This or Mercs?

[Joren]

Not too familiar with lore things. Have played mechwarrior online, and was wondering what difference between Mech 5 Mercsenaries and this one.

[Shadovar]

If you are not burnt out from every mechwarrior game playing as a Merc and you like being from the freebirth scum.... err I mean Inner Sphere then I would say Mercs. As it may have a longer life as you play random generated missions over and over and over and over.

But if you want to play as a Honorable Clansman and looking for more of a story driven game then Clans is the right choice. Not to mention their mechs are so much cooler looking than that IS junk... err mechs I mean.

[Arma]

Originally posted by Joren:

Not too familiar with lore things. Have played mechwarrior online, and was wondering what difference between Mech 5 Mercsenaries and this one.

Just be aware there are a LOT of bugs in the game at the moment including some that literally stop you from progressing. There will be fixes for them of course but if you're wanting to play a MW game now I would say Mercs. If you're happy to wait until Clans get fixed then Clans

[DevX]

What I like about MechWarrior 5: Clans is the story. It does a great job of showing what it means to be part of a Clan, especially the Smoke Jaguars, who are... pretty brutal. You get to see the struggles of the Star Commander and the challenges faced by their unit, dealing with the often harsh decisions made by their superiors. The graphics in Clans are also fantastic, though I do find the experience of piloting a mech in Clans a bit less immersive compared to MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries.

On the other hand, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries may have older graphics, but the battles feel more intense and piloting a mech feels more realistic. You have to manage your income, maintain your mechs, and decide which faction to align with as a mercenary. It can be really challenging if you don’t plan well, especially if you run out of funds. There are also a lot more mechs available to use.

Both games have their strengths and weaknesses, and they differ significantly in terms of gameplay mechanics. Mercenaries offers more replayability with its open-ended structure, though some missions do start to feel repetitive after a while. Meanwhile, Clans is more focused on a linear story experience with great cutscenes and storytelling. In Clans, missions often involve taking down one mech after another, but the narrative makes it feel worthwhile.

[thundercactus]

MW5 Clans is a story driven campaign of a game
MW5 Mercs is an open world game with a lightly scripted campaign

Clans has the better campaign, but you're gonna play Mercs way more just by the game design, especially considering the mods for the game.

[knock-off cereal]

Get MW5:Mercs

It's not even close. MW5:Clans crashes so so much for me. It is incredibly frustrating.

Clans is a story driven 'mech game. Mercs is a 'Mech game of a 'mech game. It's about the 'mechs and collecting them all and getting all the good toys. Clans has you plow through bland wave after bland wave in the name of a story. Mercs is bland wave after bland wave in the name of collection. As a game mechanic it's just more fun.

[Freed]

I like them both and recommend both but for story-reasons Mercs has more variety. Don't get me wrong I like Clans plenty but due to the much more focused story there's understandably less to play with.

[i like beans]

Originally posted by Joren:

Not too familiar with lore things. Have played mechwarrior online, and was wondering what difference between Mech 5 Mercsenaries and this one.

mercs on sale with dlcs 100 percent

[CptnCankles]

Depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for a decently lengthed campaign game that is very linear with a fairly good story with cutscenes, then CLANS is good. Downside is it's a one and done kinda game and once you finish it, there isn't much to do.

If you are looking for a more open ended sandbox game with lots of DLC that enhance it (as well as countless mods), then MERCS is good. Downside is the campaign is a bit lackluster by comparison but there is plenty to do even after you finish the campaign.

[P.J]

Originally posted by Joren:

Not too familiar with lore things. Have played mechwarrior online, and was wondering what difference between Mech 5 Mercsenaries and this one.

Mercs 5 all the way. Don't waste your money on a game with 0 replayability (up to now), and scripted to death with 0 choices whatsoever.

[Joren]

Gotcha. Thanks for the replies all.

[Mister]

Why not both? But if you have to choose Mercs all the way. Clans is but a mere add-on to Mercs. Vanila Mercs that is. At least for now. I wonder if proper mods that fix that game are going to be made but so far you have to put up with almost useless AI that you have to babysit and micromanage every second. Playing this game on expert is pain compared to Mercs. Not to mention the latter allows to fine tune the difficulty instead of choosing between easy/mid/high.
IMO implementing Clan invasion within Mercs would have been much better. I'd even pay the same price as for the game. But still respect to devs for trying to make a decent story driven MW game.

[RiseAgain]

I like both Mercenaries and Clans. Right now, though, Clans entice me more simply because it's a more focused experience.

Mercs is a decent game if you get all the DLC's, which have some pretty good campaigns. Otherwise, get ready for A LOT of repetitive missions and a lot of grinding too. Without the DLC's the open world of Mercenaries is vast, but mostly empty.

[Crosswind]

Clans is awesome. The campaign is a lot of fun (for the most part, there are a few missions/objectives that are honestly more frustrating than fun due to the lack of checkpoints or quick saves and the sheer length of most missions) and the story is very entertaining, I was pretty heavily invested in the characters by the end. But it's pretty much a one and done with little replay value. Clans could easily end up the better game between the two if it gets the same kind of DLC and post launch support as Mercs did, but we don't even know if it will yet. As it stands, Mercs is the game with more long term playability and content being that it is mostly sandbox in nature and has a ton of DLC and mods.

To be clear, I think both are must haves and both offer something different. For my money, Clans is worth full price for a fairly lengthy and cool campaign while Mercs is better picked up in a sale with all the DLC for cheap. That's just my opinion.

[Noishkel]

The game is fine. But the more I play it the more I realize how much I hate the clans as a faction. XD

Ultimately I think I prefer Mercenaries given that I much prefer the freedom of being able to make my own way in the game instead of being forced to follow a set path.

[STC]

mercs + mods