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[InnerSphereNews]

Check out the New MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries Video Walkthrough!

This walkthrough showcases MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries’ signature combat as well as a first look at the new sleek informative UI. Watch Mechs tear through structures while swatting helicopters out of the sky and reducing rival pilots’ rides to scrap. Get a look at the post-mission salvage mechanics, Mech Lab customization and paint customization screen. Preview the expansive Star Map where you find new equipment on the markets, hire pilots, and get lucrative contracts.

Check it out!

YOUTUBE LINK

MW5Mercs ships December 10th Preorder is available on the Epic Games Store!

EPIC GAMES STORE LINK

[Unleashed3k]

Really looking good, I wonder why you guys kept this so "secret".

Mechwarrior is back!

Edited by Unleashed3k, 21 November 2019 - 09:18 AM.

[LordNothing]

is it just me or is the link borked?

[Unleashed3k]

LordNothing, on 21 November 2019 - 09:30 AM, said:

is it just me or is the link borked?

[LordNothing]

holy **** that looks pretty good. and you get to turn on all the effects you have to turn off in mwo to be competitive.

[GaelicWolf]

I agree that it looks fantastic. BUT, this should have been advertised alot earlier than one month from launch.

Does anyone beside me notice a similarity between this and HBS Battletech.
Seriously, it looks like a FPS version of that game

[pacifica812]

Shut the front door, this looks (insert any swear word here) awesome

I'm super-hyped!!! I feel like a kid Can't wait for it!!!

[Mister Maf]

That AC/20 is very satisfying to watch.

[tee5]

I would like to play.

But not on Epic-Game-Store.

No Way.

[Unleashed3k]

tee5, on 21 November 2019 - 10:04 AM, said:

I would like to play.

But not on Epic-Game-Store.

No Way.

Then wait a year, enjoy your time xD

[Odin Gunterson]

Truly amazing! Is this going to come in Spanish, or should *I* translate it? Remember, PGI, I offered to do it like I did with MWO...

[Menthro Kerensky]

Only got one gripe. I hate the new UI. Really hate it. Love an option to go back to the previously shown ones or even an MWO style hud. Otherwise, looking amazing boys and girls can't wait.

[GweNTLeR]

Okay, I actually like this one.
I guess I was right not to cancel my preorder after all...
Hmmm, I wonder if I should go and buy an RTX....

[Sniper09121986]

GaelicWolf, on 21 November 2019 - 09:53 AM, said:

Does anyone beside me notice a similarity between this and HBS Battletech.
Seriously, it looks like a FPS version of that game

Well, yes. It also has procedural generations of missions and levels. And the whole merc life thing is based upon sourcebooks dating all the way back to 1987

Menthro Kerensky, on 21 November 2019 - 10:42 AM, said:

Only got one gripe. I hate the new UI. Really hate it. Love an option to go back to the previously shown ones or even an MWO style hud. Otherwise, looking amazing boys and girls can't wait.

And guess what, that NEW UI is actually a throwback to the old MW 2-4 games! But they did promise mod support, if memory serves.

[Tamerlin]

GaelicWolf, on 21 November 2019 - 09:53 AM, said:

Does anyone beside me notice a similarity between this and HBS Battletech.
Seriously, it looks like a FPS version of that game

I would hope so. HBS did that pretty well.

[Scanz]

graphics and effects very nice
UI - very bad.

[Kinski Orlawisch]

On Epic is a preorder possibel...In my account they tell me I own the ultimate version...and request me to preorder the basic? WTF????

[Koniving]

GaelicWolf, on 21 November 2019 - 09:53 AM, said:

I agree that it looks fantastic. BUT, this should have been advertised alot earlier than one month from launch.

Does anyone beside me notice a similarity between this and HBS Battletech.
Seriously, it looks like a FPS version of that game

You do realize... that any Mechwarrior game that actually gives us more lore... is going to be like HBS Battletech, including Mechwarrior 2 Mercs and Mechwarrior 1...
Because they're based on "Battletech"?

Spoiler

In 2004, the big reveal for community warfare... is literally "HBS Battletech but multiplayer"

but undelivered since repair and rearm was negatively received, weapon variants never got put in, MWO's monetization model turned to mechs -- so being able to buy mechs with cash would be pay to win in an environment where you had to fix or could permanently lose them, and could only use them where already deployed in the universe (thus the more you had, the more you 'win'). As such...CW couldn't happen.

but yeah, just a thought... Mechwarrior is Battletech. So naturally a real mechwarrior Mercs game (which is truer to BT overall than a pure story driven Mechwarrior due to including many more of the dynamic campaign/universe rules for traversing, etc.) is going to look and play like Battletech, and thus look like HBS Battletech which did the same.

Thankfully, we know Bryan Eckman's former creative director work for community warfare didn't go to waste, it just went into a real mechwarrior game.

Edited by Koniving, 21 November 2019 - 11:28 AM.

[Unleashed3k]

Kinski Orlawisch, on 21 November 2019 - 11:09 AM, said:

On Epic is a preorder possibel...In my account they tell me I own the ultimate version...and request me to preorder the basic? WTF????

"The Exclusive Closed Beta is only available to Community Edition owners and will be delivered to you in the form of an Epic Games store key. The Beta key will be provided through your profile page on this site when the Beta becomes available."

So, afaik, you will get an Epic-key for the game as well

Edited by Unleashed3k, 21 November 2019 - 11:20 AM.

[pacifica812]

Mister Maf, on 21 November 2019 - 10:03 AM, said:

That AC/20 is very satisfying to watch.

Yeah that looks like a different kind of AC20. Burst fire AC 20, never heard of that one before, but then again, I'm not an expert in Battletech lore.