Octopus Overlords

Kasey Chang wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:53 am The rumor of MW5's death has been exaggerated... Turns out there will be a DLC3, and it will at the minimum, feature a Hatchetman.

NickAragua wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:30 pm Also, a sword-wielding Highlander for some reason? Swords don't show up until like 3060 or so, which means either something really screwy is going on, or we're going to get some clan action too.

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Hyena wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:13 pm Why did swords take so long to make it to the battle field? I find that so bizarre that no one thought to pick up an object and use it as a weapon instead of slamming a hand or a foot (which contain actuators) into another highly-armored robot before a decade post-clan invasion.... Like, didn't someone even pick up an enemy's severed arm and thwack them with their own appendage?

Isgrimnur wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 4:22 pm

Daehawk wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:43 pm Where do you get those mods?

As a Wagoner was driving his wain through a miry lane, the wheels stuck fast in the clay, and the Horses could get on no further. The Man dropped on his knees, and began crying and praying to Hercules with all his might to come and help him. “Lazy fellow!” said Hercules, “get up and stir yourself. Whip your Horses stoutly, and put your shoulder to the wheel. If you want my help after you've tried and failed, then you shall have it.”

Unagi wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:55 am Don't mind BH - he's just an idealist.


It is a reasonable question in that some games have most or all of their mods in the Steam Community "Workshop", whereas other games may require you to hunt them down, or get them on Nexus, etc.

In this case - a few of those listed mods are on the Steam Workshop. Others, you gotta find and install.

El Guapo wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 3:24 pm You don't need to have Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries to play this, do you?

El Guapo wrote:I do love the clans. I don't think I'm supposed to (sounds like they're space fascists) but they're so much cooler than those inner sphere losers whose infighting destroyed galactic peace to begin with.

The new engine—Unreal 5—is doing a lot of favors for the visuals and physics of stompy robots. The new audio cues and effects for lasers and the like are also above par for the series. I'm extremely optimistic and now very much looking forward to this one when it releases on October 16.

GreenGoo wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2024 3:22 pm Watching one of the videos, I saw a rifleman blow up, and by up, I mean literally. It left the ground and then fell back to the ground horizontal, where it *bounced* once or twice, all as one piece.

That didn't feel right to me, not for battletech. I'll take a closer look in the future and see if it truly bothers me, or was a one off or something.

Having a 'Mech fly up into the air, only to land on it's back and bounce makes as much sense as a a building doing the same thing. I realize we have enough explosive power today to do this sort of thing to a few 10's of tons of metal. But somehow 'Mechs are supposed to be gargantuan titans of unstoppable steel and it doesn't feel right to me to have them flying around like pinballs when they blow up. It doesn't help that it bounced on sand, which is extra weird imo.

Paingod wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2024 2:49 pm For the folks who played MW:5 Mercs, did they ever fix the issues with AI?

With the devs backing me up, I made it through the Santander trench run smoothly, and for my next attempt I went in as the sole human player, directing my Star with a surprisingly detailed list of squad commands. You get an assortment of tactical options for each individual member of your crew as well as the group as a whole, but just like with every RTS, my preferred strategy here was ‘select all and attack’.

This iteration of the assault on Santander was a much more fly-by-night affair, but by god, I still pulled it off, even after suffering two full dismemberments myself. The pirates shot off one of my arm cannons pretty early on, a severe firepower impediment, but the loss of one leg was way worse and entirely my fault. I was having a little too much fun with my mech’s jump jets, you see, and this is a game with fall damage.

After landing my 75-ton Timberwolf on my bum leg a few too many times, the old girl gave up the ghost. Switching to a third-person view, my ride wasn’t looking so hot. CEO Bullock is very proud of how Piranha has been able to represent the progressive destruction of both mechs and environments, and both were on full display as I limped through Santander. Hobbling on, my poor Timberwolf was also missing an arm. Meanwhile, bulldozing through the pirates’ flimsy little buildings let me peek through to their structures and interiors as their rooftops crumbled away at waist height. Destruction feels good in this game.

The graphical commitment to my miserable lemon of a mech, as well as the sheer difficulty increase as I lost functionality, made successfully completing my mission the second time all the sweeter. As I just barely cleared the final enemy mechs and gently feathered my jump jets to descend to an evac point down in the canyon, I felt like one of those characters in Wacky Races skidding across the finish line on their bum while holding a detached steering wheel. Hey, a win’s a win, and I can worry about mech repair when I’m playing Clans on my home PC.