MechWarrior 5: Clans

MW5 Mercs is it's own thing, but this also kicks ass.

Amazing storytelling, Amazing design and overall an Amazing game. If you have ever dipped your toe into Battletech then you need to enjoy this game.

MechWarrior 5: Clans is very clunky in its design. The menus and UI feel rushed and absolutely not futuristic (and not functional). During combat the mech movement, the HUD, and mini-map also feel clunky… The missions are completely on rails: no way to explore the maps outside predetermined routes, basically. I don't mind the story: it's a bit puerile, but it could still become interesting but the imprecise design prevents any real sense of immersion. Everything feels cheap. I remember playing MechWarrior 2 on DOS. The vector graphics were very crisp, and the simple landscapes begged for exploration. Everything felt alive and intentional.

The combat is fine, The mech's are fine, The characters make you not want to fight for the clan. At all! You have one guys that acts like a spoiled brat. You have men not talking like men do. I do not know how to explain it. But then you have ever single white character's weak and pathetic or crazy and not a good kind of crazy. Also why does everyone look like they need to drop a duce. Like seriously look at their mouth and its like they are all bubba from forest gump. Its really weird their bottom lip like sticks out from their teeth about a quarter or a inch. The voice acting is okay. But the story characters are Trash. If its on sale i say pick it up. I mean Combat is fine for the most part. But sometime your guys will get in your way when you are firing and get taken out since you did a full barrage and they stepped right in front of you. I do not want to put a no. But i also do not want to say yes. This is a middle ground for me.

cutsecens are great. gameplay is good and the new dlcs are really good.

After playing this, I am pretty sure the devs just use the clan terms but do not really know what they mean. There is no escapism here. The 1st one was "ok". Ghost Bear was a joke. Clan's don't use ASF's and Union Class drop ships in Bachal's or Trails. That defeats the whole "Mech Warrior" honor thing. I didn't even try the last DLC. The engine has the same problems. The have fixed nothing. You can see your laser shots go through the mechs and out the other side... yes its that bad in some instances. The maps are small, and narrow, you don't really get to feel the Clans long range superiority as everything is in your face. The mechs hit boxes are gigantic, easy to head shot. The diagrams look like they are from the 70's box set. At least they gave you the correct mech lab, but thats really the only shinning part. The stories are meh, the characters are not very engaging. You don't even get to pilot the protagonist as default. MW5 did a better job than MW Clans in that aspect. Not worth it for 5 hours at 20 bucks. My humble opinion.

Scratches my Mechwarrior itch. The format is quite likeable and a welcome change to the Mercenaries sandbox. I appreciate the attention to the details of Battletech lore and the Mech gameplay works very well. Yes, there is room for improvement, especially with quality control, but overall the game is pretty good. I'm looking forward to the DLCs.

its ok crazy that it still plays poorly