I've always enjoyed the Mechwarrior series, and 4, while it had some issues, is the best overall iteration of the series as far as gameplay goes.
And now it's free.
There's a bevy of improvements that have been made, but most importantly, it's Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries for free.
Have at it, boys.
Mechwarrior 4: Free?
#3
Heh, heard they were giving out QuakeWarrior for free. 
MW3 was the best game in the series anyway. And Damocles Lance was cooler too. 
MW3 was the best game in the series anyway.
And Damocles Lance was cooler too. Chatniks on the (nonexistant) risks of the Large Hadron Collector:
"The chance of Shep talking his way into the control room for an ICBM is probably higher than that." - Seth
"Come on, who wouldn't trade a few dozen square miles of French countryside for Warp 3.5?" - Marina
"The chance of Shep talking his way into the control room for an ICBM is probably higher than that." - Seth
"Come on, who wouldn't trade a few dozen square miles of French countryside for Warp 3.5?" - Marina
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It did? It's been a while since played both but from what I recall they handled legging in exactly the same way-a legged Mech was down for the count, which seems like a perfectly reasonable way to handle things to me.
If anything MW4:Mercenaries was the more interesting game because you WEREN'T locked into a specific sequence of missions, you got to pick (if you played it right you could even build up a sizeable force before ever starting the campaign missions to begin with thanks to the Solaris option).
If anything MW4:Mercenaries was the more interesting game because you WEREN'T locked into a specific sequence of missions, you got to pick (if you played it right you could even build up a sizeable force before ever starting the campaign missions to begin with thanks to the Solaris option).
'I wonder how far the barometer sunk.'-'All der way. Trust me on dis.'
'Go ahead. Bake my quiche'.
'Undead or alive, you're coming with me.'
'Detritus?'-'Yessir?'-'Never go to Klatch'.-'Yessir.'
'Many fine old manuscripts in that place, I believe. Without price, I'm told.'-'Yes, sir. Certainly worthless, sir.'-'Is it possible you misunderstood what I just said, Commander?'
'Can't sing, can't dance, can handle a sword a little'
'Run away, and live to run away another day'-The Rincewind principle
'Hello, inner child. I'm the inner babysitter.'
'Go ahead. Bake my quiche'.
'Undead or alive, you're coming with me.'
'Detritus?'-'Yessir?'-'Never go to Klatch'.-'Yessir.'
'Many fine old manuscripts in that place, I believe. Without price, I'm told.'-'Yes, sir. Certainly worthless, sir.'-'Is it possible you misunderstood what I just said, Commander?'
'Can't sing, can't dance, can handle a sword a little'
'Run away, and live to run away another day'-The Rincewind principle
'Hello, inner child. I'm the inner babysitter.'
#6
MW3 was the first (and only) Mechwarrior game wherein shooting a leg off meant an instant kill. In 2, it meant you were stuck without jumpjets (and really messed up in Mercs), but still alive and dangerous. In 4, it meant your speed was crippled and you could not reverse, which is fine.
#7
Yeah. And the actual Btech stories back that up; a 'Mech with blasted legs can still shoot and fight from a sitting position. MW3's one real flaw was the "take out leg for win" approach.
Chatniks on the (nonexistant) risks of the Large Hadron Collector:
"The chance of Shep talking his way into the control room for an ICBM is probably higher than that." - Seth
"Come on, who wouldn't trade a few dozen square miles of French countryside for Warp 3.5?" - Marina
"The chance of Shep talking his way into the control room for an ICBM is probably higher than that." - Seth
"Come on, who wouldn't trade a few dozen square miles of French countryside for Warp 3.5?" - Marina
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AAAAAAARGH! I wish you had never shown me this stupid game Hotfoot! Not only does the installer not work for me, but now that they released a version that doesn't require their buggy software to download that copy has a fucking trojan in it and their broken ass installation software deleted everything in my games folder, so not only am I unable to actually play the game but it destroyed the game of Dragon Age I had been working on for like thirty hours! FUCK!!!!!!! Oh, and the patches I tried to download at the same time seem to randomly disappear off my computer if you take your eyes off of them.
God damn this whole affair has been a mess.
God damn this whole affair has been a mess.