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Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: July 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

My friend got 2 Mech Commander 2s and gave 1 to me. I LOVE it. It's action packed, challenging (but not too challenging), better than any other game. If like Mech Warrior, Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, or Mech Warrior 2, you'll L L O O V V E E this. Trust me. If you like any of these games, its a MUST BUY. If you don't like these games, you'll still enjoy it... just not AS much.

Mc2 is a great step forward

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Well after reading the above review, I thought I would post my own OPINION of the game. First of all, the Mc2 design team has taken many steps in the right direction with their new game. The future of gameplay does not lie within the 2d world. The future of gameplay lies within a 3d world (remember, wider is better = Commercials never lie!). Second of all: this last person had a "beta" of a game. This game has not even been released yet. I also had a "beta" of the game. The key word here is "BETA". I dont know if this person had the newest release of the beta, but I know I did. The bugs and framerates that the above reviewer mentioned are almost if not already eliminated throughout the game. The final build (the gold of the game) will show that many of the previous issues with the game have been eliminated or fixed. This game is awesome. It is an awesome step forward from MC1 and MCG. There are HUGE improvements in gameplay, strategy, and the diversity of factions (IE there are 4 factions within multiplayer and 3 factions that are represented in Single player). No longer will multiplayer just be a huge battles between mechs, where the luck of the shot is a huge matter. This feature is no longer supported. What IS supported are in-game features that allow a GOOD mechcommander to utilize needed support within a battle. I would suggest trying the game out for yourself, instead of relying on the reviews of a person who does NOT have the final version of the game.

Microsoft Screws The Pooch

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have every Mech Warrior game released and this one is the worst. Its so buggy I can't believe they released it. It conflicts with Via chipsets, one of the major makers of chipsets for motherboards. It doesn't like nVidia video cards, perhaps the largest supplier of chipsets for video cards and it apparently doesn't play well with most sound cards - particularly Vortex based (which leaves out all us Turtle Beach users). The real kicker is it won't even load on many machines as Microsoft put some silly CD Guard on it and the list of CD-ROM's that aren't supported is a mile long. Bill Gates should should be forced to shell out his own hard earned money for a game that won't even load and can't be returned. Pass on this one.

Wonderful Game! Everybody Must Buy It!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Mech Commander 2 is one of the best Mech games to come out yet. The sound effects and graphics are great.

I'm writing my own Beta Review...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: July 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

[....]

Bassically [...] points were as follows:

a) It doesn't include his favourite 'Mechs and he thinks the Clan Mechs are made up. b) It's a 3D engine, and "all 3D strategy games [stink], 2D is much better" c) You can bring in reinforcements by air d) "It's a mix between MW4 and Force Commander"

I'll go through each one first:

A). The Mechs in are very good. Each of them has a distinctive purpose and feel. There aren't many Clan Mechs 'cause the game takes place in the Inner Sphere and all the Clan Mechs are real, not made up. I don't know where that guy was coming from.

B). It's a very good 3D system incorporating true LOS and very nice looking terrain and buildings. The camera system is as good as that from Homeworlds. 3D RTS's do not [stink]. Homeworld, Earth 2150 and Ground Control are all far superior games to most 2D games. Mechcommander 2 can join those ranks as the 3D system truly works well.

C). The reinforcements are very useful and add an element to the game. There were sensor probes, camera drones and artillery in the old game, so I don't really know what the other reviewer was on when they made that comment. The addition of Karnov Salvage Craft and the drop in repair truck makes the game more fun and gives you greater tactical flexibility.

D). The game is NOT a mix between FC and MC. While I was happy (not extatic) about FC, it did have some major flaws (not being able to scroll diagonally was one of them). FC [stinks] big time compared to MC. MC is nothing like it.

What else...The acting is good. Much better than Mechwarrior 4 (not that that'd be hard). They help the story move along and you blieve who they are (ie. overbearing people are meant to be over bearing, outspoken people do get outspoken).

Also, the game addresses many of the things mission from the first game. You can save and load missions whilst IN a mission. There is no black shroud, instead true LOS and many other improvements.

The graphics are amazing and altough the Mechs are a little blocky (to cut down on poly count) the game still looks great. Sound effects are beefy, with Autocannons and PPCs sounding brillient.

My only gripe is that Fixed Arty pieces have too shorter range and I cannot find a use for them except in base defence.

It's a great game, and I can't wait to get something more "stable" than the beta. The game truly captures the "BattleTech" feel and holds you in right until the very end.

BYE

The Original was MUCH better

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 31
Date: July 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Having been played the original MechCommander for several years, I was eagerly anticipating the release of MC2. However, after playing the beta version of MC2, I would much rather stick to playing the first release.

MC2 uses a new 3D engine, very similar to that of Force Commander. (I beleive all the mouse controls are the same) I am somewhat of a traditionist and I really don't like 3D Strategy games. The best Strategy genre games have always been 2D (Command and Conquor, Age of Empires, etc) and the new 3D interface really does nothing special but slow down framerates. Because it's a strat game, you only really need the camera angle in one place. I could care less if I can spin the camera around my mech. The final result is a pretty much useless feature, slow framerates, and graphics that look worse than the original MechCommander.

Gameplay also seems to have taken a hit. I found I didn't have the type of control I had with my mechs that I did with MC1. It felt like I was controlling 8 tanks in Command and Conquor and once they were gone, that was it. There is also a lot more emphasis placed on arial support vehicals than mech fighting. Airstrikes, salvaging, and artillery peices seemed to be the nessicary means of fighting rather than the mechs themselves. Gameplay I found really unexciting, and I didn't really want to play much after just a few days.

The one sad thing about these newer mech games is the lack of the old familiar mechs. For starters there is only 6 or 7 clan mechs (2 or 3 of which are "new creations") and the rest are all IS mechs (several of which are also new). My favorite mechs, the loki and the awesome, are both missing in the new version.

The between game videos, interfaces, and graphics are improved over MC1, however it seems as if they spent more time on that aspect of the game, then the actual game itself. The between game mech lab takes quite a number of screens to get through and is somewhat tedious as well. One nice feature of this game is that you can save your weapons configurations, and load them up later, even in multiplayer.

In a nutshell, this game feels like a combination of MechWarrior 4 and Force Commander, both of which were not exactly adored by the public. You will probably find yourself loving this game for the first few days you play. This is only the excitement of finally seeing this long awaited title. After the initial nastalgia wears off, you will quickly realize how uneventful this game is and go back to playing the original.

FORGET MY OTHER REVIEW!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: July 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

... DIDNT REALISE HOW MANY GRAPHIC GLITCHES AND BUGS MICROSOFT PUT IN THIS GAME!
MECHWARRIOR 4:VENGENCE AND BLACK KNIGHT AND ALL AGE OF EMPIRE AND KINGS GAMES ROCKED BIG-TIME AND SAVED MICROSOFT FROM BEING ONE OF THE WORST COMPUTER GAME COMPANIES.
EVEN ON THE HIGHEST END COMPUTERS THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS GAME IS ...UGLY. THE ACTORS FACES MOVE SO SLOW THEY CANT EVEN KEEP UP WITH THE CHOPPY SOUND LIKE FORCE COMMANDER.
AND ONCE YOU PASS IT THEIR IS NO REPLAY VALUE WHATSOEVER(NO SKIRMISH MODE AND AN EASY BUT [bad] EDITOR!)
HOW CAN YOU PLAY A GAME THAT JERKS LIKE CRAZY(EVEN ON A PENTIUM 4)AND HAS MORE BUGS THAN THE MOVIE A BUGS LIFE.
THERE IS NOT EVEN AN OFFICIAL PATCH FOR THIS GAME BECAUSE MICROSOFT SAID IT DIDNT NEED IT AND THEIR GAME IS FINE.
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A good game but far from great!!!!!!!!!!!!1

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is well worth the money you'll shell out for it. But don't buy it thinking it's the best game ever, cause it isn't. I has bugs and the required memory your video card needs to have is pretty high. Also I was way disappointed at how short this game was. It took me no time to finish it and I was left watching some (cruddy) ending, thinking good grief microsoft once again has ripped me off with there short games.

It's Okay, But Just Okay

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: August 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Let's just put it this way, Mech Warrior 4 it's not. Microsoft needs to continue with the story they began in Mech 4.

Way over-rated.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i am a huge fan of the entire mechwarrior series, so i expected to get some bang for the buck no matter what. wrong!
the graphics are cool, but that's about as far as it goes.
the game is hugely over-simplified compared to the sims, and i had more fun with the latest "starcraft" clone, even given the fact that i am way into the base concept.
limited flexability, long load times, over simplified.
spend good money on a real strategy game, and wait for the the jewel-case on this one.

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