Mechwarrior 5: Clans First Impression | Full Mission Gameplay + MechLab

[@possumGFX]

"We are Clan Smoke Jaguar..the strongest of Clans" I am sure that is going to age well.

[@Some_Really_Random_Dude.]

It most assuredly aged well, just not as intended.

[@andrzejwysocki609]

*second star league has remembered that*

[@HateMachine103190]

The Great Houses certainly treated them like they were... To great effect.

[@Primearch-GG]

Clan Smoke Jaguar: the 31st century's version of Ozymandias.

[@HateMachine103190]

@@Primearch-GG Look upon our works, ye freeborn, and despair?

[@leonwolf4]

Impressed they made the dialog so dense with the Battletech lingo. Great for fans but I can see newbies being lost at all the terms. Appreciate they really went the extra mile to make it so steeped in the lore and not dumb it down.

[@cecilofs]

I only have minor knowledge of the lore and it all made sense. You can figure it out from the context.

[@shawnadams1460]

Agreed, while the dialog is a bit wooden IMO, that...THAT IS HOW the clans talk. I am having an absolute blast playing this so far!!

[@TheTemplarnight]

Honestly i know very little if not almost nothing about MechWarrior lore but it's pretty easy to pick up on what's being said, the only thing that bugs me is the facial animations are just kinda weird sometimes feels like i'm looking at a robot faking being human.

[@richardgray7480]

@@TheTemplarnight It's called the "Uncanny Valley"; from robotics originally, but later transposed to computer graphics. Thing is that the stuff we take for granted used to creep people out the same way. Give it time and you'll adjust.

[@Bill53AD]

aff

[@gushdebush5016]

That intro gives is extremely reminiscent of the MW2 clan intros for Jade falcon and Clan Wolf. Thats awesome.

[@Eremes_Zorn]

It's definitely a homage to MechWarrior 2. Loving it. Just wait until you get to the Draconis Combine. All you lore guys out there that've read Blood of Kerensky trilogy are going to love this shit. I certainly do. And those of you who recognize the Saber Cat from somewhere know where this is going.

[@HateMachine103190]

That Timber Wolf in the trial came after you like you'd personally offended them in the cafeteria that morning.

[@joshmorales770]

@HateMachine103190 right? Dude didn't even wait for the bay doors to finish opening. MUSSSSTTTT KIIIIIIILLLL!!!!!!

[@kryptonianguest1903]

I wonder if there was originally supposed to be some sort of rivalry between us and whoever was in that Timby, but it got cut for time or something?

[@wardragon9438]

​@@kryptonianguest1903that is an interesting thought

[@ServantOfOdin]

@@kryptonianguest1903 My headcanon is that the Timby-pilot was that over zealous senior runt Valeska from the final part of the first mission. After we beat her and her elder sibko, she just had it in for us and that evolved into a bitter rivalry.

[@kryptonianguest1903]

@@ServantOfOdin Makes sense.

[@jhonrock2386]

Maaannn... the weapon behavior/effects became so good in this game. The missiles falling on target, the shotgun pellets. So cool.

[@kirill1052]

Bara: "I lead by being in the fight" Also Bara: On a lurmboat

[@3rdcain356]

please do not forget to mention him smelting the back armour of his friendlies while being at it

[@skyterror77postman47]

Strong black female character DEI is laughing at AS !!!

[@kitten-inside]

Technically in combat, technically correct. In the fairest of fights.

[@Cerxen]

Getting called out for using contractions is such a nice touch for the storytelling depth.

[@markzimmerman992]

The fact that this just highlights the general hypocrisy of the clans is pretty on point...SibKo = Sibling Company, Aff= Affirmative, etc...yeah the clans don't use contractions...NOT

[@a_wazza]

​@@markzimmerman992We swear, shortenings are not contractions! - Some clan elite, probably

[@dragansnyder2786]

​@@markzimmerman992let's not forget that a lot of things the clans do have religious significance to them, I think they're shortening of affirmative came from one of kerensky's kids (not the one who came up with the idea for the clans the other one) so it's not hard to believe that all of the sanctioned conttractions are sanctioned because the children of kerensky used them, so it's not that they don't think they use contractions, it's just that the ones they are using came from the brains of these people who are beyond human in the eyes of the clans, and any other contractions are obviously heresy because they weren't used or created by the kerensky family)

[@basedeltazero714]

@@markzimmerman992 Those are abbreviations, not contractions. Which are different, because of... reasons. I do not know. Someone probably got a bug up their ass at some point about contractions being bad grammar or something and now it is a distinguishing affectation. Do the rest of the castes talk the same way?

[@shauntempley9757]

@@basedeltazero714 All castes talk the same way. The biggest issues are between Mechwarrior rivalries, other Clans or Freeborn vs Trueborn Mechwarriors. This last is basically ignored by Clan leaders when Trueborn Mechwarriors kill Freeborn Mechwarriors. Star Colonel Dirk Radick of Clan Wolf is the worst for straight up killing his own in battle if they are Freeborn.

[@Bill53AD]

Nice to see that PGI story people read the old books and used the original character names.

[@HateMachine103190]

Its their strong suit for sure. I have been reading the classic Battletech novels, and the first time I played MW5 I was pleasantly surprised to see a headline on the news ticker talking about an event I had literally just read about. Really put the hook in me.

[@Bill53AD]

@@HateMachine103190 All of my books are first editions. Stackpole and Charrete are two of the best with technical details.

[@HateMachine103190]

@@Bill53AD Alas I have had to resort to reading them digitally on my Kindle. But I have made it up to Wolf Pack in chronological order. The most entertaining for me so far is a toss up between the Blood of Kerensky trilogy by Stackpole, and Thurston's Jade Phoenix trilogy. (I got my start on Mechwarrior 2 so the Clans have always had s special place in my heart. Lol.) However, the other night me and some buddies were playing MW5 Mercs and we got jumped by the Grey Death Legion and I thought the nostalgia rush was going to overheat my mech. Lol

[@Bill53AD]

@@HateMachine103190 I started with Grason and his father's unit. The games are great, but they sometimes lack detail or introduce things outside the timeline sequence. Keep reading.

[@silverbullitt850]

​@@Bill53ADI mean side from the fact fusion reactors aren't ever supposed to blow up...

[@scottycheesecake]

As someone who started the series with Mech Commander, feels weird being a Smoke Jaguar

[@iconbearer]

i started with mech warrior 2 so im definitely with you there.

[@odinulveson9101]

Getting different perspectives and kill the black/ white morality with interesting viewpoints is Imo alway preferred, interesting and valuable

[@neverable2]

Beware of LT Harris.

[@iconbearer]

@@neverable2 I'm so old I remember Colonel Holly Harris!

[@andrewfionik1406]

Gosh... we are all Jade Falcons.

[@joshmorales770]

"...we're going to sit back and try to let some of our allies take on some of the fight first..." "Commander! Get in there and help your clan!" You're not some freebirth Inner Sphere merc trying to save every last bit of C-bill wasting damage in this game. Clan honor demands you be in the thick of the fighting.

[@56bturn]

Though you're allowed to gang up on individual targets. No Zelbrigen here. Though I've discovered that can often be wise.

[@boxtank5288]

​@@56bturn and I mean...it's Smoked Jaguar, those guys tend to only follow the rules when it SUITS them

[@bladehawk232]

It feels like they went back to the original games - MW2 and it's Clan Expansion Packs specifically - and just took notes. And the game is so much better for it!

[@MrTBSC]

the way i am interpreting each warriors skillset jayden-generallist ezra - direct fire skirmisher mia - dakka naomi - pretty much lurmer ... maybe srm splasher liam - could be lurmer as well or streak assasin

[@lumberluc]

Isn't SRM Splashers just shotgun specialists? I mean, I have a Shadow Hawk spec'd for SRM Splashing, and it builds up heat after 3 Alpha Fires.

[@MrTBSC]

@@lumberluc technically about every weapon that isn't single projectile like gaussrifles or PPCs (or solid slug ultra autocannon) has some form of splash to it ... if you say shotgun then that would be LBX autocannon instead of SRMs

[@lumberluc]

@@MrTBSC Nah, the LBX AC may have a spread, but the spread is about 5-7 meters wide at 600 meters. Its a Shotgun with range. While the SRM, only has a range of 300 Meters, with a wide angle. This was my bad, I should of specified the devastation at short range, with limits of less than 300 meters.

[@MrTBSC]

@@lumberluc we have yet to see someone use an LBX 20+SRM build in this game lbx 20 even for clan have a short range and strong spread in MWO i specifically run such build with a Orion IIC

[@lumberluc]

@@MrTBSC High-Crit rate on each pellet for your build. 66%, that's devastating per pellet, and you just fired 20 of them. Range on your gun is 360 optimum, and 720 maximum. The SRMs in MWO is only 270 min-max, so you would have to see the Missile Boat before they run up to you and salvo you. Though, MWO is doing everything in their power to prevent Missile Boats from Alpha Striking, but MW5 doesn't care. They would just say "Go ham on your builds, we're not stopping you." (Loved their mods.)

[@Ugnutz]

it is something seeing all the lore accurate Void ships, and the game actually reminded me of the old Wing Commander games with all the cut scenes especially 3 and 4

[@xxjj4082]

I freaking LOVED WING COMMANDER!!!

[@boxtank5288]

It kind of made me go '...And that's why there was something of an interest!' when it came down to Aerospace combat in a setting more famous for the Battlemechs and Neo-Feudalism.

[@YourAdHere___]

From playing the first MechCommander on PC when I was very young, seeing that Thor just gave me chills.

[@andrewfionik1406]

That was one of the games that bent realism of visuals over the game mechanics. Watching how a PPC shot traverses by a curve trajectory because the game calculated a hit, while one of my mechs was running to an obstacle, was painful.

[@jamesweddle184]

I know same here! mw2 was my first, and still my favorite. I was so digging the harrier style camo on that Thor in the hangar.

[@JediKt]

*Summoner. Don't bring those IS designations in here. Lol

[@JunYuki]

I love how the 3rd mech was a cutscene event because they know there'd be good players out there that would win

[@irrelevantfish1978]

There are better ways to handle that than making it a cutscene.

[@kuronyra1709]

@@irrelevantfish1978 Perhaps, but it still served as a great "reveal" for the Timber Wolf who's the de facto "Clan" mech. It also prevent the story to derail from what's supposed to happen, protagonist get 2 and get his Star, without going further up the chain.

[@Eremes_Zorn]

Me and my friend were on Discord playing it when it released, and had the same reaction. "That is disappointing. I could have taken that Timber Wolf, quiaff?"

[@irrelevantfish1978]

@@kuronyra1709 I'm aware of why they did it, but there are still better ways to do all that. The simplest one I thought of is to simply delay triggering the cutscene until either the TBR or the player has taken fight-ending damage. While not _that_ much better than a straight cutscene, this could be greatly improved in a variety of ways with some additional work, such as: -Rewarding players for the win by unlocking achievements, cosmetics, etc. -Trigger a different cutscene that shows the TBR making a miraculous comeback if the player wins. -Disguising the "cheat" by giving the TBR aim and/or stat buffs that ramp up as the player does damage.

[@SirCanuckelhead]

@irrelevantfish1978 one of the worst feelings in games is winning but having it taken away by a cutscene, I would rather the cutscene before instead of what you suggested by miles.

[@minard13son]

i love how strongly it plays along with MW:2 31st intros. Clan wolf and Jade Falcon had their intros done in such a fashion.

[@traemaxwell]

I love the attention to detail when it comes to little lore tidbits in the story especially the no contractions in Clan speak. I played some the other night with a friend of mine and their non-use of contractions started to annoy him. I told him thats Star League English for him. There are no lazy sentences in Clan speak

[@eshafto]

I was thinking the opposite. Maybe if they'd bend the rules and use some contractions the dialog would go a little quicker. "Wait, slower than that?? Has my character suffered head trauma? Why am I pausing between words?"

[@Orapac4142]

@@eshafto I mean... Liam did use contractions to needle at people and push back against rules/authority, and got called out on it multiple times lol

[@skyesfury8511]

The moment I saw this on Steam's front page, my first move was to see if Baradual had a video on it. He didn't have one out just yet, but I knew he would. I was on the fence on getting this, but after this video, I'm plenty convinced to get it! Thank you, Baradual, for the years of MW vids!

[@HateMachine103190]

Watching your reactions is almost as fun as playing the game. Your excitement is infectious. Lol

[@Ligh7Bulb]

This brings back strong MechWarrior 2 vibes

[@Musabre]

At 47:07 there's no loose end. The Khan announced the ship was captured and interrogated, hence the decision to begin the invasion. There was noone to fight back on the planet where your guys are :P .

[@Thor847200]

I think Bara meant there was no cinematic that showed the introduction of the new 5th member of the star, but I could be wrong.

[@Musabre]

@@Thor847200 Nah he asked what happned back on the planet with our guys, point is, nothing did haha. The ship got zoinked off-screen during Leo's speech.

[@l0rf]

Really a shame that comstar found Huntress and not one of the Warden Clan homeworlds like Ghost Bear. I am 100% certain they tortured the Comstar crew until they said whatever Leo Showers wanted them to say so that the Crusader clans got their way after decades of stalling by the Wardens. Well, they'll get sorted out in turn by Comstar on Tukayyid.

[@awlsond5367]

​@@l0rfAt the time of the initial invasion, Ghost Bear was a crusader clan actually. They switched to warden later on.

[@l0rf]

@@awlsond5367 Ah yes, true. They became much more approachable because of the failed invasion.

[@JasonSkye]

Let's gooooo! I'm so stoked for this playthrough! 🤘

[@VorpalSnak]

MORE!!! MORE!!!

[@hunterscott8454]

5 min in and I'm more into this story more than the original MW5

[@Nxtl68]

Helps that this is an actual story and not...whatever the vanilla campaign of 5 was.

[@Logan912]

@@Nxtl68Yeah, the vanilla MW5 Mercs story is basically a lesser rehash of the Gray Death Legion novel trilogy. The DLC campaigns are pretty good though as limited as they may be.

[@Orapac4142]

@@Logan912 Honestly the ultimate game would be something with a linear story like this, with a mercs career mode bolted on.

[@b.v.9864]

Watching you go through all of the mechlab and stuff made me realize that I was too tired last night to look through all of that because it makes more sense now.

[@TruthHunterTeen]

It's... Still wrong. The company needs to abort and pull in the yaml team, they made the mw5 bay actually follow the damn rules

[@ingvarr6235]

The cinematics quality level is insane! The first game I want to watch as a movie, without gameplay.

[@Andriy_Doc]

This is why I keep watching these streams, Bara's comments are golden. When he screamed "COMMANDER MASON!" 🤩😆I was immediately like "Hell yeah! Bring us the one and only worthy crossover enemy to fight against! 😜 " Really, after all those in-game years of dominating all of the Inner Sphere, it's exactly Commander Mason from MW5 Mercs who deserves to invade the Clans himself, before the Clans would invade anyone else! Golden remark indeed!✌

[@Leanst.]

I love the audio effects! Amazing Game!

[@MisterNi]

Very cinematic thus far. Good video Bara. 🙂

[@Drewbyy]

That clan drop ship cinematic at the intro is badass. Such good sound design

[@andylastname566]

Agreed the 3rd "fight" in the trial could of been handled better.

[@fremen321]

I was prepared to fight that timberwolf lol.

[@mundanebeast]

ROFL Stomp Smoke Jaguar Style

[@bojcio]

I suppose you have to become star commander and not higher for the story to work, but yea could have done it differently.

[@ihatethatyoutubedisplaysyo8106]

I think it was on purpose. The drill instructor didn't want him to get 3 kills so he ordered a timberwolf to uneven the odds and even made it instantly alpha strike.

[@kryptonianguest1903]

​@bojcio Putting you up against a mech with infinite armour and perfect aim would have been worse.

[@papapaulrocks]

Been waiting for your vid on Clans. Awesome!

[@ThomasCounter]

The cockpit view makes it appear that the Summoner walks like Ace Ventura...

[@Billbeaux]

​@@VyseSolo the same dei hire that decided the game needed dei pilots 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@nineballmk2]

@@Billbeaux found the tourist

[@MatteoB-gx1bo]

Tbh i don't think that's a good reason to miss the most cinematic and immersive mechwarrior game in decades :) ​@@VyseSolo

[@AyarARJ]

Nuts, now I can't unsee Ace Ventura swagger.

[@VorpalSnak]

@@VyseSolo I did a double take. What moroff decided to name a character MIA? I was like; How did they go missing? Did they need to eject? When did I miss that?

[@GordonPhillips]

so much customization! I'm sure Bara will be in his element! Great beginning.

[@RumblesBettr]

Its worse then mercs handles it. Its so messy so many dumb menus. Its mind numbing i cant wrap my head around how this is an improvement

[@myles5276]

If only we just got the mwo detailed mechlab. But russ doesn't think people want details.​@@RumblesBettr

[@umahorseman]

0:25 surprised baradul best baradul

[@koffieslikkersenior]

Jayden talks directly with saKhan weaver on his first mission. Damn

[@ServantOfOdin]

Yeap, from a lowly sibko-fresher to a sibko-prodigy to right under the saKhans nose and keshik on his very first op, that's quite the steep carreer progress.

[@edinalewis4704]

Is it lucky that Jayden talks directly to sakhan weaver on just first mission? Or are we specifically following a story about Jayden because his is the star that saKhan weaver was working with. If you open up a comic book about some guy called Clark Kent, are you surprised that this random guy turns out to be an alien from krypton? What are the odds of that!! :)

[@ServantOfOdin]

@@edinalewis4704 he is a Ristar. We'll see where the story takes him. To glory or to the grave

[@mathiasbartl9393]

I think clanners are smart enough to understand that when you make someone an officer instantly based on being a good/lucky duelist, you should at least give them as much mentoring as possible. That's also why he is included in as many briefings as possible.

[@koffieslikkersenior]

@@mathiasbartl9393 clanners and smart in the same sentence, does not compute

[@Gimpo925]

you are by far the biggest mw5 youtuber I know, how didn't you have this early?

[@ClnlBogey]

Noticed a lot of people didn't start until the actual release. Reviewers of course pre played, but most content creators wanted to go in with the rest it seems.

[@christophermzdenek]

You're assuming this isn't prerecorded to release when the embargo lifted. I might be wrong, but it's super common with hardware, why not software?

[@williamalvarez9563]

Think it might be up to the publisher.

[@michealnelsonauthor]

He said he wanted to experience the reveals live With us without spoilers. Over the last 3 months he has recorded a great campaign in the last DLC.

[@andrewfionik1406]

This is one of the first impressions that make sense. Thank you Baradul.

[@lividcanadian9406]

You have fun baradul this will probably be the only time I watch clans being played

[@christian_gamer_guy6447]

Does that mean you don't like this game? Can I ask why that is?

[@shrike7774]

Mechwarrior DEI the clans. ​@@christian_gamer_guy6447

[@MarvinWestmaas]

@@christian_gamer_guy6447 Just watch the darn video ffs

[@MarvinWestmaas]

@@christian_gamer_guy6447 How about watching the videi

[@christian_gamer_guy6447]

@@MarvinWestmaas ? I've watched about half of it. I think I'm interested in getting it, I was just wondering why this person would only be watching this game being played once.

[@Vince6467]

Awesome man, was happy to see your video fist thing this morning! Will be watching the series after I complete the same missions.

[@TapiocaSS]

Repair bays are OP.... it takes 2 months to fix a mech, but just 10 secs with repair bays

[@randoms7397]

Same repair bays are in MW3, MW4

[@TapiocaSS]

@@randoms7397 I know... it's just funny

[@RumblesBettr]

@@randoms7397mercs dlc has em to

[@jimmyavitch]

Not 100% sure but I think it just replaces armour and does not repair actual internal damage.

[@RumblesBettr]

@@jimmyavitch could be right cant remember

[@odmcclintic]

I am really surprised how invested I am in the story! Great writing 🙌🏼

[@PRC533]

The one thing that gets me a bit, and only because they took so much care with detail in other areas, is that there is no artificial gravity in Battletech. So unless all of the cutscenes and between mission stuff happens at 1G of acceleration, everyone should be floating or at least obviously using magnetic boots. It's a very minor quibble, but when a game is built upon the narrative and being absolutely faithful to the source material, things like this stand out.

[@PRC533]

@@captainkirk4271 Don't forget magic hair

[@jasonck9635]

Can’t wait to get this on my ps5 ! I’m so glad it got released on consoles as well ! Played hundreds of hours of mechwarrior 5 and so looking forward to this !

[@Bentatorship]

shoutout all my freeborn Rasalhague brothers

[@l0rf]

What they did in service to their Prince and the Republic was nothing short of legendary. The recent Tex Talks about Twycross included a harrowing description of their desperate fight against the tidal wave of clanner invaders and it was beautiful.

[@danielcamacho1913]

The Republic gets whittled down to 7 planets, and still sends a regiment to help beat down the Smoke Jackasses.

[@haydenc2742]

Oh man!!! This is going to be AWESOME! Tuning in for sure!!! Keep em coming!!!!

[@TheClassicalSauce]

Kind of a criticism, but the scale seems off in the environment. The mechs feel mansized, not mech sized. If you look at some of the plants, it's ground flora but it looks normal sized despite being in a presumably ~45ft tall mech. Look at the grass at 37:31 and elsewhere. The grass would be much smaller at that height. A minor nitpick, but nothing in the game seems built for humans. It would have done a lot for the presentation to have seen some regular sized staircases and walkways, doors, etc., to give you the impression that you're in a huge 70 ton mech. Compare that to the cutscene at 5:57, where the sense of scale is well produced.

[@andrewfionik1406]

The only game where I felt the size and speed of mechs was MW3. Everything else looks like an FPS, sadly.

[@Matrixzer0-u3u]

Yes, this is the prettiest MW so far. Haven't had any problems smooth sailing. Been playing since mw2. This combat is the most dynamic so far, plus the lore is spot on so far they really researched. Read all the books, and this is how smoke jaguar acts. Great game.

[@loadtoad]

WOW, I am really impressed with the overall product of this game! So much fun watching your genuine enthusiasm for the franchise! RIBBIT!!!

[@Ganimal83]

I’m almost done with the campaign, and I must say, PGI really out did themselves with the story, was really engaging and I loved it. Exactly what I wanted from a story driven single player MW title. 👏👏

[@Tabledar]

The Mad Cat reveal and subsequent cutscene defeat really could have been played up for more hype. That was kind of flat. I'd have preferred it be a massively unfair fight. ECM, ferro fibrous materials, AMS, maximum laser reflective armor, PPCs. Perfect counter to a fire-and-fade laser/missile boat.

[@lolroflroflcakes]

I can see why they didn’t. I saw that thing punch its way out of the hanger and I literally said whelp I’m glad this is a cutscene, getting stomped flat isn’t really fun and it doesn’t really teach anything.

[@zidahya]

Would have been nice, if they put a pilot there that we can learn to hate and have a rival inside our clan. Maybe even the new pilot we get for the killed stravag.

[@Tabledar]

@@lolroflroflcakes I'm not typically a fan of unwinnable boss fights, but at this point you've already won and the rest is a victory lap. It'd really pay homage to the most iconic mech in battletech; The game's already fanboy bait, so may as well sell it all the way. There's also the possibility that you win, and maybe get a minor variation to a future cutscene. That's a more difficult call though, because I'm not sure if this particular mad cat pilot comes up again.

[@MrCthur]

Voice acting and writing is so far above MW5. Can't tell which game engine feels more precise. Sad I didn't get to shoot an engagement sphere and that the Timer Wolf was scripted, but still great. Happy so far. Looking forward to how the mechlab works and it presumably opens up the mid game.

[@thegreatwandering]

Is it a purchaseable product right now? It depends: - are you a fan of the BattleTech universe and want to support the developers which attempt to bring it to life? Yes. - have you tried it on GamePass, runs on your PC just fine and like MechWarrior as a series? Yes. Anything else is sadly a No until it gets to run better more globally. But do download it if you have GamePass just to boost the player numbers and show PGI that it's worth to continue development. My impressions in the same time frame: - Unoptimized? Yes. i7 6600K, 32gb ram and RTX 2070 will run it at low but frame drops are common and really jarring for me, so much so that I have to... play it on the Series X. - Having it on the game pass makes it easy to switch and good on them for having it day 1 there! Gives game pass owners a chance to try it out and maybe add them to the series. - Could use a bit more polishing but the basics work just fine and I generally don't pay attention to details when a Warhammer shoots me in the face. - I know my lore and I love it so far, but I do wish they'd have a better lore primer before you get into the game. Just as an example, how is someone who never played it suppose to know that ship is a ComStar DropShip and the real reason of it being near Huntress was due to a bad misjump? - I do actually like how awkward the VA is for the cadets, they're fresh warriors, not speakers and I see them as such. Always fighting to survive doesn't really leave you time to learn social skills. ilKhan Leo rocks. - Mods are always an option to expand on it. The basis is good enough, like MW5: Mercenaries, modders can also expand on it fully. And if not, well they might take stuff from here and mod it into Mercenaries, still a win in my book.

[@Gimpo925]

I am running it on a 7800x3d with 7900 xtx gpu and I havent seen a single drop

[@thegreatwandering]

@@Gimpo925 I do plan to upgrade my system eventually, maybe this game is the kickstart to do a full clean install of it XD

[@Gimpo925]

@@thegreatwandering well I spent like 3k on my system. I’m running right at 120 fps in this game on max and I might drop a frame here or there but nothing jumps out. If I did it again I think I would have built around a 4090 but that’s more like a 4500 dollar system.

[@thegreatwandering]

@@Gimpo925 true, expensive and unfortunately, prone to issues with the 12V HiPower, I’m limiting to a 4070ti or equivalent in my plans

[@thegreatwandering]

I might have found a fix to prevent the frame drops, turn DLSS to max performance, will need to play a bit more before saying if it is the fix or not

[@hoffenwurdig1356]

6:59 If you notice, even with the effects of lostech, the computers on the mech are programmed to "know” that they need to be told about the weather, temperature, wind speed, solar flux, night cycle (if any), shadows, temperature changes depending on moons and orbital parameters, terrain interaction with weather, barometric pressure, and gravitational value. All these factors are important when deploying the mech -- for things like the best way to set up its balance, the cooling systems, stride length and stride angle, power allocation, artificial muscle movement force settings, the best stnce to deal with any wind shear that might knock the mech over, gunnery calculations, and other such things. It indicates that it is ready for the necessary information about the battlefield environment to be uploaded, but it indicates that the information has not yet been provided. It is interesting that the displays include such detail.

[@joeamith838]

The foliage is still too big, makes it seem like you're a man walking instead of in a mech.

[@andrewboyer7544]

You are a man. The mechs are not giant models. It's why they don't feel big.

[@joeamith838]

@@andrewboyer7544 okay I get your point but the smallest should be 8 meters tall but then at 14:20 that tank literally looks like an RC toy driving outdoors because of the foilage

[@andrewboyer7544]

@joeamith838 you misunderstood. They didn't build a mech game with big robots. They just made parts of the environment like buildings to make you feel big. It's essentially just a first person shooter with normal human sized robots. That tank literally is the size of an rc car. They don't have the talent to do the property right so the grass looks insanely big. It's sad.

[@1Scimetar]

The way the characters speak just sounds so... alien with the way they're avoiding using contractions.

[@56bturn]

Which works. Clanners are weird.

[@sanetby]

idk, have been playing for a few hours already, i love the game. yes not optimised and requires more polishing, but it's definitely a next step for pgi, i honestly expected worse

[@doyledonehoo9735]

For those that don't know, there are over 40 books written for the MechWarrior universe, and an author by the name of Stackpole was pretty much the lore-master. Much of the names, customs and more were established by these books. The centerpiece of the chronology of the MechWarrior universe revolves around the invasion of the Clans, who seriously outgunned the Inner Sphere. The Inner Sphere was broken up into nations, some democratic, some imperial, some autocratic, and they did not have a history of playing well with others. The Clan invasion changed all that. I always wanted a Mech Warrior movie, but this is the next best thing.

[@doyledonehoo9735]

Addendum: I forgot to say, The Smoke Jaguars were kinda the dicks among the clans, being excessively brutal in their conquests.

[@MicacoGames]

The scale of some terrain assets is completely off, like in mercenaries.

[@slimebuck]

what? you dont like 3 story tall grass?

[@foobar1735]

interesting, it looks like the mission bounds change based on what step you're on in the mission... the red border changed when you started back towards the dropships.

[@imperiallarch7610]

Does this version of Smoke Jaguar not believe in zellbrigen? The Kit Commander doesn't chew you out for directing your star to focus fire on one target. And your opponents in the trial of position don't stop to introduce themselves! XD

[@ASNS117Zero]

PGI deliberately isn't writing them practicing Zellbrigen because they felt it would make the game too difficult, especially for new players.

[@mathiasfischbach4843]

@@ASNS117Zero Understandable. Would be a cool feature though if you as player could challenge an enemy mech to single combat. Might be an idea for future updates.

[@AurelianPainting]

This is the mainline smoke jaguars not an alternative version, the game takes place alongside the established canon. Phi have stated that you won't be able to change anything that is already written in the lore

[@gundamzeta3447]

When as smoked jags ever believed in zellbrigen? Didn't know nuken a whole planet because one pessent looked at you funny was zellbrigen. Remember the jags are the least honourable clan and the reason honor rules were added in the first place.

[@imperiallarch7610]

@@ASNS117Zero Honestly that's fair, I cannot keep track of which clans are which! XD I have enough trouble with the IS factions...

[@Baraz_Red]

There are more differences than I expected. Interesting. The combat visuals and gameplay seems nice and smooth.

[@michaelschneider1365]

This looks incredible cool

[@dmora2386]

41:27 I just realized why the scene looked familiar. It's the scene from. Topgun(original) right after maverick buzzed the tower.

[@KieronTaylor]

50% cheese, 40% jank, 10% jawline. MW5: Clans.

[@Denikuz77]

Hello McWarriors, welcome to Mcwarrior 5 Clans

[@MrTBSC]

@@Denikuz77 can i have a Big Mech please? ... ... .. too obvious? yea too obvious

[@Logan912]

The Clans themselves are cheesy in the lore, so I’d expect nothing less. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, btw.

[@Denikuz77]

@@MrTBSC Would u like fries with your Big Mac?

[@stevenscalco5598]

I've been waiting for this. woohoo! go Bara!

[@NKGerydos]

Smoked Jaguar for the win!

[@MartyrPandaGaming]

One thing that stood out, that I really liked the small detail of, was when Showers made his claim about "the children of Kerensky" and the camera panned away, it looked to the statue of Nikolai, not Alexander Kerensky. The clans carried out the vision of a mad man, instead of that of his father. All because of Nikolai's insane propaganda and manipulation of his father's words. Alexander would abhor what The Exodus became. That was a chef's kiss detail.

[@stero1066]

I'm here but I don't wanna watch it xD First my own playtrough without spoilers! We will see us again some time in the future :D

[@Nxtl68]

I love how the missiles spread out and hone in on a specific part of the mech. The weapon effects in general look real good.

[@valsorim5334]

@@Nxtl68 even they arent locked on enemy, And they are still homing at target lol

[@noanswer1864]

It feels like a good game. My only real complaints are the fact that they overcorrected on issues that Mercs had. We said "The sandbox is great, but there's not enough content, and the story feels non-existent." They heard "we don't want the sandbox at all, just pure story please." That's disappointing, but predictable. What I didn't predict was my Summoner moving with all the grace and agility of a Highlander with a busted foot actuator. The change in speed from MWO and Mercs is pretty intense. I give the game a solid 7.5. It could have been better, but it's well worth the asking price.

[@ballisticwaffles]

I dunno. MW5 didn't have career mode until the first dlc too, I'd wait and see if they throw in a career "instant action with flavor" mode

[@jonathanking7361]

Idk I hope they add an conquest mode or something like that. Doesn't have to be great detail.

[@SkyF0x01]

It's pretty logical so MW5C is pure story based. Just like MW4 for example, firstly came out story based game, then comes mercenaries with more free play. So PGI keep that tradition, maybe...

[@andrewsuryali8540]

MW has two strains: The "main game" which is rigidly story driven, and the Mercs game which is sandbox. This game is a "main game" from the first strain, so it was never going to be a sandbox. It's just that in the 5th generation they released the Mercs game first.

[@deathharbinger101]

So I haven't seen anyone answer this yet, apologies if i missed it, but what happened on the Smoke Jaguar homeworld was Comstar accidentally stumbled upon them while pursuing the SLDF members that exiled themselves with Alexander Kerensky. The ever aggressive smoke jags caught them and used their existence as an excuse to push the clans to finally invade the IS

[@mistercroc9407]

Looks alright. Modders will make this great I hope.

[@acehigh79]

I am enjoying things so far. But there is a glaring issue playing on consoles. To fire weapon group 3: rb +rt. Group 4: rb + lt, or that's 5....Anyway the point is it's very difficult to handle over 3 weapon groups and still maneuver. Hopefully this cab be updated to what they used on mercs.

[@josephenriquez2547]

At the 4:42 mark: But sir, we just arrived... Ah, a private Joker...

[@RevanBartus]

I'll wait for sale. Gonna watch it as you upload for now.

[@silverblur1]

It's on game pass

[@johnreid270]

Is the research option really necessary? Clan tech is better tech. I know it's nit-picking, but surely your research is done on your homeworld over a period of time and not in the field.

[@francescogreggio6712]

So far I'm impressed by how faithful to the books and lore the game seems to be, down to the clan language quirks, ranks and expressions. I can see it might sound utterly obnoxious to someone who isn't already a fan, though. Definitely a buy for me, despite the jank, middling performance and audio issues.

[@marekkos3513]

Will there ever be some rts game , in Battletech universe ? like Mechcommander 3 , or something similar to company of heroes.That would be awesome.

[@Battal_Gazi]

Battletech 2🎉

[@snowy9587]

​@Battal_Gazi Sorry but HBS got turned down for making another Battletech game, so no BT 2 is not happening

[@marekkos3513]

@@Battal_Gazi its turn based

[@Battal_Gazi]

@@marekkos3513 I know. I played First one nearly 900 hours. Cant wait for BT2

[@Battal_Gazi]

@@snowy9587 Too sad :( Which battletech game Hbs on work?

[@lokithecat7225]

Seems a smart touch to follow a Sibko from a House that hasn't already gotten a lot of attention. Also "Londerholms Rejects" is a great star name.

[@ASNS117Zero]

This game is absurdly unoptimized to the point where if you dont have a pc with a GPU that costs more than a ps5, you may not even be able to run the game. PGI basically released a beta.

[@Lyonatan]

I mean, if your video card doesn't cost more than a ps5 then why even play PC? When I build a rig it usually costs like 3-4 times than the current generation consoles...

[@ASNS117Zero]

@@Lyonatan The problem is that the sysreqs don't call for that kind of hardware. PGI *vastly* underestimates the hardware needs for the game, so you're ending up with people buying the game on hardware that *can't* run the game.

[@Gimpo925]

@@ASNS117Zero no, being able to run a game is one thing, doing it at 4k with 120 frames is another. If you don't have the money to shell out for a beefy rig, play on series x.

[@ASNS117Zero]

@@Gimpo925 ... Are you daft? Go, look at the sysreqs that PGI posted for the game. A remarkably high number of people who have rigs that meet, and in many cases exceed those specs can't run the game at anything higher than low in virtually all settings because of the performance issues. PGI is selling this game as needing a Ryzen 3600 and an Nvidia 2080 to play on high settings at 1080p. If you go into the game right now with a rig with those specs, and tried to run it on high at 1080, the game would make your PC redline because of a bunch of shoddy coding issues, in particular one related to the game's shaders. As soon as weapon effects started flying, your FPS drops to 5, and if you're unlucky, you'll CTD. The only people consistently running the game without issues are people who have hardware *two generations* ahead of PGI's recommended specs.

[@Gimpo925]

@@ASNS117Zero if it’s bad go buy a Xbox and play it there. I play on a pc that can handle modern games at high frame rates.

[@Hedron-Design]

The opening cinematic with one of the characters looking up at the mech, really drives home how terrifying it would be for a person on foot to see one charging through and demolishing things as it goes. One stomp and that is it for you, more so being close to one firing weapons. More than intimidating, it would make you feel like a bug.

[@Orapac4142]

Hell not even a stomp. You have a walmart thats stomping around and just uses any number of building destroying weapons to erase you from the census and everything close to you.

[@JohnDoe-hc7jf]

Irgendwie sind die Münder von denen allen zu groß, eh?

[@grrrit1]

pretty neat. i followed quite a bit of your MW5 series for a while, but it seemed like every time you would build a good stride with a strong lance you would start over. hope to follow along this series if you continue to play it!

[@dralord1307]

5:46 yeah I gotta agree, the geneticists really screwed up on this batch. Did they cross a catfish and a frog?

[@b.v.9864]

Thank you for saying this

[@iangale8230]

I've been looking forward to you getting your hands on this

[@SergMuller]

I must say that even when I have complaints... this game is miles above the previous Piranha MWs.

[@b.v.9864]

I believe that Clans is made by Piranha

[@MrWasian]

Game feels like a one and done, so I'm going to wait to pick it up. It is exciting to see PGI do such a terrific job with the storytelling. Hopefully this means we can get a mainline MW6 or MW5 major xpac that brings us into the clan invasion timeline that gives us the career mode along with a story to match. I'm loving what they did with Clans.

[@Anarcho_slimer]

Why do piranha hate the mechlab so much? Battletech games are about the customisation, but every game is more pared back.

[@56bturn]

Maybe an attempt at balance? Trying to keep people making absolutely silly builds that abuse the system and trivialise the challenge.

[@Thekentuckyrebel]

This game is so much fun, me and my buddy have been playing co-op.

[@joeldoxtator9804]

I honestly would have preferred a expansion to Mercenaries instead of this stand alone experience. What are we going to do with ourselves when we are done the campaign? How do I keep taking contracts with all the gear I get after the campaign?

[@datimesmog8247]

This isn't a merc troupe, this is a clan star during the invasion of the clan. It makes sense to have this be a stand-alone game considering the story itself.

[@MarvinWestmaas]

@@datimesmog8247 No it's not it's just another money grab and you're first in line it seems with your wallet If 'new story' should mean 'new game' we will never see actual DLC's being developed. But you're fine with that, you feel great handing over full money for stuff which shouldn't warrant it.

[@arek314]

Well, depending on how far they go with the story you might end up getting Focht'd on Tukayyid..

[@ratatoskrnuts6354]

From what I've heard, there's a sort of new game+ mode. I hope one day they add a "crusade" mode where we can fly around a fight like in MW5: Mercenaries, but this is meant to be a story game.

[@slimebuck]

@@datimesmog8247 He knows this already you dont have to explain that lol. He asked What is there to do after beating the game (25 hours of content) All there is is new game + (play through the same story again with everything you got from first playthough) so that will probably be another 15 to 20 hours, so basically you can get 35 to 40 hours of content from this game before "there is nothing left to do other than play the same story over and over" Not having a career mode, conquest mode, or anything like that basically takes a game that could have hundreds or even thousands of hours of potential game play, down to 30 - 40 hours. This is the main reason I also decided not to buy. I will watch a LETS PLAY of the 25 hours of content and then play MODDED in clabn mechs in MW5 Mercs.

[@ProjectEle]

Yeah, this video convinced me. Added to Steam and installing!

[@personzz1789]

Really demonstrates the absurd stupidity of the Clans' military structure lmfao. This is NOT a way to select for excellent warriors from a population.

[@56bturn]

To be fair, they don't pull from a population. They artificially create an entire batch of genetically modified kids from the DNA of two chosen Warrior caste members. It's rare anyone from the regular population, especially Freeborn, would be allowed to join the Warrior caste outside of the rare non-elemental infantry units.

[@jacobdavis6916]

It worked pretty well for the Spartans. Space Marines adapt a similar approach. Special Forces (including vehical-based units) training, while not intended to be lethal, can have fatalities and always has a massive washout rate. The problem is that you can't make a large army like this; skill and equipment wins battles while numbers win wars.

[@56bturn]

@@jacobdavis6916 To be fair, the Clans expect a large washout rate, and it feeds into their beliefs. ONI expected losses, but very much preferred as many SPARTANs to survive as possible as each was a monumental investment. And most of them died during the augmentations. As for Skill and Equipment not winning wars... that's not true. You need sustainability and logistics. Plenty examples of that IRL.

[@mathiasbartl9393]

@@jacobdavis6916 Spartans actually had huge manpower problems, because the relatively small population of citizen got depleted and they had huge problem to replace any loses.

[@Dracobyte]

Thanks a lot for the first impresions video.

[@TheGamechair]

Smoke jaguar? The best? Heh

[@J_B89]

BARADULLLLLLL IVE MISSED YOUR sultry voice over the sounds of lasers auto cannons and missiles!

[@xoso599]

2:41 "I haven't a clue what you're talking about." I'm sure they have a good reason for that, and it's wrong. Hey know what Mechwarrior fans love? Millennial banter.

[@oldman747]

hes using a contraction, clanners arnt supposed to use contractions. its freebirthy

[@NephyrisX]

@@oldman747 That's exactly the point. The Kit Commander later chew him out about his complete lack of decorum.

[@oldman747]

@@NephyrisX i did not get that from the original comment made by the other guy

[@Musabre]

What part of clan contractions is millennial banter? New to battletech?

[@andrewmcmillan229]

I’m not sure how that banter is related to millennials, people have been bantering for thousands of years.

[@gocubsgo6581]

Love the little spite hit on the downed mech at 24 minutes

[@generaldistrust]

*OH NO* 😰 ... the 'in cockpit floating' syndrome of MWO has been adopted into this new MW5C too . .. . so now a complete new game and it means that for at least the next few years we're gonna have this POV as if your body is floating in the air parallel to the ground and\or horizon inside the cockpit, unlike MW5M where you felt as if you're *seated in the pilot's seat in your walking steel beast* .. . now it's gone😢😭 -so better everything but the *CORE FEEL* of being inside a MECH ON LEGS . .. not to mention the long-gone cold, dark, unflrgiving, stressful, grown-up, badass feel of the older MW games (2 \3 \ 4.. especially 2) since MW5M introduced voice acting that sounds like Nickelodeon \ Cartoon Network etc' + the news reporter Rihanna .. . . all of that was just a big nail to the coffin of what was a merciless WAR GAME, that turned to a zappy happy comical thing . . at least let's hope this one isn't so, and that the 'MWO (synthetic & unnatural) floating effect' will be modded-able 😓

[@failcube]

Great vid my man!

[@eusouonumero232]

Don't get me wrong, it's just the same thing as MechWarrior 5, nothing really new, this game could be an mw5 dlc.

[@GreedlingRush]

it looks like several steps back from MW5 Mercs, honestly. If it were DLC, it'd be ideal since we'd have all the Merc features plus the bespoke Clan stuff.

[@andrewmcmillan229]

Nah this is clearly a standalone title. In fact one of the things wrong with gaming today is the unwillingness of developers to reuse assets and consumers to criticize developers when they do, it’s one of the reasons budgets and development time are exploding. Some of the best games ever have been titles that people today would say “could have been DLC” because they reused assets. Fallout New Vegas, GTA San Andreas, Zelda Majora’s Mask & Tears of the Kingdom

[@christopherjohnson2171]

Is MW5 Mercs on UE3 or UE4? Because this is on UE5. I like that the control scheme if you use "classic" is identical to MWO, even though its been 9 years I still have those controls embedded in my mind. Man, I hate PGI so much 9 years ago due to their incompetence I can't believe I've given them money again but this is so much better than what they used to be and uses the one thing they got right---the mech models.

[@Battal_Gazi]

​@@christopherjohnson2171mw5 mercs is on ue4