Arcade, not simulation?

[HuffingJenkem]

A lot of the reviews are suggesting this is more MechAssault than MechWarrior, is that accurate?

[Last Seraph]

Not really? It depends on the mode you're playing it on. If the controls are set to classic, it'll feel more or less the same as Mercs. If set to modernized, it'll feel more like an FPS (which is closer to what MechAssault was, I suppose).

[Mikoto]

Originally posted by Last Seraph:

Not really? It depends on the mode you're playing it on. If the controls are set to classic, it'll feel more or less the same as Mercs. If set to modernized, it'll feel more like an FPS (which is closer to what MechAssault was, I suppose).

You never played mechassault if you think it was an FPS lol

[Toaster]

At the start it asks you if you want modernized or classic controls. The feel depends a lot on that. Modern+3rd person is fairly much Mechassault.

[HuffingJenkem]

Originally posted by Toaster:

At the start it asks you if you want modernized or classic controls. The feel depends a lot on that. Modern+3rd person is fairly much Mechassault.

What about Mechlab and mech equipment? Arcady or real time Battletech?

[Zeke McKillip]

Originally posted by HuffingJenkem:

Originally posted by Toaster:

At the start it asks you if you want modernized or classic controls. The feel depends a lot on that. Modern+3rd person is fairly much Mechassault.

What about Mechlab and mech equipment? Arcady or real time Battletech?

More Arcady than I'd like. You can pretty much only swap out weapons, armor is basically fixed. Maybe on the Heavy and Assaults you'll have more free reign, but so far, up to Rank 5, it just isn't that customizable. The system is in place though, so I have hope that community mods will fix this game if Piranha doesn't, and there could be more that unlocks later. So far I am enjoying the game, but it doesn't quite feel like Mechwarrior.

[Riptor]

Not really, the thing is that the clan mechs overall are alot faster then the inner sphere battlemechs of the same size and tonnage, so if you come from MW5:mercs you will feel like something off.'

Same goes for the weapon systems: faster fire rate, lighter, mechs can tank more heat thanks to double heat sinks. So overall the performance is alot better then what you could pilot in MW5:mercs

Speedier mechs that can fire more often... wich is actually why the clans where curb stomping the IS so much at the start. Nothing out of the ordinary here

[Multihog]

It feels more arcade to me. It's less weighty somehow than Mercs.

[Draelren]

Originally posted by Multihog:

It feels more arcade to me. It's less weighty somehow than Mercs.

The clans had much better tech. Better gyro's, better armor, better weapons, better everything. Your mech doesn't feel 'weighty' because the pilots don't feel it as much.

[Last Seraph]

Originally posted by Mikoto:

Originally posted by Last Seraph:

Not really? It depends on the mode you're playing it on. If the controls are set to classic, it'll feel more or less the same as Mercs. If set to modernized, it'll feel more like an FPS (which is closer to what MechAssault was, I suppose).

You never played mechassault if you think it was an FPS lol

I didn't say MechAssault was an FPS. I said an FPS is closer to what MechAssault was, meaning compared to the normal Mechwarrior games.

[Meemai]

Originally posted by Zeke McKillip:

Originally posted by HuffingJenkem:

What about Mechlab and mech equipment? Arcady or real time Battletech?

More Arcady than I'd like. You can pretty much only swap out weapons, armor is basically fixed. Maybe on the Heavy and Assaults you'll have more free reign, but so far, up to Rank 5, it just isn't that customizable. The system is in place though, so I have hope that community mods will fix this game if Piranha doesn't, and there could be more that unlocks later. So far I am enjoying the game, but it doesn't quite feel like Mechwarrior.

While I am not a big fan of losing customization options, I likely see why not customizing armor may make sense lore-wise.

If you check most of the classic canonical Clanner mechs that are Omnipod-based on BattleTech, all the TW existing variants for each chassis use the same exact armor distribution.

I assume that the 16 battlemech that we get might be falling into this category (cannot know for sure since I do not own the game yet, so not sure which mechs are available).

[Morty2989]

Originally posted by Draelren:

The clans had much better tech. Better gyro's, better armor, better weapons, better everything. Your mech doesn't feel 'weighty' because the pilots don't feel it as much.

You aren't wrong in regards to the lore but this feels 'light' because it has the same quality craftsmanship as a Unity asset flip. Everything feels barely held together and jank.

[Mikoto]

Originally posted by Last Seraph:

Originally posted by Mikoto:

You never played mechassault if you think it was an FPS lol

I didn't say MechAssault was an FPS. I said an FPS is closer to what MechAssault was, meaning compared to the normal Mechwarrior games.

Dude, you literally never played it if you actually think anything you said is accurate.

For starters, they were third person games. And the mechs had weight to them. It was faster paced as in the mechs had a higher top end speed and the controls were dumbed down to work on xbox, but they were, by literally the definition, not anything close to how a FPS would play.

I would know, I still have the original 2 games on disk. I was there when they released and played them on xbox live. Stop talking.

[Chef0Death88]

Mechassault was arcade garbage, whut fite me.
The MechWarrior franchise has always been an FPS/Sim. Not to mention, the next game in the timeline after MW5 clans would be MechCommander Gold. A classic RTS.
Mechassault was not, is not, and never will be part of the canon or continuity.

[Last Seraph]

Originally posted by Mikoto:

Dude, you literally never played it if you actually think anything you said is accurate.

For starters, they were third person games. And the mechs had weight to them. It was faster paced as in the mechs had a higher top end speed and the controls were dumbed down to work on xbox, but they were, by literally the definition, not anything close to how a FPS would play.

I would know, I still have the original 2 games on disk. I was there when they released and played them on xbox live. Stop talking.

Wow, you're getting awfully butthurt because someone has a different opinion than you. Maybe you should do something to relax. Maybe play a game? There's this old Xbox title called MechAssault you might like. It's kind of like an FPS, but it's in third person, and the physics were a bit different. You might like it if you can find it!

Seriously dude, F off. You're being autistically semantic for no good reason other than picking a fight.

[Chef0Death88]

Originally posted by Last Seraph:

Originally posted by Mikoto:

Dude, you literally never played it if you actually think anything you said is accurate.

For starters, they were third person games. And the mechs had weight to them. It was faster paced as in the mechs had a higher top end speed and the controls were dumbed down to work on xbox, but they were, by literally the definition, not anything close to how a FPS would play.

I would know, I still have the original 2 games on disk. I was there when they released and played them on xbox live. Stop talking.

Wow, you're getting awfully butthurt because someone has a different opinion than you. Maybe you should do something to relax. Maybe play a game? There's this old Xbox title called MechAssault you might like. It's kind of like an FPS, but it's in third person, and the physics were a bit different. You might like it if you can find it!

Seriously dude, F off. You're being autistically semantic for no good reason other than picking a fight.

No way, Mechassault sucks man. I owned both discs. Dont bring that filth up.