Significantpower No it doesn't. The artwork from the 80s had very different images of what the inside of Battlemech cockpits looked like (and what Mechwarrior outfits and neurohelmets look like). It was the advent of low-budget live-action cutscenes in games like Mechwarrior 4 and Mechcommander that introduced the (to me, rather immersion-breaking) modern-day helmets and controls sticks, because they didn't have the budget to make all-original props for their video cutscenes. They just used unmodified real-world flight helmets and real-world control sticks, and ignored what the sourcebook art had previously established (which in some cases was pretty bad; most of the images of the control sticks in the 80s sourcebooks had one trigger and one button on top, which is a hilariously inefficient layout that was obsolete by the 1940s and well and truly gone with the introduction of the hands-on-controls concept of the 1970s) Neurohelmets aren't supposed to look exactly like modern-day helicopter pilots, and the control sticks in Battlemechs shouldn't be literal 1-to-1 copies of F-16C control sticks. Not even other modern fighter jets, made in the same decade as the F-16, have control sticks identical to the F-16 stick. The contemporary F/A-18 control stick looks completely different, and the Mirage 2000 control stick looks completely different from both of them, and the MiG-29 stick looks nothing like any of the others. So why would a battlemech from 1,000 years in the future have the exact same button layout, down to the precise identical knurling pattern on the four-way switches? It instantly tears away all suspension of disbelief for me; as soon as I see it, I stop thinking "this is a 31st century fusion-powered walking war machine" and just think "oh, what a cheap prop" And, FFS, they don't even have the excuse of budget constraints for FMV for this one, because that entire scene was CGI! They could have made any control stick design they wanted!
@@Honkomedes That's SO LAZY though. Like... you can sculpt and cast an aluminum lost-wax cast custom, bespoke "sci-fi" control stick in a few hours for less cost than buying a TM game controller and pulling it out of the housing to mount in your set. It's not like movies/cutscenes need the buttons to actually be *wired* to anything, the joystick isn't *actually* controlling anything during filming anyway." I mean, I guess it's good enough for the normie audience who has no idea what an F-16 control stick looks like in the first place, but when you're making a game for an audience who are sim gamers with a pretty significant overlap into flight simulator players, chances are *excellent* that they have seen, if not personally own, a TM Warthog.
Saw a comment about "DEI" for the character designs. For those new to this franchise, search for Sven van der Plank's trailer analysis. Sven is the channel that's doing the exhaustive timeline videos for the Battletech universe, if you're a fan of the lore you probably came across his videos already. Anyways, his analysis shows the original pictures and portraits of the established characters (from the novels, source books etc) in comparison to the shots in the trailer, they are very close and faithful to the source material.
How dare you insult your heritage and use a contraction like an inner-sphere Surat!!!.... Speak properly or I will personally see you fall in the Circle of Equals.
I would guess that its more likely to be Jamie Wolf himself. And if that is a wolfs dragoons uniform shes wearing then that has to be The Black Widow. Both of which suggest a long story arc in universe timeline.
@@robertmac8287 The reason I thought of him being Mackenzie Wolf is because Jaime Wolf would have been 70 years old by 3050 and this guy looks definitely younger. Anyways, let's see, maybe this is a flashback of sorts.
@@CatHunterBazooka Clan biotech can extend human lives far beyond what is possible now or would be in the inner sphere at the time. as a side effect of their attempts to make the perfect warrior they kinda defeated aging. on the other hand can culture would look down on making yourself look younger but it would maybe be deemed acceptable is you are considered important enough
Theres TONS of potentiale! More Clans even IS factions like FRR to play as in DLCs, more features, more mechs more of EVERYTHING!!! Im though, carefully optimistic but its damn hard not to be hyped! I let me be hyped, its been RARE regarding games the past two decades😂
Meh. I actually hated what they showed of the space warfare portion here. Aerotech makes it *explicitly clear* that space combat in the Battletech universe is done under Newtonian physics (IE, the ships shouldn't be pointing the direction they're traveling most of the time, and should have to spin around to reorient the main engines every time they want to maneuver). Battletech space combat should look like space combat in The Expanse, not Star Wars. And the jump-in scene in this trailer had the ships WAAAAAY too close to each other, because they're just simply ignoring the interference range of the KF-drive; you *can't* have ships jumping in and out that close to each other, because the KF drive will cause interference that induces a misjump and destroys the jumpship. IIRC, it's supposed to be *thousands* of kilometers between jump drives to avoid the interference.
@@shepardpolska the warships themselves were lost in the first and second succession wars and the ability to build them was blasted by nukes or stolen by ComStar
Well, to be fair, the Clans way of warring tends to be limited, not total. Clans do prefer not to destroy infrastructure and kill civilians, though, there are exceptions, it is heavily looked down upon by most Clans
Meh. Very little gameplay footage, and what there was, wasn't terribly impressive even compared to earlier gameplay footage in previous MW5:clans promo material. Too much quick-cut jumps from character to character, event to event with too little visual storytelling actually linking together a coherent narrative of what's being shown. The MW3 opening video was much more tightly cut.
Holy crap I'm giggling out of excitement for this. A series that I grew up with just got a massive upgrade. Great job piranha, great trailer. And I did not expect that Leo showers cameo, well done.
@@michaelaantonius6876 Mercs with mods even more awesome, as we know. Including new mission types and other fun new mechanics too. And then have the "only 300" problem. But it's open world and suitable to lots of play (not even replay if you don't want) and lots of modding ops. Clans...will have a story and end, seems. Dependent on PGI for further content? Dunno. Like you say "Hope I get my money's worth from Clans." Me too! Should be good, but not expecting Mercs good, in sum.
@@luigi2396 Natasha wanted to die saving her Clan from the Crusader ideology by Vlad Ward. Joanna was always a Tool for Ward's Plots as her stupid brother. And the Crusader Wolves existed because Ward and Joanna. Ward is possibly the Starscream of Clan Wolf over the entire Refusal War and later He dabbling and being controlled by the Devil Herself which was Krazy Kat Steiner.
@@Bitterman5868 Natasha died fighting a better warrior. Her last name did her no favors and she did not live up to that great name. Sadly Clan wolf went about everything the wrong way as the so called good clan and also was responsible for the Wolf Dragoons and those traitors. Funny though the crusaders are what the galaxy needed. People don’t unite under a protector but they unite when their lives as a collective are threatened.
@@luigi2396 True, as Joanna was solahma and not even bloodnamed. Johanna was also piloting a smaller less prestigious machine when she disposed of Natasha. LOL how did you want your Kerensky, was that original recipe or EXTRA CRISPY?
Nope. This looks like the kind of movie trailer I'd stand in line for on launch day. These folks didn't just listen to the criticism of MW5 Merc's story being kinda bland, they threw every ounce of talent and lore they could find at it. This is EASILY the most realistic representation of what the clans were supposed to be like I've seen on a screen, well, ever.
Even the Clanners' lower caste freebirths probably 'look weird'. They're genetically and culturally 'removed' from the rest of Humanity by a few hundred years.
Much want, much joy! Imagine if we could get in/ out of our mechs with small arms guns with us. Also helps ALOT of get a sense of scale, size comparisons of mechs, buildings etc. Im all for maximum immersion details like that. Along eith cockpit armor glass cracks, HUD customization options galore, sounds thats fitting the different stomps of different mechs, weapon sounds, cockpit effects with dynamic damage and alarm bells etc
@@odinulveson9101 man I’d love all that but this one has to be a success and maybe we get those quality of life additions in future titles. Definitely needs challenges and duels.
I gasped when Cordera said fire everything. We will witness Turtle Bay being glassed and I think there's foreshadowing of ilKhan Leo getting kamikazed. EDIT: Thanks JanJansen985 for the correction.
@@ElBandito Nah that was just a Union class dropship, IlKhan Leo Showers was on the bridge of the Dire wolf when he got spaced, which was a warship with a long, blocky bow.
@@RSColddawg Looks like the suit is Black/Red, but that only further confirms that it is Natasha, given her preferred stylings. A 70+ redhead Clan pilot? Can only be the one.
Holy crap the acting and cutscenes are amazing, finally we have the breakthrough Mechwarrior story telling from the books from 4 decades ago FINALLY HERE. I can't wait to play it!
@@Godwin420 Dumbass, all the canon characters are exactly like they were in the 90s. And the Clans have always been a diverse society, because what matters is combat prowess, not skin color or sex. GTFO tourist.
@@kryptonianguest1903 don't worry, this is like the 3rd thread he's gone on about DEI this and DEI that...(which shows he knows nothing about Mechwarrior lore. just see's women, and different colors and rails duh DEI doh !!! ) LOL what a clown 🤡
I've been Battletech games fan since 1994... Now the 30 years circle comes to an end... Or... Maybe new beginning? I started from "Battletech" on SMD system, where I controlled Timber Wolf (Mad Cat). "Are we go for invasion?" No doubt, MechCommander (1998) reference. I'm going to buy digital collectors edition!
How dare you insult your heritage and use a contraction like an inner-sphere Surat!!!.... Speak properly or I will personally see you fall in the Circle of Equals. LOL I cannot wait either.
They are flexing their lore knowledge along with their updated graphics. They have reached nav point Alpha now get us on that damn drop ship I have a blood name to earn!
@@bombomosI liked MW2 soundtrack the most. “Atmospheric” soundtrack gave it a real gritty vibe also made you feel the gravity of the situations you were in.
Theres redemption for all dev studios. PGI have stumbled hard before. But they are actually one of the more transparent, community driven and lore+canon respectful devs out there! Of course there are those that WANT PGI to fail so it can satisfy their sadistic glee, so called " fans " my a$$. No matter if they do think what PGI have done, they will never admit it. Because they cant fathom that devs are fans too and things CAN change for the better! No they want to fester in toxic echo chambers in sewers with satisfaction of harmful critisism, not constructive critisism🤪
OK so the 362nd Assault Cluster, Beta Galaxy. I would expect Battles for the following Santander's world in the Periphery Turtle Bay (if you dont know that world i dont want to know you) Courchevel. Luthien. Tukayyid. With Wolfs Dragoons appearing in the video it could suggest the story having you captured at Luthien and taken by wolfs dragoons.... Thats very interesting. And I salute the people who redesigned the warships and jumpships, You both honoured the original designs and managed to update there looks at the same time a job that would have been no easy task to do. But i thank you for doing it that way rather than complete new designs. Thank you.
Luthien! What a glorious victory! Just thinking about the attack of the First Genyosha or the Dragon Claws under Takashi sends a pleasant shiver down my spine.
As a veteran of the liberation of the planet of Port Arthur from Mechcommander, I can’t wait to see what makes a Smoke Jaguar tick! -Lieutenant Christopher Sitwell, 1st Davion Guards.
@@marsar1775 Oh I know, I'm a House Liao player. Sometimes it is fun to be the baddies, but I hold a particular distaste for the Clans and doubly so for the Jags and Falcons.
I mean, it's not all that different from playing clan Green Turkey in MW2, really. ...what's funny in retrospect is that Mechwarrior 2 was my introduction to the Battletech universe, and, having no external game of reference, the game actually did a good enough job of making the Turkeys sound reasonable that I actually thought they were Good Guys. ....and I later actually read more about the universe when I started playing the miniatures game, and realized they were basically nazis. Who used the same kind of internal propaganda telling themselves that they were justified in their invasion, as the actual nazis used.
@bronco5334 I get it, MW2 was my first introduction to the setting as well. Out of all the current clans Ghost Bear is my favorite, coming in strong right behind Wolverine. I mean, there are no true good guys in Battletech. The closest you get are mercenary bands just trying to survive and Solaris Jocks. The Chimney Kittens and Green Turkies bug me more than the others. The more you read, the more you learn, can't blame a kid for liking the boss looking green bird of prey carrying a katana in its claws emblem. It's just what it is. I'm still going to play the game with enthusiasm, just not going to be upset when I watch other Jag warriors perish.
Get real. Everyone knows what it was. Not even you can deny what happened. Or maybe you can, I don't know. Certainly I can tell with my own eyes, though. In case you missed it, millions died at Edo. Definitely a bit sus if you ask me. Everyone can use their own judgment, though.
@@roguishpaladin What happened to Edo was not best move but not forget that its Draconis Combine fault at first. Clanners were in shock because of terrorist attacks and thinked they must stop Kurita from using this at any cost.
Goddamn, but this looks incredibly good. MW5 was a blast after a couple of updates/DLCs but the story was always its weakest point, which was a shame because there's just so much lore in the BT universe. Someone was listening. All the trailers for MW5 Clans look like the devs kept everything that worked in Mercenaries, and then just decided to take the clan invasion and make a goddamn movie out of it. If this is as good as it looks to be, and everything I have seen shows that it just might be, this will end up being the best representation of the clans we've ever seen on screen anywhere. It all seems to be there: the fanaticism, the almost alien culture, the brutality, the honor. All of it. They're actually intimidating and scary in these trailers, just like they were presented to be in the books. This is the kind of thing gamers want, right here: good games, good stories, and a respect for the source material.
Is that the MFing DIRE WOLF that you can see at 0:41!? 1:09 hmmm. 0:45 Rifleman doing Rifleman things!? 0:49 Severen Leroux in the background? 1:17 Elementals! 1:32 poor Edo I'm guessing. 1:54 a few people with EI implants!? 1:57 ...dude what!?
@@alessiogiovannetti513 Enhanced Imaging. Helps the mechwarriors who have it fight better. But it slowly messes up your brain and you die in your 20s, maybe early-30s. So, it's not a popular upgrade.
@@kryptonianguest1903 I CAN SEE WHY, WHOA, WTF, WHO IS MAD ENOUGH TO BUTCHER THEMSELVES AND INSTALLING IN THEM A GLORIFIED COMPUTER THAT HAS THE PERK OF FRYING THEIR BRAIN?
@@TheMilitantNerd What would really be cool is a combined-arms game in the vein of Battlefield or Planetside that's all Battletech. Have the opening be Tukayyid like the opening of Battlefield 1.
I was always hyped for the game but holy crap this looks amazing you guys really went above and beyond with the cut scenes looks like we get a few boss fights too looks awesome
I've been following Mechwarrior since before i was a teenage!!! And this I am excited for!! Planning to live stream on twitch on launch day!! My knowledge of Mechwarrior is vast and Im looking forward to FINALLY playing as a Clanner!
You should, MW3 was good from a story/lore perspective. MW4 Vengeance Had its charms and told a fair but all to common story, MW4 BK was just all kinds of messed up and retconned the story from MW4 Veng. MW4 Mercs was weak on story but introduced us to Duncan Fisher so it was not a complete bust. MW5 Mercs Vanilla was MEH on story, but the DLC's really brought it all to life with all the lore based content like lore accurate battles and fighting in the 4th succession war, War of 3039, and the Rasalhague fight for independence.
i just recently fell in love with my ebon jaguar in MWO sooo this free worlds league pilot is ready to commit warcrimes ... in the name of smoke jaguar (god dang that game made me appreciate a whole lot of chassis) ... still want my orion dammit! don't care if it's a 2nd line mech >:(
*sigh* Instead of replying to every person who makes these remarks… these characters (Leo Showers and Sarah Weaver) have been canonically black for decades. And if you don’t like the whole “girl boss” thing, then I recommend not reading any BattleTech fiction at all, especially about the Clans. The character Falconer Joanna would upset you for sure, among many others.
The Witcher games are basically fan fiction compared to the books and yet they are highly rated games, goes to show you that the average person doesnt care as long as they are good (and if they suck then people will blame WOKE/DEI lmao)
@@MrTBSC Definetly. I'm extremely curious as to how the writers end this story. Part of the reason I thought picking Smoke Jaguar, the 'doomed clan', was an excellent choice narrative-wise.
PGI, you are one of the old developers, you fought and held 'alone' for a decade never, for one meter straying to far from the recipe of greatness and now you bring this masterpiece in animations cgi beyond the great game. No doubt you hired some talented new devs, i wish you a long and fruitful life.
This gives me vibes from back in the day, when graphics were shit and so video game makers mastered the art of the intro and the cutscene to drive a captivating narrative. I'm loving every second of this trailer.
can't wait for this.... But I had to smirk when a professional who is bred for war and only war talking about neighbours and their never ending war..... Like the Clan space is so peaceful.....
Clans having a caste system compared to the destruction of civilization who has no law the clans see this as if the rest of the world ended up in chaos. They left a world where a single empire ruled the entire galaxy only to face a galaxy in factions and "houses" and sections of "companies" doing whatever it wants while the clans saw it as such regions fallen into darkness had to be restored into civilization.
Oh shit!!! So the Sabre Cat is in the game.... and that line "Fire everything" followed by shots from space. I think were gonna see the orbital bombardment of Turtle bay!
I'm really hoping this is going to be a brutal tragedy. Them showing the outbound light makes me think this might happen. All those people saying "my loyalty" or "bad guys". Yes. Don't you want a front row seat to the implosion of the worst clan (tm)? Watch your character either double down and earn an inglorious death either at Luthien or Tukkayid or perhaps take a stand and be rejected by their clan for having the temerity to not be a lying hypocritcal butcher? Fingers crossed that's what we get.
They are definitely showing the massacre and the fallout. When one of them says the world is pacified that refers to the world being left a smoking ruin.
The facial animations are a gigantic leap from MW5. I remember Elias Toufexis' character didn't even have lip movement in the release version, it got added later. And the other two characters were mostly statues. This, holy cow, did this improve a lot.
@@batchallbro The ship ramming I think is the correct type, but you are right that the ship being rammed isnt the one Leo should be on, which is the Dire Wolf not the Sabre Cat right?
Thanks for bringing this on my birthday :D Best gift for many many years. I started my Mech Warrior carrier with MW2 and since then, i played every game. I also palyed MWO for a long time and i loved MW5:Mercs. Cant wait to get my hands on some shiny Clantech
I have to know if this has sim controls or arcade controls like mech assault. Damn it looks good. Leo Showers! Sarah Weaver! Cordera Perez! Everyone looks and sounds so good!
Same controls MW games have always had, just properly integrated for mouse control, so it feel snappier than older MW games. Hook up a stick and you can play as clunky as you want.
I have only recently started into the actual Mechwarrior setting, but I have been a Wolf's Dragoon since MechAssault. That game was my window into the universe that Battletech has, and the lore surrounding them as a whole has been eye-opening. Seeing the Wolf's Dragoons logo towards the end on that guys uniform made me so happy, and even more so, the fact that the Elementals are finally coming into the gameplay again blew my expectations out. Those suits were always cool. Bring the invasion. I'll tolerate being a Smoke Jaguar if it means fighting in the presence of the Dragoons.
@phelanwolf6747 I'm still digging through the lore, but regardless, I remember reading they were a scouting party for the clans undercover to gain resources and info, but eventually turned on the clans in support for the inner sphere.
![MECHWARRIOR 5 CLANS Game Movie [CUTSCENES ONLY]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/AlCoqP_boRw/mqdefault.jpg)
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Technically it is COMSTAR fault the Clans came into the Inner Sphere.
hell yeah
Override engaged.
@@mikecampos1193 ComStar did more damage to the Inner Sphere than any other faction in the setting. Tukayidd was an exception
A WHOLE LOTTA LORE!
- ComStar’s *Outbound Light* expedition reaching Huntress, homeworld of the Smoke Jaguars
- Khan Leo Showers kickstarting Operation REVIVAL at the Grand Council.
- Bombing of Turtle Bay
- Wolf’s Dragoons (is that Jamie and Natasha???) appearing towards the end
The 17th can’t come soon enough!
Didn't Natasha and others rejoin Clan Wolf? Is that why we see CWS Dire Wolf at 0:41 maybe?
@@RSColddawg Natasha rejoined, although I'm not sure if any other Dragoons rejoined alongside her.
Yeah, I didn't put it past them to include the beginning of REVIVAL, but the inclusion of Turtle Bay actually took me by surprise! I can't wait to see how they actually pull it off.
@@bruhurb848 We got teased with the glassing of Turtle Bay during one of the first trailers.
@@Elit3Nick Huh, I see... I usually don't pay much attention to game trailers and such, preferring to wait for reviews instead - I only made an exception to the character teasers because I'm interested in a clan campaign, especially one that includes REVIVAL.
Oh god, I am so hyped. I cannot wait.
Love your videos man. Some Clans Lore soon?
You're telling me. MadCat wants us in the Project Winter War team to do a full playthrough in coop
🥳🥳
Usually I critizise every bt product.. But I am hyped too.. STRAVAGS...... SEYLA
@@Elit3Nickmadcat 529 drops smoke jaguar lore video in a few hours
So many insanely major lore points in this trailer, all beautifully animated. I can’t wait to experience them all first hand!
Like the Sabre Cat and the outcome of Turtle Bay. If you know you know. :P
It will be a blast! Mostly for Turtle Bay, but hey!
It seems like PGI took it EXTREMELY personally when people complained about the story and character animation in Mercenaries.
Holy fuck, dude.
For sure... they bent the knee to DEI. 😆
@@Godwin420 Are things going okay dude? Do u need a hug?
I'd rather they spend their budget on the gameplay than the cutscenes... PGI isnt AAA, they can't do both without some serious compromises.
@@Godwin420 Bro, this the wrong fandom to bring that beef.
@@Godwin420 If that is what you think, then you know absolutely *nothing* about the Clans, the sourcebooks -or- the novels. What upset you the most?
A big scary black elemental leading the Jaguars?
That was Lincoln Osis. I'd suggest you read the Stackpole novels.
Women in command?
Gender equality is 100% in the Clans. Only ability matters.
Differing "racial" ethnotypes, or the admixing of them?
Again, read the damn books and source material.
Go take your KKK bull elsewhere, stravag.
1:51 Proof that the F-16/A-10 joystick will be used a thousand years from now
Battletech deliberately keeps that aesthetic for it's technology. It's hyped advanced but still looks like turn of the millennium stuff at best
it's almost a meme like the wilhelms scream, they use it in so many movies. Maybe because for a long time the thrustmaster warthog was the high end sim pilot stick and good enough as a prop.
@@Significantpower No it doesn't. The artwork from the 80s had very different images of what the inside of Battlemech cockpits looked like (and what Mechwarrior outfits and neurohelmets look like). It was the advent of low-budget live-action cutscenes in games like Mechwarrior 4 and Mechcommander that introduced the (to me, rather immersion-breaking) modern-day helmets and controls sticks, because they didn't have the budget to make all-original props for their video cutscenes. They just used unmodified real-world flight helmets and real-world control sticks, and ignored what the sourcebook art had previously established (which in some cases was pretty bad; most of the images of the control sticks in the 80s sourcebooks had one trigger and one button on top, which is a hilariously inefficient layout that was obsolete by the 1940s and well and truly gone with the introduction of the hands-on-controls concept of the 1970s)
Neurohelmets aren't supposed to look exactly like modern-day helicopter pilots, and the control sticks in Battlemechs shouldn't be literal 1-to-1 copies of F-16C control sticks. Not even other modern fighter jets, made in the same decade as the F-16, have control sticks identical to the F-16 stick. The contemporary F/A-18 control stick looks completely different, and the Mirage 2000 control stick looks completely different from both of them, and the MiG-29 stick looks nothing like any of the others.
So why would a battlemech from 1,000 years in the future have the exact same button layout, down to the precise identical knurling pattern on the four-way switches?
It instantly tears away all suspension of disbelief for me; as soon as I see it, I stop thinking "this is a 31st century fusion-powered walking war machine" and just think "oh, what a cheap prop"
And, FFS, they don't even have the excuse of budget constraints for FMV for this one, because that entire scene was CGI! They could have made any control stick design they wanted!
@@Honkomedes That's SO LAZY though. Like... you can sculpt and cast an aluminum lost-wax cast custom, bespoke "sci-fi" control stick in a few hours for less cost than buying a TM game controller and pulling it out of the housing to mount in your set. It's not like movies/cutscenes need the buttons to actually be *wired* to anything, the joystick isn't *actually* controlling anything during filming anyway."
I mean, I guess it's good enough for the normie audience who has no idea what an F-16 control stick looks like in the first place, but when you're making a game for an audience who are sim gamers with a pretty significant overlap into flight simulator players, chances are *excellent* that they have seen, if not personally own, a TM Warthog.
@@bronco5334 Who cares?
Saw a comment about "DEI" for the character designs. For those new to this franchise, search for Sven van der Plank's trailer analysis. Sven is the channel that's doing the exhaustive timeline videos for the Battletech universe, if you're a fan of the lore you probably came across his videos already. Anyways, his analysis shows the original pictures and portraits of the established characters (from the novels, source books etc) in comparison to the shots in the trailer, they are very close and faithful to the source material.
People commenting “DEI” are tourists.
Mechwarrior 2 vet over here, can’t wait for this!
Kinda the same for me. Started with the ghost bear expac
Same. MW2M was my first experience in BT and been going strong since
Same. I am so ready for this.
Am sad, only played the downgraded ps1 version.
But I am dying to fight for Clan Wolf again
yeah, I haven't been this stoked for a Mechwarrior game since Ghost Bear's Legacy
"Are we go for invasion?" THE MECHCOMMANDER REFERENCE THOUGH
I KNOW RIGHT?!?!
TOUCHDOWN IN 1:31. 1:30. 1:29. 1:28...
Great, now I want another MechCommander. Nice job!
I LOVED those games!!!
@@faekaloderbondageclown7789 Me too. HBS Battletech isn't quite the same, so I really want a MechCommander 3.
This is like a full blown movie. Just returned to mw5 two days ago and I can't wait
Welcome back! Now drop n do 100 push ups
How dare you insult your heritage and use a contraction like an inner-sphere Surat!!!.... Speak properly or I will personally see you fall in the Circle of Equals.
Time to launch the MWU
Alright, so I'm seeing several notable BT characters here:
1. Leo Showers 0:32
2. Possibly (?) Mackenzie Wolf 1:57
3. Possibly (?) Natasha Kerensky 2:05
If the star gets absorbed by the Sue clan, they gain the plot armor to appear in another game.
I would guess that its more likely to be Jamie Wolf himself.
And if that is a wolfs dragoons uniform shes wearing then that has to be The Black Widow.
Both of which suggest a long story arc in universe timeline.
@@robertmac8287 The reason I thought of him being Mackenzie Wolf is because Jaime Wolf would have been 70 years old by 3050 and this guy looks definitely younger.
Anyways, let's see, maybe this is a flashback of sorts.
How old do u think natasha is in this trailer?
@@CatHunterBazooka Clan biotech can extend human lives far beyond what is possible now or would be in the inner sphere at the time. as a side effect of their attempts to make the perfect warrior they kinda defeated aging. on the other hand can culture would look down on making yourself look younger but it would maybe be deemed acceptable is you are considered important enough
The lore alone will have enough DLC material for years to come.
I would love a revisit of the refusal war from mech 2 using these modern story elements and game engine
Twycross !!!
Theres TONS of potentiale! More Clans even IS factions like FRR to play as in DLCs, more features, more mechs more of EVERYTHING!!!
Im though, carefully optimistic but its damn hard not to be hyped! I let me be hyped, its been RARE regarding games the past two decades😂
Imagine if we got a DLC that covers the Battle of Huntress... oh my god, that would be the magnum opus.
@@DimensionX-9 Or imagine the Battle of Tukayyid - that the Clan can actually win.
ACTUAL, FULLY RENDERED DROPSHIP BATTLES IN CINEMATICS? I'VE WAITED SO LONG
this makes me wish PGI gets some volition veterans for a Freespace style SLDF era Aerospacefighter spinoff
@@MrTBSC that would be incredible yes please
@@MrTBSC YASSSS
@@MrTBSC I would straight mainline that shit
Meh. I actually hated what they showed of the space warfare portion here. Aerotech makes it *explicitly clear* that space combat in the Battletech universe is done under Newtonian physics (IE, the ships shouldn't be pointing the direction they're traveling most of the time, and should have to spin around to reorient the main engines every time they want to maneuver). Battletech space combat should look like space combat in The Expanse, not Star Wars.
And the jump-in scene in this trailer had the ships WAAAAAY too close to each other, because they're just simply ignoring the interference range of the KF-drive; you *can't* have ships jumping in and out that close to each other, because the KF drive will cause interference that induces a misjump and destroys the jumpship. IIRC, it's supposed to be *thousands* of kilometers between jump drives to avoid the interference.
‘Their never ending wars’ ironic coming from the most extreme warrior culture in the setting
The Clans are nothing if not hypocritical, lol.
Also I wonder how since Inner Sphere lost almost all of their warships along with the shipyards to build more
@@shepardpolska the warships themselves were lost in the first and second succession wars and the ability to build them was blasted by nukes or stolen by ComStar
Well, to be fair, the Clans way of warring tends to be limited, not total. Clans do prefer not to destroy infrastructure and kill civilians, though, there are exceptions, it is heavily looked down upon by most Clans
@@MrWheelman82 which explains why the clans would’ve ultimately lost in the long run even without tukkyiad
This was one of if not the best mechwarrior trailer i have ever seen
@DD-zh4by i am sorry that you do not have enough left of the inner child to enjoy big stompy robots shooting laser beams at other giant stompy robots
@DD-zh4by Silly rabbit. You thought you were looking at the game, but you were actually looking in the mirror.
Meh. Very little gameplay footage, and what there was, wasn't terribly impressive even compared to earlier gameplay footage in previous MW5:clans promo material.
Too much quick-cut jumps from character to character, event to event with too little visual storytelling actually linking together a coherent narrative of what's being shown.
The MW3 opening video was much more tightly cut.
It was good, but my heart belongs to MW3's trailer
Keep throwing money at the screen and nothing happens. Comstar must be blocking presales and preloads.
HPG link seems to have been cut or scrambled. 😢
PGI seems to have not paid the HPG bills
@@electrohalo8798 Can't blame them. CS has been suppressing a Clans update for thirty years.
"Space AT&T!"
Holy crap I'm giggling out of excitement for this. A series that I grew up with just got a massive upgrade. Great job piranha, great trailer. And I did not expect that Leo showers cameo, well done.
1:16 That elemental looks good. Hoping for more proper combined arms in future games.
Go in as a star of elementals supporting other mech stars
Check out the one at 1:26 actually doing the thing. Mid left screen flaming like a badass!
@@luigi2396 I think that is another mech in the background, but im not 100% sure. I hope you are right
I always wanted to control tanks in Batteltech games but so far it has only really been possible through mods ^^
Jesus, looks like Mercenaries walked so Clans could run lol
Mercs was awesome. Have like 300 hours in it lol... Hope I can get my money's worth from Clans.
@@michaelaantonius6876 Mercs with mods even more awesome, as we know. Including new mission types and other fun new mechanics too. And then have the "only 300" problem.
But it's open world and suitable to lots of play (not even replay if you don't want) and lots of modding ops.
Clans...will have a story and end, seems. Dependent on PGI for further content?
Dunno. Like you say "Hope I get my money's worth from Clans." Me too! Should be good, but not expecting Mercs good, in sum.
Run? This thing looks to already be in orbit!
Now for the Filthy clanners .
A true statement here. ^
Solo story-driven campaign with awesome progression & very good-looking cutscenes!? This is a gem 😮
Ok. I'm usually skeptical with trailers... but this was one well cut and produced trailer. Well done!
Everyone is gangsta until Natasha Kerensky shows up.
Except Joanna who literally cooked Natasha in her cockpit lol
@@luigi2396 Natasha wanted to die saving her Clan from the Crusader ideology by Vlad Ward.
Joanna was always a Tool for Ward's Plots as her stupid brother.
And the Crusader Wolves existed because Ward and Joanna.
Ward is possibly the Starscream of Clan Wolf over the entire Refusal War and later He dabbling and being controlled by the Devil Herself which was Krazy Kat Steiner.
@@Bitterman5868 Natasha died fighting a better warrior. Her last name did her no favors and she did not live up to that great name. Sadly Clan wolf went about everything the wrong way as the so called good clan and also was responsible for the Wolf Dragoons and those traitors. Funny though the crusaders are what the galaxy needed. People don’t unite under a protector but they unite when their lives as a collective are threatened.
@@luigi2396 True, as Joanna was solahma and not even bloodnamed. Johanna was also piloting a smaller less prestigious machine when she disposed of Natasha. LOL how did you want your Kerensky, was that original recipe or EXTRA CRISPY?
@@luigi2396with all respect to Joanna, she wasn't a better warrior. She was about to lose the duel and only a desperate and smart gamble saved her :)
Am I the only one who thinks that THIS could be the trailer for the most EPIC Battletech TV show EVER!?!
Nope. This looks like the kind of movie trailer I'd stand in line for on launch day. These folks didn't just listen to the criticism of MW5 Merc's story being kinda bland, they threw every ounce of talent and lore they could find at it. This is EASILY the most realistic representation of what the clans were supposed to be like I've seen on a screen, well, ever.
Sometimes I forget that clanners don't just look like Saturday morning cartoon villains. I blame the mech warrior show for that
They did look "odd" in the source books. Not sure if it was all Clan, or just Trueborn.
You dare refuse my batchall! 😂
would a nice hommage if we get some mini story DLC .. setting in Sommerset do! but i reckon that to much to ask for lol like litterly ! but still .
Even the Clanners' lower caste freebirths probably 'look weird'. They're genetically and culturally 'removed' from the rest of Humanity by a few hundred years.
The Elementals and Protomech pilots look pretty sinister. The Trueborn aerospace pilots should look odd with big eyes and small stature...
The Elemental at 1:16 well done well done now give me Elimentals on the field
Much want, much joy! Imagine if we could get in/ out of our mechs with small arms guns with us. Also helps ALOT of get a sense of scale, size comparisons of mechs, buildings etc. Im all for maximum immersion details like that. Along eith cockpit armor glass cracks, HUD customization options galore, sounds thats fitting the different stomps of different mechs, weapon sounds, cockpit effects with dynamic damage and alarm bells etc
I would prefer Elementals, myself.
@@odinulveson9101 man I’d love all that but this one has to be a success and maybe we get those quality of life additions in future titles. Definitely needs challenges and duels.
@@DisgruntledDoomer agreed. One thing at a time
Thank goodness. We've had Elementals in a Mech Warrior game since MW3: Pirare Moon and MW4: Mercenaries.
I will see you on the field of honor, brothers.
Seyla!
I gasped when Cordera said fire everything. We will witness Turtle Bay being glassed and I think there's foreshadowing of ilKhan Leo getting kamikazed.
EDIT: Thanks JanJansen985 for the correction.
Leo Showers
@@JanJansen985 oh wait, thanks. I got my Jaguar Khans mixed up!
Wasn't 0:38 the kamikaze that took him out?
@@ElBandito yeah later on in the war
@@ElBandito Nah that was just a Union class dropship, IlKhan Leo Showers was on the bridge of the Dire wolf when he got spaced, which was a warship with a long, blocky bow.
HOLY HELL THE LORE NERDS ARE FANGASMING SO HARD RN OMG!!
Yes we do!
absolutely we are.
30 Yr wait. Can u blame them? :P
I just wish we see Tyra do her thing. GLORY TO RASALHAGUE
@@CallsignYukiMizukiWhat glory? Your state was reduced to a handful of systems.
2:05 IS THAT NATASHA KERENSKY!
REAL I THOUGHT THAT TOO
Only if that's the Clan Wolf MechWarrior combat suit.
I’m going to whig out if I get to fight alongside a kerensky
@@ben2741 By the blood of the great father!
@@RSColddawg
Looks like the suit is Black/Red, but that only further confirms that it is Natasha, given her preferred stylings. A 70+ redhead Clan pilot? Can only be the one.
Holy crap the acting and cutscenes are amazing, finally we have the breakthrough Mechwarrior story telling from the books from 4 decades ago FINALLY HERE. I can't wait to play it!
The DEI story is... amazing? Meh.
@@Godwin420 go away tourist.
@@Godwin420 Dumbass, all the canon characters are exactly like they were in the 90s. And the Clans have always been a diverse society, because what matters is combat prowess, not skin color or sex. GTFO tourist.
@@Godwin420 All the characters match their descriptions from the 80s and 90s.
@@kryptonianguest1903 don't worry, this is like the 3rd thread he's gone on about DEI this and DEI that...(which shows he knows nothing about Mechwarrior lore. just see's women, and different colors and rails duh DEI doh !!! ) LOL what a clown 🤡
My birthday is on the 17th. This is truly the best birthday gift ever
Fu k yea!
Thats gonna be an epic birthday!
Me too!
Same with me
my birthday was on the 3rd :( i was very excited lol
Smoke Jaguar: When you want to save the inner sphere by wiping out everyone that lives there.
Hence the reason why they are the most ruthless clan of all of them, except for some exceptions in game that I am not going to spoil you of course.🤙🏻
I've been Battletech games fan since 1994... Now the 30 years circle comes to an end... Or... Maybe new beginning? I started from "Battletech" on SMD system, where I controlled Timber Wolf (Mad Cat).
"Are we go for invasion?"
No doubt, MechCommander (1998) reference.
I'm going to buy digital collectors edition!
Thanks 4 the insight. Love it
imo the new beginning was already there with MW:O, then build up with MW5 Mercs and now i am positive that it will take off with Clans
That trailer sent chills down my spine! I can't wait for Thursday 🤘
How dare you insult your heritage and use a contraction like an inner-sphere Surat!!!.... Speak properly or I will personally see you fall in the Circle of Equals. LOL I cannot wait either.
0:30 - IlKhan Leo Showers in the flesh!! AT LAST!
Ohh man, been playing since mw2, and this looks on par with those games. The characters are from the book description. Can't wait.
They are flexing their lore knowledge along with their updated graphics. They have reached nav point Alpha now get us on that damn drop ship I have a blood name to earn!
Let's Go!
\o/
You have no idea how much i want to play this. It looks so incredibly well done.
My clanner heart has never been more satisfied this year than it has been for decades. The hype is *palpable.*
Music got an upgrade to be sure
Just in case anyone doesn’t know. The song was Operation Take Over by Mark Petrie….been on my Pandora a lot :).
I liked the music in 5
@@bombomosI liked MW2 soundtrack the most. “Atmospheric” soundtrack gave it a real gritty vibe also made you feel the gravity of the situations you were in.
@@bombomos I hate music from MW5:Mercs. Extremely boring metal.
@@evgeniydragondogya gets old. It’s not a game that it suits. Its to grounded in reality to be hearing head bangers. Gimmie an original soundtrack
PGI have outdone yourselves! You can feel the passion put into this game! I am HYPED
Theres redemption for all dev studios. PGI have stumbled hard before. But they are actually one of the more transparent, community driven and lore+canon respectful devs out there! Of course there are those that WANT PGI to fail so it can satisfy their sadistic glee, so called " fans " my a$$. No matter if they do think what PGI have done, they will never admit it. Because they cant fathom that devs are fans too and things CAN change for the better! No they want to fester in toxic echo chambers in sewers with satisfaction of harmful critisism, not constructive critisism🤪
OK so the 362nd Assault Cluster, Beta Galaxy. I would expect Battles for the following
Santander's world in the Periphery
Turtle Bay (if you dont know that world i dont want to know you)
Courchevel.
Luthien.
Tukayyid.
With Wolfs Dragoons appearing in the video it could suggest the story having you captured at Luthien and taken by wolfs dragoons.... Thats very interesting.
And I salute the people who redesigned the warships and jumpships, You both honoured the original designs and managed to update there looks at the same time a job that would have been no easy task to do. But i thank you for doing it that way rather than complete new designs. Thank you.
Oh god, Tukayyid. Objective: SURVIVE.
Luthien! What a glorious victory! Just thinking about the attack of the First Genyosha or the Dragon Claws under Takashi sends a pleasant shiver down my spine.
@@GhaleonStrifespoiler: you will not survive
@@alessiogiovannetti513 Oh, I know. I'm hoping they have the stones to actually pull it off.
@@GhaleonStrife it will be a veritable massacre in all senses
The trailer is epic!
Can't wait for the tests and reviews. Let's hope the gameplay delivers and is bugfree...
As a veteran of the liberation of the planet of Port Arthur from Mechcommander, I can’t wait to see what makes a Smoke Jaguar tick!
-Lieutenant Christopher Sitwell, 1st Davion Guards.
It's going to make my skin crawl to play as a Smoked Jaguar, but I'm glad we're getting this villainous story done justice. It looks so good.
sometimes its fun to be the baddies. besides, we get to fight kurita and their FASCIST regime 😂
@@marsar1775 I predict now, Galaxy Commander Perez is the character who is gonna get his dialogue turned into memes
@@marsar1775 Oh I know, I'm a House Liao player. Sometimes it is fun to be the baddies, but I hold a particular distaste for the Clans and doubly so for the Jags and Falcons.
I mean, it's not all that different from playing clan Green Turkey in MW2, really.
...what's funny in retrospect is that Mechwarrior 2 was my introduction to the Battletech universe, and, having no external game of reference, the game actually did a good enough job of making the Turkeys sound reasonable that I actually thought they were Good Guys.
....and I later actually read more about the universe when I started playing the miniatures game, and realized they were basically nazis. Who used the same kind of internal propaganda telling themselves that they were justified in their invasion, as the actual nazis used.
@bronco5334 I get it, MW2 was my first introduction to the setting as well. Out of all the current clans Ghost Bear is my favorite, coming in strong right behind Wolverine. I mean, there are no true good guys in Battletech. The closest you get are mercenary bands just trying to survive and Solaris Jocks. The Chimney Kittens and Green Turkies bug me more than the others. The more you read, the more you learn, can't blame a kid for liking the boss looking green bird of prey carrying a katana in its claws emblem. It's just what it is. I'm still going to play the game with enthusiasm, just not going to be upset when I watch other Jag warriors perish.
The updated artwork for the Black Lion and Texas class warships is amazing!
That's how you do a trailer. First time in 10 years I'm considering buying a game on launch day.
Remember, Turtle Bay was a policing action
Get real.
Everyone knows what it was.
Not even you can deny what happened.
Or maybe you can, I don't know.
Certainly I can tell with my own eyes, though.
In case you missed it, millions died at Edo.
Definitely a bit sus if you ask me.
Everyone can use their own judgment, though.
Filthy clanners
@@roguishpaladin What happened to Edo was not best move but not forget that its Draconis Combine fault at first. Clanners were in shock because of terrorist attacks and thinked they must stop Kurita from using this at any cost.
Goddamn, but this looks incredibly good. MW5 was a blast after a couple of updates/DLCs but the story was always its weakest point, which was a shame because there's just so much lore in the BT universe. Someone was listening.
All the trailers for MW5 Clans look like the devs kept everything that worked in Mercenaries, and then just decided to take the clan invasion and make a goddamn movie out of it. If this is as good as it looks to be, and everything I have seen shows that it just might be, this will end up being the best representation of the clans we've ever seen on screen anywhere. It all seems to be there: the fanaticism, the almost alien culture, the brutality, the honor. All of it. They're actually intimidating and scary in these trailers, just like they were presented to be in the books.
This is the kind of thing gamers want, right here: good games, good stories, and a respect for the source material.
Is that the MFing DIRE WOLF that you can see at 0:41!? 1:09 hmmm. 0:45 Rifleman doing Rifleman things!? 0:49 Severen Leroux in the background? 1:17 Elementals! 1:32 poor Edo I'm guessing. 1:54 a few people with EI implants!? 1:57 ...dude what!?
That is The Dire Wolf.
@@robertmac8287 i saw the name on it in those 2-3 frames. just surprised.
What is an EI implant?
@@alessiogiovannetti513 Enhanced Imaging. Helps the mechwarriors who have it fight better. But it slowly messes up your brain and you die in your 20s, maybe early-30s. So, it's not a popular upgrade.
@@kryptonianguest1903 I CAN SEE WHY, WHOA, WTF, WHO IS MAD ENOUGH TO BUTCHER THEMSELVES AND INSTALLING IN THEM A GLORIFIED COMPUTER THAT HAS THE PERK OF FRYING THEIR BRAIN?
Shame we won't get to fight Task Force SERPENT during Operation BULLDOG - it'd be really cool to see the Chimney Kitty perspective
Sounds like a DLC to me.
Yea I agree
I want to see the phone company’s perspective
@@TheMilitantNerd What would really be cool is a combined-arms game in the vein of Battlefield or Planetside that's all Battletech. Have the opening be Tukayyid like the opening of Battlefield 1.
@@drakozozhaeternus2840 that would be dope
I was always hyped for the game but holy crap this looks amazing you guys really went above and beyond with the cut scenes looks like we get a few boss fights too looks awesome
God this looks SO damn good. I hope this reaches millions and shows everyone how good this game really is.
Best mechwarrior game since MW4 Vengance. Finally, after 20+ years
I've been following Mechwarrior since before i was a teenage!!! And this I am excited for!! Planning to live stream on twitch on launch day!! My knowledge of Mechwarrior is vast and Im looking forward to FINALLY playing as a Clanner!
Will be watching ur stream for sure!
@@armoredcore6Roks thank you
Finally, the actual MechWarrior game with a story worthy of the franchise. I've been waiting 10+ years for this, WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK
Brooooooooo, this might make me get back into Battletech. Havent played since MW2.
You should, MW3 was good from a story/lore perspective. MW4 Vengeance Had its charms and told a fair but all to common story, MW4 BK was just all kinds of messed up and retconned the story from MW4 Veng. MW4 Mercs was weak on story but introduced us to Duncan Fisher so it was not a complete bust. MW5 Mercs Vanilla was MEH on story, but the DLC's really brought it all to life with all the lore based content like lore accurate battles and fighting in the 4th succession war, War of 3039, and the Rasalhague fight for independence.
Welcome to your new home!
And now Mechwarriors, we find out who came here to kill... and who came here to die.
Aiden Pryde in our hearts!
No matter how well the Smoky Jaguars fought, history cannot be rewritten, they will fall!
Seyla!
LET US GO! Hell Yea! Smoke Jaguar!
Are you ready to choose violence?
@@kryptonianguest1903 YES.
You mean Smoked Jaguar?
If the gameplay goes HALF as hard as the story looks to....omg...
You know what’s more dangerous than a Smoke Jaguar? A Bulldog.
A serpent, perhaps?
Apparently it's the phone company.
More dangerous than a jaguar or a bulldog… the phone company
The Wobbies.
@@DarrenK-dt7sx When you put it that way... Than it is Thomas Marik.
My clan wolf Origins have me hating the fact that I'm going to play this game.. but the mech warrior in me is definitely going to play this game lol
i just recently fell in love with my ebon jaguar in MWO sooo this free worlds league pilot is ready to commit warcrimes ... in the name of smoke jaguar
(god dang that game made me appreciate a whole lot of chassis)
... still want my orion dammit! don't care if it's a 2nd line mech >:(
Coming back after playing the game. And PGI must be praised here. This is probably the best game PGI ever realized
Well done!
I am so gratitude that you tell the story of the Clan Invasion in a Game. I loved the books decades ago
I can't wait anyone getting MechWarrior 3 vibes with commanding allies
This is beautiful. I've watched this for 5 hours now.
fr - totally relateable over here ^^
*sigh* Instead of replying to every person who makes these remarks… these characters (Leo Showers and Sarah Weaver) have been canonically black for decades. And if you don’t like the whole “girl boss” thing, then I recommend not reading any BattleTech fiction at all, especially about the Clans. The character Falconer Joanna would upset you for sure, among many others.
In clans gender was really not matter at all.
Those guys are tourists.
A game developer actually did some research on their games lore to not piss off fans of the series stupidly?!!? Aghast!!!!
The Witcher games are basically fan fiction compared to the books and yet they are highly rated games, goes to show you that the average person doesnt care as long as they are good (and if they suck then people will blame WOKE/DEI lmao)
@@Neldog13I'm waiting for the woke dtector group to see the trailer and say improbable amount of black clanners
@@browal14 they've been here since the second comment on the upload complaining about too many women. it's impossible to escape their kind
@@disregardthat They clearly don't know any of the lore of the setting.
@disregardthat at least until the next "woke" release, then they'll forget Mechwarrior and go after that.
I'm extremely hyped, I truly am. Can't wait for the game to be out.
If only I didn't know how the 362nd Assault Cluster met it's end...
doesn't necessarily mean for jaden's star to meet the same one
@@MrTBSC Definetly. I'm extremely curious as to how the writers end this story. Part of the reason I thought picking Smoke Jaguar, the 'doomed clan', was an excellent choice narrative-wise.
I really hope that PGI added head tracker support for this one, I really wanted that in MW5.
I've never been this hype for a Mech Warrior game since MW4: Vengeance. This looks so much better than Mercenaries!
Was that one scene the bombartment of turtle bay? Seams to be a very central point of the story.
Anyway that was an awesome trailer.
PGI, you are one of the old developers, you fought and held 'alone' for a decade never, for one meter straying to far from the recipe of greatness and now you bring this masterpiece in animations cgi beyond the great game. No doubt you hired some talented new devs, i wish you a long and fruitful life.
This gives me vibes from back in the day, when graphics were shit and so video game makers mastered the art of the intro and the cutscene to drive a captivating narrative. I'm loving every second of this trailer.
"it is the thirty first century ... and mankind is once again at war"
@@MrTBSC "what are we looking at? can somebody redirect the probe??"
Is that the bombardment of Edo? 😮
Black Pants Legion lore videos reignited my love of BT, glad to see so many people on the hype train :D
1:31 Behold, a temper tantrum the likes of which not seen by the Sphere for an era. Delivered by the "civilizing" clans.
But you forget, Kuritans are nor people
*Side eyes' Jinjiro Kurita*
The MechWarrior game I've been waiting for since MW2 got me hooked into the franchise.
Team from cutscenes deserve a rise. Outstanding job!
The wise Coordinator strokes his beard...
*"Five. Hundred. Locusts."*
Or . . . one thousand Savannah Masters. 😈
can't wait for this.... But I had to smirk when a professional who is bred for war and only war talking about neighbours and their never ending war..... Like the Clan space is so peaceful.....
Clans having a caste system compared to the destruction of civilization who has no law the clans see this as if the rest of the world ended up in chaos. They left a world where a single empire ruled the entire galaxy only to face a galaxy in factions and "houses" and sections of "companies" doing whatever it wants while the clans saw it as such regions fallen into darkness had to be restored into civilization.
Its peaceful in the sense that conflicts are held far away from civilians... well other than Dark Caste raids...
Leo Showers - ✅️
Jaime Wolf - ✅️
Natasha Kerensky - ✅️
Looks like Shin Yodama in PXH - 1 in 1:26-1:27
Outbound light - ✅️
With every trailer, and every song we hear? The glory days of MechWarrior are back!
Oh shit!!! So the Sabre Cat is in the game.... and that line "Fire everything" followed by shots from space. I think were gonna see the orbital bombardment of Turtle bay!
I'm really hoping this is going to be a brutal tragedy. Them showing the outbound light makes me think this might happen. All those people saying "my loyalty" or "bad guys". Yes. Don't you want a front row seat to the implosion of the worst clan (tm)? Watch your character either double down and earn an inglorious death either at Luthien or Tukkayid or perhaps take a stand and be rejected by their clan for having the temerity to not be a lying hypocritcal butcher?
Fingers crossed that's what we get.
They are definitely showing the massacre and the fallout. When one of them says the world is pacified that refers to the world being left a smoking ruin.
Oh man one of the craziest parts of the timeline I'm so ready
Man, do I miss FASA Corporation. They were a studio before their time.
The facial animations are a gigantic leap from MW5. I remember Elias Toufexis' character didn't even have lip movement in the release version, it got added later. And the other two characters were mostly statues. This, holy cow, did this improve a lot.
Damn! This looks amazing! I hope this game brings in a bigger audience on release!
Finally a game where we can be the good guys
Damn right.
Nah, that would be playing as clan wolf
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Khan Marthe Pryde repiles with a "Pffft!" 😆
@@JonathanLatham22 Absolutely killed me hahaha
Whoa, this is already show more than i was excpecting. Got that feeling MW5 clans is going to hit good and hard
Are we witnessing the death of Leo Showers with that ship ramming the other one? He looks badass too, holy crap.
No, that's a drop ship being hit, the Saber Cat is much bigger and different shape
@@batchallbro Leo Showers was on the Dire Wolf when he was killed.
@@kryptonianguest1903 my bad, haven't read the books in a good couple years, still hyped!
@@batchallbro The ship ramming I think is the correct type, but you are right that the ship being rammed isnt the one Leo should be on, which is the Dire Wolf not the Sabre Cat right?
Thanks for bringing this on my birthday :D Best gift for many many years.
I started my Mech Warrior carrier with MW2 and since then, i played every game. I also palyed MWO for a long time and i loved MW5:Mercs. Cant wait to get my hands on some shiny Clantech
Can't wait! Looks like you guys did a hell of a great job with this game!
I have to know if this has sim controls or arcade controls like mech assault.
Damn it looks good. Leo Showers! Sarah Weaver! Cordera Perez! Everyone looks and sounds so good!
It has both, you can swap between them as an option
@@batchallbrothat's a relief! Thank you !
Same controls MW games have always had, just properly integrated for mouse control, so it feel snappier than older MW games. Hook up a stick and you can play as clunky as you want.
I have only recently started into the actual Mechwarrior setting, but I have been a Wolf's Dragoon since MechAssault. That game was my window into the universe that Battletech has, and the lore surrounding them as a whole has been eye-opening.
Seeing the Wolf's Dragoons logo towards the end on that guys uniform made me so happy, and even more so, the fact that the Elementals are finally coming into the gameplay again blew my expectations out. Those suits were always cool.
Bring the invasion. I'll tolerate being a Smoke Jaguar if it means fighting in the presence of the Dragoons.
But Wolf's Dragoons used to be Wolf Dragoons...wardens...the wolf's obstinate howl
@phelanwolf6747 I'm still digging through the lore, but regardless, I remember reading they were a scouting party for the clans undercover to gain resources and info, but eventually turned on the clans in support for the inner sphere.
Just got done smoking some Smoke Jaguar MechWarrior 3 style! Can't wait for MW5C! :D
JAGUARS FOREVER
*Explodes*
Now this promises a great game all us Mechwarriors have been waiting for. Looking forward to seeing if the game can live up to it.
Everytime I saw Timberwolf/Madcat I get these goosebumps. Truly the iconic of Mechwarrior... 😂
Yea. It's 1994, you are young and play Battletech on your Megadrive\Genesis. "Enemy mech approaching"