MechWarrior: Mercenaries

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » January 2, 2003, 7:01 pm

Has anyone played this yet? I am considering picking it up.

Sylvos · Post by **Sylvos** » January 2, 2003, 7:23 pm

oh wow grizz you are talking about a good expansion, kinda old however.
its worth the 6.99 or whatever it is running now. If you can find it.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » January 2, 2003, 7:34 pm

Are you sure bud? It is still at Best Buy for $50. This is the next stand alone to follow after the Mechwarrior 4.

Sylvos · Post by **Sylvos** » January 2, 2003, 7:37 pm

50 bucks wtf
I got mine back in Mechwarrior III back in like 2000 man
unless its Mechwarrior IV which I do not know unfortunatley.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » January 2, 2003, 7:42 pm

Here is the link. Mercenaries

I have gone through this site a bit but I am still wondering if anyone has actually played it so I can get a first hand opinion on it. For me this is best FPS.

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » January 2, 2003, 8:12 pm

Sylvos he's talking about the newer one that came out about 2 months ago. I have not heard anything about it, good or bad.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » January 2, 2003, 9:12 pm

It's fucking great. If you liked MW4 and the expansion Black Knight, you'll really dig Mercenaries.

Be sure to play it with your Force Feedback II.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » January 2, 2003, 9:22 pm

That's all the arm twisting I can take. I am going to buy it tomorrow!

Kguku · Post by **Kguku** » January 3, 2003, 12:49 am

Hmm, now you're making me want to get it, heh.

Have any of you tried Steel Battalion yet for the Xbox? I just put an order in for it, hopefully it's good.

Sylvos · Post by **Sylvos** » January 3, 2003, 1:04 am

I would like to give you guys a big "up yours" for making me go out and checkout what game you were talking about and buying it, then hte expansions then a force feedback joystick....i hate you.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » January 3, 2003, 1:12 am

BAHAHAHAHAHA the question is though, will you wear pants while you play?

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » January 3, 2003, 1:14 am

I have it. My ex boyfriend made me a copy of it (sshh).

It's kind of fun stomping around in my giant robot and firing like 100 missiles at once at things. The graphics are really nice. I don't have a big joystick though so I just use the mouse.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » January 3, 2003, 10:52 am

I don't think I could play that game with a mouse. Isn't torso twisting a PITA?

I bought the "Mech Pack". It has Mechwarrior 4, Black Knight, and Mech Commander 2 for a mere $35.00. That was such a good deal, I treated myself to Mercenaries with X-mas money.

Be sure to look for that Mech Pack though. Excellent deal.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » January 3, 2003, 11:29 am

Holy shit that is a great deal. I just reinstalled my MechWarrior 4 and Black Knight. Never bought Mech Commander 2, though now that you mention it I may have to. I'll be picking up Mercenary this afternoon and I might install it at work just to see it.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » January 3, 2003, 3:09 pm

It is Done. I bought it and now I have to wait to get home so I can actually play it. I also found something that I didn't see before. An Inner Sphere expansion pack that contains 4 mechs: Highlander, Dragon, Zeus, and the Hunchback. It was only $15 so I picked it up. I prolly got screwed but that is the way things go with me and money.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » January 3, 2003, 3:18 pm

There is also a Clan Mechpack out too. I think each has the same number of mechs. On the way home from picking up Mercenaries, I saw in the mech listings that those that came only in the mechpacks can be used in mercenaries if you have those packs installed too. Kind of a cool use for add-ons to a previous release even if it is for the same basic series (Mechwarrior4)

kurzweil · Post by **kurzweil** » January 3, 2003, 3:58 pm

Mechpacks are cool. Get them. Not only do you get extra mechs, but you also get access to one or two extra pieces of equipment. an IFF jammer with IS (really fun in multiplayer to mess up your opponents), and an even bigger target zoom feature with the Clan MP.

MW4:Mercs is great. mmm, salvage!

The nonlinear (sorta) storyline is a nice change after BK and the single decision point of MW4:Vengeance. Solaris arena is a blast, and they got some nice new multiplayer maps. A much more limited selection of multiplayer game types, though.

Wingmen are about as stupid as previous games, but now you can fire the more irritating ones.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » January 3, 2003, 4:39 pm

That would explain why I was getting killed in 2 shots while online in random games. They had tech I didn't have. That's annoying.

kurzweil · Post by **kurzweil** » January 3, 2003, 5:59 pm

The Heavy Gauss Rifle is your friend.

Nothing quite like knocking over a 100ton mech.

You also need to watch out for boaters taking advantage of a few heat bugs. Most recently people were complaining about PPC boats. But...once you know they're doing that, you just show up with some flamers and mess up their delicate heat balance, and *then* show them how real mechpilots fight!

edit: spelling

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » January 3, 2003, 6:50 pm

I find mouse control more intuitive than a joystick. I use A and D to turn left and right, W and S for accelerating and decelerating, and I use the mouse to move the torso.

Joysticks are too clunky for me, though I have really, really, really small hands.

kurzweil · Post by **kurzweil** » January 3, 2003, 8:33 pm

Just rummaged through the options. mouse & keyboard support (customizable), and joystick. Joystick is handy because you got all the weapon groups right there at your fingertips.

or, break down and pick up foot pedals and go full Virtual World style

I considered getting Steel Battalion but just couldn't justify the $$$. That's one kickass controller, tho.

Post by **pyrella** » January 3, 2003, 9:01 pm

I used to go to Virtual World *all* the time - I couldn't get enough of battletech and even red planet was fun - talk about a drain on the wallet tho.

I got Steel Battalion for christmas, all I can say is - if I actually paid for it that is - it's worth every penny. It picked up everything right about the pods, and threw out everything that was wrong. Of course I'm going to have to build my own pod for SB soon, but until then a big desk and plenty of floor space is what I have to work with.

I've been a huge fan of the MW series just because I'm a mech freak - gonna have to go out and pick this one up eventually, but SB is currently more than enough for me.

kurzweil · Post by **kurzweil** » January 3, 2003, 9:16 pm

Dave & Buster's acquired some of the old VW pods, but I haven't had time to check them out yet.

Tried Red Planet once, when Fightertown wasn't running Battletech. omg. Eight of us, all used to battletech, trying to finesse our way in Red Planet? We ended up turning it into a massive furball. Fun, tho.

[pod building]
Don't forget the biiiig subwoofer

MW4:Mercs ends with an interesting little teaser to MW5, which sounds like it will feature the Word of Blake.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » January 8, 2003, 2:46 am

Ok, I bought the game and installed it along with all the other mech stuff I had on Friday night. I got to play the game until about 3 am when I finally got too sleepy to shoot straight. The game is awesome. So I am thinking I'll get in a whole weekend of non stop play in.

WELL, around 6:40 am I wake up to take a piss. The wife gets up for the same reason soon as I get out of the bathroom. She sits up and her water breaks. So, after a 31 hour labor we are now the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl. Just brought her home today.

So, now I sit down to the computer and think I am going to play my game when I realize that I am still exhausted and will most likely not get any sleep ever again. But, I took time out before going to bed to post here.

The whole point of this post? The game kicks ass from the little I played and an epidural is the only way to go.

Jarori Bloodletter · Post by **Jarori Bloodletter** » January 8, 2003, 2:52 am

GRatz Bubba!

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » January 8, 2003, 2:52 am

WOOT, GRATS GRIZZ!

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » January 8, 2003, 10:29 am

Gladiator with 4 ER PPC's and all others are toast.

kurzweil · Post by **kurzweil** » January 10, 2003, 2:27 pm

Saw my first flying daishi the other night.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » January 10, 2003, 4:10 pm

Congratulations on your new arrival, Bubba.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » January 10, 2003, 11:24 pm

Congrats on your baby.

Don't eat it.