Evolution of MechWarrior games 1989-2019

MW4

Funny how the first few games look like they were cutting edge graphics for their day, but maybe by MW4 they fell behind average for a major studio. MW5 is back to expected quality for its era.

That was not the SNES game, because I own it, & played the hell out of it!!

I remember Mechwarrior 2 was my first mech game then it jumped to Mechwarrior 4 Vengeance, Black knight, Mercenaries. Then for a VERY LONG TIME not playing Mechwarrior drooling over an opportunity to play Mechwarrior. Fast forward to now FINALLY getting to play a Mechwarrior game MECHWARRIOR 5 MERCENARIES, that is open ended (unlimited missions) and has MANY expansion packs. NOW I hear whispers in the stars that a new stand alone game is coming out MECHWARRIOR 5 CLANS!! we are truly living in Mechwarrior heaven.🤘😆👍

Ummmmmmmmmm MechAssault 1 and 2??

Reactor online.
Sensors online.
Weapons online.
All systems nominal.

Ah yeah, Mech Warrior 2: 31st Century Combat.
The one I would always compare to Descent and wonder why the hell everything was so slow and boring looking.
The one that solidified me as not a Mech Warrior fan, and pushed me toward the path of eventually discovering Armored Core.
Oh well, maybe I'll give the series a look again some day.

I remember my dad teaching me how to play Mechwarrior 4 and now he always talks about that game they need to make a new one for Xbox 1 PC ps4 Xbox series xs and ps5

I know it's not a mech warrior but shout outs to mech assault too.

Mercenary Contract

This agreement between House Steiner and Blazing Aces outlines the contract for general security duty on the Steiner planet of Anywhere.

The estimated enemy force is 3 heavy, 1 medium, and 0 light mechs.

Steiner will pay 1500 k c-bills and 6% of all confiscated equipment with 5% payable immediately.

Dated December, 3030

That voice in MW2 did it for me. Such clean graphics. mW3 Mercenaries was AWESOME! Pun intended.

If only MWO would live up to it's initial grace, it's a real shame that it's way was mostly a descent from it's original graphical and game design beauty...

I once joked to a friend of mine that the gameplay of each MechWarrior game looked like the opening graphics/cinematic of the previous game, and that that's how they set their performance targets.

MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries 2002 in my heart

I Love MW 5 Mercs. Still playing it on PS5.

MW1 is impressive for 1989, but those sound effects and bright colors are really unfortunate

where is MC2?

anyone else remember earth seige though ?

konnichiwa. Inhale air. The son of God is named Jesus, who died to forgive us of all wrong. His father's name is God, the creator of all things.

That OG old Mechwarrior's clock was tied to your CPU. I had a turbo button that turned the long 5min run into combat into something that was over after a few seconds.

I, always go for one of the legs, more loot

They should keep the MW4 formula, merge it with all the awesome features from 2 an 3, and simply expand the scale of the battlefield. Instead they make MW5 that look awesome but with nothing beyond that.

Mech warrior 3058?? Was called something else on Genesis or Satarn

I'm probably going to catch a lot of flak for this but it has to be said, you forgot the SNES version of the original MechWarrior. I know it strays from the simulation end of things but I really enjoyed it as a kid.😅 Ps. Not trying to be rude at all. Love the MW series

Mechwarrior has been legit for over 30 years.

intro song?

OOOOH BATTLETECH, ON SEGA CLASSICS. THE BETTER

Oh damn, I need to know where you found that cover of the MWO theme!

Kinda upset the MechCommander 2 got left out, that was my introduction to the BattleTech franchise

Mech3 and PM was played so much at my house over LAN. The memories!

you show real play for each of the games then use the movie intro for the last one?

I know this is Mechwarrior games, but I feel Battletech should have honorable mention.

I really liked the picture in picture zoom from 3. I wosh it was used in more games.

My heart always sticks to MW2. From the legendary intro (best intro of all time!) to the end of both clans....epic game. So many 3,5 floppy disks only to copy the game from my friend´s pc, those times :) :)

mech commander 1 and 2 all but forgotten

you forgot MechCommander 2

I still think MW3 looks and feels better that 4.

i remember the first dos version came on one floppy

My first PC was an Acer Aspire running win 95. I was addicted to Mech Warrior and Descent!

Mechcommander still looks good in 2022

No MechAssault? That's my first introduction into this universe until I played Battletech in 2018. Its never mentioned lol

I would have to say my favorite mech game out of the list is Mechcommander. The 1player mode wasn’t that great but the multiplayer was awesome!
Now for mechcommander 2 the 1player mode was great but the multiplayer was terrible.

I'd love to see some old favorites of mine come back in the new games. Stone Rhino (GBL), Gargoyle (MW2), and Marauder (MW2)

The first game, mpbt 3025, I played online on a 1000 player GEnie server. It was 2.99 an hour, and no one complained about that. I played from 91 to 94. Friday through Sundays, the server was full. Planters assaults with all 5 houses, taking planets from each other. Could hire mercy. Most of us changed the sound effects. ppc sounded like phasers , and cannons sounded like photon torpedoes

Little upset, that you showed gameplay of all version except the newest version. Just showing the cinamatics does not portray the games graphics or updates very well.

Well i Just want any mechwarrior game closer to living legends because It is the most well made Crysis Wars mod(yup It's nota even a official game, it's fanmade and got better work than mw5: mercenaries.

I remember Mech Warrior 3 with Mech Warrior Online graphics

You forgot Mechcommander 2