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Blows away the competition ( literally )

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 20
Date: March 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

When you look at all the games that have been out concerning Battletech and Mechwarrior you have to admit that this one far surpasses any other, not only that it blows away any other game in this genre. Besides the incredible graphics and game play (which I will get to in a second) This game also closely parallels the Novels and the RPG story lines. By doing this it gives the novel fans a bit of a thrill and makes the game more fun.

Now on to the graphics and Game play (see I told you I'd get to it.) The Graphics are incredible, both in their realism and in their mesmerizing detail. This game is just loaded with "eye candy" no more do we have the blocky hexagonal mechs tromping around slowly on incredibly poor scenery. Now we have accurate death machines stealthily moving through incredibly detailed scenery to lay waste to the enemy that you are determined to blow away. The reality of the weapons is incredible, it really makes you think like you were actually in the mech. Certain tactics and maneuvers that would have prevented you from getting hit in Mechwarrior 2 and Mech: Mercenaries, will now just leave the Smoke Jaguars smiling and saying " You are one dead Stravag". You are now forced to keep adapting new tactics and fighting styles according to the Mech you are piloting. While the enemies AI is impressive they do have certain weaknesses. This can be used to your advantage, but you also will experience disadvantages due to the games AI system. One...The enemies will sometimes learn from your previous actions. Two.. your lance members will not always act intelligently. Picture this. You're being swarmed by elementals, and they are really tearing into a lance mate, well your lance mate is just sitting there letting them hit him, you have to order him to defend him self. This did not happen all the time, but it did happen enough to be an annoyance.

The missions that you are sent on are both challenging and original. The Salvage factor is one aspect that I love, shoot out the legs of your enemies and looky looky looky...you get more salvage than when you blow them sky high. Again the realism is at its best. I can not wait for the next game to come out. I can only imagine that it will be better, How? I don't know...but the designers have not disappointed me yet. I just hope that the next game is from the clans point of view. I root for the Inner Sphere, but I'm a real Clanner at heart. A great Idea for the next game might be that you are in Kahn Phelan Kell's Wolf Clan...that would be great. But until the next game, Mechwarrior 3 is undoubtedly the best of its type out there.

Superb! A breakthrough in gaming!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: January 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Mechwarrior 3's graphic detail is its finest feature. As crimson lasers fly towards your enemy mech and blow off a leg after a great explosion, you can't help but think: damn, these graphics are aweswome! But they do have some really cool Mechs. There is a really deadly mech I like from the clans called Daishi(Die-eeshee) You can customize your mech with advanced clan weapons, then kick some tail with any of those devastating weapons. My personal favorite being the ER PPC. (Extended Range Particle Projection Cannon) However, my favorite part about being a Mech pilot is to hear your enemy cursing the Inner Sphere as they die! If you like simulation games or robots and artillery in general, you won't regret buying this sure to be classic PC Game!

One Giant Leap

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: March 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Some people can find fault in anything if they look hard enough. This game is a HUGE step above what MechWarrior fans have had to deal with up until now. The graphics are no less than incredible, from mountain ranges that "fade in" as you approach and skies that roll across the screen, to buildings and underground warrens that pull you into the simulation with every detail and shadow. Our sim has finally brought us to the level of detail and more that Air Combat sims have enjoyed for several years already.
The AI (Artificial Intelligence) is truly amazing. Yes the computer pilots make mistakes, and need to be coaxed in the right direction from time to time. But if you think about it, so do real soldiers and pilots. Personally, while some see this as poor game design, I think it adds yet another level of realism. An unintentional bonus if you will.
The damage model is more realistic also. Missiles can and do miss if you're not careful. They do not turn on a dime (as with MechWarrior II). The Particle Projection Cannon is a flowing stream of electronically produced artificial lightning, no longer just a blue fuzzy ball of fluff. Lasers burn afterimages in their wake. Mechs fall and never get up again if a leg is shot out from under them, where they used to become a stationary weapons turret turning on the one remaining leg (not very realistic at all, wouldn't you agree?) The Mechs will slow and start to limp if enough damage to the leg is achieved without actually blowing it to ferrofiberous dust and myomer shoelaces.
All of this has been done without sacrificing game speed or flow. The maps and gaming area of each mission are detailed to the last hill and storage container, yet "skips and stalls" are so rare and quickly corrected you wont even notice them unless your one of those who actually watches for that sort of thing. The Makers of MechWarrior3 have made an unusually precise effort to program to the minimum hardware requirements listed on the packaging. Even someone working on a machine with the bare minimums can enjoy this game, unlike many other games where the bare minimum just barely works without crashing.
The online multiplayer mode is every bit as good as the in system game modes. While the missions in multiplayer mode lack a defined goal, with a little imagination games like capture the flag and king of the hill can easily be agreed to and set up by the players. Played on any of the many maps available for multiplayer game mode, variations of these two basic games can be modified to produce innumerable possibilities for loads of fun and entertainment.
Of course there are things that I would like to see added to future versions of this game, but I will save those for the suggestion box at MicroProse. The people who worked so hard to put this game together for us deserve our thanks and support. They have done what used to be considered impossible and I'm sure they will continue to improve the game. I can't wait to see how MechWarrior4 turns out!

I WISH I COULD GIVE IT MORE THAN 5 STARS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: January 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If you like simulated giant robotic explaosive action this is the game for you! Its got 18 mechs for you destructive pleasure. you can even customize your mech with all kinds of weapons and equipment from laser and rockets to machine guns and jump jets which make you fly. it is a very fun and adictive game. You can play it through the game with a story behind it, play it on the net or play instant action where you pick how many and what type of mechs to fight. Also you can pick if you want a compuster AI buddy to help you destroy everything in sight.I HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMEND THIS GAME. you should also buy the stratagy guild..............You might need it!

Best Series out there!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: April 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

MEchwarrior 3 is the best game I have ever played. With the Force Feedback you actually feel your mech walking and the recoil from your with every shot.

Beter than Mechwarrior 2.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Killer graphics! Super internet play! This is twice what Mechwarrior2 was Mechwarrior.If you must buy this please get the expanion game also you will not be disappointed.This game jams up my wife's computer and her internet service so much they kick me off.This game makes me wish I had a sdsl modem line.THIS GAME REALLY KICKS........!

Outstanding Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Mechwarrior 3 is a visually impressive, engrossing and mostimportantly fun game, especially if you are a fan of Battletech. Itshould not be missed.

Ah the smell of burn metal in the Morning.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game has become my favorite MechWarrior game. At first when I got the game for X-mas and I saw how most of the Mech' were different then MechWarrior2 I was a little worried but after read the manual just long enough to learn the keys and Joystick stuff I went straight to the missions. All I can say is, oh yah!

The graphics rocked, From actual people running around under you and sea gales flying and landing all around when near a beach to a enemy Mech' reeling from the direct impact of your Gauss Rifle and even how the wepaons fire it's self looked.. I Also loved the talking. From the Clanners insulting you during battle and as they die to you when team mate say remarks like "I thought he'd never shout up" when a Clanner commander that keep making remake about you and you heritage final bites it. Also remarks made by your Mobile Field bases commander when in a lava map and a enemy mech warrior screams; Clanner: "Ejecting!" MFB Commander:"And staight into the Lava, Hee'sssssss not come back".

Top this off with salavaging and its a gre3at game. Course Salavage was what real made this game great. You can blow the legs out from under a mech and possibly getting any weapons not damaged in the following fall. Or maybe the mech it's self if you MFB guys can repair it. I remmber getting my First Cauldron-Born, Annilhilator and Daish. And the awesome part about the mission is that the Salavage is differnet each time you play the mission because you may chose to damage one mech differnty. This mean the following missions might be harder or easyer then the last time you played them because you did or didn't salavage a Larger mech.

Lastly some people say the plot and stories for the missions were not very good. I disagree. They where more involving then any of the MechWarior warrior games I've played. From Video mission briefings to voice remakes built into the mission game play it's self. I personal Found my self getting into the story quite a bit. In all when it comes down to it if you liked the Mechwarrior2 games then You'll possible love this game. Sure the AI were not the greatest and there were a few other problem but in the end it was a very good game.

Best ... mechwarrior game there is --period.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Though a bit old, MW3 is STILL the best. The Campaign is fun, great overall mood and atmosphere, combined with two tracks from a little known music group known as 'Twisted Tenderness', 'Haze' and 'Make it happen'. -The music is limited, but darn good.
The REAL fun of MW3 is online gameply, where you must outplay, outgun, and most importantly, outdesign your opponents. The mechlab, where you go to customize your multi-ton 'mech', is admitadly unrealistic, allowing the player to place multi weapons on a mech chasis obviously not made to have certain weapons in certain places, but it's also one of the most enjoyable aspects; with it you can place insane amounts of misilles or the dreaded Ultra autocannon 20 on each arm or torso side.
It takes a bit of ingenuity to outwit the many other oline players when it comes to design, for design is ultimately what kills or gets you killed. -to do so you must balance weapons, armor, armor type, chasis type, engine and equipement to devise the most lethal mech you can...and hope it's better than your opponents.
The unfortunate aspect of online gaming is, of course, the lag factor. Often you must shoot several mech lengths ahead of your opponent to actually hit them, which can be very annoying. But if you can suppress your ego long enough to master this irritatiing quirk, suffer many defeats, and learn what it takes to survive the online world of MW3, it is awesome. The array of different weapons and equipment at your disposal, the stunningly beautiful mech chasis in your arsenal....I've owned Mechwarrior three for over two years now, and I know I will always come back to it for more.
To summarize: The campaign is more than enough to justify buying this incredible game, especially at its current price tag ... , and the online gaming rooms makes it worth twice the price. Currently, Mechwarrior three is only played on two gaming services that I know of, Gamespy, and the more popular MSN gaming zone. -And to further compliment the online experience, there are maps, called 'icemaps', which reduce your weapons heat to nearly nothing, readily available from different websites. They add a very fun aspect of insane destruction to you gameplay, helping you to obliterate your enemies in a few well placed shots.
In short, Mechwarrior 3 ROCKS and always will.
On a related note: Sadly, this game is hard to find, and even harder to find is it's expansion pack, 'Pirate's Moon', which gets a rating every bit as good as MW3 from this Mechwarrior.
Now, man your mechs and prepare to dominate the battlefield.......

The Greatest Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've seen the reviews which said nothing for the game. I've tested the thing and I still can't get the enemy to work into my palm. The graphics make it very realistic. I just can't wait till version 4 is out on the market.

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