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Piranha Games recently released MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and the Heroes of the Inner Sphere DLC on the Xbox Series X|S, Steam, and GOG. The game features you piloting BattleMechs as a member of a group of mercenaries. Piranha Games was kind enough to supply me with a review key on the Xbox Series S and I was excited since I last played a MechWarrior game probably about 20 years ago and had fond memories. The review that follows is based on my experience playing the game.
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries finds players in the battlefields of the future, dominated by BattleMechs, hulking machines of war capable of leveling entire cities. As the inheritor of a once-glorious Mercenary company, the quest for glory and revenge will stretch light years, chasing the threads of interstellar intrigue on the journey to become an elite MechWarrior and mercenary commander.
MechWarrior 5 is a game that I’m sure many fans enjoy. Sadly, as a new player, this was a giant mess. The game is from late 2019 and it certainly shows its age in the graphics department. It’s not that the graphics are terrible, but they’re not mind blowing either. The bit of the story that I played through was bland with okay voice acting.
More than anything though, the controls ruin this game for me. I love mechs. However, I want the experience to be smooth. My experience controlling the mechs in this game was extremely clunky. I am sure part of that is to add a sense of realism, but did it need that? It’s a giant freaking mech! It’s okay to not have it feel super clunky. You move with the left analog stick and turn with the right analog stick, but turning doesn’t change how you move which makes it very uncomfortable. I’m having to assume previous titles had a similar control scheme and hope that fans are already familiar with this, but it is not ideal in any way. I have 0 idea how you’re supposed to play this game in first-person perspective with this control scheme either. I’m very glad you can change to third-person view. I also didn’t like that I had to be super on top of where each of my aiming reticles was pointed since it wasn’t always where I thought they’d be pointed. That’s probably due to the fact that you can have different weapons equipped to different parts of the mech, but there were several times where I thought I was aiming at one spot and ended up shooting in another direction. I often ended up staying stationary in battle because that was the only way I could reliably aim, but that means I took massive damage. Not a fun experience.
The controls really hindered my ability to play the game and I only played a couple of missions. This may have impacted my ability to learn more of how to navigate this game, but as far as I got, the tutorial was so barebones that you think you get it, but then navigating menus is never as easy as you think it would be and you end up just hitting buttons until something finally moves.
Another gripe is that the missions weren’t that fun. I know that I only got to do a couple and that’s on me. I’m sure there are some fun missions eventually, but the first few are very dull and center on either defending a base, destroying a base, or just going to a checkpoint and destroying the little tanks and helicopters there. Defending your base can be tricky because moving your mech feels so clunky that I often did a fair amount of damage to my own base just trying to walk to the other side. Destroying a base takes forever unless you just walk over every building in sight and I’ll be honest, I have no idea if that hurts you or not. Fighting small guys like tanks and helicopters is just annoying. I wish that the first mission had a cool mech fight to get me engaged more. I came to this game to fight mechs and it doesn’t happen for a few missions and it’s at the very end when you’re already really damaged because you can’t maneuver very well.
There were some things that I liked though. I like that there are a variety of mechs. I like how you can paint and edit the layout on mechs. The best thing about this game though is the soundtrack. The metal guitar riffs help get you hyped to play the game.
If you enjoy MechWarrior 5, I’m happy for you. If you’re wanting to try out a MechWarrior game, I would not recommend this one unless you’re willing to dedicate a lot of time just learning how to move in this game. Maybe the experience is different with a mouse and keyboard, but I find it really hard in a game like this to actually do anything if my movement is not relative to my camera. Also, the weapons have a really long time between shots that it often felt like I was just standing or moving in the middle of combat instead of fighting. I spent more time fighting the controls than any mechs and that’s very disappointing to me.
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MechWarrior
DOS - 1989
Also available on: Sharp X68000
Description of MechWarrior
Probably the very first giant robot game that can proudly claim to be a simulation than a straightforward action shooter, Mechwarrior is a great game set in FASA's famous BattleTech world of giant robots. It was, and still is, one of the best BattleTech games ever made.
In this game, you play a young man whose reputation has been soiled by an evil usurper. You have five years to build a force of giant robots and great pilots strong enough to attack your foe. Take on mercenary missions for any one of the 5 houses from the first generation world of FASA's BattleTech (Kurita, Davion, Steiner, Marik, Laio). The missions themselves take place from first-person perspective, in 3D-rendered worlds, where you pilot your robot, fighting other robots of the same ilk.
Gameplay, based on Dynamix's excellent physics model used in its early flight sims, is top-notch. Robots move convincingly, and the 3D polygonal graphics are exciting for its time. Add some slight roleplaying, team building, planetary intrigue, and goofy EGA pictures of non-player-characters and you've got a great classic that goes a long way toward immersing you in its world. The role playing was primarily textual - reading paragraphs, choosing between fight or run, and then being killed or moving on accordingly. The game's main focus, robot fighting, is very exciting. Combat usually lasts under 10-20 minutes because the maps are small, the opponents are few, just with less dense graphics and more abbreviated gameplay.
Overall, Mechwarrior is a must-have for anyone even with a slight interest in giant robot games. It sets the standard for other games in the giant robots genre, and its role-playing elements are sorely missing from today's mech games where the focus has shifted to strategy and 3D graphics than plot and atmosphere. Two thumbs up!
Review By HOTUD
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Comments and reviews
Ernie2021-05-311 point DOS version
Great game. It is interesting that even with all the capabilities of modern computer they still struggle to provide anything close to the gameplay of this game. What has happened to modern games, why can't they be more like this?
Mask Rider Roy2021-05-21-1 point
Can you play this game on the Android?
N2020-02-200 point
Thank you so much! This is trip to memory lane! I felt young again!
Scarecrow1072019-08-250 point
Hello. I have the game working and changed the config file, but the game runs at lighting speeds. How do I get the game to play at it's normal speed? During combat, everthing moves as if in fast forward, my mech and the enemy mech. I can't complete even one mission. Thanks. I hope someone is still looking at these posts.
MekBanditR2019-04-252 points
here is download link to preconfigured preinstall of first mechwarrior game for dos and yes i give myabandonware.com permission to make use of this file for their site: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/292885066789683200/548447111566458895/MechWarrior.rar
MekbanditR2019-04-061 point
At the Battletech Retro Gaming league discord chat server we have in our download channel a preinstalled dos copy of this game. if you wish to access it here is invite link to our discord chat server: https://discord.gg/rxrddpA
BWyuh2018-07-061 point
I bought this game when it first came out. Stayed up late nights playing it. Won it. played it again. This game still rocks!
GUY FAWKES2017-07-070 point
I found a fix for the codes here: http://www.mobygames.com/game/mechwarrior/hints/hintId,6/
not sure if it works.
Guy Fawkes2017-07-061 point
Also does anyone have a crack to disable the annoying input codes?
Guy Fawkes2017-07-062 points
Does anyone else think it odd that it gives you 'Tandy MT-32' and 'Roland'? Shouldn't it be 'Tandy' and 'Roland MT-32'?
Alex2432016-01-131 point
sorry for my grammar
Alex2432016-01-131 point
Thanks for the help, but do u play it on D-Fend because I did the step but it play's on a small screen and I cant full screen it play, also its no on my D-Fend
Crypto1372015-12-151 point
Fix for hang up without using a frontend. (Thanks BOOPY for this final solution)
*try midi setting 'mpu401=uart' in conf.*
For Windows 7 and maybe others:
-Go to where your DOSBox is installed
-Open 'DOSBox 0.74 Options'; Select All; Copy
-Open Notepad; Paste
-Go to the midi setting and change 'mpu401=intelligent' to 'mpu401=uart'
-Save as 'gamename.txt' inside your Mechwarrior folder
-Copy a new shortcut for the DOSBox App
-Right-click, go to Properties, and set Target with file locations similar to this:
'DOSBox.exe location' -conf 'new notepad txt location'
Example of my target:
'C:Program Files (x86)DOSBox-0.74DOSBox.exe' -conf 'C:GamesMechwarriormechwarMW_1.txt'
-Rename your new shortcut to 'MW-DOSBox' or something of the sort
-Now drag your 'MW.exe' application into your new MW-DOSBox shortcut and the game shouldn't hang up anymore.
I hope this helps and is not too confusing :)
kampf762015-10-280 point
@ boopy
Thank you very very much!
Boopy2015-01-184 points DOS version
i found a solution of hang after mission.
try midi setting 'mpu401=uart' in conf. (using frontend like D.O.G is easiest way to change conf settings.)
it works fine on DosBox 0.74
Frank2014-07-07-1 point DOS version
I had the same problem playing the game, but I read elsewhere it works better with DOSBox 0.61. Sure enough, using this version of DOS Box solves the problem of it hanging with a blinking cursor after missions. Now I'm mech-ing it up left and right!
This is FAECES2014-05-24-3 points DOS version
It can't be worse than MW2, can it?
mazmur2014-04-080 point DOS version
nice blog
Krioni2014-02-280 point DOS version
I'm having the same issue as Colonel. Screen goes black with a blinking cursor in the top left.
Anyone know the solution?
Raider Marine2013-11-080 point DOS version
awesome game, needs to be played
OM2013-02-032 points DOS version
...Jeez, kids these days. Try speaking a *real* language, ya thugs.
yung buck2013-01-190 point DOS version
DOPE GAME YO!! CHECK IT OUT MANG!
peace homies.
yung buck put em up, riding high
Colonel2012-11-160 point DOS version
Having problems after killing my first mech, the game seems to hang up.
After killing the first mech, the screen goes black with a blinking cursor (like it's going to go to another screen) but it just sits at the blinking cursor..
any ideas?
Vryus2012-07-100 point DOS version
I loved this game as a kid. My friend and I used to play the board game (BattleTech, not the MechWarrior RPG). I used to sit in front of the screen manning the guns on the keyboard. My friend would sit next to me with the old Tandy joystick. We would run as many missions as we could that way. So much fun!
The only funny quirk- You can take out almost anything in a Locust by running up to it (even the leg of a BattleMaster) and then just pounding like heck on the machine guns until you blow the leg out.
So much fun!
quickrick2008-08-290 point DOS version
this game is awsome i remember playing it as a kid and i enjoyed playing again. it was better as an adult becaus i payed attention to the story.
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DOS Version
Sharp X68000 Version
- Year:1992
- Publisher:Cross Media Soft
- Developer:Dynamix, Inc.
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