MechWarrior 5: Clans

Having only played Mech Assault games on the original Xbox this game makes me feel like a kid again.

First mechwarrior game and it was pretty good.

while the AI and controls over them are vastly improved from Mercs, the AIs are still dumb as bricks, an LRM or Arrov IV mech will still get into CQC brawls just from the fact they have backup lasers, they get in the way or get stuck on terrain constantly the curated campaign is a breath of fresh air from the "allowed to do anything but nothing to do" style of Mercs this and the DLCs probably have the 2nd best modern mechlab, but i still think the weapon size slots is a terrible restriction difficulty is still only achieved by how many tons the enemy throws at you, the main campaign has way too many bossfights that are hovercraft, shuttles or dropships, who are all just bullet sponges, the ghostbear campaign probably has the only interesting bullet sponge bossfight multiplier works terrible way too often, a player will loose connection and not be able to rejoin, or the game claims they are still there, so their mech wont move, and just leave the map area, causing a mission loss you cant swap pilot slots, and therefore players cant choose the pilot whos skill matches their prefered mech, unless you somehow get together 5 people and have them join in the relevant order, still doesnt fix it for the host's lack of choice tho so many of the maps have entirely random cutoff points in what counts as the area you are allowed to be in, with the enemy often spawning outside of it, in clear line of sight, but you arent allowed to close the gap cause its outside of the map, way too few maps have natural barriers for where the allowed zone ends, instead of just a random line drawn across flat ground, this is especially bad in the wolves DLC overall, if you dont mind a shooting gallery alongside AI allies who has less brains than a turkey, this is a fine game, but apart from the fairly basic story and characters, theres little else to offer