Any MechWarriors Here?

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I haven't gotten into the Mechwarrior universe thing; I have played MechCommander (which I enjoyed) and the demo for Mercs 4 (ditto). I am wondering, what are the opinions of anyone here on the whole series, particularly for those who havnen't gotten into it like me. Should I get Mercs 4? My computer can handle it and it looks good and all...

[jeffreyLebowski]

i was a huge battletech fan when i was younger. used to play the table top game and all that. the mechwarrior series is bad ass. i highly recommend them all. honestly, though, number 2 is considered the best in the series. the graphics are weak by today's standards, but the plot, music, atmosphere is probably the best. you can't go wrong with any of those games, really.

[Phatose]

I'm not a mechwarrior per se, but I get into it every now and then. Didn't care too much for mechcommander, but it wasn't quite awful. Mechwarrior 3 was fun, but rapidly because a game of shooting kneecaps. 2 was OK, but Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries was a blast and a half. Dunno if MW4 mercs is any good - heard they messed around with loadouts and limited flexibility a whole lot in MW4, and that kind of turned me away. Balanced energy/missile/ballistic loadouts never worked very well imho - not enough firepower from the ballistic weapons for a real knockout punch, not enough space or weight for adequate heat control for the energy weapons, and missiles have been a bad joke in every MW game I've played.

[The_Doctor]

I was a MechWarrior about 2 year ago...
Last time I went into battle I couldn't hit a thing and died on the first mission. It's all CA's fault with their great games. My friends all played it as well, they did make a clan called Clan Fenris, has anyone heard of it? They all went to uni and I don't know wont happened to it.

*Martyn looks at joystick and finds MW4 games*

MW4 series are great games. If you are going to buy any of them, get the MW4:Mercenaries, because it has new Mechs, weapons, maps etc and the campaign is longer and non-linear.

I wonder when there will be real Mechs?

[Krusader]

I really enjoyed the Mech Commander 2 game!!

Recommend it...

[Lehesu]

Bah. I use to be a Mechwarrior PC game junky, but introduction to CBT and Megamek has purged the hobby. The board game, and the PC version Megamek, is infinitely more engaging than Mechwarrior.