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[Juodas Varnas]

I'm not sure if these were posted already, i looked around the forums and didn't find them, so here they are.
Posted on the 22nd of December.




April 16 update:

Edited by Juodas Varnas, 16 April 2018 - 09:08 AM.

[Armored Yokai]

OMG i love u judy!

Shame it doesn't let you get inside the atlas in real time.

Edited by Armored Yokai, 23 December 2017 - 01:58 AM.

[El Bandito]

Not gonna comment until I see the gameplay close to the release date.

[ANOM O MECH]

Oh goodie maybe they are hiring a new test pilot or two, because the one they got now is an utter patato.

[Celtic Warrior]

El Bandito, on 23 December 2017 - 02:41 AM, said:

Not gonna comment until I see the gameplay close to the release date.

When I saw the release date of Dec 2018 I lost interest. I guess around Nov 2018 I'll start taking notice.

[Khobai]

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Oh goodie maybe they are hiring a new test pilot or two, because the one they got now is an utter patato.

youd go full potato too if you were in an invincible atlas



mechwarrior 5 has a lot of things I wish MWO had though. like destructible buildings, npc vehicles, etc...

Edited by Khobai, 23 December 2017 - 12:57 PM.

[Champion of Khorne Lord of Blood]

The bad piloting is triggering, but it seems like a good game.

[TheArisen]

This should be pinned imo. Make it the MW5 news thread.

Edited by TheArisen, 23 December 2017 - 01:32 PM.

[MauttyKoray]

Armored Yokai, on 23 December 2017 - 01:54 AM, said:

OMG i love u judy!

Shame it doesn't let you get inside the atlas in real time.

It is still an unfinished product, so we'll see. Totally fine with it though, not even MWLL did that and most consider it a superior game over MWO in its gameplay.

[MauttyKoray]

My notes on the videos

1st video:

Spoiler

Wonder if we'll get to walk around places other than the hanger?

Command Console with stats
-Combat Record shows more than just mission complete/fail
-Logistics breakdown, gotta keep track of those numbers
-Finances, time to play accountant it looks like.
-Mercenary Rating, probably needs to be increased in order to get more lucrative/difficult contracts
-Date in upper right hand corner

Lots of logistics considerations when taking contracts it seems.

Command rights! Looks like you could be taking orders from NPCs during some missions.

Consoles next to each mech give a quick info window holographic pop up next to them.

2nd Video

Spoiler

Room above the office has an overview of the mechs in hanger.

That movement influence on the reticule is still present, great to see.

Cockpit UI sadly is still the standard Mechwarrior style and not like the pre-alpha teaser at all. :\

Weapon cooldowns seem to be longer than MWO

Missile launches are streamed instead of stagger (pre-alpha video, possibly caused by larger launcher than number of tubes?) or clustered (MWO style)

Weapon ranges? SRMs seem to keep going past their range, Lasers can't tell. Using a similar mechanic to MWO's damage drop off?

Machine Guns firing in bursts, weapon changed or caused by AI usage?

Atlas taking a lot of punishment, possibly better weapon/armor balance

Damage UI is actually pretty hard to make out armor colors while moving

Red X's appear showing where weapons on your mech will hit obstacles on the path to your reticule

Traversing hills doesn't seem to affect your mech's speed as harshly as MWO

Moving mech into dropship bay for extraction, may also lead into use of repair and rearm bays such as those sparsely used in MW4 (hopefully done better).

3rd Video

Spoiler

NO LEG DAMAGE after jump jetting/falling. Possibly just higher threshold needed for the distance/speed?

Showing that damage is a real thing, almost failed mission, lost all armor, both arms, and a weapon.

[Scout Derek]

Not impressed with the second and third video. Just the same thing with addition of dialogue and actually completing the mission.

[kuma8877]

Scout Derek, on 23 December 2017 - 03:12 PM, said:

Not impressed with the second and third video. Just the same thing with addition of dialogue and actually completing the mission.

Same mission type, different biome and more current build than the first.

[Glaive-]

That K2 seemed to fall pretty fast to the Atlas. That has be a little worried tbh.
Also, the Atlas and Shadowhawk surviving so well probably has to do with the game still being in Reporter mode for these vids (see ammo counts)

The hud looks kinda strange tbh. I don't mind the layout, but the damage colors are pretty unclear, and the enemy damage readout moves offscreen when looking down.

Overall I'm still excited for the game, but I do hope it's reasonably more polished by release.

[Scout Derek]

kuma8877, on 23 December 2017 - 03:17 PM, said:

Same mission type, different biome and more current build than the first.

yep.

I like to see new things, like being able to walk in the mechlab and the menus shown in the first video.

I wanna see the economy they apparently made, as well as the piloting system and the mechlab. Those are the main components to the game, those are what will keep the game interesting. If they're garbage, then I save myself the time to figuring out if this MechWarrior game is any good at all, even with friends.

[ANOM O MECH]

Khobai, on 23 December 2017 - 12:55 PM, said:

youd go full potato too if you were in an invincible atlas



mechwarrior 5 has a lot of things I wish MWO had though. like destructible buildings, npc vehicles, etc...

Pretty sure he killed more tanks by running or jumping onto them...that's kinda cool.

[Xmith]

Looks good. Sound effects are nice and realistic sounding. It feel so much different than MWO.

The one thing I think should change is Betty's voice. Reminds me of MWO too much. I would like Betty to have a proper British accent or an option to change Betty's accent. An option to have a female or male voice would be nice too.

[MauttyKoray]

Promessa, on 23 December 2017 - 03:58 PM, said:

Why are they showing this?
I know the game has potential and all that, but these kinds of videos need to be used to get people interested.
A whole lot of people just aren't impressed with the early state of this game or the potato pilot. I think less is more right now.

Speak for yourself, this gets me hyped as heck. Knowing this is still a beta state dev build and that its already running that well, oh man another year of pollish I can't wait.

I made a post above and pointed out some stuff I was worried about (including the damage readout colors) but overall this looked to be the best mechwarrior game yet in terms of raw gameplay.

Xmith, on 23 December 2017 - 08:05 PM, said:

Looks good. Sound effects are nice and realistic sounding. It feel so much different than MWO.

The one thing I think should change is Betty's voice. Reminds me of MWO too much. I would like Betty to have a proper British accent or an option to change Betty's accent. An option to have a female or male voice would be nice too.

I'd prefer a more computerized voice like MW2 had. I loved the mechanical/synthesized style voice much more than a realistic one.

[Kh0rn]

They still haven't added the animation of you actually climbing into the mech and powering it on, you just cut from ground straight into the mech, I really hope they add that, seems cheap and bland currently. Sounds also need some work, most the foot steps they don't even change depending on what terrain you are over or the size of the mech. Hopefully this is still in the works as far as sound is concerned. The Atlas video was painful to watch due too the pilot, but I noticed the Atlas is slower then it is suppose to be, top speed for a Vlar 300 STD is 54kph in lore no idea why it is 48 in the video. Also those vanishing buildings it walks into. I am still hoping this is all because it is Alpha and will be addressed.

Edited by Kh0rn, 24 December 2017 - 04:07 AM.

[C E Dwyer]

Thanks for finding the clips Juodas.

Not impressed with the game, it's just so bland.

It needs a lot, lot more put into it, for it to be any good.

[McValium]

Somehow this got renamed and pinned...