[Game] A new MechWarrior

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Murphy

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Leave it to Piranha Bytes to make insanely atmospheric games... Gothic 1 is probably my favorite rpg.

Shouldn't they be busy with Risen atm though?
Screw this, I just realized we are talking about Piranha Games here and not Piranha Bytes!
While Piranha Bytes are masters of atmosphere who have proven their worth to me by creating Gothic 1 - one of the best and most atmospheric games ever, Piranha Games shines with such titles as Transformers 2, Need For Speed: Undercover, Medal of Honor: Heroes 2... Well, at least their source material is better this time but I think there is reason for skepticism. Was it picked because they really are interested in it or was it picked because of the anniversary and the subsequent press coverage?

I mean, the prerendered video still stands and looks admittedly cool so I don't want to spread the typical RO-forum "this is gonna be dumbed down" paranoia just yet. Just retrackting my initial statement with a little too much enthusiasm...
 

SheepDip

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Screw this, I just realized we are talking about Piranha Games here and not Piranha Bytes!
While Piranha Bytes are masters of atmosphere who have proven their worth to me by creating Gothic 1 - one of the best and most atmospheric games ever, Piranha Games shines with such titles as Transformers 2, Need For Speed: Undercover, Medal of Honor: Heroes 2... Well, at least their source material is better this time but I think there is reason for skepticism. Was it picked because they really are interested in it or was it picked because of the anniversary and the subsequent press coverage?

I mean, the prerendered video still stands and looks admittedly cool so I don't want to spread the typical RO-forum "this is gonna be dumbed down" paranoia just yet. Just retrackting my initial statement with a little too much enthusiasm...

I was thinking this after checking out the previous titles developed by Piranah Games...but it isn't just Piranah Games, it's Piranah games *plus* Smith & Tinker - who were originally part of the FASA Interactive team who developed all the previous Mechwarrior games.

It'd be very easy to mess up a Mechwarrior title into a generic "Oooh look explosions!" action game, but with Smith and Tinker on board I really hope they don't.
 

Godzilla97

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Don't know if you guys have found out or not, but since this is a prequel to all the MechWarriors, there will be no Clan Tech; just the Houses of Inner Sphere.

Basically, there are no Mad Cats, Nova Cats, Summoners, etc.
 

smokeythebear

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From the interview it sounds very promising. They seem too eager to bend at their future publishers whim though, but I guess that's the nature of the business :eek:
 

Grobut

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If they do it justice, i'll be very happy indeed!

And if anyone has a link to MW3, that would make me very happy aswell ;)
 

Gunfan9x19

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If they do it justice, i'll be very happy indeed!

And if anyone has a link to MW3, that would make me very happy aswell ;)

Yeah the only ones I can find for free download are Mech Commander 1+2 and Mechwarrior 1 (which I would download if I knew how to use DOSBOX, but I don't :confused:)

I lost my copy of MW3 ages ago and would love to play again, MW4 (at least the SP) felt a bit shallow.
 

2fisted

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I'm pretty excited for this too, but mw5 may not be out for a year or so it seems. It will be xbox/pc too.
Should be some good mech action in any case!
 

Grobut

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Yeah the only ones I can find for free download are Mech Commander 1+2 and Mechwarrior 1 (which I would download if I knew how to use DOSBOX, but I don't :confused:)

All i can find are the Mech Commander games, when i search for Mechwarrior i get swamped in youtube vids, illegal torrents, and places where i can buy the games, but none of the legal free downloads people talk about.
 

<*>Nora The Martyr

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Mechwarrior 2 was one of my favorite games for a while.
What where the playable factions? Timberwolves and Jade Serpent?

Incredibly atmospheric.

The new Mech games sucked so damn hard, turned into a penny arcade shooter.

This one looks promising.

The trailer even resembles the old trailer for Mechwarrior 2.
(basically ambushed and destroyed.)
 

LemoN

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anyone knows if Black knight is included or not? :confused:
i somewhere read that it wont be included, then i read this release will feature ALL expansions
 

Murphy

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They planned to release it all, but now it's just MW4:Mercs with all the available bonus packs from Microsoft and mektek's own packs, plus their auto-installer/updater program thing and better ways of getting people into games.
They apparently want to release the campaigns later when they are done integrating them into their game.
 

LemoN

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They planned to release it all, but now it's just MW4:Mercs with all the available bonus packs from Microsoft and mektek's own packs, plus their auto-installer/updater program thing and better ways of getting people into games.
They apparently want to release the campaigns later when they are done integrating them into their game.

ah ok thanks Murph :)

EDIT: open beta has started as it seems :D
 
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Panzer Meyer

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Thanks for posting this, I loved MECH 2, so very well done. If it was re-done today, with today graphics and physics engine, and expanded upon as far as feature, it would be pure win.

However this new Mech 5 looks very promising. I actually re-installed Mechcommander2 the other day, and Mechwarrior Mercenaries, which I think is Mech4.

Mercenaries isn't all that bad actually, and as I recall there was another title which had an expansion which made it really good as well, though I don't remember what it was called. Black Guard, or Blak Hand or something like that.

Btw, thanks for that link Yoshiro!!!