Posted: 2/17/2017 1:56:22 PM EDT
| Why the hell hasn't a developer come out with an updated Mechwarior 3 or 4? Mechwarrior Online is fine if you are into the online multi player thing, but I want good single player campaigns with modern graphics. |
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A new singleplayer MW was recently announced.
Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries I would like another mech commander too but MW4 Mercs is probably my favorite game in the series... although 2 and 3 were also great. 3 seems to have extreme compatability issues with modern conputers. |
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Meh.. I am more of an Armored Core guy.
If I remember correctly the characteristics and armaments are customization but the basic design of your mech is not. I wish they would combine aspects of both. So all aspects are changeable and include boost/ jump rockets. |
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Because the idiots at PGI are fucking the corpse of the IP. At least Battletech (strategy game in the same universe) seems to be progressing nicely. Kharn 
Whatever dude PGI worked with Weisman to get the dormant IP out from under Microsoft freeing it up for the first time id decades, make a long running online MW game, BRING BACK THE UNSEEN MECHS, enable HBS to co develop their game with said unseen art not to mention catalyst, and are now going to make a single player MW5:mercs... Oh but they're "fucking the corpse" LOL whatever dude, the shit you're lauding wouldn't exist if if wasn't for PGI. |
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MW2 had the best soundtrack 
It's as good as you remember.  [MechWarrior Online] MechWarrior 2 Sound FX Mod + Bitching Betty |
5: mercs alpha footage
 MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Pre-Alpha Footage (Mech_Con 2016) |
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Hmm, looks alright. Graphics could be better, appears to be for console and not for 4K. |
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Hmm, looks alright. Graphics could be better, appears to be for console and not for 4K. Quoted:
Hmm, looks alright. Graphics could be better, appears to be for console and not for 4K. |
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It's too bad the IP is in the hands of people who either lack the resources or drive to make a large, immersive RPG out of Battletech. Graphics are almost meaningless if the story/gameplay sucks.
The IP WAS in the hands of people who had the resources to do what you say. Never happened. Would you rather MS just sat on it another decade or two? |
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Battletech is on its way back. I'm going to be in it, my mechwarriors callsign is flatline |
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5: mercs[color=#ff0000][size=4] alpha footage [/color]</font>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz8Y1V8gy1AHmm, looks alright. Graphics could be better, appears to be for console and not for 4K. Yeah, but it's a lot easier to start out with higher res graphics then scale down, vs. using low res graphics and having to re-texture it all to go up. If their devs don't have at least a single GTX 1080 I pity them. 
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Whatever dude PGI worked with Weisman to get the dormant IP out from under Microsoft freeing it up for the first time id decades, make a long running online MW game, BRING BACK THE UNSEEN MECHS, enable HBS to co develop their game with said unseen art not to mention catalyst, and are now going to make a single player MW5:mercs... Oh but they're "fucking the corpse" LOL whatever dude, the shit you're lauding wouldn't exist if if wasn't for PGI. Quoted:
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Because the idiots at PGI are fucking the corpse of the IP. At least Battletech (strategy game in the same universe) seems to be progressing nicely. Kharn
Whatever dude PGI worked with Weisman to get the dormant IP out from under Microsoft freeing it up for the first time id decades, make a long running online MW game, BRING BACK THE UNSEEN MECHS, enable HBS to co develop their game with said unseen art not to mention catalyst, and are now going to make a single player MW5:mercs... Oh but they're "fucking the corpse" LOL whatever dude, the shit you're lauding wouldn't exist if if wasn't for PGI. Or why it's cool to ban people from your game for comments made on other sites? Elo match making so every match has a 50% chance of a win sucks and is too artificial, it's not realistic as sometimes you should get stomped or other times you do the stomping. Sure, PGI has some amazing art, but their programming and customer relations suck. Kharn |
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So want to explain why it took ~3 years to get VOIP in game? What about private matches? Or why it's cool to ban people from your game for comments made on other sites? Elo match making so every match has a 50% chance of a win sucks and is too artificial, it's not realistic as sometimes you should get stomped or other times you do the stomping. Sure, PGI has some amazing art, but their programming and customer relations suck. Kharn Hell you're complaining about ELO and getting stomped, yet not about the same thing happening in different tiers now that ELO's been gone for a while? Even tier one matches have lopsided stomps and it gets more one sided the better players are. |
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Because the idiots at PGI are fucking the corpse of the IP. At least Battletech (strategy game in the same universe) seems to be progressing nicely. Kharn 100% this. If I find out anyone I know supports any future crowd funding for MW:5 by PGI I'm slicing tires. That said, beta for HBS' title is in a month and I can't fucking wait. Their initiative system looks amazing. |
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Why would I want to explain anything to an obvious "bittervet"? Hell you're complaining about ELO and getting stomped, yet not about the same thing happening in different tiers now that ELO's been gone for a while? Even tier one matches have lopsided stomps and it gets more one sided the better players are. Quoted:
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So want to explain why it took ~3 years to get VOIP in game? What about private matches? Or why it's cool to ban people from your game for comments made on other sites? Elo match making so every match has a 50% chance of a win sucks and is too artificial, it's not realistic as sometimes you should get stomped or other times you do the stomping. Sure, PGI has some amazing art, but their programming and customer relations suck. Kharn Hell you're complaining about ELO and getting stomped, yet not about the same thing happening in different tiers now that ELO's been gone for a while? Even tier one matches have lopsided stomps and it gets more one sided the better players are. I've owned every MechWarrior since 2, a 20+ year fan, and PGI labeled me a bittervet because I asked questions about why features weren't coming out in a timely fashion, even simple ones that could make the game much more enjoyable. That's about as bright as Hillary labeling people deplorable. Quoted:
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Because the idiots at PGI are fucking the corpse of the IP. At least Battletech (strategy game in the same universe) seems to be progressing nicely. Kharn 100% this. If I find out anyone I know supports any future crowd funding for MW:5 by PGI I'm slicing tires. That said, beta for HBS' title is in a month and I can't fucking wait. Their initiative system looks amazing. Agreed, can't wait. Kharn |
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That's exactly the problem. I've owned every MechWarrior since 2, a 20+ year fan, and PGI labeled me a bittervet because I asked questions about why features weren't coming out in a timely fashion, even simple ones that could make the game much more enjoyable. That's about as bright as Hillary labeling people deplorable. called it.
eta- for those not in the know, the game had a publisher that took all the money PGI made, and wouldn't let them do anything with the game to support what they promised. PGI saved what money they could and bought out the publisher to the rights for the game, and only then did they have money and freedom to get what they promised done, and started delivering on it. Guys like Kharn are stuck on all the IGP era BS which inhibits them actually appreciating there's a modern MW title at all, then they turn around lauding the other battletech games and things that are ONLY doing well because the content PGI secured. No PGI, no HBS Battletech. PGI was the forerunner in breaking the IP deadlock with Microsoft with the owner of HBS, they were the lead in breaking hte FASA stranglehold on the "unseen" mechs. But "boo hoo the forums weren't nice to me asking questions" and it's "mwo is a p2w hell!"
Worst part of the game has always been the negative as fuck player base. Can't wait for the single player so there's no bittervets to put up with LOL. |
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Yeah, but it's a lot easier to start out with higher res graphics then scale down, vs. using low res graphics and having to re-texture it all to go up. If their devs don't have at least a single GTX 1080 I pity them. Uh... the sensible thing is to use low poly models and low res assets while developing because they're going to need changing around later anyway, and you can guarantee it's not optimized yet (different engine from MWO so it's not just a new skin on that game). Alpha is alpha and a lot of things are likely to change. |
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A new singleplayer MW was recently announced. Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries I would like another mech commander too but MW4 Mercs is probably my favorite game in the series... although 2 and 3 were also great. 3 seems to have extreme compatability issues with modern conputers. Awesome. I might have jizzed a little... |
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A new singleplayer MW was recently announced. Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries I would like another mech commander too but MW4 Mercs is probably my favorite game in the series... although 2 and 3 were also great. 3 seems to have extreme compatability issues with modern conputers. 4 mercs was great. As a clan-centric player though and because it was my first I still gotta go with 2 being my favorite. |
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Uh... the sensible thing is to use low poly models and low res assets while developing because they're going to need changing around later anyway, and you can guarantee it's not optimized yet (different engine from MWO so it's not just a new skin on that game). Alpha is alpha and a lot of things are likely to change. Quoted:
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Yeah, but it's a lot easier to start out with higher res graphics then scale down, vs. using low res graphics and having to re-texture it all to go up. If their devs don't have at least a single GTX 1080 I pity them. Uh... the sensible thing is to use low poly models and low res assets while developing because they're going to need changing around later anyway, and you can guarantee it's not optimized yet (different engine from MWO so it's not just a new skin on that game). Alpha is alpha and a lot of things are likely to change. Sure, if you're poor.
If they don't at least have a dual 1080 rig in the house to showcase, I pity those poor ass devs. It is possible they have higher res textures and scaled them down for the alpha. As I mentioned before, if you start low-res, the texture artists have to go back and do everything all over again. I bet they design it's performance in mind for consoles and nothing higher res after it (and the game would quickly be forgotten when XBOX and others deliver 4K). I'd love to be wrong though. |