My heart always sticks to MW2. From the legendary intro (best intro of all time!) to the end of both clans....epic game. So many 3,5 floppy disks only to copy the game from my friend´s pc, those times :) :)
nobody else seems to remember those. those two were my introduction to battletech altogether. it was a little "arcady" compared to the mechwarrior series eith lack of customization and part damage but ive only had xboxs never pc and didnt even know i was missing out on the mw games. currently just got 5 mercs and am loving it mostly so far besides limitations and tryng to figure out when ill finaly find a catapult
The thing about MechAssault is I think it works *perfectly* as a console arcade shooter. The story is a little silly that your entire Dragoon DropShip is just you, your CO and a few MechTechs but the fact that you are a Dragoon makes it perfectly fine with dropping you into a Clan 'Mech from the start and the creative names for variants also spruces up weapon choices without needing separate chassis.
I honestly thought the Mech Assault games were great. Yeah they were more arcade-y than the PC games but you really couldn’t put a crunchier game with complex controls on a controller, not unless you want to go the Steel Battalion route and release specialized hardware lol.
Wait so MechAssault IS a Battletech game? I thought so. Been learning about the world of Battletech (and playing MW5 on my Xbox) and wondered if the game I played as a kid was related. I played a lot of MechAssault when I was young. I had no idea and thought Titanfall was maybe made by like some people that made it, and never thought it was at all related to Battletech, as I had no idea what Battletech was. Now my suspicions are confirmed and that's really cool. Though my thoughts of some of the old devs of MA worked on Titanfall probably aren't far off, haven't seen MechWarrior have you come out of your mech and fight as a Pilot
I know it's not technically a Mechwarrior game, but since MechCommander was mentioned, I think this deserves a mention as well: Battletech released in 2018 by Hairbrain Schemes. One of the best turn-based strategy games ever. It gets a lot of stuff right about the Battletech universe, and it only gets so much better when you add mods like RogueTech to the mix. Super fun game with endless replayability.
I'm not a fan of woke stuff either but you're fckin stupid if you refuse to play the best battle tech game in literal years because of that reason alone. @@Vagabond_Etranger
I loved mw3, but when vengeance came out I never looked back lol. Mercs was a ton of fun too, I spent years playing online with a 56k dial up connection lol, those were the days🤣
3 was amazing, the story was the best part honestly. The mechlab was a bit over the top, being able to put almost anything anywhere in any quantity nearly lol. But the story was just great. I had great fun with it, having to protect those MFBs, you're only lifeline behind enemy lines. But yeah 4 pushed things to a new level and it was great in its own right. Then Mektek came along with its mekpak mods that just expanded it massively.
@@DraconX3 yeahm MW3 mechlab is absolutely bonkers. As long as you have the tonnage you could make an OP mechs everytime. I think they fix it in MW4, which is now the template for every Mechwarrior game
Mechwarrior 1. Take a base defense mission, take your Locust on a wide route to the back of the heavy attackers, then machine gun their legs off. They get so hyper-focused on the base that they never turn around, and they're so slow that they can't reach it before you disable them. Easy money.
@@Micbemac Indeed, love doing that. Though it can be a gamble if you're running at the Battlemaster from the front. It still has the firepower to take out your Locust's leg or cockpit in a single salvo before you get up close and start dry humping his legs with your machine guns 😂
@@Micbemacall wrong, you pick the mission thar just requires you to touch a building and negotiate no salvage but high money. You can farm easy money with low overhead like that.
I did that in mechwarrior 3. I got that one mech that looks like a kit fox with a turtle shell on its back (can't remember the name) loaded it up with machine guns and engine, and ran along like sonic the hedgehog at 300kph machine gunning the legs off of enemies.
You ever play in the PVP Class 5 Ultra AC20 matches? Good times, considering everyone was using dial up those days so the ballistic weapons were the least laggy. The lasers you actually had to lead the target because of latency.
The first game, mpbt 3025, I played online on a 1000 player GEnie server. It was 2.99 an hour, and no one complained about that. I played from 91 to 94. Friday through Sundays, the server was full. Planters assaults with all 5 houses, taking planets from each other. Could hire mercy. Most of us changed the sound effects. ppc sounded like phasers , and cannons sounded like photon torpedoes
Yea I did too. It was long distance to the pop for me though so about 6 bucks an hour to play. I was one of the last House leaders for House Kurita on GEnie.
@karuza82 very cool, I don't meet many who played on GEnie MPBT. I know the bloody clan might be still doing their annual meetings . It's been a while though
@Docthewrench lol Ice and his boys. Did you ever make it to GenCon in Milwaukee and sit in on the meeting with the programmers? KELTON the demi God and the servers Ren and Stimpy. Lol
That was a great game. Also, the start of my love/hate with EA, who bought Kesmai, servers and all, then promptly cancelled it with no explanation. I still haven't forgiven them.
I also love, "Prepare for Titanfall," lol. Different game, very different feel, but... there's something about powering up giant death machines. Even engaging a jump in Elite: Dangerous gets me.
Used to play a lot of Mechwarrior 3, but the game was flawed because your internet connection determines how you hit your opponent. They fixed it in mechwarrior 4 and so far mechwarrior 4 was my favorite all time mechwarrior game. I wish that I could boot it up and play again but there’s no one to play with anymore.
Crescent Hawk Revenge is what got me into PC gaming. Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries is the MW game I remember being the most fun. I tried the 2020 one, I couldn't get into it. I should give it another go.
I recommend getting back into the MW5, it got a DLC that adds a shit ton of stuff, like open ended mercenary career - choose a house, fly anywhere, take any jobs you want.
@@dookiebot Also, there are some great mods out there. Volumetric rescale. Faster (and true to life) ballistics. Scarier tanks. Better mechbays (so you can use critical slots). And many more.
MW3 is the best, great storytelling through video feed, salvaging mechs and weapons from battlefield is very satisfying, customizing mechs to shoot PPC from the head. Too bad it is short and buggy. I only liked MW2 Mercs for the merc gameplay and soundtrack. MW4 Merc is similar to MW 2 but no good music.
I do like how each sequel was rather spaced out, thus each one was rather significant in the technological advances between each one. Living Legends forever, though. The immersive gameplay, the actual multiplayer balance, the amount of headbashing that Wandering Samurai and the community devs were willing to do to put the game together makes it my personal favorite. Favorite single player? That's really hard. MechWarrior 3's presentation is absolutely fantastic but the game exists in that liminal region of PC compatibility. 1 and 2 can just be dropped into DOSBox while 4 will just flatout install and run with no fuss. 3 is one of those mid-nineties games that flips its lid for not having proper 3DFX and a slow enough PC. My second favorite would definitely be 4: Mercenaries with the MekTek pack that gives the campaign a lot of replay value, I personally had fun leading a lance of flexible Clan 'Mechs with my secondary lance using Inner Sphere specialized 'Mechs.
That OG old Mechwarrior's clock was tied to your CPU. I had a turbo button that turned the long 5min run into combat into something that was over after a few seconds.
@-..__.- ooh, is it the same tribarrel heavy from GBL? I saw some weird pictures last time I searched the name that didn't match the mech I remembered.
i started with mw2, got it for my boy but, he liked first shooter so it was the first game i beat. then mw3 came out and i would get in trouble for playing like 5 hrs a day. im 58 now and loved it.
I remember Mechwarrior 2 was my first mech game then it jumped to Mechwarrior 4 Vengeance, Black knight, Mercenaries. Then for a VERY LONG TIME not playing Mechwarrior drooling over an opportunity to play Mechwarrior. Fast forward to now FINALLY getting to play a Mechwarrior game MECHWARRIOR 5 MERCENARIES, that is open ended (unlimited missions) and has MANY expansion packs. NOW I hear whispers in the stars that a new stand alone game is coming out MECHWARRIOR 5 CLANS!! we are truly living in Mechwarrior heaven.🤘😆👍
1989 man. Damn i'm old. That game had a bug. You could be the smallest mech. And then run up to the biggest enemy mech's and just start firing at 0 range. They couldn't hit you cuz you were too small. I maxed out my entire mech crew cuz i'd win every mission. Then got bored of the game.
I once joked to a friend of mine that the gameplay of each MechWarrior game looked like the opening graphics/cinematic of the previous game, and that that's how they set their performance targets.
I'm probably going to catch a lot of flak for this but it has to be said, you forgot the SNES version of the original MechWarrior. I know it strays from the simulation end of things but I really enjoyed it as a kid.😅 Ps. Not trying to be rude at all. Love the MW series
While not technically "Mechwarrior" titles, you missed a LOT of great games set in the BattleTech universe. BT:Cresent Hawk's Inception (nearly an identical plotline to MW5) was the first BT video game in 1988, followed by Cresent Hawk's Revenge in 1990. Multi-Player BattleTech 3025 was an early online game that ran on several platforms from 1991-2001. The Virtual World BattleTech VR pods from the mid-90's were insanely advanced for their day, with over 100 functional buttons, switches, joysticks, foot pedals, multiple monitors, and other controls in the pod to configure your 'mech the way you liked, from weapons groups to torso rotation to having to manually punch in an override code when you overheat! The Tesla pod upgrades had beautifully upgraded graphics' man I miss those days! The 2018 Piranha Games "Battletech" title is arguably the best turn-based BT games. It can easily be used as a visual combat system for PnP Mechwarrior roleplaying games. Anyway, great list! As a lifelong BT fan, I have played most of them!
There were very nice looking versions of the original Mechwarrior released for the PC-98, and Sharp X68000 in Japan. Unfortunately, I don't think either of them ever got a fan translation. I love how the Mech Warrior 5 footage is all FMVs and no actual gameplay. Although considering the state of games today, maybe that IS what the game is like, all FMVs and no gameplay.
It's the first time I've seent he very first MechWarrior game, and I gotta say it looks very impressive as a simulator given the hardware and graphical limitations
I remember my dad teaching me how to play Mechwarrior 4 and now he always talks about that game they need to make a new one for Xbox 1 PC ps4 Xbox series xs and ps5
Technically, Genie was the Server @$9.00 per hour, Dial-up. Kesmai was the Originator of Online Games (Technically before the Internet was accessible to the Public) Kelton was the Creator of the Original Server based game. (Great Friend in real life!) Battletech 3025 was an immersive and large community of players with all 5 houses in the I.S. commanded by the wealthiest players. i.e. spending $300- $500 a month to play on a dial up connection.) The game community was tight-knit and would gather every year at Gencon along with the Game Admins and production team when it was held in Milwaukee, WI. Many of these players alpha and beta tested all the other Kesmai games and became part of the Production team. There was nothing else like it. After Genie, the game was moved to AOL which started at $6.95 an hour. Then AOL charged $16.95 a month to play. Dropped to $9.95 to play. During which There were the Beta Pods in Chicago where you would pay $10.00 for 10 minutes to play against other players at the Battletech Center in Chicago. Jordan Weissman (google him) connected with Microsoft and began work on Mech warrior games from the software used in the Battletech Center in Chicago. And eventually the Mechcommander Games which became popular going back to the table top games. EA had an a pretty good Alpha and Beta Testing program going on for Mech Warrior online with a majority of the testers from the original Kesmai Version. EA as EA has a reputation for totally screwing thing's up... Axed the Whole Thing just weeks prior to release. Then an Israeli Team began work on their version of the Mech Warrior online game.... Cost over runs on budget also became an abortion prior to the release of the game. All this was happening in the 90's... Don't get me started on all the Movie Production proposals that fell through... There was a short lived cartoon series... Bottom Line: While the Franchise has changed hands several times... It's not going to die anytime soon.
Kinda sorta, game has some heavy PTW nonsense and poorly thought out RPG mechanics. Can lead to frustration when two mechs that have the same gear on the outside come up against one another and because the other had more XP, converted to SP and used on Perks. Plus they aggressively monetise almost every aspect of the game.
lol... so many "Don't like MW5:Merc, it sucks" ... to me its the best so far... look at what I played before youngsters, no idea how good you have it, lol
i've played all the mechwarriors back when they came out, except for MW1, and i still think MW5 sucks. not a patch on MW3 and 4. story is non-existant, missions as just the same boring little bot matches over and over, UI is god awful. mechs don't feel like heavy walking tanks. gfx and sound are both pretty poor by modern standards. all that being said, i'm still happy we have a new MW game to play as the series was absent for so long, still don't know why Microsoft don't do something with it, they have so many franchises that they are just sitting on.
Funny how the first few games look like they were cutting edge graphics for their day, but maybe by MW4 they fell behind average for a major studio. MW5 is back to expected quality for its era.
i'd like to see the mechwarrior game return to the xbox. it's named mechassault on the original one. but just imagine. it comes back to the xbox, and over time....crossplay.
Guys i'm really struggling, when i was a kid back in 2009 maybe, there was this flash game, right next to dark orbit, where you could choose a mech, in an hangar, and the battle was seen on the top of the arena, i don't know what else could i say, i don't remember the name, i'm trynna remember it
That's funny. i remember thinking the graphics were a lot better than they actually were
yea crazy isnt it xD
Me too
Everyone does, it's cool.
You're not alone, my memories of MW2 graphics were closer to those of MW3 than reality until I watched some gameplay again.
MW 3 still had great textures though, especially inside the hud. M4 was very underwhelming visually speaking
MechWarrior II set the bar very high. It was taken to the next level with the release of the 3D accelerated versions.
and they were broken trash... Like the Med Laser glitch.... Dos MW2 was the only way to play./..
@@warriorsrace6960 and gladly the only one I played Ill take my gradient shaders any day lol
I played Mech Warrior on AOL games in the early 2000s hahahah
My heart always sticks to MW2. From the legendary intro (best intro of all time!) to the end of both clans....epic game. So many 3,5 floppy disks only to copy the game from my friend´s pc, those times :) :)
MW2 also had the best music. It will forever be one of my favorite PC games ever.
I don’t imagine you still play it on those floppies eh? How do you play the game today? :D
@@brysonkuervers2570 After 18 years, most people have transitioned from a floppy drive to a hard disk.
MechAssaults are always left out and forgotten. They were pretty good games when I was a kid. Loved the Ragnarok mission.
nobody else seems to remember those. those two were my introduction to battletech altogether. it was a little "arcady" compared to the mechwarrior series eith lack of customization and part damage but ive only had xboxs never pc and didnt even know i was missing out on the mw games. currently just got 5 mercs and am loving it mostly so far besides limitations and tryng to figure out when ill finaly find a catapult
The thing about MechAssault is I think it works *perfectly* as a console arcade shooter. The story is a little silly that your entire Dragoon DropShip is just you, your CO and a few MechTechs but the fact that you are a Dragoon makes it perfectly fine with dropping you into a Clan 'Mech from the start and the creative names for variants also spruces up weapon choices without needing separate chassis.
@@racer927 extremely arcady. But that's what was fun about it. I love mech warrior 5 though. My first mech warrior game since mech assault 2.
I honestly thought the Mech Assault games were great. Yeah they were more arcade-y than the PC games but you really couldn’t put a crunchier game with complex controls on a controller, not unless you want to go the Steel Battalion route and release specialized hardware lol.
Wait so MechAssault IS a Battletech game? I thought so. Been learning about the world of Battletech (and playing MW5 on my Xbox) and wondered if the game I played as a kid was related. I played a lot of MechAssault when I was young. I had no idea and thought Titanfall was maybe made by like some people that made it, and never thought it was at all related to Battletech, as I had no idea what Battletech was. Now my suspicions are confirmed and that's really cool. Though my thoughts of some of the old devs of MA worked on Titanfall probably aren't far off, haven't seen MechWarrior have you come out of your mech and fight as a Pilot
I know it's not technically a Mechwarrior game, but since MechCommander was mentioned, I think this deserves a mention as well: Battletech released in 2018 by Hairbrain Schemes. One of the best turn-based strategy games ever. It gets a lot of stuff right about the Battletech universe, and it only gets so much better when you add mods like RogueTech to the mix. Super fun game with endless replayability.
best game in the entire franchise IMHO
Was also kidna disappointed that the MechAssault Games were not included. I remember them being my introduction to the MechWarrior world
Unfortunately, it's WOKE. So I don't play it anymore, when I saw the pronouns selection. One of the developer looks woke too.
I'm not a fan of woke stuff either but you're fckin stupid if you refuse to play the best battle tech game in literal years because of that reason alone. @@Vagabond_Etranger
@@Vagabond_Etrangerbattletech has been wOkE for a while now, crybaby
the jump from mech warrior 3 to 4 was massive
they be installing 5 Jump Jet (H) on that one
I loved mw3, but when vengeance came out I never looked back lol. Mercs was a ton of fun too, I spent years playing online with a 56k dial up connection lol, those were the days🤣
3 was amazing, the story was the best part honestly. The mechlab was a bit over the top, being able to put almost anything anywhere in any quantity nearly lol.
But the story was just great. I had great fun with it, having to protect those MFBs, you're only lifeline behind enemy lines.
But yeah 4 pushed things to a new level and it was great in its own right. Then Mektek came along with its mekpak mods that just expanded it massively.
@@DraconX3 yeahm MW3 mechlab is absolutely bonkers. As long as you have the tonnage you could make an OP mechs everytime.
I think they fix it in MW4, which is now the template for every Mechwarrior game
yea mechwarrior 4 and blacknight, were great online as well
I always thought Mechwarriors 3 was the best. MicroProse really made great graphics, great scenarios, and the weapons effects were more realistic.
MW3 was the first one I played out of the series and fondly remembered!
MechWarrior and MechWarrior 4 are the best games of an entire series.
The first-person SNES Mechwarrior is essentially an entirely unique game in the franchise.
loved it. it was my intro to the MW universe.
it's what i was thinking. they lumped it in with the original pc MW but it definitely was its own game.
My first PC was an Acer Aspire running win 95. I was addicted to Mech Warrior and Descent!
Mechwarrior 1. Take a base defense mission, take your Locust on a wide route to the back of the heavy attackers, then machine gun their legs off. They get so hyper-focused on the base that they never turn around, and they're so slow that they can't reach it before you disable them. Easy money.
Nah, what you do is take locusts up against Battlemaster's - You ram into their legs, and you are too short for the battlemaster to target you at all.
@@Micbemac Indeed, love doing that. Though it can be a gamble if you're running at the Battlemaster from the front. It still has the firepower to take out your Locust's leg or cockpit in a single salvo before you get up close and start dry humping his legs with your machine guns 😂
@@Micbemacall wrong, you pick the mission thar just requires you to touch a building and negotiate no salvage but high money. You can farm easy money with low overhead like that.
I did that in mechwarrior 3. I got that one mech that looks like a kit fox with a turtle shell on its back (can't remember the name) loaded it up with machine guns and engine, and ran along like sonic the hedgehog at 300kph machine gunning the legs off of enemies.
The sounds of MW3 are so inmersive!! Sounds like a real war
Mechwarrior 3 was the best..... I played this @ MSN gaming zone back in 1999-2000 online multiplayer in CZ League. I miss those days!
It felt so brutal as well!
You ever play in the PVP Class 5 Ultra AC20 matches? Good times, considering everyone was using dial up those days so the ballistic weapons were the least laggy. The lasers you actually had to lead the target because of latency.
Mech3 and PM was played so much at my house over LAN. The memories!
Lonewolf was the last I played. Good times there chief!
The first game, mpbt 3025, I played online on a 1000 player GEnie server. It was 2.99 an hour, and no one complained about that. I played from 91 to 94. Friday through Sundays, the server was full. Planters assaults with all 5 houses, taking planets from each other. Could hire mercy. Most of us changed the sound effects. ppc sounded like phasers , and cannons sounded like photon torpedoes
Yea I did too. It was long distance to the pop for me though so about 6 bucks an hour to play. I was one of the last House leaders for House Kurita on GEnie.
@karuza82 very cool, I don't meet many who played on GEnie MPBT. I know the bloody clan might be still doing their annual meetings . It's been a while though
@Docthewrench lol Ice and his boys. Did you ever make it to GenCon in Milwaukee and sit in on the meeting with the programmers? KELTON the demi God and the servers Ren and Stimpy. Lol
That was a great game. Also, the start of my love/hate with EA, who bought Kesmai, servers and all, then promptly cancelled it with no explanation. I still haven't forgiven them.
Kinda upset the MechCommander 2 got left out, that was my introduction to the BattleTech franchise
REACTOR ONLINE. SENSORS ONLINE. WEAPONS ONLINE. ALL SYSTEMS NOMINAL.
MW5 is the only one I play and I love hearing this at the beginning of missions
I also love, "Prepare for Titanfall," lol. Different game, very different feel, but... there's something about powering up giant death machines. Even engaging a jump in Elite: Dangerous gets me.
Fun to guess the mech models from earlier era :D
Used to play a lot of Mechwarrior 3, but the game was flawed because your internet connection determines how you hit your opponent. They fixed it in mechwarrior 4 and so far mechwarrior 4 was my favorite all time mechwarrior game. I wish that I could boot it up and play again but there’s no one to play with anymore.
Forgot about lag shooting, leading your target for distance then a bit extra for lag. 😆
@@Zahgurym yeah lag shooting! 😂 that name is a nostalgia trip!
Crescent Hawk Revenge is what got me into PC gaming. Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries is the MW game I remember being the most fun. I tried the 2020 one, I couldn't get into it. I should give it another go.
You beat me to it. I was just about to mention Battletech 2.
Do it I'm rocking it now and it's a good time
I recommend getting back into the MW5, it got a DLC that adds a shit ton of stuff, like open ended mercenary career - choose a house, fly anywhere, take any jobs you want.
@@everythingsgonnabealright8888 I'll give it another go!
@@dookiebot
Also, there are some great mods out there. Volumetric rescale. Faster (and true to life) ballistics. Scarier tanks. Better mechbays (so you can use critical slots). And many more.
What I wouldn't give for a remaster of MW2: Mercenaries.
Knew I wasn't the only one!
Watched that harvestz video around when it came out. Thank you for shouting out that amazing video
I Love MW 5 Mercs. Still playing it on PS5.
MW3 is the best, great storytelling through video feed, salvaging mechs and weapons from battlefield is very satisfying, customizing mechs to shoot PPC from the head. Too bad it is short and buggy.
I only liked MW2 Mercs for the merc gameplay and soundtrack. MW4 Merc is similar to MW 2 but no good music.
Huh ? MW4Mercs has great music !
@@frostphoenyx yeah MW4 Mercs even has a knock off pantera song! Also rally and floodgate are phenomenal tracks too!
Music in MW4 Mercs is good, but cooling is awful shit.
Look on the bright side, kid. At least you get to keep all the money.
You also forgot MechCommander 2, and MechCommander 1, and both MechAssaults.
They probably weren't included as they (at least mechassault) were spinoff games in the series, I think.
MW2 greatest MW
Mech 3 pom
I spent many hours playing MW2
I do like how each sequel was rather spaced out, thus each one was rather significant in the technological advances between each one.
Living Legends forever, though. The immersive gameplay, the actual multiplayer balance, the amount of headbashing that Wandering Samurai and the community devs were willing to do to put the game together makes it my personal favorite.
Favorite single player? That's really hard. MechWarrior 3's presentation is absolutely fantastic but the game exists in that liminal region of PC compatibility. 1 and 2 can just be dropped into DOSBox while 4 will just flatout install and run with no fuss. 3 is one of those mid-nineties games that flips its lid for not having proper 3DFX and a slow enough PC. My second favorite would definitely be 4: Mercenaries with the MekTek pack that gives the campaign a lot of replay value, I personally had fun leading a lance of flexible Clan 'Mechs with my secondary lance using Inner Sphere specialized 'Mechs.
Gonna go fire up battletech on the genesis real quick
"battletech." Love the way he says it on the main menu
I remember there being a lot more mechwarrior games that what was shown
Mech assaults.
Mech Commander series too
Plus the various iterations of the Battletech Center and Wirtual World games.
I still have the original mech warrior on floppy disk from around 1989 and MechWarrior 2. I should load them up and take a trip down memory lane.
That OG old Mechwarrior's clock was tied to your CPU. I had a turbo button that turned the long 5min run into combat into something that was over after a few seconds.
my favorite is mechwarrior 4 mercenaries
Same
Then you might know how to fix disc 2 problem I wanna play it but I cant
Same !!
Excelente resumen, de uno de los mejores juegos, sobre mechas de combate, que han habido . ¡Muy buenos tus vídeos, como siempre!
I love Mechwarrior 5, probably my favorite of the bunch
That's pretty sad. It's so half-assed.
@@chief117s15 that might be true, but it's still enjoyable, even though you have to do side quests to continue the story.
In fairness, the game is fun but over time it does get stale unless you can play with some friends.
@@chief117s15 its awesome
Was it ever finished?
They released the game with so much unreleased.
Disgusting.
Nostalgia goggles. I was introduced to MW with MW4. 53 years old now. Gonna get me some MW5.
How do I configure old games to play with mouse and keyboard? I'm trying with 4 here and I can't do it at all... could someone help me?
MechWarrior 2 was such a gigantic leap forward for the series, and for gaming as a whole to be honest.
Oh damn, I need to know where you found that cover of the _MWO_ theme!
I'd love to see some old favorites of mine come back in the new games. Stone Rhino (GBL), Gargoyle (MW2), and Marauder (MW2)
Marauder is in mw5. There's also a marauder 2 - 100 tonne assault version with jump jets
Stone Rhino has been released for MWO
@-..__.- ooh, is it the same tribarrel heavy from GBL? I saw some weird pictures last time I searched the name that didn't match the mech I remembered.
There's a stone rhino mod for MW5.
I remember mw1 and mw2 . From way back when. But after playing MW5 mercs. There's no way I can go back back and play those games now.
I spent sooo many hours on MW 1... so freaking good.
I have one of the 3rd games but was never able to get it to work on my pc for some reason.
Would sure love to play MW 4 and all its iterations again. Too bad it hates Windows 10 😢
Left out the MechAssault games, Mech Commander 2 and Battletech
2:40 MECHCOMMANDER is so EPIC.. hope they make a new game like this.. with end game ideas like mission similar to mech 5
I keep hoping either Mech Commander #1 or #2 end up on GoG, but they never do :(
Ahh nostalgia. Tbh though, I only got into the games in MW4: Mercenaries. Still can't believe that was more than 18 years ago.
If you want nostalgia then try playing it when it was on paper and their were gaming manuals,lol I started playing in 1989
@@seanhall9078 I can have nostalgia with something I never experienced.
I remember playing the very early versions on my uncles computer during the holidays. I was probably about 10, early 90s.
i started with mw2, got it for my boy but, he liked first shooter so it was the first game i beat. then mw3 came out and i would get in trouble for playing like 5 hrs a day. im 58 now and loved it.
Missing Mechcommander 2
I remember Mechwarrior 2 was my first mech game then it jumped to Mechwarrior 4 Vengeance, Black knight, Mercenaries. Then for a VERY LONG TIME not playing Mechwarrior drooling over an opportunity to play Mechwarrior. Fast forward to now FINALLY getting to play a Mechwarrior game MECHWARRIOR 5 MERCENARIES, that is open ended (unlimited missions) and has MANY expansion packs. NOW I hear whispers in the stars that a new stand alone game is coming out MECHWARRIOR 5 CLANS!! we are truly living in Mechwarrior heaven.🤘😆👍
MW4: vengeance, BK, IS/Clan packs, and then MEKTEK supporting MW4 for a long was the high point in this series.
Any recommendations to get started on (for a 2019 pc)
mechwarrior online and battletech are both great.
I know this is Mechwarrior games, but I feel Battletech should have honorable mention.
1989 man. Damn i'm old.
That game had a bug. You could be the smallest mech. And then run up to the biggest enemy mech's and just start firing at 0 range. They couldn't hit you cuz you were too small. I maxed out my entire mech crew cuz i'd win every mission. Then got bored of the game.
Yes
And I've played almost every PC version since Crescent Hawk.
I once joked to a friend of mine that the gameplay of each MechWarrior game looked like the opening graphics/cinematic of the previous game, and that that's how they set their performance targets.
I'm probably going to catch a lot of flak for this but it has to be said, you forgot the SNES version of the original MechWarrior. I know it strays from the simulation end of things but I really enjoyed it as a kid.😅 Ps. Not trying to be rude at all. Love the MW series
No Battletech (2018)?
It's not a Mechwarrior game, Mechwarrior is about simulating piloting a mech while Battletech is an adaptation of the Table Top rules
Left out MechAssault and BattleTech HBS. Shame, they're fantastic games
you show real play for each of the games then use the movie intro for the last one?
You forgot MechCommander 2.
I still think MW3 looks and feels better that 4.
While not technically "Mechwarrior" titles, you missed a LOT of great games set in the BattleTech universe. BT:Cresent Hawk's Inception (nearly an identical plotline to MW5) was the first BT video game in 1988, followed by Cresent Hawk's Revenge in 1990. Multi-Player BattleTech 3025 was an early online game that ran on several platforms from 1991-2001. The Virtual World BattleTech VR pods from the mid-90's were insanely advanced for their day, with over 100 functional buttons, switches, joysticks, foot pedals, multiple monitors, and other controls in the pod to configure your 'mech the way you liked, from weapons groups to torso rotation to having to manually punch in an override code when you overheat! The Tesla pod upgrades had beautifully upgraded graphics' man I miss those days! The 2018 Piranha Games "Battletech" title is arguably the best turn-based BT games. It can easily be used as a visual combat system for PnP Mechwarrior roleplaying games. Anyway, great list! As a lifelong BT fan, I have played most of them!
Man, I really miss Earthsiege and Starsiege. Those were some good non-Battletech mech games.
Starsiege was my entire childhood
This. I got one of those 20 in Box Gamesets in the early 2000er with Mechwarrior 3 and Starsiege and man i fell in Love with mecha games.
Earth siege 2 was pretty lit, never got a chance to finish it.
i try to remember a game(robo game) like the 3 and 4 but i dont find it..its very cool and very similar the 3 and 4
I, always go for one of the legs, more loot
That voice in MW2 did it for me. Such clean graphics. mW3 Mercenaries was AWESOME! Pun intended.
I remember Mech Warrior 3 with Mech Warrior Online graphics
There were very nice looking versions of the original Mechwarrior released for the PC-98, and Sharp X68000 in Japan. Unfortunately, I don't think either of them ever got a fan translation.
I love how the Mech Warrior 5 footage is all FMVs and no actual gameplay. Although considering the state of games today, maybe that IS what the game is like, all FMVs and no gameplay.
It's the first time I've seent he very first MechWarrior game, and I gotta say it looks very impressive as a simulator given the hardware and graphical limitations
What is the intro song?
I remember my dad teaching me how to play Mechwarrior 4 and now he always talks about that game they need to make a new one for Xbox 1 PC ps4 Xbox series xs and ps5
Make Mechwarrior Clan Again! I hope 5 will have clan mechs.
I really loved
A year on and I wanna know if you've played mechwarrior 5 and what you think of it!
Well? Did you ever check out MW5 yet?
Man, I wish some of these were available on GOG games or Steam.
Forgot the original Mechwarrior online from Genie Online in the mid 90's. They charged you by the HOUR lol
Battletech: 3025?
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Gemstone IV is still functional and free-to-play, so why can't we still have this
@@theproblemwithkidsthesedays Exactly!
Technically, Genie was the Server @$9.00 per hour, Dial-up.
Kesmai was the Originator of Online Games (Technically before the Internet was accessible to the Public)
Kelton was the Creator of the Original Server based game. (Great Friend in real life!)
Battletech 3025 was an immersive and large community of players with all 5 houses in the I.S. commanded by the wealthiest players. i.e. spending $300- $500 a month to play on a dial up connection.)
The game community was tight-knit and would gather every year at Gencon along with the Game Admins and production team when it was held in Milwaukee, WI.
Many of these players alpha and beta tested all the other Kesmai games and became part of the Production team.
There was nothing else like it.
After Genie, the game was moved to AOL which started at $6.95 an hour.
Then AOL charged $16.95 a month to play.
Dropped to $9.95 to play.
During which There were the Beta Pods in Chicago where you would pay $10.00 for 10 minutes to play against other players at the Battletech Center in Chicago.
Jordan Weissman (google him) connected with Microsoft and began work on Mech warrior games from the software used in the Battletech Center in Chicago.
And eventually the Mechcommander Games which became popular going back to the table top games.
EA had an a pretty good Alpha and Beta Testing program going on for Mech Warrior online with a majority of the testers from the original Kesmai Version.
EA as EA has a reputation for totally screwing thing's up...
Axed the Whole Thing just weeks prior to release.
Then an Israeli Team began work on their version of the Mech Warrior online game.... Cost over runs on budget also became an abortion prior to the release of the game.
All this was happening in the 90's...
Don't get me started on all the Movie Production proposals that fell through...
There was a short lived cartoon series...
Bottom Line: While the Franchise has changed hands several times... It's not going to die anytime soon.
intro song?
Mechwarrior Online seem to be the best.
Kinda sorta, game has some heavy PTW nonsense and poorly thought out RPG mechanics. Can lead to frustration when two mechs that have the same gear on the outside come up against one another and because the other had more XP, converted to SP and used on Perks. Plus they aggressively monetise almost every aspect of the game.
What happened to Mechwarrior 5?
Direwolf, one of my favs.
lol... so many "Don't like MW5:Merc, it sucks" ... to me its the best so far... look at what I played before youngsters, no idea how good you have it, lol
i've played all the mechwarriors back when they came out, except for MW1, and i still think MW5 sucks. not a patch on MW3 and 4. story is non-existant, missions as just the same boring little bot matches over and over, UI is god awful. mechs don't feel like heavy walking tanks. gfx and sound are both pretty poor by modern standards.
all that being said, i'm still happy we have a new MW game to play as the series was absent for so long, still don't know why Microsoft don't do something with it, they have so many franchises that they are just sitting on.
I'm surprised you can say that if you've played 4.
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The mechs aren’t supposed to feel like heavy walking tanks. They move using artificial muscles, not hinges and servos.
I really liked the picture in picture zoom from 3. I wosh it was used in more games.
I remember Mechs 3 and 4 being almsot cutting edge back in the day.
1989 - Beep boop pew pew bloop!
1995 to now - Reactor online. Sensors online. Weapons online. All systems nominal.
Funny how the first few games look like they were cutting edge graphics for their day, but maybe by MW4 they fell behind average for a major studio. MW5 is back to expected quality for its era.
Only heathens play in third person
You missed Crescent Hawks Inception and Crescent Hawks Revenge.
You forgot Mechcommander and Mechcommander 2
interesting how you did not show us the graphics downgrade of MW5 in comparison to MWO
5 looks much better in terms of graphics even if the trailer was entirely false.
i'd like to see the mechwarrior game return to the xbox. it's named mechassault on the original one. but just imagine. it comes back to the xbox, and over time....crossplay.
Where is:
Cresent Hawk Inception
Cresent Hawk Revenge
And my favourite BT passtime was sitting in the Pod Simulators. Ah, the good old days :)
Holy shit! Iam playing Mechwarrior 89s on my first PC
No MechAssault? That's my first introduction into this universe until I played Battletech in 2018. Its never mentioned lol
You missed one, there used to be a MechWarrior online version that came out in the early 90's
No mention of MechAssault? That's what got me into the ip
You forgot Multiplayer Online BattleTech.
When will we see MechWarrior in VR?
There’s a vr mod for MW5
Mechcommander still looks good in 2022
just started playing mwo XD (hawken refugee)
Guys i'm really struggling, when i was a kid back in 2009 maybe, there was this flash game, right next to dark orbit, where you could choose a mech, in an hangar, and the battle was seen on the top of the arena, i don't know what else could i say, i don't remember the name, i'm trynna remember it