15 Minutes of MechWarrior 5 Gameplay: Atlas Mech on a Mars-Like Planet 

I have to admit - they really picked a mech for the completion of the secondary mission. Nothing exemplifies scouting as much as a purebred Steiner scout mech.

wow home boy looked like a 4 year old playing the game. I'm glad they gave him way more armor, ammo, and heat range so he didn't die too quickly. If you guys think this atlas would take that much damage and not fall and keep shooting its guns like it did, you are crazy. This is definitely a press version of the mech lol.

Oh to be able to carry 1000 rounds of AC20 ammo. One can dream.

This takes me back for real! MechWarrior 3 was my jam back in the day.

I think the target is acquired

Taking this repetitive sound bite out should give us a nice bonus!

how is the pilot *this* bad, cant keep missile locks, can't seem to understand the concept of torso vs arm mounted weapons, min and max ranges don't seem to exist....

Neat, didn't know you could fit 143 tons of AC-20 ammo on an atlas. I kid, my body is so ready for this game.

I love how the armor stays green all over through most of the mission.

hey guys, i think this atlas is the eacort vip

my god this is painfull to watch. not because of the game, but because of the pilot XD

Guess the mercenary contract went out to the lowest bidder lol

I think IGN needs to hire me to play their video games for them.

K... I know it's a gameplay trailer and all, but this guy pilots like a freebirth. I'd be running circles around him with a Mad Dog.

Please no loot boxes

How we supposed to know when the target is acquired or destroyed tho

I want basically a remake of Mechwarrior 4, (with all the MekTek extras) in a modern day engine and graphics. Is that too much to ask?

Sadly they always pick someone who does not know how to pilot a mech. Damn it, you can stop the thing to do proper aiming. It's a 100 ton Atlas. It can take some beating! :)

I hope they add the melee attacks from Battle-tech

Was that Nathan Fillion's voice?

I only played MW2, and so far this is the closes thing to a true sequel, put in Martin O'Donnell music and tools for your mech and you got yourself a mech game.

reactor online, sensors online, weapons online, all systems nominal. - Close up, and form on me.

Two standouts so far: 1.) the audio. THATS how a mech should sound walking. 2.) Rocket/missle FX are uber sweet.

I bought an issue of a gaming magazine in elementary school around '95 that had a Mech Warrior spread with small pictures of all the mechs and their stats and descriptions. My mother would read it to me before bed and I would fantasize about the game even though I didn't have it, and I didn't know about the tabletop. My mom is still around, and I'm 30, but I know this is one of the memories that I am going to cry about when she's gone.

Gotta say they really nailed the Martian-type environment. You're fighting deeper shadows within the twilight, everything is a washed-out shade of rust - until an AC20 round impacts close by and illuminates everything in sudden, merciless clarity and light. Beautiful.

im loving the weapon visuals and audio effects. especially those lasers, cant wait to see large and pulse lasers

Feels great but its painfull to watch how this person play :/ Also AC20 999 ammo lolz seems legit

Now this looks way better then the other 10 mins of play. Way less sway up and down... much better! Cant wait!

There's something downright satisfying about the sounds that the autocannons make when they impact the atlus.

I always knew the reviewers were bad at games.... but Damn IGN you couldn't find one person who had played ANY 'Mech Warrior games?

Damn! This looks better than the legendary Mechwarrior 2 intro sequence. I´m playing Mechwarrior 3 and 4 at the moment again. Love the sound of the medium lasers. Can´t wait to see and hear the rest.

I love the aesthetic - the Mech Warrior 3 inspired map view brings back memories ...

Please for the love of god, if you are going to release gameplay videos, get someone with experience in the franchise AND more than 2 brain cells to rub together. Seeing the effects of the weapons was cool. But watching what I can only hope is a 5 year old playing the game was painful.

IGN gameplay making games look as bad as ever I see, just like Polygon. Hell they were able to manage making Doom 2016 look slow and clunky somehow. MW5:M itself on the other hand looks real promising from what I've seen and heard so far.

Love the sound effects! Good hard hitting effects!

Not to be "that" guy... but the Atlas (AS7-D) is meant to have an LRM 20, not an LRM 10...

This video + Mechsassault 2 OST Skin the Cat Battle = BADASSERY!

Watching this video gave me a nice bonus.

The sound used for the weapons (especially the lasers) are badass!

Loved Mechwarrior Online played a few yrs, Saltbeef here. Might have to check this out.

1:05 ... every MechWarrior's favorite thing to hear!

When he smashes into the tall tower, PGI should add people falling off the upper balcony screaming. Then you can step on their bodies, or if they survive... run after them... >:)

It's june 2020 and i'm still waiting for *this* game to come out. Clearly what we got was a different MW5.

>Mars-like atmosphere >Scout mission >In an Atlas Dear Kerensky, it's the Steiner version of Pyre Light!

Adeptus Mechanicus of Mars approves this video. For the Omnissiah! For the Emperor!

i remember playing mechwarrior2 when i was little and not knowing at all what to do, but it was fun.

exactly what i remembered back in MW2 merc. only more, no a lot more enhanced. hell yeah

Omg I can't wait for this!!!

That "target destroyed" just sounds wrong when you're expecting to hear "target disabled"

This looks better and better !.I really like the gameplay and graphics !.Im not sure about laser sound effect but maybe its not that bad !.

I am ready, been waiting a long time.

It reminds me a lot of Mechwarrior 2 with the swarms of enemies. Can't wait will the game is released it's been 2 years since this footage and I'm almost 100% certain they have improved the A.I. and textures at this point.

I am really happy that the missiles no longer look like cannon fire and actually look like missiles !!!😁

New to the series, loving mw4. Been wanting to play it since i was 5 years old. 13 years later I can now and finding out that a new mechwarrior is coming out is just badass.

My biggest concern right now is the sound design needs some overhaul. But I'm looking forward to this.

I can't imagine what it looks like right now, I cant wait

The sound effects are pretty good ^^

Nice bonus, should get a Command Outpost!

Nice Lyrian Scouting Atlai :3

Reminds me of one of the 1st missions in Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries where I had to shoot down helicopters as well on a desert planet.

They really gotta turn up the power level on those medium laserpointers. I think I saw those 1 watt green lasers online for like 20 bucks.

i played mech warrior 2 on windows 95 for an ungodly amount of hours when i wa sa kid and this feels exactly the same... omg

All I can think when I see this is WOW an assault mech that can actually move its arms!

Imagine that, you play as regular soldier on the ground and then giant mech walks into battlefield. :D "how the hell we stop that steel monster?"

now i want to see gameplay with a locust with maxed jumpjets for the hilarity that it brings

There are ballistics physics in play too!!!! That AC 20 has a arc!

Oh how the times have changed.

Who was this pilot??? Jesus. My inner Mechwarrior and RL Soldier just cringed. Using na AC/20 on far targets, using LRM's to shoot down helis??? Use your goddamn LASERS! Conserve ammo! And WHO THE HELL SHOWS HIS BACK ARMOR TO A K2????

I hope the controls remain just as challenging and in-depth as they were back in the day, simplify nothing there are still markets for realism and difficulty, just look at dark souls and the massive following they have. Keep up the good work boys and see you on the battlefield.

a small pip square video with a closeup of far away targets when acquired would be great

Looking forward to this

why does that Atlas -D have a LRM10? It is supposed to have a LRM20

Having just played a match of MWO, I love how gritty the laser sounds in this preview are, compared to MWO's pew-pew laser sounds. The lack of melee however is kinda sad, considering this would've been a perfect game for them to implement it. Hell, HBS' upcoming Battletech game has melee attacks on the mechs!

LOL at everyone geeking out at this video!!

god I forgot how satisfying piloting an Atlas is.

Wait mech warrior is back?!?!

Omg, awesome!!!

Now all that I want is a Hatchetman and a Locust to chop into.

sadly in terms of weapon behaviour and weapon effects this looks way better than the current gameplay 1 year later LOL. I really like how the LRM work here, oldschool like in Mechwarrior 2 or 3 i think and how these missile systems work in many animes. Looks still the best xD

So far the game balancing looks good. The Atlas feels like the slow moving destructive force it was always meant to be.

Why is this pilot at 100% throttle the entire time? He's in an Atlas FFS

Seen that Atlas run into things and get shot a hundred times and still not sustain any damage. That's some good strong endo - steel armor.. or is it ferro - fibrous ?

Omg hes all walking through the buildings !!! I cannot wait for mechwarrior 2 mercenaries redux

The map reminds me of TC_IvoryTower from MWLL, love it!

I hope we'll be seeing dynamic arm control on the level of MechWarrior 3's. You know, how you could change between torso control and arm control, and move your arm(s) up and down when looking left or right with the hat stick.

About autocannons... number now means caliber type? Because I remember number tell us how many shells were fired at once...

wow. that aiming skill right there

Is there more soundtrack music than just that at the end. I’m hoping it’s like the previous games, MW4,MW4M, and etc.

I hope there will be third persond and melee damage

Potato alert!

AT LASt, a MechWarrior 5 gameplay preview with a much more decent firepower than the previous Mech

Finally, the freebirth toads have a use... Only took invulnerability and nigh inexhaustible ammo bins.

have to say i LOVE the sound design for the weapons for this game, they sound nice and beefy compared to some of the other mechwarrior titles.

The pilot drives his atlas like a runaway bulldozer, and I don't mean that in a good way

Really need to change the "target acquired" audio to a beep. Don't need a "target destroyed" audio either - you can see for yourself if its down or not.

I can't wait. Looks much more like MW rather then the MWO, can't tell why exactly.. Though the graphics looks a little old, but the game play finally looks like the old mw3 and 4. Hope there is a co-op option for the story mode.

All that technology- lasers, particle beam weaponry, autocannons, 100 ton walking war machines carried in dropships that can move from one planetary system to the next- and the MechWarrior pilot is looking out of a vision port. It's supposed to be around the year 3000, not 1945 or 2000. Planetary graphics look very good though. The same technology that is used to create a mech will be used to create hand- held or small vehicle mounted weaponry that can disable or destroy a mech. So smaller targets should be a viable threat to the mech, and not simply something that's there to be trashed. Good luck with MechWarrior 5, and I sincerely hope that the game is a great success.

LOL wow... Good thing for the "God Mode" armor and the stupid amount of ammo on that Atlas. HAHAHAHA Worst piloting ever. They give any Steiner Freebirth a Mech nowadays. :-P

I like where this is going. Glad they went with this game engine. Wish they would have kept the old hud from the first pre alpha footage though, or at least have an option to configure the hud. Explosions and general sounds are better than MWO sounds(unless you are using Haven Kendrick sound mod). Not sure if i'm liking the the recoil from shooting lrms , kinda makes the screen shake like the mech is having a seizure (while there seems to be no recoil after shooting the AC 20???). I do like how moving the mech bounces the recticle around(something that is needed in mwo. mechs were not built for dealing their city leveling armament with precision). I like the destructible buildings(need to improve better transition between no damage and damage taken model). Seem to be missing terrain deformity. I really enjoyed how you can be outside the mech in the dropship and really get the feeling of scale. Being able to stomp kill tanks and buildings is nice to see implemented(aka collision), however haven't seen any mech knockdown physics(possibly still in works).

i just want to see an all-out full scale mech warfare game where there's a bunch of mechs and AI tanks and stuff just going at it