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[QUOTE]Pre-alpha demo footage of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, announced during the keynote presentation at Mech_Con 2016.
In MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries you will adopt the role of a rookie MechWarrior pilot thrust into combat as the Third Succession War continues to fracture the Inner Sphere. Take contracts from the factions of your choosing and engage in tactical, first-person, PvE ‘Mech combat through an immersive, career-based Mercenary campaign driven by player choice. Victory, prestige, and profit will not only require skill on the battlefield, but in the acquisition, maintenance, and enhancement of your BattleMechs.
Set for release in 2018, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is under development by a dedicated team at Piranha Games. MechWarrior Online, Piranha’s existing F2P multiplayer-focused tactical ‘Mech combat game, will continue its ongoing live development by the MWO team at Piranha.[/QUOTE]
Still being developed by Piranha games, but it's built from the ground up in Unreal 4, so it's not just MWO with SP slapped on
Damn, well this came out of nowhere.
I still remember this old trailer
[video=youtube;ONEjoRQ0Cg8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONEjoRQ0Cg8[/video]
The ship is sinking on MWO, they need to pull a Hail Mary with this.
I have little faith in Piranha to make good on this. At the very least though I do dig their new designs on most of the mechs.
Oh shit, they better bring this back. :v:
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It would be awesome if you could destroy buildings again like in MechWarrior 4.
I'll never forget this song, I always had a hard time with this game but I was so glad when I saw that the game had cheats right in the options menu, this was the only game I ever saw doing that, really wish all games had easy to use cheats right in the options menu.
[video=youtube;jbZfA9K3HJg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbZfA9K3HJg[/video]
I'll never forget this creepy ass skeleton mech, also I miss those tacky faction logos.
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[QUOTE=RaTcHeT302;51472236]Oh shit, they better bring this back. :v:
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It would be awesome if you could destroy buildings again like in MechWarrior 4.
I'll never forget this song, I always had a hard time with this game but I was so glad when I saw that the game had cheats right in the options menu, this was the only game I ever saw doing that, really wish all games had easy to use cheats right in the options menu.
[video=youtube;jbZfA9K3HJg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbZfA9K3HJg[/video][/QUOTE]
There won't be any Clan stuff, this game takes place before the Clan Invasions in the Third Succession War
[QUOTE=PaChIrA;51472247]There won't be any Clan stuff, this game takes place before the Clan Invasions in the Third Succession War[/QUOTE]
Not the clans, just the Mad Cat. I really liked the clans though. Unless you mean that this mech was only made during that period.
[QUOTE=RaTcHeT302;51472252]Not the clans, just the Mad Cat. I really liked the clans though. Unless you mean that this mech was only made during that period.[/QUOTE]
Mad Cat (AKA Timber Wolf) is a Clanner 'Mech
[QUOTE=PaChIrA;51472277]Mad Cat (AKA Timber Wolf) is a Clanner 'Mech[/QUOTE]
That sucks, I never really cared about the story, this is such a cool mech in my mind and I have all these good memories in the desert areas blowing shit up, and in the city just flying around on top of buildings, or destroying convoys and whatever else the game made you do.
I hope weapons aren't locked into loadouts like in Mechwarrior 4, always preferred 3 because of that.
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;51472321]Since they'll be no Mad Cat or Dashi's.
I want to run around in an Awesome.[/QUOTE]
How fucking big is this thing? :v:
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[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;51472363]Referring to the MW4/MW4Merc version.
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she's just an 80 tonne but she's a good 80 tonne[/QUOTE]
Still about 10 times taller than a tank.
If this was by [B][I]anyone[/I][/B] other than PGI, I would be excited, but I was burned so hard by the franchise destroying and practically genre ending fuckup that was MWO that I don't know what they could do to make it up.
The best I can say about this is that it's better than nothing, but I'm honestly not sure if that's even the case. I'd rather see this, and the license, go to another developer.
[QUOTE=RaTcHeT302;51472335]How fucking big is this thing? :v:[/QUOTE]That is ridiculously out of scale.
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[QUOTE=Why485;51472401]If this was by [B][I]anyone[/I][/B] other than PGI, I would be excited, but I was burned so damn hard by the colossal failure that was MWO that I don't know what they could do to make it up.
The best I can say about this is that it's better than nothing, but I'm honestly not sure if that's even the case. I'd rather see this go to another developer.[/QUOTE]
I have pretty low expectations, but I look forward to it anyway. Maybe if we get lucky it'll have modding support or something even if it ends up being mediocre.
[QUOTE=RaTcHeT302;51472335]How fucking big is this thing? :v:
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What the hell is with that art? Looks awful.
This is how an Awesome really looks
[img]https://puu.sh/sDDBI/adf6607b7a.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Squeegy Mackoy;51472409]That is ridiculously out of scale.
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Do all the MechWarrior games have an in depth lore or story? I honestly only played through MW4 and I can't remember anything about it, all I remember was the first mission on some moon and the last mission against some nasty ass boss in blue armor or something.
[QUOTE=PaChIrA;51472430]What the hell is with that art? Looks awful.
This is how an Awesome really looks
[img]https://puu.sh/sDDBI/adf6607b7a.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
I don't know, I thought it looked weird too, I just randomly picked that from Google, I really don't remember what any mechs looked like other than the main cover one, the skeleton thing and the mad cat variants.
[QUOTE=RaTcHeT302;51472438]Do all the MechWarrior games have an in depth lore or story? I honestly only played through MW4 and I can't remember anything about it, all I remember was the first mission on some moon and the last mission against some nasty ass boss in blue armor or something.[/QUOTE]
They're all part of the Battletech universe which does have an in depth lore and story, but each of the games are mostly self contained.
All you really need to know about the lore is that the Clans are a bunch of stupid test tube baby space furries with 80's hair and that house Steiner is the best thing ever. Also, mercenaries are whores.
[QUOTE=Squeegy Mackoy;51472532]All you really need to know about the lore is that the Clans are a bunch of stupid test tube baby space furries with 80's hair and that the Inner Sphere is the best thing ever. Also, mercenaries are whores.[/QUOTE]
Why was I blowing shit up on the moon :v: And what was going on with those cities and that weird temple.
Oh, it's Piranha. I was thinking it might have been a good game, but it's shit already.
[QUOTE=PaChIrA;51472430]This is how an Awesome really looks
[img]https://puu.sh/sDDBI/adf6607b7a.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
A picture so purple you can feel freedom and incompetence emanating from it.
I loved Mech Warrior 4 Mercenaries. I hope this new one lives up to the last one.
I know nothing of battletech lore but if the raven is in i'm game
I want to hope they've learned from the complete mistake MWO is and make an actual vehicle sim rather than a glorified FPS
I should love this concept but it just pisses me off as it's another way for pirahna to milk the franchise with another shitty game
instead of making money with this I'd rather pgi just curl up and die so they can finally relinquish their death grip on the mechwarrior franchise, and let someone else take a crack at this style of game later down the track
and what is shown doesn't fill me with confidence somehow. I know it's pre alpha but it looks half-assed as fuck. ported MWO models but the textures and lighting are terrible... somehow worse than the ue4 default?? and the scale is completely fucked: check out the player compared to the cockpit seat at 2:45, either the mech is for midgets or the player is 3m tall
[QUOTE=RaTcHeT302;51472438]Do all the MechWarrior games have an in depth lore or story? I honestly only played through MW4 and I can't remember anything about it, all I remember was the first mission on some moon and the last mission against some nasty ass boss in blue armor or something.[/QUOTE]
The games are set in the BattleTech universe, which has over a hundred full-length novels and even more sourcebooks.
The games are largely self-contained. Sometimes the events get mentioned in sourcebooks and become fully canonical.
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It's developed by PGI, creators of such cherished games like Duke Nukem Forever multiplayer and Bass Pro Shops. They [I]repeatedly[/I] screwed the pooch repeatedly on MechWarrior Online, so don't even think about touching this with a ten foot pole until it's been released and reviews are in.
[QUOTE=PaChIrA;51472247]There won't be any Clan stuff, this game takes place before the Clan Invasions in the Third Succession War[/QUOTE]
Technically speaking, the Timber Wolf existed during the Third Succession war, but it wasn't encountered by inner sphere forces until after.
Including it would only require a small retcon. Especially given that you are a mercenary fighting force.
Why go back in time and get rid of things that hadn't been made yet? Go forward and put in as many fucking mechs as possible.
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