MechWarrior 5: Clans

Overall After Completing Campaign/DLCs Mech 5 Mercs was more enjoyable to me, Clans is a more linear story, where as in Mercs you could farm. Graphics were great, only had 1 crash and 1 desync. Team AI was alright, could use some more polish like Mercs. Main campaign the voice actors/characters are monotone. I did my runs with almost zero simpod usage, ie I tried it once in Ghost Bear, and only stock builds. Ghost Bear DLC- Characters and voice acting were much better. in fact I enjoyed this one the most. Wolves DLC- Harder then the previous two, characters/voice actors were better then main campaign. I personally enjoyed Mech 5 Mercs for the freedom to farm and collect. Clans was fun, kinda wish there was more mechs to collect, but the pilot levels were far more interesting than Mercs. Limiting research and cost meant you had to focus on what you wanted to use weapon wise. We'll see if they add more content.

Solid game, go into it expecting a linear story experience rather than any in-depth economy mechanics. The difficulty curve is a little wonky in that the first few missions can be dicey with how fragile your mechs are, then it eases up until the last few missions where it's wave after wave of mech; skill your pilots into damage evasion first and foremost. The AI has a tendency to stick hard onto one target, which usually ends up being you if you outrun your star without commanding them around. This is both a pain and also easy to exploit, especially for the early boss fight on the first planet. Voice acting is pretty stilted, but it and the rest of the story gets better as it goes on. I'm not a Battletech lore master and the story throws you into the deep end, but absorbing all the terminology and history was engaging. All in all, I had a good time.

It's a fine game. More arcadey than Mercs, but the plot is decent, and hits just that right balance - if you're a Clanner you'll enjoy the lore, and if you're IS, you'll be justified in hating the Clans even more. Take the cutscenes with a grain of salt though, they're pretty terrible. BUT, that doesn't make it unplayable at all. Get everything on sale and you'll be happy with a good Mech game.

Love it! Story becomes more and more interesting as you go. Combat gameplay is awesome and customization is optimized and the best for me in this game.

Awesome Mech FPS!

great

As much as I like playing this, it's hard to recommend it. It's a step back in almost every way from MW5 Mercenaries. You hardly have any mechs to choose from and any sense of loss or challenge is completely nonexistent. Progression is guaranteed and automatic with nothing to do with how well you command your team of mechs. You can lose all your mechs, components, and allies in every mission and they come right back with full health and everything replaced every time. This is more about telling a story than being an actual Mechwarrior game and sadly the characters are mostly unlikable whiney brats or silly uber-macho caricatures.