@@TimberWulfIsHere I bought all of it. I enjoyed it, even though after 50 is hours it was way easy. I just want major players in game production to see there is money in the battletech universe.
Brand spanking new player here. I thought Armored core was Mech warrior, and that just wasn't the experience I was looking for. I picked this up on a steam sale and see myself diving deep. Hope I find some squad mates to really have a blast. Thanks for the vid, this shined a good light on what I'm jumping into. o7 commander.
The mods I run are: YAML (and its relatives), No Evil Radio, JumpJet tweak, Remove Jumpship Animation, Better Spawns, Reasonable Reputation and when I really feel dishonorable I enable Cheatsinks
@@TimberWulfIsHere mostly because the more you add the more the game tends to crash. Occasionally when jumping to a new system for me, which is really annoying if a story mission is there.
I absolutely love this game tbh. we didn't have a MechWarrior game in such a long time it was nice to have even though I know it's not the greatest, nothing beats stomping around in an annihilator and one shorting everything that moves. So I continue to support piranha as they're really trying to make it even better with each new dlc.
after the most recent DLC, Rise of Rasalhague, the AI for the lance mates has gotten pretty good. I've been learning the game with IA. Career mode I keep running into money problems changing the mechlab and removing the weight limit sounds good since I mostly play solo.
Damn, you outdid yourself on that intro Mage. Perfect summation of Mech5 and PGI in general. Loved your mod list, I use most of those (and about 20 other small mods).
One of my favorite mods for this game is Sounds of the Succession Wars Audio Overhaul, which gives a much more grounded industrial tone to many of the sound effects. PGI even borrowed a couple of their ideas in subsequent updates.
I stand by this 110%. I've tried a couple of the audio mods but none of them even hold a candle to Sounds of the Succession Wars. It is so fucking good. The PPC sounds are the only ones that I've heard that I like just as much as the ones from MW4.
I stand by the greatest faction of them all; The Taurian “We have trained since our founding day to stack bodies like fucking chord wood, so if you insist in fucking around you will most certainly find out” Concordat.
Thanks for the good info, I have never played before but just got MechWarrior 5 today, been reading the novels since the 80's and you vids over the last year or so. I did not realise this was one of your vids till I heard your voice, good to hear a familiar one! I just searched how to play.
The only thing that drives me nuts is that I am force to work for the inner sphear!!!. I really hoping to bring all of MW 1 - 4 factions into the game. I want my stone rhino back.
nice opener. about to play mechwarrior again for the first time in 15 years. last game was mechwarrior 4: mercenaries, i'm cautiously optimistic about mechwarrior 5 and interested to see how the franchise has evolved.
The thing I’ve always loved about BattleTech in general is that they stayed on the semi realistic realistic scope of the mecha culture. Gundam and all those others including armored core (although less so) were outrageous and like superhero impossible super weapons that had zero gravity logic and endless ammo. I really wasn’t a big fan. I liked the damage and heat management, ammo and outfitting your mech. I liked the damaging individual parts and all that stuff from BattleTech.
If there was one word to describe MW5 its "meh". It just doesn't capture the "spark" or the passion, or well really anything the previous games had, other than big stompy robots. This doesn't surprise me given its in essence just MWO singleplayer edition. A good game is in there, you just need to mod it lol
I would agree with that. I'm not a massive fan, but there's a reason I've sunk so many hours into it. It's got that "one more mission" kind of addictive quality that makes games like Stardew Valley and Monster Hunter so eminently playable.
One promising mod I have heard of was the mechcommander 5. A mod that changes it to a mechcommander game complete with the repair truck and the ability to steal downed mechs in the field.
I loved MC2 my first owned game In the series. Loved to real time combat and the amount of mechs you could field (not limited to one or two lances). And that missions were based on drop mass. You wanna field 3 assaults or 12 lights your call.
@@Shark0115 I got a "Mech Pack" that had MW 4, MW 4 Mercs, MC 2, and one other game, I think. There were 4 disks in the pack. Since Unreal as an engine is so adaptable, I think it makes a lot of sense for a mod to be able to turn this game into a Mech Commander game.
Great video, thanks for the tips, I have but one Question, I read that in coop only the host can work on the mechs, is it a mod that allows other players to do it themselfe or am I missinformed?
Coming in late to this game after seeing another review and getting nostalgic about Hawken. Seems like a good substitute for now. God I miss Hawken. But hey, taking Hawken and mixing it with my favorite Grimdark IP sounds pretty great too.
Nice intro! I only play solo but mods are a must! I think at any given time I have 30-40 mods working together and the game it just amazing! Don’t get me wrong it’s a bitch to get them all working but man it’s more than worth it once it runs smooth.
Thanks for all the tips. Just started playing the campaign; Will likely finish in vanilla then go career mode with mods. Anyone know where I can get the image in desktop res at 16:25? It's amazing!
I disagree about all your complains. I had been playing heavily MWO + MW4:Mercenaries via alt+tab, then got this game. And here I found so much economy balance and weapon balance I was trying to find in prev games. Tho, bots AI less stupid compared to MW4 and you can switch mechs.
Good video this game needs more love. However while they sound fun, i dont agree completely on the mod list as to a certain extent it makes the mechs more like clanner stuff with universal slots so they can be anything. To me personally the point and the fun of these games is that there is no clan tech or is very limited so you have to scrap by, strategize, accept the reality and embrace the fact that you will have to hunt down better mechs.. Most mechs are very limited and you cant just swap stuff magically as, for instance, due to technology the frame itself etc limits it and so on. Anyways that is the way I see it
been on a sci-fi fantasy kick lately , specifically space marine/space armor type stuff , read a book called terran armor corp , made me want to play this so bad lol
Great info here! I just picked up the game while it was on sale recently, so I'll wait again and get the DLC's in a similar manner... IN the mean time, I'll mod it. I'll share this with the other MW fans I play with every once in a while, if they haven't already picked up on these points!
Can you detail the all the mods you believe are a must. Also where are the mods available? 3 of my friends I are getting ready to play this together for the first time. We all use to play the table top version, and actually still do every now and then. Do you know if there is any issue playing co-op if some have the game via Steam and others have it via Epic? I appreciate any information you can provide. Thanks!
I long for a Mechwarrior game that doesn't reach the Assault Mech Only late game. I *like* heavies and mediums, and it drives me nuts when I have to shelve them all-together.
@@mageleader3699 I'll bet... But I can't try to convince three of my friends to also shell out the cash for this mess in good faith. The word that I keep coming back to is just "soulless." This game was made with less passion than a Lyran strategy meeting.
I really *really* want to like this game, but there's just so much about it that turns me off: the management aspect, the abysmal friendly AI, the game's idea of increasing difficulty by throwing more and bigger mechs at you -- the list goes on. I hope to see a Periphery campaign in the future, because frankly I'm tired of successor houses getting all the screentime. I'd also like something akin to a "Solaris mode," where you can set up battles against specific mechs or lances and not just fight hordes of light-class mechs for the whole match. And for the love of the Protector, I hope they NEVER bring in Clan mechs! That will just ruin the balance of the game entirely.
Team Management is a fundamental part of MechWarrior/Battletech games, be it pilots or mechs, without it it's just CoD in giant robots. AI is difficult to program and balance, not to mention system intensive, so swarms of intelligent light mechs isn't really going to happen. Also, you wouldn't want a Locust to be able to core you from the rear without a chance to retaliate. Battletech takes place entirely within the Periphery. Clan Mechs are an eventuality, whether official or through Mods, and unlike smart AI they're a lot easier to balance, not to mention there's later IS tech that rivals Clan Tech. Either case the Clans are supposed to scare you.
Really, PGI would do better if they simply copied former MechWarrior games but with modern software. Mercs 4 did most of these things almost perfectly: you had to pay at least _some_ attention to who you hired and what mechs you had in your stable (although money was a bit too easy to come by for my taste); you had a lengthy campaign with occasional chances to make meaningful decisions; and you could fight an entire season in Solaris VII against varied enemies. For all my complaints about MW5, the lack of Solaris VII arenas is probably the biggest.
Many like the tonnage limit. It makes the game more difficult and encourages use of light mechs. Build variety increases as you try to fit high end lights or mediums for some missions. Its a soft limit with YAML and you can decrease the penalty with upgrades.
Damn, that music video at the start is a thing of beauty. Allow me to throw Coyote's Missions and vonBiomes into the mod pool. Best case scenario, DLC3 comes with a bunch of bug fixes that make MW5 as stable as it can possibly be... so the modders can finish making the game in the years to come. You know... like BTA 3062 and Roguetech did for the HBS Battletech. Thanks for keeping it real.
Not sure which Mech Warrior game was my first. Think it was MechWarrior 3 though. All I remember is that it had a lot of issues playing as it would crash mid mission 1 out of every 4 attempts, though that could have just been my crappy computer at the time. My favorite mech had to be the Dashi, sadly my younger self didn’t really think thing through and would usually attach so many laser weapons to a single group that while I could blow off an enemies limb with one shot, it left my mech shutdown to cool off. Worse of all, if I ever used the All-Out-Attack it would instantly overload my core and go nuclear. Fun game that I remember fondly, but I haven’t touched another MechWarrior game since. Hopefully my PS4 can handle it and the game proves amusing without the mods.
I still have them all along with the manuals and books. Including the specs for each mech and this mob have totally f`d it up. No more support from me.
I just tried this game. It's big robots smashing shit. It was as fun as it needed to be. I have to admit that it isn't beginner friendly but it's not too hard to get the hang of.
Good video, new players should be aware though that using the recommended mods will make the game substantially easier so probably be a good idea to at least try one playthrough unmodded.
@@nicholasgulla4666 While I don't agree the early game is that hard It doesn't change the fact that YAML/no tonnage limit objectively makes the game easier. Now that is not a problem if that's what you are looking for, my comment was only aimed at new players who would be unaware of that fact.
intro is awesome nice work: if the backing track isn't your own creation, please give the songwriter/performer(s) the credit/links in the description. (also because I would like to know who wrote/performed the track, for example, and the artist may get a buck from me)
I remember pestering my parents to buy Mechwarrior 2 for the ps1 after I saw the movie Robot Jox. None of my friends liked it. Good times. Recently purchased MW5 on Steam. Hopefully there's a community with likeminded mechheads.
A point into repair costs never hurts if you are starting off very early and weak. And don't be afraid to replay missions. I'm starting a career as house marik and the fact is I can't field the tonnage recommended for difficulty 7 missions. It costs a ton of money to search for equipment. If I lose a mech... i won't be recovering from that. You just spiral into death afte rthat. And I'm not afraid of using YAML bullet time with the magic speed aspect turned off. Light mechs are fucking horrendous and maybe there are some that are worth it but since I'm newb I haven't seen a 20 tonner yet that I wouldn't be better off just not taking in exchange for 3 mechs, one of which is 20 tons heavier. But I digress. Splattercat has a good starting mod list as well.
Wait so this not the best MW? But then which one? I wanna try 1, 2, 3 but get turned down by the geometry graphics. 4 looks like decent but is it really better?
as a console peasant this was the first MechWarrior game i Truley got to play that being said its not beginner friendly (i can't figure out the upgrade system)
I got this for Xbox a few weeks ago . 40 years of tramping the Inner Sphere, and I can only muster 345 tons across 4 mechs. My reputation is 13 and I can barely survive, much less profit from, missions "recommended " for reputation 11. I want a bigger dropship and at least another deployable lance
Here’s my list of mods that I use 1. Lore base varient (vanilla) 2. Quad mechs 3. Dragon slayer (a home brewed mech chassis) 4.cockpit glass 5. Coyote mission pack 6. Repair bays 7. Ecm towers 8. Expanded logos 9. Advance career start 10. Vonbiomes 11. Max potential (makes it so the pilots u hire have a totel of 60 in growth) 12. Quality of life 13.advance zoom 14. Restored traits (make it easier to get mechs out of storage with their load out) 15. Better crates 16. Drop fees (to only pay extra on c bills and leave salvage alone) 17. Mech delivery (useful when u don’t want to explore the innersphere looking for good mechs but it does cost extra for delivery fees) 18.leopard color (so that I can change the color of my drop ship) 19. Infantry cause no mech game is complete without stomping on a regular soldier like an ant. 20. Pay with salvage 21. Higher employment rate for more contracts in system 22. Mod options to make sure the mods 23. Stacked crates 24. Mech attributes viewer
Ass tier soundtrack? Alright, I'm not gonna argue with your tastes. Taste in music is nothing to be debated. I'll just say that loaded the entire OST onto my smartphone and listen to it on the regular.
Game has same problem as battle tech only four mecks Would be nice upgrade weapons and equipment from class one to two The two mission quest you need extra mecks replace one that are damaged
Ahhh, the tonnage limit. A system so awesome table top invented a few new systems afterwords to replace it
I’ve spent over 150 hours in mw5 despite not liking much because it’s battletech and it’s the best we are going to get now.
HBS Battletech is also pretty good, better than MW5 if you like turn based
@@Andrewlik HBS has got a good atmosphere but the pacing is incredibly slow. Good for sitting back and playing casually. DLCs are overpriced ripoffs.
@@Andrewlik Yea I have almost 500 hours logged into HBS Battletech. Over a thousand hours into MWO, I love the Mechwarrior/Battletech universe.
@@TimberWulfIsHere IMO only ripoffs at full price, wait for a half price sale and then they're worth it
@@TimberWulfIsHere I bought all of it. I enjoyed it, even though after 50 is hours it was way easy. I just want major players in game production to see there is money in the battletech universe.
people talking mad shit about this game and I don't know why, I love it.
I know like in the current sad state of the gaming industry how can you complain about a game like this.
Brand spanking new player here. I thought Armored core was Mech warrior, and that just wasn't the experience I was looking for. I picked this up on a steam sale and see myself diving deep. Hope I find some squad mates to really have a blast. Thanks for the vid, this shined a good light on what I'm jumping into. o7 commander.
The mods I run are: YAML (and its relatives), No Evil Radio, JumpJet tweak, Remove Jumpship Animation, Better Spawns, Reasonable Reputation and when I really feel dishonorable I enable Cheatsinks
Why stop there
@@TimberWulfIsHere mostly because the more you add the more the game tends to crash. Occasionally when jumping to a new system for me, which is really annoying if a story mission is there.
I absolutely love this game tbh. we didn't have a MechWarrior game in such a long time it was nice to have even though I know it's not the greatest, nothing beats stomping around in an annihilator and one shorting everything that moves. So I continue to support piranha as they're really trying to make it even better with each new dlc.
They should have done that with the first release.
after the most recent DLC, Rise of Rasalhague, the AI for the lance mates has gotten pretty good. I've been learning the game with IA. Career mode I keep running into money problems changing the mechlab and removing the weight limit sounds good since I mostly play solo.
@@drmayeda1930 You can solve your money problem if you find the memory address where C-bill is stored & just give yourself any amount you like.
I gave up on PGI when they looked at the raging dumpster fire that was MWO closed beta and said, "This is fine. Let's ship it!"
You mean, they're milking you for money when they should've just released a fully fleshed out game.
A link to the mods you use would be nice.
Damn, you outdid yourself on that intro Mage. Perfect summation of Mech5 and PGI in general. Loved your mod list, I use most of those (and about 20 other small mods).
Oh we all use more but we went with the barest minimum of mods to deconflict the problems (mainly me) getting kicked out of the mission.
One of my favorite mods for this game is Sounds of the Succession Wars Audio Overhaul, which gives a much more grounded industrial tone to many of the sound effects. PGI even borrowed a couple of their ideas in subsequent updates.
I stand by this 110%. I've tried a couple of the audio mods but none of them even hold a candle to Sounds of the Succession Wars. It is so fucking good. The PPC sounds are the only ones that I've heard that I like just as much as the ones from MW4.
I stand by the greatest faction of them all; The Taurian “We have trained since our founding day to stack bodies like fucking chord wood, so if you insist in fucking around you will most certainly find out” Concordat.
Or in fewer words "Hippity hoppity, get the fuck off my property".
Fuck around and find out ... backed up by nukes because they never signed the Ares Conventions.
~I also like the Taurians
It's a good phrase to sum up their philosophy, though a bit long to put on the currency. :P
@@BCWasbrough sends the wrong message to outside investors too
Thanks for the good info, I have never played before but just got MechWarrior 5 today, been reading the novels since the 80's and you vids over the last year or so. I did not realise this was one of your vids till I heard your voice, good to hear a familiar one! I just searched how to play.
I don't know how you can dislike the music in the base game. It sounds good.
It sounds like some of the most generic guitar riffs I've ever heard. I much prefer the more unique music offered by the older games.
@@mageleader3699 still sounds good
@@mageleader3699 how do i get that new music you showed in the video?
@@BunnyBun11 It's all available right here on CZcams.
@@mageleader3699 I legitimately can't imagine what you're hearing. One Less Enemy is a 100% stellar track.
Thanks very much! I'm just now thinking of getting into MW. This video will help a lot.
The only thing that drives me nuts is that I am force to work for the inner sphear!!!. I really hoping to bring all of MW 1 - 4 factions into the game. I want my stone rhino back.
I want my timberwolf and maddog back!
The game is fun, the sound track is metal squared!
nice opener. about to play mechwarrior again for the first time in 15 years. last game was mechwarrior 4: mercenaries, i'm cautiously optimistic about mechwarrior 5 and interested to see how the franchise has evolved.
I like most of the mod selection except the music one: I'm not swapping metal for some dubstep remix lol
That's what I was thinking too when I heard it lol
What mod are you using for your HUD? The 3d live model and improved hp readouts for your own 'Mech and enemy units is sick and I would like to use it.
The thing I’ve always loved about BattleTech in general is that they stayed on the semi realistic realistic scope of the mecha culture. Gundam and all those others including armored core (although less so) were outrageous and like superhero impossible super weapons that had zero gravity logic and endless ammo. I really wasn’t a big fan. I liked the damage and heat management, ammo and outfitting your mech. I liked the damaging individual parts and all that stuff from BattleTech.
Cheers for all the tips and insight. Nice one fella 🙂😉
If there was one word to describe MW5 its "meh". It just doesn't capture the "spark" or the passion, or well really anything the previous games had, other than big stompy robots. This doesn't surprise me given its in essence just MWO singleplayer edition.
A good game is in there, you just need to mod it lol
I would agree with that. I'm not a massive fan, but there's a reason I've sunk so many hours into it. It's got that "one more mission" kind of addictive quality that makes games like Stardew Valley and Monster Hunter so eminently playable.
One promising mod I have heard of was the mechcommander 5. A mod that changes it to a mechcommander game complete with the repair truck and the ability to steal downed mechs in the field.
I loved MC2 my first owned game In the series. Loved to real time combat and the amount of mechs you could field (not limited to one or two lances).
And that missions were based on drop mass. You wanna field 3 assaults or 12 lights your call.
@@Shark0115 I got a "Mech Pack" that had MW 4, MW 4 Mercs, MC 2, and one other game, I think. There were 4 disks in the pack. Since Unreal as an engine is so adaptable, I think it makes a lot of sense for a mod to be able to turn this game into a Mech Commander game.
Crazy, i personally love the soundtrack
Great intro, damn that's nice. Just downloading the game.... and yes... i will have a blast i think
Great video, thanks for the tips, I have but one Question, I read that in coop only the host can work on the mechs, is it a mod that allows other players to do it themselfe or am I missinformed?
Great video!! Keep them coming.......
Been playing on the x56 hotas it’s like a fantasy come true piloting a mech
Coming in late to this game after seeing another review and getting nostalgic about Hawken. Seems like a good substitute for now. God I miss Hawken.
But hey, taking Hawken and mixing it with my favorite Grimdark IP sounds pretty great too.
Play MWO my man.
God damn I miss Hawken. I was a fucking God. 😅 I'm horrible at most games, but that was my jam.
Could not get into Hawken. Battletech all day for me. MWO sucks though.
MW2 music. Nice. One of the best game soundtracks ever. You could play one of the game cds to listen to it
Nice intro! I only play solo but mods are a must! I think at any given time I have 30-40 mods working together and the game it just amazing! Don’t get me wrong it’s a bitch to get them all working but man it’s more than worth it once it runs smooth.
Thanks for all the tips. Just started playing the campaign; Will likely finish in vanilla then go career mode with mods. Anyone know where I can get the image in desktop res at 16:25? It's amazing!
Holy shit; that intro was incredible! You basically created a short machinima (at least, I think that's what those are called).
Not really. It's just a bunch of re-cut trailer footage.
@@mageleader3699 Ahh, gotcha. For some reason, I assumed you had recorded all of that from gameplay.
@@David_Fellner That would be cool, and a skill I'd like to learn, but I'm not there yet.
I disagree about all your complains. I had been playing heavily MWO + MW4:Mercenaries via alt+tab, then got this game. And here I found so much economy balance and weapon balance I was trying to find in prev games.
Tho, bots AI less stupid compared to MW4 and you can switch mechs.
The Black Widow book brought back memories. Thanks
"Mage" put a lot of effort into this video. A surprising amount given the size of the audience for a game like this at the time.
Good video this game needs more love. However while they sound fun, i dont agree completely on the mod list as to a certain extent it makes the mechs more like clanner stuff with universal slots so they can be anything. To me personally the point and the fun of these games is that there is no clan tech or is very limited so you have to scrap by, strategize, accept the reality and embrace the fact that you will have to hunt down better mechs.. Most mechs are very limited and you cant just swap stuff magically as, for instance, due to technology the frame itself etc limits it and so on. Anyways that is the way I see it
You got a point, that *is* the Succession Wars experience after all lol
Ok, sure, but if I want to slam a 400 core engine into an urbanmech and load it up with 4 PPCs and a gauss, mods are the way to go.
^ Totally agree, great video! ty for your service 🫡
been on a sci-fi fantasy kick lately , specifically space marine/space armor type stuff , read a book called terran armor corp , made me want to play this so bad lol
Great info here! I just picked up the game while it was on sale recently, so I'll wait again and get the DLC's in a similar manner... IN the mean time, I'll mod it. I'll share this with the other MW fans I play with every once in a while, if they haven't already picked up on these points!
Can you detail the all the mods you believe are a must. Also where are the mods available? 3 of my friends I are getting ready to play this together for the first time. We all use to play the table top version, and actually still do every now and then. Do you know if there is any issue playing co-op if some have the game via Steam and others have it via Epic? I appreciate any information you can provide. Thanks!
No Taurian Concordat or Magistrate or Canopus? I want my space Texas and space Vegas.
Those Factions are in the game, you just can't start with them without mods.
I long for a Mechwarrior game that doesn't reach the Assault Mech Only late game. I *like* heavies and mediums, and it drives me nuts when I have to shelve them all-together.
You can get away with that a lot more in co-op.
@@mageleader3699 I'll bet... But I can't try to convince three of my friends to also shell out the cash for this mess in good faith.
The word that I keep coming back to is just "soulless." This game was made with less passion than a Lyran strategy meeting.
@@derekburge5294 There's the Everything Battletech server. It's full of people who'd love to drop with you.
@@mageleader3699 Huh! Ya know, I hadn't actually thought of that. See, that's why you're Lead.
Some of the hero heavies can pull it off. The Agincourt Archer is absurdly powerful. If your mod has clan missiles it gets even more insane.
Used to love mech 2 and 3 as a kid. Tried MWO some years ago, but just didnt that "feel" like the old school ones
I really *really* want to like this game, but there's just so much about it that turns me off: the management aspect, the abysmal friendly AI, the game's idea of increasing difficulty by throwing more and bigger mechs at you -- the list goes on.
I hope to see a Periphery campaign in the future, because frankly I'm tired of successor houses getting all the screentime. I'd also like something akin to a "Solaris mode," where you can set up battles against specific mechs or lances and not just fight hordes of light-class mechs for the whole match. And for the love of the Protector, I hope they NEVER bring in Clan mechs! That will just ruin the balance of the game entirely.
Team Management is a fundamental part of MechWarrior/Battletech games, be it pilots or mechs, without it it's just CoD in giant robots.
AI is difficult to program and balance, not to mention system intensive, so swarms of intelligent light mechs isn't really going to happen. Also, you wouldn't want a Locust to be able to core you from the rear without a chance to retaliate.
Battletech takes place entirely within the Periphery.
Clan Mechs are an eventuality, whether official or through Mods, and unlike smart AI they're a lot easier to balance, not to mention there's later IS tech that rivals Clan Tech. Either case the Clans are supposed to scare you.
Cool opinion bro 👈😎👍
What balance?
Mods fix those issues. The current TTAi mod is rather scary in terms of gameplay.
Really, PGI would do better if they simply copied former MechWarrior games but with modern software. Mercs 4 did most of these things almost perfectly: you had to pay at least _some_ attention to who you hired and what mechs you had in your stable (although money was a bit too easy to come by for my taste); you had a lengthy campaign with occasional chances to make meaningful decisions; and you could fight an entire season in Solaris VII against varied enemies. For all my complaints about MW5, the lack of Solaris VII arenas is probably the biggest.
Am on console and am new to Mechwarrior. Looks like a cool grimdark scifi place.
coop requires friends though
Try the Everything Battletech Discord server. Tons of people who'd love to drop with you there! discord.gg/w3HSUGak
Found out this game is now made for Xbox, can’t wait to play it. Love the intro music what’s the name of it. Great video
You got a sub just from the class of that intro clip.
Thumbsup just for that badass intro.
...Now to watch the actual video
Many like the tonnage limit. It makes the game more difficult and encourages use of light mechs. Build variety increases as you try to fit high end lights or mediums for some missions. Its a soft limit with YAML and you can decrease the penalty with upgrades.
Yeah if there was no tonnage limit you’d just roll but at the same time should be able to deploy what ever.
With the mods, in the mod menu the tonnage remover is said to conflict with the yet another mech lab and the custom start mods.
From a crusty old Battletech (animated series) MW3 / MCG / MC2 / MW4 Veteran ... Well done, Sir.
What mods are you using for the hud and soundtrack?
Damn, that music video at the start is a thing of beauty. Allow me to throw Coyote's Missions and vonBiomes into the mod pool. Best case scenario, DLC3 comes with a bunch of bug fixes that make MW5 as stable as it can possibly be... so the modders can finish making the game in the years to come. You know... like BTA 3062 and Roguetech did for the HBS Battletech. Thanks for keeping it real.
It's a good game I liked it.i hope they have more dlc
That's a lot of dead popes -mage leader
Where do you get the music pack?
Need a jumpship base. Like a starlord. Air strikes come from it. Rpg elements. Need to really upgrade a merc part of it.
Fighting griffin' on the snow and winning it's almost as if the "hand of God" willed it
i like the metal sound track
Not sure which Mech Warrior game was my first. Think it was MechWarrior 3 though. All I remember is that it had a lot of issues playing as it would crash mid mission 1 out of every 4 attempts, though that could have just been my crappy computer at the time. My favorite mech had to be the Dashi, sadly my younger self didn’t really think thing through and would usually attach so many laser weapons to a single group that while I could blow off an enemies limb with one shot, it left my mech shutdown to cool off. Worse of all, if I ever used the All-Out-Attack it would instantly overload my core and go nuclear.
Fun game that I remember fondly, but I haven’t touched another MechWarrior game since. Hopefully my PS4 can handle it and the game proves amusing without the mods.
I still have them all along with the manuals and books. Including the specs for each mech and this mob have totally f`d it up. No more support from me.
What is the name of the soundtrack replacement mod?
So glad I gave this game a second chance.
I am going to drag my friends into the mech warrior universe, the tonnage mod ALONE will make that experience better
I just tried this game. It's big robots smashing shit. It was as fun as it needed to be.
I have to admit that it isn't beginner friendly but it's not too hard to get the hang of.
That intro is inside. I really wish it was a standalone thing.
Good video, new players should be aware though that using the recommended mods will make the game substantially easier so probably be a good idea to at least try one playthrough unmodded.
Personally not my experience. The game is very difficult in the early game since it’s just so easy to take damage and lose components.
@@nicholasgulla4666 While I don't agree the early game is that hard It doesn't change the fact that YAML/no tonnage limit objectively makes the game easier. Now that is not a problem if that's what you are looking for, my comment was only aimed at new players who would be unaware of that fact.
Song at the intro is “this is war”
is there a fix for this memory problem - it works fine for like a mission or 2 then all of a sudden bam memory error and it exits.
intro is awesome nice work: if the backing track isn't your own creation, please give the songwriter/performer(s) the credit/links in the description. (also because I would like to know who wrote/performed the track, for example, and the artist may get a buck from me)
This Is War (Feat. Richard Farrell)
Does anyone know what Hud mod he uses? I don't think he says.
I remember pestering my parents to buy Mechwarrior 2 for the ps1 after I saw the movie Robot Jox. None of my friends liked it. Good times. Recently purchased MW5 on Steam. Hopefully there's a community with likeminded mechheads.
Nice intro, and nice duncan fisher voice.
I just got the game so far and its a lot of fun. I feel like its gonna get repetitive tho. Scratches my mech itch tho so w/e
Muuuh, any mods that make the mechs feel like giant stompy robots instead of floaty ballerinas? Mech Warrior 3 really captured that feeling the best.
Can you please post your modlist? I can't find the soundtrack mod or the HUD mod because you didn't tell us what they're called..
You hang out with ya boi Mage Leader on Discord, and then you get his channel in YT recs, nice.
Somebody got inspired by the F-14 promo video from HeatBlur.
Mechwarrioir makes me think of Mechassault back on the 2000s
5:15 wait a minute in my Game the artillery doesnt fire, is that a mod or i have a bug?
Very helpful
So do I need the DLC to get into factions ?
A point into repair costs never hurts if you are starting off very early and weak. And don't be afraid to replay missions. I'm starting a career as house marik and the fact is I can't field the tonnage recommended for difficulty 7 missions. It costs a ton of money to search for equipment. If I lose a mech... i won't be recovering from that. You just spiral into death afte rthat. And I'm not afraid of using YAML bullet time with the magic speed aspect turned off. Light mechs are fucking horrendous and maybe there are some that are worth it but since I'm newb I haven't seen a 20 tonner yet that I wouldn't be better off just not taking in exchange for 3 mechs, one of which is 20 tons heavier. But I digress. Splattercat has a good starting mod list as well.
My sides have left orbit
Wait so this not the best MW? But then which one? I wanna try 1, 2, 3 but get turned down by the geometry graphics. 4 looks like decent but is it really better?
MechWarrior 4 Mercenaries is my personal favorite. Don't let the graphics turn you off of the others, though. MW2 and MW3 are both excellent.
as a console peasant this was the first MechWarrior game i Truley got to play
that being said its not beginner friendly (i can't figure out the upgrade system)
Is it good, and are you enjoying it? I downloaded it forever ago and never played it
I was starting to think this is was a music video.
I got one and two on classic xbox.
Wish they had convoy intercept or ambush missions
whats the name of that song at the beginning ? it rocks.
"This is War" by Meteor. As far as I know this song only exists as trailer music for a DCS world module.
"...they're basically what happens when you forget to nuke a country a third time and let them go into space."
HOLY FUCK I CAN'T BREATH LMAO
I got this for Xbox a few weeks ago . 40 years of tramping the Inner Sphere, and I can only muster 345 tons across 4 mechs. My reputation is 13 and I can barely survive, much less profit from, missions "recommended " for reputation 11.
I want a bigger dropship and at least another deployable lance
I enjoyed this video.
that square interface is claustrophobic.
Mage can you put a recommended mod list in the comments please 🙏?
That MW2 soundtrack 🤙
Sight I want my melee weapons
Here’s my list of mods that I use
1. Lore base varient (vanilla)
2. Quad mechs
3. Dragon slayer (a home brewed mech chassis)
4.cockpit glass
5. Coyote mission pack
6. Repair bays
7. Ecm towers
8. Expanded logos
9. Advance career start
10. Vonbiomes
11. Max potential (makes it so the pilots u hire have a totel of 60 in growth)
12. Quality of life
13.advance zoom
14. Restored traits (make it easier to get mechs out of storage with their load out)
15. Better crates
16. Drop fees (to only pay extra on c bills and leave salvage alone)
17. Mech delivery (useful when u don’t want to explore the innersphere looking for good mechs but it does cost extra for delivery fees)
18.leopard color (so that I can change the color of my drop ship)
19. Infantry cause no mech game is complete without stomping on a regular soldier like an ant.
20. Pay with salvage
21. Higher employment rate for more contracts in system
22. Mod options to make sure the mods
23. Stacked crates
24. Mech attributes viewer
Daaam ! that´s a nice intro !
Ass tier soundtrack? Alright, I'm not gonna argue with your tastes.
Taste in music is nothing to be debated.
I'll just say that loaded the entire OST onto my smartphone and listen to it on the regular.
Game has same problem as battle tech only four mecks
Would be nice upgrade weapons and equipment from class one to two
The two mission quest you need extra mecks replace one that are damaged