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    Mechwarrior 5!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Krazzy, Jul 9, 2009.

  1. Krazzy

    Krazzy Notebook Consultant

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    Krazzy, Jul 9, 2009
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  2. Dreidel

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    hell yes. cant wait
     
    Dreidel, Jul 9, 2009
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  3. Signal2Noise

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    That's great news!


    +rep thrown your way. :)
     
    Signal2Noise, Jul 9, 2009
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  4. Ayle

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    While I love Mechwarrior, I'm still waiting for a fast paced mech game like ZOE or Armored Core on PC...
     
    Ayle, Jul 9, 2009
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    woo good news :D
     
    cherhuan, Jul 9, 2009
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    OH HELL YEAH! I think I just wet myself.

    +1 Rep absolutely!

    I just hope they "do it right", as in the same tradition of the original ones, especially 2. Best news EVER.

    Now for the waiting game.

    I will buy 10 copies if it will help support.
     
    HTWingNut, Jul 9, 2009
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    Whee! Giant bipedal battle mechs ftw.
     
    sirmetman, Jul 9, 2009
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    Zone of the Enders on the PC? What I wouldn't give for the third release to be on the PC... it's been quite sometime now, i wish Konami would start on its development (not just for the PS3 though).

    On a sidenote, it's been quite a while since I last played a mech warrior game, I think it was the 2nd one on the PS, had two sides to choose from, one was the jade something and the other, the wolf, I think.
     
    000022, Jul 9, 2009
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  9. reidy-

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    w00000000t mechwarrior is sick literally played every one with the sole exception of the origional.
     
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  10. Snowm0bile

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    Oh man! I used to love mechwarrior.

    Thanks for the news!
     
    Snowm0bile, Jul 9, 2009
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    LOL, and not a single person mentioned the Toyota Supra/Hybrid Concept haha. I saw this last night epic.

    <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/g4Q9gY_IaI35ZA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width='1280' height='750' allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>
     
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    As a result of the forthcoming MW5, Mechwarrior 4 is being offered for free!

    Linky
     
    Signal2Noise, Jul 9, 2009
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    Looks like the MW4 freebie site has gotten slammed. Getting blocked out itermittently. :)
     
    sirmetman, Jul 9, 2009
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  14. crazycanuk

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    hot damn, we have the Warhammer and Jenner back !!!! hope all the origional designs are there
     
    crazycanuk, Jul 9, 2009
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  15. Krazzy

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    As far as I know the old unseen are now reseen. The company that now owns Battletech has managed to get them all back.
     
    Krazzy, Jul 9, 2009
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    I wish that mech would have stepped on that car.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Jul 9, 2009
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    The unseen became reseen through a redesign of the battlemechs...i.e. they look different.

    EDIT: Well did some more research and I was wrong...the unseen are indeed back with the old artwork. Excellent.
     
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    Lol, theres no way he would have stepped on that toyota ha.
     
    Red_Dragon, Jul 9, 2009
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  19. GamingACU

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    Support the troops, send me one ;) .

    I'll 100% buy this game if it comes out...and 200% buy a Mercenaries edition if they make one of those as well.
     
    GamingACU, Jul 9, 2009
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    Woohoo! It looks like it'll take place before the Clans were introduced so it should be easier to balance without stuff like pulse lasers and extended range lasers. Kinda worried though that the Jenner was taken out pretty fast and there were no indications of being able to aim at specific body parts.
     
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  21. Duckk

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    *jaw drops*

    Want! WANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANT!!!
     
    Duckk, Jul 9, 2009
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  22. Krazzy

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    The fact that all the damage seemed to build up from hits to any location worry me. That Warhammer did nothing but fire it's machineguns at that Atlas before taking an arm off with a PPC.

    Hopefully this is just a very very early alpha of it, and the real game will play more like the mechwarriors of old.
     
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    Well, he did get a PPC hit or 2 in, but yeah, that was pretty weak.
     
    Duckk, Jul 9, 2009
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    What's wrong with those? Being able to snipe annoying enemies from a distance is good :D ...
     
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    Guys, it was a video. I agree though, targeting specific parts is what MechWarrior is all about. It's strategy on the battlefield. Do you take out their arm with the missiles, or the one with the lasers, or take out their jump jets.

    I won't make any assumptions until I see actual confirmed gameplay footage.

    I just hope you can buy a controller similar to this for it!

    <object width='425' height='344'><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nkEOjPmAZ0Q&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nkEOjPmAZ0Q&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width='425' height='344'></embed></object>
     
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    How 'bout we finally get a release for Multiplayer Battletech 3025?! ;)
     
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    DO WANT! Sigh now i gotta install MW4: vengeance to play some.
     
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    I agree... However, I prefer combining The Arrow IV for long range, and then running PPC (correct acronym? the ball-like lasers) for close combat.
     
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    One of the first series I really spent hours on, awesome!
     
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  30. crazycanuk

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    HMM may have to go find my origional copy of the Activision Mechwarrior on a pair of 720K 3.5" disks and start the whole series again... now where did I put that old DOS machine?
     
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    Here.
     
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    LOL, I was being facicious, I have enough machines here and have been running dosbox for years ... I still even have a dedicated machine with dos 6.22 on it
     
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    facetious.
     
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    face-e-tious (the hyphens and the extra 'e' are crucial)
     
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    I hope this is true, I can't get enough of MW!
     
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    Yes!!! This looks awesome. I hope the environments are destructible.
     
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    wow at mw4 being distributed for free.

    hopefully it will find its way to steam...
     
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    I hope they bring back a similar composer or whoever was in charge of music from MW4: Mercs, this song here:
    http://www.imeem.com/kamitose/music/Vx_IEAYw/cornboy-hunter/

    Loved it when a mission started, getting the Mech lance to form up :D
    Actually what's cool is, that track is downloadable from the MW4: Merc site!
     
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