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Awesome

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. I had it a long time ago. I lost it. Glad to have a nother copy in my grasp!!. The game took a lil longer than i was hoping to have delivered to me. Sorta disappointed there....When it got here I was happy with the condition of the cd. Game runs great no probs.

Mech 3 not an XP or vista game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

if you have an older computer, a windows 98 or NT then this software might still work properly. If you have an XP machine I had difficulty running it and even keeping it going on my machine. I did not even try my vista machine. the graphic generators in the program maybe too slow to properly initialize this game. I really don't know. I do know that it has crashed a lot on my XP machine. It also needs to be run through DOS. This game would be excellent if updated for use in the more modern windows programs but the original company that put this out is gone and with no updates this is a shame.

Fun,Fun great game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Mech Warriors 3 is a game that no doubt has revolutionized the graphics industry. There is no other way to put it, the graphics are really great, surprising for an older game! The game is so fun, and I like the way you can customize the way your bot looks, moves, and fires. My friend did something that was so cool, I do it too. He took one of the heavyweights, and put on almost 100 LRM's and two gause rifles(Probably the best weapon),one on each hand. He then battled several of those tiny robots-whos name escapes me-and took em out, indian style. It was cruel, but totally awesome. I use that tactic almost every time on battle mode.
If you go to options, you can turn off the heat sensors(I hate them) and put on invincibility, which is also cool.
For kids who's parents don't like them getting violent games, probably dont want this because of how discusting it is to kill one of the people running on the ground. It reminds me of Half-life.
I think this game is worth it new or used, and recommend it to bot-lovin kids.

One Awesome Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome! Awesome graphics, awesome weapons, awesome customization, awesome interface, and an awesome story. You should definitely buy this, especially at only the few dollars it takes. Blowing away the armor and limbs produces suprisingly graphic effects. The campaign takes place on the ironicly named planet of Tranquil after the dropship Black Hammer and several lances of mechs are blown away by a ground based naval laser. You must travel through an enormus variaty of landscapes to meet up with your mobile field base and your three lancemates and defeat Commander Brendon Corbitt in a circle of equals. The instant action maps can give you as much of a challenge as being in a Firefly defending a base with no renforcements or MFBs against six Daishis. Or as easy as a full lance of assault mechs against an Elemental. I haven't used multiplayer yet but I've heard it's really good.

Great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: September 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The first foremost negative aspect about this game is the fact that it doesn't really have a soundtrack. It's only got two songs on the CD and this is quite a shock and disapointment since, for example, Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries had a full, awesome soundtrack. Nevertheless, the 2 songs seemlesly integrate themselves into the feeling and the repeats aren't that noticeable.

The game has a good plot, good graphics and good action. In multiplayer it's even better, but the system of finding a server could have been easier and more straight-forward. Matching is done via a Microsoft website where you can find games and chatrooms and you also need to have installed Zonematch, a small program similar to MSN Messenger. In my opinion everything should be incorporated into an in-game multiplayer interface, just like the majority of other titles out there.

You, along with other troops are sent on a mission to neutralize enemy forces occupying a planet. As you reach orbit the dropships are shot down by enemy forces. You have to fight your way through, meet up with your other lancemates that were also shot down and find a way to get off the planet alive while at the same time driving to accomplish your mission.

The game puts you in the cockpit of awesome, powerful, 80-ton humanoid warmachines with enough firepower to level a city. The array of mechs and arsenal won't disappoint. Customize your warmachine any way you want and take it to the battlefield.
I especially like the mission commentaries, video feeds and voice acting, they're very well done and really help create the overall atmosphere.

BE ADVISED! The game out of the box may have slight incompatibility issues with Windows XP especially if you have Service Pack 2 installed, so make sure you grab yourself the latest game update patch from the internet! Once patched it runs without any problems.

Good, easy fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've loved all of the Mechwarrior games, they are always so easy: stand and pick other Mechs off at extreme long range. Besides graphics changes the two big changes are a nice zooming rectile, to make those long-range shots easier and a "Mobile Field Base" that will fix you up in the middle of a mission. All of this makes the campaign short, just 10 hours or so.

I had one glaring problem, it wouldn't install or run on Windows 2000. Maybe I could have gotten it to run if I had hunted down and hand-installed all the files. It ran without a single hitch on Windows 98SE.

Good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

MechWarrior 3 is a great game. The graphics are a little outdated but it is a few years old. the SFX are great too, they are very true to weapon and are not of poor quality. On my pc (p4 2.0GHz, 512mb ddr333, Geforce mx440, 10,000rpm SCSI HD and Windows XP) it runs without any skipping or latency. The Campaigns are the best of any game I've played but some times I am at a loss as my copy did not come with a manual. This is by far the best mechwarrior game in existence (MW4 not so much because of the fact you do not have much freedom with creating new 'Mechs).

Old Soldier, New Mech

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I haven't been following the Battle Tech series very closely, and have lost track of its history. But I am told, and have read that Mech Warrior stems from it.
Believe it or not, I found the Battle Tech series when I was a Private on the rise in the U.S. Army. That was over 20 years ago, and I've heard that BattleTech is over 15 years in history. Go figure! Anyway, about 7 years ago, I read about Mech Warrior and was stunned. Wow! What a toy to have! (GAME for PC) I grabbed a few pictures, and did a little reading. Then I acquired, MechWarrior - Hawks Revenge. I still have it around here somewhere - I think in storage. It was a fun game to play. Who wouldn't like dancing around in a 40 to 100 ton Battle tank with legs? Now Last year, I downloaded MechWarrior 3 (No CD, no disks, nothing! Just a download) and I have been in love ever since. Again - who wouldn't love dancing around in a 40 to 100-ton Mech? The guns, the power, the speed! My God, the speed! I have a pentium 4 running Windows XP. And man, the speed and fluidity of the program is awesome. I'm a graphic artist and I love eye-candy. This game gives me a high that you won't believe. My family gets upset because when I feel like making noise and blowing things up, it's Mechwarrior 3 on the PC! They like to play too (and my family is my girlfriend and my niece - both whom I call "Lady MechWarriors" - They play that well). However, sometimes, the program does drop out on its own. Yet it is not enough to annoy me or cause alarm. I just hit go, and I'm back in the business of shredding mech metal. It is, however, a good idea to shut down any non-essential programs that may be running in the background, in order to keep it from becoming a headache. That is, unless those programs are essential to keep the computer up and running. Usually, I shut down ICQ, and any other programs that may enable a pop up advertising window, or system message window. For a little while, I can live without them. And the PC doesn't mind either. From then on, it is BANG-BANG-BOOM! Good-bye Smoke Jaguar!
So, if you are new to the Mech Warrior Universe, read the books (any that you can find), play the games. Immerse yourself and have fun. If you are an old soldier like me (1st Cavalry, Co. C 2/7th Cav - '80 - '83), then put it on, it will look good on you! I haven't stopped (After a hard days work, it's always a trip into fantasyland and a visit with my fellow Infantrymen from days gone by), and I have completed the game several times. Now my new love is "Mech Assault"....
But that is another love story to be written.

Okay.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Okay, as the title explains, this game is not the best, but not the worst.
Here is a quick list of pros and cons:

Pros:
1. the variety of weapons is very interesting.

2. the move ment of the mechs is fluid and very realistic.

3. the training mode is really awesome.

4. the controls are well placed.

Cons:

1. this game takes quite alot of memory for windows 95/98

2. the graphics are not great (but hey, it's a couple years old.)

3. YOU DON'T GET TO CHOOSE YOUR MECH!!!!!????

4. doesn't work on windows ME/2000/ or even XP editions.

Last of the real Mech games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This was the last of the series to really use the rules and ideas of the original. The newer games work more like Quake than Mechwarrior. The graphics are dated compared to the newer games, but the game play is better, and it requires more strategy. For instance, LRM's have a minimum range. If you're closer than that minimum range when you fire them, they have no real effect on the enemy. The effect of this rule on the game is that you have a certain way to handle fire support mechs. You use cover to close on them as fast as possible so you can get in close under their missles and pound them. In the newer games, you can ram the enemy and fire them point blank. Kinda dumbs it down a bit.

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