MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries - MechCon 2018 Trailer 

Hey guys, just some feedback. I really think there needs to be some weight... some MASS to the mechs. Like in the 2008 trailer for Mechwarrior 5, that thing felt lumbering. Like when the parts fall off, they bounce like they're made of cardboard boxes. Like these things need to feel heavy, like they NEED reactors to be powering their actuators and lifting those guns, and absorbing the force from the recoil of weapons, and the hits from enemy projectiles. This is obviously without me playing the game, so I don't know how it is first hand, but it feels too... 'fast'. Too fluttery. Too dancy. Like you're watching Mech Ballet, rather than a tabletop game made sim. They don't seem to lumber, they don't loom, even the lights feel like a headless chicken cosplaying in cardboard as a Mech. I love you guys, I love Battletech, and I've been a Mechwarrior fan since first seeing Mechwarrior 2 on an IBM Aptiva back when I was 9, in 1996.

In regards to the "weight" of the mechs, I think it really needs 2 things. Audio feedback and visual feedback. I want to hear real thuds of the mech's feet. I want to hear the sound reverberate through the chassis. And then visually: give us footprints and let those footpads really tear up some sod. If the T-bolt at the 2:30 mark was throwing chunks of dirt up with every step instead of a light grey dust cloud I'd be a happy camper. Just my 2 cents though.

Have a look at the Mech Warrior 3 into and then re-watch this. I'm extremely worried about this game.

0:44 Warhammer and Marauder in the back of the Kingcrab n i c e

The graphics don't stun me, but as long as the gameplay is solid, weighty mech combat like we had in Mechwarrior 4 I'll play it for days. Also I am happy to see the return of inverse kinematics on the feet.

"You know how we showed destructible buildings in the MechWarrior Online launch trailer? We finally put in that feature, but you have to buy it as a new game." Wonderful marketing strategy, if a little malicious.

Use to play one of these games back in the 90's. Loved it. Hope it's good like the old games.

The mech should feel like lumbering giants, not go carts. In the 2015 trailer that was perfect

Hope it delivers, it's been so long since the last MechWarrior!

My only complaints are that all the Mechs lack a sense of WEIGHT to them, even the lights move around like they’re made of paper. Second, the building destruction is nice, but needs a little less smoky effect and more actual debris not just a new ground texture underneath. I need to have problems going through a building in lighter Mechs, not plowing through them and turning them to dust when I bump them.

Look on the bright side kid, you get to keep all the money.

Looks like MWO with building destruction added in.

"Reactor.. online, sensors.. online, weapons online, ... all systems nominal"

Mechwarrior in its prime was 1996-2002. I'll try this out, but I'm sceptical.

I gave up on the video game and went back to playing the board game

This trailer looks like me running around in my RU-vid style capturing people fighting.

I think at some point mechwarrior should try and implement melee combat and death-from-above, because they are so iconic to Battletech

All I got to add is I hope the soundtrack kicks ass! I still the original OSTs from the MW2 trilogy and they (for me) make great listening music. The tracks from MW2 Mercs were my favorites.

Looks good, just listen to the feedback you're getting right now, and don't rush it. We waited 16 years for this, we can wait a few extra months for you to get it absolutely right, if that's what it takes...

"Paw, There's Cicadas in the corn again!" "Gol'Darnut!"

I'm not sure how I feel about this, as someone who grew up playing Mechwarrior 2, 3, and 4. The mechs look way too maneuverable. They don't seem to have much weight behind them, at least compared to the footage we've already seen. I hope this doesn't end up being merely a single player MWO. Mechwarrior, at least in my opinion, should be a *sim,* not a FPS. I'll give PGI the benefit of the doubt, though, and reserve judgement until I actually play it.

When this was first announced several years ago, Piranha Games President Russ Bullock confirmed that the game was “designed to support VR". Q: "also without getting into too much detail, would MW5 be supporting VR? I remember you liking it" A: designed to do so Is that still true? Because I would definitely buy into VR for this game. I built my new computer specifically for MW5 and Cyberpunk 2077 and can't wait to get my hands on it :)

All I want is a good singleplayer campaign.

Hey I'm all for it as long as it has a actual story line and single player campaign and does not turn into a pay to win cancer like MWO did. (edit: OK so now I know they have single player and coop, thanks guys. And on that note, Bring it On let's blast some mercs!) Video of 1996 game play ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kpqRCbHsh94.html

I really hope you guys dont stay true to MWO and make this Mechwarrior.

I was half waiting for that Mech to smash through a building then get stuck on an indestructible tree.

This looks really awesome!

Disturbingly cold, unfleshed out, characterless, emotionless, and devoid of the battle crys of a real MechWarrior. Signed, FLIPTOP....THE BRINGER OF 10,000 DEATHS.

Kinda... kinda looks rather bare and stiff, like there's nothing there except somewhat fleshed-out combat prototype system. Hope nobody rushes it.

STEP ONE TURN SIDEWAYS INTO DESTRUCTABLE BUILDINGS STEP TWO OPEN WALLET

for the people complaining about the "feel" of a mech you can't experience it from 3rd person which is all this video showed. In MWO the mechs HAD (I dont play anymore because they ruined my simulator experience) absolutely zero weight. Countless missiles and large caliber ballistics smacking you, and youre cockpit would shake but your targeting cursor was spot on dead center regardless of movement or fake shake. In their first teaser of MW5 they showed two things every old school battletech fan screamed for. Inside cockpit there was weight, Targeting cursor moved with each step, torso weapons fired directly forward, not converging at any distance into a pinpoint spot like in MWO. Only the arms were able to converge, which makes perfect sense. But in that first teaser they showed a lot of good signs. This video was showcasing destructible environment, kinda hard to see that from inside the cockpit. Though, the attention to detail on mechs using their arms as shields to plow through buildings was spot on from a lore standpoint. Mechs plowing through buildings and other structures was common place in TT. I don't mean to sound like a Piranha fanboy. I am not. I do not trust Piranha Games. I will wait until this game is released and I see gameplay before I buy. If it isnt the Simulator experience I want, they wont get another dime from me. I supported the ever loving shit out of them in hopes of a quality I didnt get in MWO. Gave them far too much money. Im not alone, there are countless disgruntled Legendary Founders out there. My hopes are, they get the simulator experience done right, then convert MWO to this engine and gameplay style in order to bring MWO to where it always should have been. Odds are, i will be disappointed and they wont convert MWO, as Russ has made it clear certain things are too difficult and time consuming to do. Again though, here is to hope. Signed, Groundpound Devalis

LOVE the game's theme music, I've not been able to get the riff at 2:23 out of my head since I first heard it in the biome trailer. Thanks for the game, can't wait to play it!

CAN. NOT. WAIT!!!11!

After how Mechwarrior Online turned out and continues to be handled, this is going to be a nope from me.

MechWarriors 2: Mercenaries in 1996 was a great game with a perfect soundtrack. If you can repeat the success in MechWarriors 5, this will be the best game of the year.

I agree with many of the posters, the mechs lack weight. Also, 2010 called - they want their graphics and animation back.

*Well fuck me they DID put the Marauder in this game.* The fucking madmen did it, that's fuckin neat. Also this music mmm, i am feeling Nostalgia since the last Mechwarrior Mercenary game.

I’m liking the slow paced style they implemented like world of tanks, also the maps are more polished and not cluttered with derbies massive objects in your face, this is good news!

I see a huge amount of comments about mechs “going too fast.” The mechs in this game go exactly as fast as they did in tabletop. If it was 64.8 kph in lore, it still is in this game. This is just what that speed looks like in 3D graphics. I know many of you will have the urge to jump down my throat with a “MECHWARRIOR 2/MECHWARRIOR 4 DID IT BETTER”. I understand-I loved both those games. But before you make that claim, actually go back and replay them! You could go WAY FASTER in MechWarrior 2 because jump jets could be used to massively boost your forward speed, and that was back before the idea of particle effects to add weight to footfalls was even a thing. And MechWarrior 4’s speed felt, well, pretty much the same as MWO is today, it really just depended on the mech. This trailer didn’t show any stock Annihilators plodding along, it showed a fast Cicada and a Griffin. Just remember that before you complain about speed.

Watching the stream from Argentina and now this surprise! Thanks!

MY HOME PLANET !

I really like to see what I see and can't wait to play it

Been waiting for this. Very excited!

So many possibilities to improve on the old MW games - and not a single one picked up. Really disappointing to see this much wasted potential. Reminds me of most WH40k games.

1:10-1:21 The mech movement seems... cartoonish?

Is it possible that they will ACTUALLY deliver on their promisses that they failed to deliver 7 years ago? I wonder...

I can't wait to get my hands on a Marauder

Looking forward to it!

Looks like a spruced up MWO...

Can see that at 0:19 a nice blast door (not the dropship) please any confirmation that we will see that bunker base in the final game?

At least the lasers are finally more true to form.

What is the song at 2:04 that plays? I can't find the soundtrack anywhere for this.

Looking good! Although, realistically you shouldn't be able to smash though buildings like that without so much as slowing down. In universe, mechs CAN forcibly enter buildings, but it requires a considerable amount of effort, and some damage to self. foundations and structure of buildings overall at least be as strong as some smaller mechs

Hope there's a good story. Honestly nothing matched that really old MW trailer with the warhammer fighting in the city. The landscapes look a bit empty but that's fine if the missions feel compelling like in HBS' battletech game.

My Vive is ready to unleash these beasts in VR. It will be a dream come true since I played Mechwarrior on my AT486 to be really inside the Mechs. Bring it on!!

Awesome!

aah.. I wanna play mechwarrior 4 again. Does anyone know if there is a version of it that works well with modern systems with windows 10 etc?

Reminds somehow the closed beta of MWO, where the pace was much slower (damn I still have some post-NDA-lift videos somewhere). A shame MWO later bacame quake with robots..

I see a _Marauder_ in there... Quick question: in the time period this game takes place, have the Clans appeared yet?

Looking real good.

Was hoping for sim-like, this looks like your run of the mill arcade shooter. sigh

I am excited for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries because it would be my first MechWarriors experience. I loved MechAssault and MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf so I may enjoy the more hardcore experience of MechWarrior. I hope the MechAssault franchise gets remade in modern graphics along with a third installment but until then I have Mercenaries to tie me over. At the very least a remaster of both games.

LET'S GOOOOOOO

If at 0:25 that Victor would have given the pilot a thumbs up, this trailer would have been perfect.

so any vr, ms ffb2, tobii 4c support?

I'm so fucking glad this isn't another Moba. I played MechWarrior 2, MechWarrior 2 Ghost Bear Legacy, MechWarrior 2, Mercenaries through all the rest of them. I'm glad to see it return. Maybe I should play MechWarrior 1.

There's a lot of negative comments on this trailer so id like to add something positive. I think it looks Fucking sweet and i cant wait to see more. i like the ability of mechs to walk through buildings instead of being 100 tonne Goliaths stuck on some concrete that they should be able to pass through with ease. Reminds me of the mechwarrior 3 intro where the maddog is targeting the clan invaders from inside a hollowed out sky scraper. Im excited to see how a mechwarrior game will perform on a new engine as well. the openness and realism of the landscapes that were portrayed in this trailer is a step in the right direction for me. the Idea of being able to play co op was something id never dreamed of. I do see some peoples concerns about the weight of mechs not being apparent enough and as solution i would say to look at the old mw4 animations on mechs and build upon that. i hope the game actually plays like that first battle in the trailer. i like the way that the victors arm feels the recoil of the ac20 and that the hunch back really takes the hit as does the king crab when receiving fire. I'm glad you guys delayed the game to release us a product worth our time. Its mechwarrior so however it goes you've already got my money hahaha

Im Japanese so I want a Japanese version. MechWarrior is was Taught by my father, I want to play together.

How was this trailer paced so poorly?

Is this going to be open world maps or a caged in small map like mwo?

Unique mechwarrior engine startups?

YESSSSSSSS!!!!! I enjoy MWO but really wanted a single player like the old MW games, really would like to see a progression in that line.

What mechs did we see so far? King Crab, Cicada, Thunderbolt, Griffin, Stalker, Dragon, Hunchback, Victor maybe? What is that at 1:54?

I really hope we get VR, I remember as a kid, the MWM3 manual had, all types of VR glasses you could buy for 500.00USD + and I always thought this would be the future. Well the future is here, I have an oculus, it's amazing, and I really hope we get a VR option, even if it's via an injector like vorpx.

Looks cool.

put a little weight into everything. blown off arms should not bounce around like rubber, and make getting hit by a big ballistic cannon have some impact. otherwise the presentation was awesome. i cant wait to get my hands on this. and if ever possible you guys might want to look into revamping MWO and making it similar to this in quality. mwo would be so much better with destructible environment and the slower paced game play that this displays. i hope you guys go far with this game!

I don't think anyone plays MechWarrior like this.

Very excited to see this game! Will you guys be uploading the mechcon gameplay demonstration with high definition audio as well?

Maybe more videos to follow. I am worried about the lack of sound of the gameplay because of the music.

Projectile weapons are so much more fun than energy weapons.

My biggest issue is how the legs move. Lights should jog not sprint. Heavies should March not power walk and assaults need to stomp.

PUT A HIDDEN BONUS LEVEL LOCATED IN A SALT MINE IN THIS GAME.

Fan made trailers cut from MWO gameplay footage look more impressive. Most of the people interested in the franchise are 80s tabletop or 90s PC gamers, so they are not after modern graphics and all, but if you cannot make a 2019 release look like you put some work into it besides taking existing MWO assets, there is even less chance that PGI would properly invest (or not screw up) the gameplay with their excellent reputation of fulfilling promises.

Why is a Summoner (Thor) shown @ 1:38 if the game takes place before the clan invasion and there are no clan mechs in the game?

Hope it's well optimised, and I hope they add Infantry to kill!!

To the developers: Please, take it from an old Mw4 pro. Knights of Apocalypse, Miramar death legion pilot here. Make this game in-depth and immersive as MW4 and you’ll have a chance at a real lasting supporting community of players, if you make it anything like the cheesy run and gun console versions you will fail. But in any case prove me wrong. And to the rest of you? Cross your fingers, we might have a chance at a role playing / competitive adventure unlikes the gaming community doesn’t realize could exist!

Bring the retro design`s of mech`s too and maby dropship hehe ;D i love the olderdesign of mech`s like they where in mw4, mw3 MC2 MC1 :D

What would be great, if PG bought the rights to the old Mech games and made them work on Windows10, then released Mechwarrior5.

Why didn't they make mwo like this? Or update it to this point?

Looking good. One thing You should do is never let the ai give it's back on purpose. It's sole goal shoudl be locking onto mechs and attacking them. I saw a lot of running in circles. It's ok to let them gang up on players. They can take it. Also buildings should be causing damage to mechs if they are plumiting through them. They should also give a bit of resistance. Seeing people running out of cities would be a cool add too.

Nice! Thanks PGI!

FRAG i played MW from MW 1 !! My first online gaming was in MW 4 veng ... this trailer gives me goosebumps, ok we had to wait for a while , but hell its stunning... Only problem is im gonna need to sell a kidney to buy the right new pc ;) But darn it gonna be worth it XD

I like it. I am going to buy it, I am going to play it, and I am certainly going to enjoy the hell out of it. Thanks PGI

As a Canadian I have to admit that we have no idea what a piranha looks like, but we think it's probably a mammal with horns. Also, 2:16 "OH NO ALL THE CONDOS!"

Will there be ghost heat?

Sadly, they left no AC guns in the format of the old MWO - biiig GUNZ) This game - is most expected game for me for last ten years. Love it.

DO IT!

What claner not aloud in this game??

So i need to ask this is there going to be a Campaign and Story to the game or just all combat? So far what i see from the trailer here there is no Story. Loved the MW4 story it was Great and there intro gave me goosebumps.

Why do some mechs have hands ? Are they useful ?