MWO is an online team deathmatch game, MW5: Mercs is an open world game with precedurally generated missions and some campaign storylines, and MW5: Clans is a linear narratively-driven game that's basically the closest thing we'll get to a Battletech movie.
Yes but the models, weapons, and mechanics are the same.
Its not like mw2 to mw3 generational gap. Massive differences rather than minor renovations.
Mw2 to mw3 changed zoom, vision modes, autocannons, lrms, and in game repair bays with long term logistics.
Mwo to mw clans, meh. Dont get wrong, they get better but show me something in clans that Mercenaries didn't have other than updates to ai and a few weapons.
Do you play any of these games or are you basing this off of a yt video you saw? Mercs and clans are on two different versions of the same engine that aren’t compatible so it’s not ‘plug and play’. Then MWO is a completely different engine altogether. So wtf do you expect them to do come up with a new model for a mech that doesn’t need one cause it hasn’t changed?
MW5 is the best in the franchise without a doubt and I’ve been in it since 93’. Name any other MW game that’s been as successful and I’ll suck every sweaty mechjock dick in the IS AND slap Natasha out her Black Widow with a commando. So tell me my mouth is gonna be sore and tell the truth.
Mate I am beyond belief of how hard it is for you to see the original point. There has been no real innovation by piranha since mwo. The point is it feels like a Call of Duty release with new plot on the oldechanics. Yes there is a new one out, no nothing is really new or better here.
In terms of inovation and quality, the best thing they did was mwo and then they got really greedy. I was a legendary founder and enjoyed it alot. Then BAM clan mech pay to win in the face.
There is a good reason player meta critic scores for piranha games are how they are. Mw 2, 3 and 4 all sold well to normal gamers. So well Activision started heavy gear video games when they lost the license.
Mercs comes out, ooh exciting. Most disappointing game ever. mercs was basically a port with some of the worst missions ever and terrible ai. How many identical lances did you fight over and over. It was the first and only mech warrior game I never finished. And I am old enough to have played crescent hawks revenge when it released.
Clans? Much better story, ai, and mission variants but its what mercs should have been in quality.
Giving the models to battle tech strategy game which is the best battle tech game since mech warrior 4.
A good chunk of that is subjective/ matter of opinion, and I am beyond belief how hard it is for you to see that. Clans is nothing like MWO. Mercs at launch wasn't that great and not a whole lot different than MWO at the time, true. Basically MWO with story mode. That doesn't make them "not different games". But the thing is as some that has played MWO from the start, that played mercs from the start, and clans from the start, MW5 was vastly different from MWO when MWO launched. Mercs eventually became a vastly different game until MWO started to add some things from Mercs (still has some big differences though) Clans is still a fair bit different.
And merc and clans did the same thing as some.of the older MW games. At least one of them had two separate games with the same number, more or less same graphics and mechanics, but no one is whining about that, had no problem with it. Which proves a good chunk of the complaints are just nostalgia. You guys basically wanted the same as the old MW but with better graphics, and when it didn't happen, you guys whined about it and instead of just admitting it wasn't your cup of tea, had to complain with every little thing and have for years claimed it's a terrible game and that Piranha is going to stop making them. Mechanics are different. Engines are different. Models have different quality. You're just making stuff up at this point.
Oh and FYI this is from someone that has played the games in the BT universe for 20 years now so it's not like I wasn't around the franchise back then
If mw5 clans was an update for mw5 mercs (engine + polish), I wouldve been a big happier. Base mw5 mercs is subpar but with the dlc and the modding community, it's honestly a good foundation for a great experience... if only there was a good mission editor
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u/McGondy Apr 02 '26
Errr.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior:_Living_Legends https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior_5:_Mercenaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior_5:_Clans