A good review, my thanks! I'll be buying it along with the DLC as you suggested. (Which by the by, cost about as much as a full priced game and i'm fine with that.)
thats right. I wouldnt call it underrated. Its still in development you could say and is evolving soo much. The first release Version had soo many shortcomings and problems in comparison almost feld like an Beta or almost Alpha Build.
Unless your a jackass console player like me, and don't have enough money to spare for a ridiculously overpriced computer just to play this game the way it was always meant to be, thanks bidenflation, if they implemented community mods into MW5 mercs hot fixes and updates much like ark survival evolved did, then console players could enjoy this game to its fullest and have all the freedom of customization games like this basically require nowadays to even be considered a market shelf stable game, devs really dropped the ball on this pretty awesome game, and the mod community for PC only has had to pick up the slack without so much as a thank you or a severance for doing so, really upsetting because this game could easily pull millions of other gamers to it if they did it better to begin with...
Finally, a review that told me exactly what I wanted to know! I could not find a review from this year that had included the DLC and how necessary it was. My thanks sir, you've got a new subscriber!
Thank you so much! I noticed not a lot of people had taken another look at this since the DLC came out and I really thought it deserved another chance.
Also mods, if your familiar with previous installments of the game or even the hbs battletech, this game has a severely stripped mechlab which puts a damper on the game. However the modding community is fanfuckingtastic and the game is incredibly easy to mod. However if you're not familiar with the Tru modularity of the mechs the standard mechlab will suffice just fine
I just picked this up on PS5. I bought it as I used to play MW2 & Mechcommander and it's been a real unexpected treat. Good price too. Would agree that the dlc should have been included, at least as a 'complete edition' or some ish, but money grabbing corporations gonna money grabbing corporations. Also the quality of this review as a video is great, you deserve to pick up some more subs!
You missed a crucial factor of this game: coop. Makes it way more worth it. So much fun. Also this game has a great aim assist option. Makes it very accessible for my old father that doesn't have the best aim with a joystick. He can still land a lot of hits with the assist on so it helps him enjoy the game more.
The one thing that irks me in this game is that poor miners and poor farmers can send waves after waves of mechs and tanks at you, totalling tens of millions to hundreds of millions of c-bills for an impoverished plot of land And they don't do this once, they do this for every plot of impoverished land. Kinda breaks lore, economic sense and immersion for me
What, you've never had to defend your family farm by rallying your neighbors into a mechanized regiment, before? I was driving an APC before I entered middle school, back during the Great Corn Wars of '99.
What would have been neat is if they had used some of the universe's "agro-mech" units to give the farmers an inferior but still effective defense. Think combine threshers, but with legs, and the thresher bit is on an arm, that is being swung at you.
Nice one, I have played all the old 90's Mechwarrior games and the current Battletech game and loved them. I only found out about this game via a random TH-cam video and am waiting for the Steam Xmas sale. Thanks :)
If you're interested in XCOM-style turn-based stuff, BattleTech is pretty good. It does the company management side of the gameplay better than MW5 as well.
@@user-c4b9b lmao. I did. It was fun to play but I haven't felt like playing it. Its one of those games that you have to feel like playing that type of game in order to enjoy your time on it. For me at least
Even if you don't enjoy as much the latest videogames, the universe really deserves a chance. You can read hundreds of novels, play the pen and paper game or its virtual incarnations, even watch the fan-remastered cartoon series they made many years ago called "Battletech" which was canonized as a "propaganda holovid"... I'm familiar with the games since i was 5 but they are only part of what i like about BT and mechwarrior
@@VolondM Probably come out as a stand alone title. Alot of content to cover. I just hope they'd fix some things. AI needs...work. Lets just leave it at that. Like to see a more engaging campaign story that is player driven. (Decisions have consequences.) Mission preview overlay. (You know like an intel brief. Work out your approach to the objective, before drop. See what the terrain looks like. Etc. Map out bonus objectives like those treasure caches. (Although Clans wouldnt really need anything from the IS.) Option to play as IS or Clan (but continuing as Mason or progeny of might work too.) So tons of potential if done right.
@@abyssbun444 it will in a few years and PGI is willing to let it sit and rot. They are letting MWO starve off, no plans for further MW5 content, and def no MW6 from them. They’ve moved most of their devs to other “key projects” like Lord of the Rings Online etc
As a Battletech enthusiast I was *hyped* for this game. Then they announced it would be an Epic store exclusive and I decided to completely forget about it. I’ve been emjoyimg the turn based tactical Battletech game so much lately I don’t even care that Mechwarrior is available elsewhere now, maybe I’ll pick it up on a Steam sale or something. Sad because I was actually willing to pay full price at launch.
Playing co-op actually makes the upside down tank problem worse. Something to do with latency causes weird behavior. Sometimes you’ll see tanks become bay blades and then decide their people need them as they lift into the air only to hit a helicopter on their way to the skybox.
I watched through the video to scroll down and see that you have UNDER 1K?!?! This is the same level as other popular reviewers! If you don't gain more traction, I've lost hope in the algorithm
Great video, You should do another review since this game just got a new DLC. Also a lot of those DLC upgrades are free so even if you don't buy it they did improve the game.
for anyone not in the know... if you are playing with friends / the one hosting the game is the only person that needs the dlc --- all friends can play all the missions as you are playing in that persons game i got the game thru gamepass -- 2 friends bought it outside of it, since i was just using my gamepass copy i just paid for the dlc as we were having lots of fun without it and it looked like a good investment also, they have some other version of the game now that drops the price a bit by having both dlcs and the base game included
Also - I clicked the video because I thought the Crab on the cover was the underrated gem from the title xDDDDD To everyone interested in MW5 - Buy DLCs and download 20+ mods before you play. The basic game is sht but it DOES deliver tons of fun if moded properly. Just type in smth like “must have mods”. Everyone uses roughly the same package.
Stumbled on this video and out of curiosity wanted to see how many subs you had because halfway through and the video quality was great. Need to get you out there! You deserve so many more. Great video, subbed of course, keep it up brother.
I really liked you're video, mechassault 1 & 2 were my introduction it battletech then MWO then i discovered MW5M on gamepass. Got real reparative real fast but with mods and the dlc its everything i dreamed of as a kid .
Mechwarrior games were what I loved most in the 90’s golden era of PC gaming. I finally got a gaming rig so I can play this. Maybe the wait was a good thing since the DLC packs and ray tracing effects are out there now. I waited way too long for a Mechwarrior game.
Very good review and pretty spot on with my opinion as well. I do like the music though. Not as much as say MechWarrior 2 or HBS Battletech, but I do like it. I will say this though. Just purchased the Legend of the Kestrel Lancers and that DLC campaign is Excellent! I highly recommend it. Also the new edition of Melee is pretty cool as well.
@@E714-n5z Melee is part of the free update that launched along side the Kestrel Lancers DLC. Here is a teaser with the things added... th-cam.com/video/-o1bT-AUjh4/w-d-xo.html
It eventually came to Xbox? The latest version I played was MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries expansion, and it looks like it's finally time to get back in, thanks for wasting countless future hours of my life, it looks beautiful
Good job, new sub. It's a fine game though, as you alluded, a bit empty in places. There is also a very active mod community which makes the game FAR better. Covering some of those might be a good idera.
Yeah, mechwarrior 4 was my fav game as a kid, but I was literally 10 when I played it for the first time. Sadly, this game already feels like it's doomed to be forgotten despite everything that is good about it. Thanks for the video and I'm glad I found it!
For music I like to listen to while playing I listen to Timothy seals mechwarrior 2 cover the mechwarrior 2 sound track sounds amazing and Timothy seals somehow makes it better in my opinion of course
The game is far more enjoyable now that melee has been added to the game. Melee is kinda integral to enjoying the pre-4th succession war era as there are not very many mechs; Most staples of the previous instalments in the series are either lostech or haven't arrived yet and half the mechs in use at the time sucked before melee was added as melee was heavily relied on in the 3015 to 3025 time setting. Before, the power gap between mechs like the Atlas and King Crab to that of the Charger (it still sucks though) and Victor was so substantial that when you got mechs like the Charger or Victor you'd just scrap them and keep using your current heavies.
Very nice review. I think some modding is needed to really give the game the potential it deserves. But yeah, it has a very solid basis and its getting better with each dlc and mod.
@@burnttoast.2017 Not impossible, since Bethesda did it, granted they were greedy bastards and would make people pay for them lol. But it is highly improbable
Yeah, I've seen comments and videos praising this game soundtracks. To me, for a videogame it's awesome. When I heard he didn't like it I thought "what the hell?" and then that clip came along. Each to their own I guess...
I strongly recommend to all of who is keen into diving more into the Lore of Battletech, the novels by Michael A. Stackpole. Really good World and Character building.
I know this comment is a year late, but whatever: Speaking from the PS4 version; it’s got some serious crashing issues. Completely at random too; during missions, in menus, during cutscenes, etc. gunna assume since the game’s been out for a WHILE they’re not fixing it anytime soon. Autosave offsets this a bit, never lost all that much progress to a crash, but it’s still frustrating redoing a whole battlefield mission because the game shit-out on me at the salvage screen…
Found this after the rageholic vid and I can say. At least you told me about the game ands it's goods and bads. Rage just kinda ranted about it not being like MechWarrior 3.
@@Psykadea yeah it's an older game and the graphics show that but i've played that campaign through multiple times years ago. over the course of years that is, fortunately for it blocky graphics works alright for the mechs. still enjoy the soundtrack and teh team ai is surprisingly good for the era. missions have a good variety, plus there's solaris.
Do the game play I really enjoyed watching 👍 the dlc are interesting I haven't gotten around to ordering tho thought it might be too soon a the time n there might be bugs to fix.
I played this some last month and played it for a long time back in 20 and 21. I enjoyed it but it had two major flaws. First is I feel the Mech customization rules are too limiting. IMO adding things like Jump Jets should be allowed on every Mech and variant. The second is that at the time the game was made there was only one official design from the era the story campaign starts that fit the three criteria of my favorite Mechs (Jump Jet Equipped Heavy class, with only offensive energy weapons though ammo based defenses are tolerable). But it had lousy firepower for its size and isn't in the game. So to get something that I really like before the in game calendar rolls around to 3040 I have to leave a weapon hardpoint empty which I hate doing. To make matters worse there's a Mech variant in the game where when playing the tabletop campaign I can easily retrofit it to meet all three criteria just by removing some armor and adding jump jets but the PC/Console game won't let me add jump jets to the Mech in question
Fond memories of XBOX titles? Dude, I had fond memories of the MS-DOS title! That's how venerable and storied this IP is. It also adds a little perspective to how deeply disappointing MWO was to so many people.
Compared to MW4, this game just isn't the same. All the maps feel the same, just have different textures for different biomes. They don't feel thought out and are random generated like the missions in MW4. There's no map or mission brief before starting a mission. There were little cutscenes and a linear, logical progression to the campaign. There, each mission felt thought out. There was a theme that the game designers were going for with each mission. There's way less customization to mechs. MW4 you could put AMS, ECM, and BAP on almost every mech, choose how much power you want the engine to have, and even what kind of armor you want your mech to have. Here I tend to stick with something very close to the default configuration of each mech usually. This game has way less personality and gets very repetitive super fast.
I remember a long time ago when I was at a Gaming history exhibition here in Sweden and one of the games displayed was a mech warrior game (I think) played from the cockpit view. The catch however was that you played it through a completely physical instrument board with startup sequence shit and leavers galore. I really wish I was older when I tried it so I'd remember more but I have those few minutes trying it out etched into my mind as the perfect gaming experience.... and I don't even like mech games lmfao
I remember an old mechwarrior game being famous for having a ridiculously expensive cockpit peripheral. That's so cool you got to see it in person, I would love to try one of those things out. Such a cool and totally impractical idea for a controller.
My main issue drom the start was and is the repetitive missions that just spawn enemies from nowhere that zerg you. I wanted more Mechwarrior 3, at least the storyline mission.
ok. just had to turn off my computer for a couple of minutes. not just a restart. really turn it off . now it works but now i have another problem. i bought an assasin with endosteel and an xl-engine. i took it out to put it in another mech, but both just vanished. completly gone. any idea why? thx upfront for help.
He covered everything but yes is mostly underrated by most fans because it doesnt bring that people expected at the time. Even though i do have to agree there is thing that should have been there by default like cantinas for example. More mission variety which is mostly the same one. It would also be nice to remove riana out of communication and now that i mention that there should be more communication between bitching betty which is computer voice with the player. Like in previous mechwarrior game that computer will always tell you stuff whats going on your mech in this game doesnt tell you if you lose a heat sink for example. It will tell you if you lose weapons but not everything else. Also doesnt tell you any armor critical warnings so when your shot at and focusing you targets, you wouldnt be able to realize some part of the mech is open in which thats the communication of the computer for the player. As the review is done right there isnt much to do in it other than keep trying builds and pray to god your AI lancemates stop fucking up your mechs.
It's effectively a 6/10 as far as the base game is concerned. But, like Skyrim (which is worse than that imo), it gets MUCH better and at a staggering pace when you add even one or two small mods. Adding a bigger conversion mod like MercTech or PirateTech just sweetens the pot and completely changes the game as a whole, all for the better. (YAML too, if you don't like the hardcore stuffs.)
Pretty much all this games short comings are fixed with Mods , Lack of Mission variety? "Coyotes mission pack" Subpar weapon sounds? " Khornes Soundpack" seriously the Ac20 sounds like a fucking freight train ,lackluster customization? "YAML" fuck around with engine cores ,types of armor, gyros ,sensors and other misc equipment
I think the only thing really keeping this game alive is the modding scene. The vanilla game is just so "off" and lacking in fundamental things that only mods help with. Though the community for the big MT mod is toxic if you don't like it, the rest of the community is pretty great.
I had that problem too. found out it was because i downloaded the mods right after a game update. See if there's more up to date versions of those mods.
This game is only fun with friends. Single player sucks when your rank reaches 12-13. The game throws armies at you to the point its almost impossible for you to win without a casualty , so i really wish the AI for my NPC teammates were more useful.
You have to know how the AI works in this game. Deal enough damage to an enemy will make it turn to you, then you stop attack to let your NPC do the damage, that will make the enemy change it's target, after that you repeat the process. Also, you can use fast mech to run to the back of the enemy, in that way he can not attack you.
the economy is so bad the 2 hours i spent playing this game still gives me nightmares. I wake up in the night screaming "How can we survive if repairs cost 600,000 more than we made??!!"...scary
Try Mech Warrior Online if you like PVP. there's allot more things to play with there. Merc is an easier experience; pve content; that you can play with friends; mod the game however you want.
@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 Why would I be disappointed? I'm a PC and Nintendo gamer. Games are either one those platforms or I've never been interested in them in the first place.
@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 It's...disappointing that more people can play it and get into the universe? That logic makes no sense to me. Console fandom is something that I grew out of before I left high school. o.O Once you realise 'team blue', or 'team green', or 'PC is the only way' only minimises the amount of people you can potentially enjoy a game with, it seems pretty pointless to clutch at exclusives.
wait what? Why is it underrated? The enemy has endless spawns, the AI friendlies are stupid, and the mechlab is battletech2018 levels. Even if the DLC fixed all of these, it will not change the fact that it is a DLC, and not a patch. These should not have been problems in the main game. Asking for more money to fix these is fucked, and should not be rewarded
What do you mean? The series itself has always been underrated and a real niche. People rather clamor for Call of Duty (or any other shooter), Minecraft, GTA, and anything else that's mainstream, but generally some kind of CoD "clone." Mechwarrior or Battletech has too much depth that people don't want to spend the time to invest in it. People are looking for something quick and easy, and receiving instant gratification you can easily turn your brain off.
There has never been a true RPG for the BattleTech series computer games. There were several previous MechWarrior titles for PC along with 2 MechCommander and 2 really old ones that were turn based from 1988 and 1990. This one is a mixed bag for several reasons.
So since you guys seem to like this video you should follow me on Twitter, I do jokes and stuff.
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A good review, my thanks! I'll be buying it along with the DLC as you suggested. (Which by the by, cost about as much as a full priced game and i'm fine with that.)
This game is constantly getting better especially with MODs
Well, that's not so hard if you remember in what state it was released on Epic. There was *a lot* of space to go up.
I can't play without Merctech. If only I could run VRWarrior well enough to enjoy it. This game is pure addiction.
@@user-c4b9b Ha, friends? Good one. Get a job, pal. :P
thats right. I wouldnt call it underrated. Its still in development you could say and is evolving soo much. The first release Version had soo many shortcomings and problems in comparison almost feld like an Beta or almost Alpha Build.
Unless your a jackass console player like me, and don't have enough money to spare for a ridiculously overpriced computer just to play this game the way it was always meant to be, thanks bidenflation, if they implemented community mods into MW5 mercs hot fixes and updates much like ark survival evolved did, then console players could enjoy this game to its fullest and have all the freedom of customization games like this basically require nowadays to even be considered a market shelf stable game, devs really dropped the ball on this pretty awesome game, and the mod community for PC only has had to pick up the slack without so much as a thank you or a severance for doing so, really upsetting because this game could easily pull millions of other gamers to it if they did it better to begin with...
Finally, a review that told me exactly what I wanted to know! I could not find a review from this year that had included the DLC and how necessary it was. My thanks sir, you've got a new subscriber!
Thank you so much! I noticed not a lot of people had taken another look at this since the DLC came out and I really thought it deserved another chance.
Also, The Legend of the Kestrel Lancers just dropped. I really like the 4th Succession War campaign in that DLC. It's good.
@@anthonyspecf and the ability to punch another mechs in the face with your mech fist.
Also mods, if your familiar with previous installments of the game or even the hbs battletech, this game has a severely stripped mechlab which puts a damper on the game. However the modding community is fanfuckingtastic and the game is incredibly easy to mod. However if you're not familiar with the Tru modularity of the mechs the standard mechlab will suffice just fine
DLC adds punching too! Makes it easier to knock out some of those pesky light mech that runs right up to you!
"...then dies." Yep, that sounds a lot like the start of a Mechwarrior game to me.
I'd say any mercenary story in BT. Game or book.
Eh, sometimes they survive, and then die when you find out they had survived.
If your mentor doesn't die at the start, is it really a BattleTech story?
@@drugon *Rhonda Snord has entered the chat* >.
I just picked this up on PS5. I bought it as I used to play MW2 & Mechcommander and it's been a real unexpected treat. Good price too. Would agree that the dlc should have been included, at least as a 'complete edition' or some ish, but money grabbing corporations gonna money grabbing corporations.
Also the quality of this review as a video is great, you deserve to pick up some more subs!
Well I'm glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
You missed a crucial factor of this game: coop. Makes it way more worth it. So much fun.
Also this game has a great aim assist option. Makes it very accessible for my old father that doesn't have the best aim with a joystick. He can still land a lot of hits with the assist on so it helps him enjoy the game more.
The one thing that irks me in this game is that poor miners and poor farmers can send waves after waves of mechs and tanks at you, totalling tens of millions to hundreds of millions of c-bills for an impoverished plot of land
And they don't do this once, they do this for every plot of impoverished land.
Kinda breaks lore, economic sense and immersion for me
oh, don't ever try to apply economic sense to Battletech. None of it ever makes real economic sense.
What, you've never had to defend your family farm by rallying your neighbors into a mechanized regiment, before? I was driving an APC before I entered middle school, back during the Great Corn Wars of '99.
What would have been neat is if they had used some of the universe's "agro-mech" units to give the farmers an inferior but still effective defense. Think combine threshers, but with legs, and the thresher bit is on an arm, that is being swung at you.
To be fair coming at your Atlas with a beat up 1974 Ford truck and a shovel wouldn't be a real difficult or compelling mission.
Hahaha so true! I really wish you were able to clear mechs before moving on, but they just keep on coming. Right out of the ether.
Ahh, the exclusive release thing makes sense now, I was also wondering why I hadn't heard of this game at all before
Nice one, I have played all the old 90's Mechwarrior games and the current Battletech game and loved them. I only found out about this game via a random TH-cam video and am waiting for the Steam Xmas sale. Thanks :)
Brings back memories of Mechwarrior 2.
This does sound like an interesting game, I'll make sure to *buy the DLC* for a full experience. Only because it's my first time playing this series.
Half of the reason I love this game is for nostalgia over my childhood.
pirate it first, then pirate DLC, then decide if you want to support the devs by buying it
If you're interested in XCOM-style turn-based stuff, BattleTech is pretty good. It does the company management side of the gameplay better than MW5 as well.
@@user-c4b9b lmao. I did. It was fun to play but I haven't felt like playing it. Its one of those games that you have to feel like playing that type of game in order to enjoy your time on it. For me at least
Even if you don't enjoy as much the latest videogames, the universe really deserves a chance. You can read hundreds of novels, play the pen and paper game or its virtual incarnations, even watch the fan-remastered cartoon series they made many years ago called "Battletech" which was canonized as a "propaganda holovid"... I'm familiar with the games since i was 5 but they are only part of what i like about BT and mechwarrior
I hope we get a clan invasion expansion dlc, clan mechs are my favorite!
I’ve been having a blast playing this game on the ps5
Same, about the clans =)
@@VolondM Probably come out as a stand alone title. Alot of content to cover. I just hope they'd fix some things.
AI needs...work. Lets just leave it at that.
Like to see a more engaging campaign story that is player driven. (Decisions have consequences.)
Mission preview overlay. (You know like an intel brief. Work out your approach to the objective, before drop. See what the terrain looks like. Etc. Map out bonus objectives like those treasure caches. (Although Clans wouldnt really need anything from the IS.)
Option to play as IS or Clan (but continuing as Mason or progeny of might work too.) So tons of potential if done right.
Sorry homie. PGI is gunna let you down. There’s no plans to do anything beyond what they’ve already done
@@bloodgoat has the contract expired or something?
@@abyssbun444 it will in a few years and PGI is willing to let it sit and rot. They are letting MWO starve off, no plans for further MW5 content, and def no MW6 from them. They’ve moved most of their devs to other “key projects” like Lord of the Rings Online etc
As a Battletech enthusiast I was *hyped* for this game. Then they announced it would be an Epic store exclusive and I decided to completely forget about it. I’ve been emjoyimg the turn based tactical Battletech game so much lately I don’t even care that Mechwarrior is available elsewhere now, maybe I’ll pick it up on a Steam sale or something. Sad because I was actually willing to pay full price at launch.
Same here, I have play Mechwarrior2, 3 and 4, it really broke my heart when I find out it is Epic store exclusive.
God damn i'm glad for the ps release, really dont want Epic
I pre-ordered at steam and paid full price, and then they switched to epicstore at discounted price prelaunch and offered to refund.. I didn't.
Playing co-op actually makes the upside down tank problem worse. Something to do with latency causes weird behavior. Sometimes you’ll see tanks become bay blades and then decide their people need them as they lift into the air only to hit a helicopter on their way to the skybox.
What a well crafted comment
I am SUPER glad I stumbled on this game! I got it for an ABSOLUTE steal, and I can see sinking hundreds of hours into this.
I watched through the video to scroll down and see that you have UNDER 1K?!?! This is the same level as other popular reviewers! If you don't gain more traction, I've lost hope in the algorithm
Great video, You should do another review since this game just got a new DLC. Also a lot of those DLC upgrades are free so even if you don't buy it they did improve the game.
good review! Clarified a lot of things, might buy this and DLC on sale
Thank you! New DLC just dropped for it also, haven't had the chance to play that yet but it looks pretty good too. Hope you enjoy it
Gonna subscribe, but I'd wholeheartedly recommend the legend of the kestrel lancers DLC, Everything feels pretty new and the story is pretty good!
plus you can now slap around other mechs, what's not to love?
for anyone not in the know... if you are playing with friends / the one hosting the game is the only person that needs the dlc --- all friends can play all the missions as you are playing in that persons game
i got the game thru gamepass -- 2 friends bought it outside of it, since i was just using my gamepass copy i just paid for the dlc as we were having lots of fun without it and it looked like a good investment
also, they have some other version of the game now that drops the price a bit by having both dlcs and the base game included
gonna buy the dlc for me and my bro now. you have convinced me^^
I was able to enjoy it on Xbox game pass. I'm considering getting the DLCs. This video did a good job convincing me to get it.
Also - I clicked the video because I thought the Crab on the cover was the underrated gem from the title xDDDDD To everyone interested in MW5 - Buy DLCs and download 20+ mods before you play. The basic game is sht but it DOES deliver tons of fun if moded properly. Just type in smth like “must have mods”. Everyone uses roughly the same package.
Stumbled on this video and out of curiosity wanted to see how many subs you had because halfway through and the video quality was great.
Need to get you out there! You deserve so many more.
Great video, subbed of course, keep it up brother.
I really liked you're video, mechassault 1 & 2 were my introduction it battletech then MWO then i discovered MW5M on gamepass. Got real reparative real fast but with mods and the dlc its everything i dreamed of as a kid .
Excellent review! Must view for new players.
This channel is so underrated
Don't I know it
Mechwarrior games were what I loved most in the 90’s golden era of PC gaming. I finally got a gaming rig so I can play this. Maybe the wait was a good thing since the DLC packs and ray tracing effects are out there now. I waited way too long for a Mechwarrior game.
lmao big pun twinz playing in the cockpit is a must
The best mechwarrior soundtrack
how do you only have 256 subscribers?! This was an amazing review. I want to see more of what you have to offer.
Thank you! I really appreciate that
This review is the underated gem here! Thanks and Good Job! ^^
Glad you liked it! Thank you.
Very good review and pretty spot on with my opinion as well. I do like the music though. Not as much as say MechWarrior 2 or HBS Battletech, but I do like it.
I will say this though. Just purchased the Legend of the Kestrel Lancers and that DLC campaign is Excellent! I highly recommend it.
Also the new edition of Melee is pretty cool as well.
Okay, it's the second time someone says that melee has been added, is it in the DLC ?
@@E714-n5z Melee is part of the free update that launched along side the Kestrel Lancers DLC. Here is a teaser with the things added... th-cam.com/video/-o1bT-AUjh4/w-d-xo.html
I just checked, melee is a free update... OH GOD
Great review man. Like you I didn't kno this one existed. Atleast I know the dlc is worth it lol
It eventually came to Xbox? The latest version I played was MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries expansion, and it looks like it's finally time to get back in, thanks for wasting countless future hours of my life, it looks beautiful
Awesome Video!
Thank you!
Good job, new sub. It's a fine game though, as you alluded, a bit empty in places. There is also a very active mod community which makes the game FAR better. Covering some of those might be a good idera.
Yeah, mechwarrior 4 was my fav game as a kid, but I was literally 10 when I played it for the first time. Sadly, this game already feels like it's doomed to be forgotten despite everything that is good about it. Thanks for the video and I'm glad I found it!
good review dude
Great video, subbed!
For music I like to listen to while playing I listen to Timothy seals mechwarrior 2 cover the mechwarrior 2 sound track sounds amazing and Timothy seals somehow makes it better in my opinion of course
He did covers of a couple Mech 2 Mercs tracks as well like Freedom Fight, and Gotterdammerung
@@Sgt_Glory i know
Game is on sale till Jan 5th, happy new year!
The game is far more enjoyable now that melee has been added to the game. Melee is kinda integral to enjoying the pre-4th succession war era as there are not very many mechs; Most staples of the previous instalments in the series are either lostech or haven't arrived yet and half the mechs in use at the time sucked before melee was added as melee was heavily relied on in the 3015 to 3025 time setting. Before, the power gap between mechs like the Atlas and King Crab to that of the Charger (it still sucks though) and Victor was so substantial that when you got mechs like the Charger or Victor you'd just scrap them and keep using your current heavies.
to be fair. The charger was always crap.
@@aickavon until that charge attack hits...
Melee has been added ?! I had the game for some time (but not the DLC) and I never noticed any melee mechanics beside ramming and DFA. I'm confused.
Very nice review. I think some modding is needed to really give the game the potential it deserves. But yeah, it has a very solid basis and its getting better with each dlc and mod.
The mods really make this game... I really hope they will come to consoles as well.
That's impossible...sry lol
@@burnttoast.2017 Not impossible, since Bethesda did it, granted they were greedy bastards and would make people pay for them lol. But it is highly improbable
@@MaliciousGrim05 that's called DLC packs.
I got my friends addicted to this game.
Ive just discovered these games and started to play Battletech for PC. This one will be next.
I played Mechwarrior 2 for PC back in 1996 for the first time so this will be pretty nostalgic.
Wait, the music is great in this game... 7:16 Oh, that explains it, I guess.
Yeah, I've seen comments and videos praising this game soundtracks. To me, for a videogame it's awesome. When I heard he didn't like it I thought "what the hell?" and then that clip came along. Each to their own I guess...
Since this video came out more DLC's have been released, and they're absolutely amazing. There's another one coming in early 2023 as well!
I may grab it next paycheck or when goes on sale
Great review and great game!
mods in this game are insane, way better than any DLC thats out. I cant imagine playing without them
i remember the original tutorial cutscene
I strongly recommend to all of who is keen into diving more into the Lore of Battletech, the novels by Michael A. Stackpole. Really good World and Character building.
As a dude trying to get into battletech as a whole, this is pretty helpful. Good review.
You should definitely do a video on mw5 with the merctech mod, the overhaul makes it feel like an entirely different game!
I'll be sure to check that one out, thank you.
Merctech, and VRWarrior... 👍👍👍
Great review
Thank you!
I know this comment is a year late, but whatever:
Speaking from the PS4 version; it’s got some serious crashing issues. Completely at random too; during missions, in menus, during cutscenes, etc.
gunna assume since the game’s been out for a WHILE they’re not fixing it anytime soon. Autosave offsets this a bit, never lost all that much progress to a crash, but it’s still frustrating redoing a whole battlefield mission because the game shit-out on me at the salvage screen…
Found this after the rageholic vid and I can say. At least you told me about the game ands it's goods and bads. Rage just kinda ranted about it not being like MechWarrior 3.
Rageholics video is also pretty ancient.
@@burnttoast.2017 hell I just found out about this game a week ago.
when notice travel takes 69 days, nice
I'm glad someone appreciated that
i'd suggest giving mech warrior 4 mercinaries a go, just to comapre. at least if there's a decent way you can try it out.
I will have to check it out. I really enjoy the battletech games from what I've played of them.
@@Psykadea yeah it's an older game and the graphics show that but i've played that campaign through multiple times years ago. over the course of years that is, fortunately for it blocky graphics works alright for the mechs. still enjoy the soundtrack and teh team ai is surprisingly good for the era. missions have a good variety, plus there's solaris.
what was the song used and great video
Super late answer here, but Twinz by big pun
Do the game play I really enjoyed watching 👍 the dlc are interesting I haven't gotten around to ordering tho thought it might be too soon a the time n there might be bugs to fix.
few mods and this game is pretty damn good
nice! GG or GJ
I played this some last month and played it for a long time back in 20 and 21. I enjoyed it but it had two major flaws. First is I feel the Mech customization rules are too limiting. IMO adding things like Jump Jets should be allowed on every Mech and variant. The second is that at the time the game was made there was only one official design from the era the story campaign starts that fit the three criteria of my favorite Mechs (Jump Jet Equipped Heavy class, with only offensive energy weapons though ammo based defenses are tolerable).
But it had lousy firepower for its size and isn't in the game. So to get something that I really like before the in game calendar rolls around to 3040 I have to leave a weapon hardpoint empty which I hate doing. To make matters worse there's a Mech variant in the game where when playing the tabletop campaign I can easily retrofit it to meet all three criteria just by removing some armor and adding jump jets but the PC/Console game won't let me add jump jets to the Mech in question
Am i the only one, who wants a mechwarrior game again with the clans and enhanced imaging? 🤔
"fond memories of the old xbox-titles" WTF. *cries in macintosh performa
Fond memories of XBOX titles? Dude, I had fond memories of the MS-DOS title! That's how venerable and storied this IP is. It also adds a little perspective to how deeply disappointing MWO was to so many people.
Good review. I wont hold the fact you use third person camera against you
Compared to MW4, this game just isn't the same.
All the maps feel the same, just have different textures for different biomes. They don't feel thought out and are random generated like the missions in MW4. There's no map or mission brief before starting a mission. There were little cutscenes and a linear, logical progression to the campaign. There, each mission felt thought out. There was a theme that the game designers were going for with each mission.
There's way less customization to mechs. MW4 you could put AMS, ECM, and BAP on almost every mech, choose how much power you want the engine to have, and even what kind of armor you want your mech to have. Here I tend to stick with something very close to the default configuration of each mech usually.
This game has way less personality and gets very repetitive super fast.
I remember a long time ago when I was at a Gaming history exhibition here in Sweden and one of the games displayed was a mech warrior game (I think) played from the cockpit view. The catch however was that you played it through a completely physical instrument board with startup sequence shit and leavers galore. I really wish I was older when I tried it so I'd remember more but I have those few minutes trying it out etched into my mind as the perfect gaming experience.... and I don't even like mech games lmfao
I remember an old mechwarrior game being famous for having a ridiculously expensive cockpit peripheral. That's so cool you got to see it in person, I would love to try one of those things out. Such a cool and totally impractical idea for a controller.
Steel Battalion
My main issue drom the start was and is the repetitive missions that just spawn enemies from nowhere that zerg you.
I wanted more Mechwarrior 3, at least the storyline mission.
bru, the base game has littery story missions
@@MajorAce_usedtobeMechchad yeah wnd they are just the same zerg spawns just a little bit different.
seems like he needs to play MechWarrior 4 mercs with the mek tek Pak 1.3
ok. just had to turn off my computer for a couple of minutes. not just a restart. really turn it off . now it works but now i have another problem. i bought an assasin with endosteel and an
xl-engine. i took it out to put it in another mech, but both just vanished. completly gone. any idea why? thx upfront for help.
Yes. Yes it is
9:34 Lol
Use mods and you can see a lot of activity in the hangar.
Giant stompy metal death!
He covered everything but yes is mostly underrated by most fans because it doesnt bring that people expected at the time. Even though i do have to agree there is thing that should have been there by default like cantinas for example. More mission variety which is mostly the same one. It would also be nice to remove riana out of communication and now that i mention that there should be more communication between bitching betty which is computer voice with the player. Like in previous mechwarrior game that computer will always tell you stuff whats going on your mech in this game doesnt tell you if you lose a heat sink for example. It will tell you if you lose weapons but not everything else. Also doesnt tell you any armor critical warnings so when your shot at and focusing you targets, you wouldnt be able to realize some part of the mech is open in which thats the communication of the computer for the player. As the review is done right there isnt much to do in it other than keep trying builds and pray to god your AI lancemates stop fucking up your mechs.
Does this have a Solo Story-Mode?
It's effectively a 6/10 as far as the base game is concerned. But, like Skyrim (which is worse than that imo), it gets MUCH better and at a staggering pace when you add even one or two small mods. Adding a bigger conversion mod like MercTech or PirateTech just sweetens the pot and completely changes the game as a whole, all for the better. (YAML too, if you don't like the hardcore stuffs.)
Pretty much all this games short comings are fixed with Mods , Lack of Mission variety? "Coyotes mission pack" Subpar weapon sounds? " Khornes Soundpack" seriously the Ac20 sounds like a fucking freight train ,lackluster customization? "YAML" fuck around with engine cores ,types of armor, gyros ,sensors and other misc equipment
New DLC relased.
Poor coop implantation and lack of mechs when compared to 4. I thought it was fun my bf thought otherwise. Probably because he likes clan mechs.
I think the only thing really keeping this game alive is the modding scene.
The vanilla game is just so "off" and lacking in fundamental things that only mods help with.
Though the community for the big MT mod is toxic if you don't like it, the rest of the community is pretty great.
well, game crashes after installing some mods... anyone knows why? and how to fix that?
I had that problem too. found out it was because i downloaded the mods right after a game update. See if there's more up to date versions of those mods.
If you destroy a mech in battle you earn salvage
not if you blow up it's reactor ... i think
Sad to hear about the music being bland, Jeehun Hwang's MechWarrior 2 OST is one of my favorite albums in gaming
niceeeeeeeeeeee
This game is only fun with friends. Single player sucks when your rank reaches 12-13. The game throws armies at you to the point its almost impossible for you to win without a casualty , so i really wish the AI for my NPC teammates were more useful.
You have to know how the AI works in this game. Deal enough damage to an enemy will make it turn to you, then you stop attack to let your NPC do the damage, that will make the enemy change it's target, after that you repeat the process. Also, you can use fast mech to run to the back of the enemy, in that way he can not attack you.
Check your Aggro , you cant TANK - TONK ........... well everything
7/10
Can you put nukes on urban mech tho?
god i wish
@@Psykadea You colud in mechwarrior 4 mecenaries, it was only like 4 nukes, and was only useful in deathmatches but very fun :D
the economy is so bad the 2 hours i spent playing this game still gives me nightmares. I wake up in the night screaming "How can we survive if repairs cost 600,000 more than we made??!!"...scary
Great vid!
I played the original Mechwarrior on my Tandy 1000 PC and loved it! I'm thinking about getting this one.
Try Mech Warrior Online if you like PVP. there's allot more things to play with there. Merc is an easier experience; pve content; that you can play with friends; mod the game however you want.
"Fond memories from XBox"
Boy, I remember Mechwarrior 2 from back before I hit puberty. Back when PC games where still being made for DOS.
Sorry to disappoint you, mechwarrior 5 is now on ps4 and ps5 as well, xbox lost another console exclusive
@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 Why would I be disappointed? I'm a PC and Nintendo gamer. Games are either one those platforms or I've never been interested in them in the first place.
@@GeoRyukaiser you would be disappointed cos playstation owners can also play this now,
@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 Why would I be disappointed about more people getting to enjoy a franchise I enjoy?
@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 It's...disappointing that more people can play it and get into the universe? That logic makes no sense to me. Console fandom is something that I grew out of before I left high school. o.O Once you realise 'team blue', or 'team green', or 'PC is the only way' only minimises the amount of people you can potentially enjoy a game with, it seems pretty pointless to clutch at exclusives.
wait what? Why is it underrated? The enemy has endless spawns, the AI friendlies are stupid, and the mechlab is battletech2018 levels.
Even if the DLC fixed all of these, it will not change the fact that it is a DLC, and not a patch. These should not have been problems in the main game. Asking for more money to fix these is fucked, and should not be rewarded
This seems to be their first Battletech game
What do you mean? The series itself has always been underrated and a real niche. People rather clamor for Call of Duty (or any other shooter), Minecraft, GTA, and anything else that's mainstream, but generally some kind of CoD "clone." Mechwarrior or Battletech has too much depth that people don't want to spend the time to invest in it. People are looking for something quick and easy, and receiving instant gratification you can easily turn your brain off.
The Coyotes Mission pack mod is a very good MUST have for this. Alleviates the lack of more mission types by a lot!
There has never been a true RPG for the BattleTech series computer games.
There were several previous MechWarrior titles for PC along with 2 MechCommander and 2 really old ones that were turn based from 1988 and 1990.
This one is a mixed bag for several reasons.
Crescent Hawks Inception, Crescent Hawks Revenge.