Mechwarrior 5 possible teaser (mechwarrior confirmed)

[Pepsi-Wolf]

hmmm
it possibly could be

if the 3rd one is a Jenner (the IS jenner), then I am willing to believe that the 2nd video's mech might be an IS Warhammer

[John Doe117]

Well it is MechWARRIOR, not mechassault. We should get more details at midnight.

Lets just all hope this game turns out better than mech4 and doesn't get dumbed down to fit the controls to a game pad (should it be multi-platform). From the review I saw of their recent transformers game, (6/10-ign) this game will revive the mechwarrior name or drive the final nail into the coffin, Mech4 was released in 2000 after all.

[Sir MMPD Radick]

Exactly what i mean by mech assault... when companies base their game around a console version many times when it gets to the PC it is not what anyone wants to actually be playing.

[Skyfaller]

That is as close to a Warhammer as it gets ...



The Atlas seems to have packed a few kilos ...



Looks very much like a Jenner



The graphics appear to be good, but so far, the controls for a mech sim required a keyboard. Unless they intend to make their own controllers.

[skyros]

Oh man! I was just on my way to post this. You guys beat me to it.
Drooling right now!!!
So very tasty!!!

Heres a couple min video of in game stuff
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/18954/mec ... 70709.html

[Hegemon Chistu]

Wow, that was a pretty impressive trailer.

Any idea on a release date??

[Old Battloid]

You guys should watch IGN's "Rewind" video review of the new MW trailer...

(They highlight some new details worth knowing...)

It's great to see a new generation of MW games being seriously planned...

And it can't be that long till a theatrical movie, can it?


After I played MW3, (my first intro to MW/BT) I liked piloting battlemechs so much, I started to search for the older MW versions and even bought some of the old rpg manuals to see just what else the Battletech uninverse had to offer in mechs, further details about the Great Houses, Clans, etc.

For me, it's the new mission, the story behind it and being able to share the experience with other devoted fans...

I will always want to be in a Battlemech...

-Bat [+]

[BATTLEMASTER IIC]

From IGN's interview with Jordan Weisman, it appears that they want to bring back sim aspects like what MW2 had. I am very much looking forward to it! I'm just hoping that my laptop can run it...

[Col.Kell]

I'm just hoping that my laptop can run it...

I know mine won't...

[John Doe117]

After pondering about the trailer for a while now, I have noticed some things that greatly concern me about this game.

Health bar- During the fight a display of the Warhammer's condition pops up, I did not see any red/yellow/green shaded sections, and I believe I saw a percentage health bar at the bottom of the display, but it was very hard for me to tell with my video's quality. This is more in line with mechassault or armored core, however the Atlas did lose one of the arms it refused to use, so I'm confused what to make of this.

Censored language-The trailer was only a few minutes, but I find it almost laughable at how the pilot is censored from saying "words of frustration" that I hear left and right in either a Halo or a Call of Duty game. I would hate to hear similar dialog throughout the game, cutscene or combat.

PC and 360- Its not impossible to have a mechwarrior game on a modern gamepad. Sure there are have been a lot of functions on the keyboard in the past. And this can be somewhat addressed by using the bumpers as a shift 1, (and maybe shift 2) key(s). USB keyboard support is possible, but doubtful it would happen.
My understanding though from the IGN interview is the developer/publisher wants to make this game accessible for newcomers, which means simple, aka what was mechassault, and instead of a designed pc game on a console, it will probably be a console game ported to pc, perhaps even creating a worse experience on pc. Ever played Psyconaughts or GTA (San andreas for me) on pc? it looks quite nice maxed out but has that awkward feel that will keep reminding you this was intended to be played with joysticks for movement/aiming and a autoaim system that kills the joy of using the mouse to actually aim.

Until a hands on video from a review site or a playable demo comes up to get me excited and confident about this, I'll just play the waiting game. I have more faith in Living Legends than this.