MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries New Gameplay (PC)

Full article: twinfinite.net/2018/12/mechwa...
Recorded from Piranha Games livestream: / piranhagames

[@gentlegeorge1553]

Remember to turn your back toward the enemy as often as possible, never rotate your torso, never disengage arm lock, and always-always waste time trying to step on tanks.

[@Warhammered]

To be fair the tank stepping on does work well. But you're spot on about everything else. But you did forget to never slow down and always run away from your target to go for the one two others are hitting.

[@kveller555]

@@Warhammered But doesn't stepping on tanks (or other vehicles) deliever splash damage?

[@sir_justinius]

Don't forget aimlessly staring at the horizon mid-battle, thats a big one.

[@Umimugo]

wouldn't you torso twist to spread the damage? and not have arm-lock on if you've got better weapons for close-range to track fast moving targets or high-elevation targets, essentially all tactics from MW:Online should work here

[@OrcaBrigade]

I have used a hotas set up in mwo, it's not that easy, not that easy at fucking all... It looks like they were given a rather large handicap. Seeing as in mwo the throttle inversion doesn't work so throttle back is forward, and throttle forward is back. I wish they would've given these would-be pilots a week or two to practice with a hotas set up. Then those of us screaming at the screen for their mistakes could be silenced just a bit more.

[@JohnDoe-yr4ck]

NEED TO PROTECT FARM ROGER THAT FARM DESTROYED

[@appelbaum89]

But people saved, they can build new better & bigger farms

[@001davem]

Haha, my thoughts exactly.

[@bobleeroy7108]

My hero.

[@johnyentes6643]

Best comment lol

[@toututu2993]

Don't worry, will send you money to rebuild the farm

[@BigNothingMonsterMan]

Payment of 3 million Cbills for contract completion sent.... Bill for 50 million CBills due to loss of civilian life and property damage applied to account... Balance -47 Million CBills

[@matohibiki]

The feeling of satisfaction from riding around in a giant robot: Priceless. There are some things in life that C-Bills just can't buy. For everything else, there's Mechwarrior.

[@gustavoboscardin9351]

I HAVE NO REGRETS

[@MAWarriorG]

What i do see: pretty old graphics with bad shaders, weak physics low level of details and 10 years old lighting, atrocious fire, no traces of machines on the ground and grass; terrible sound; no mission breafing; no animations of pilot and mech interaction like entering cockpit, useless rotation aroud to get off a shuttle; dumb ai. I played MWO much and i have absolutely no trust in Pirannha's confidence after a mass of premium content and no real changes in gameplay since release. All they want is your money and dont care how would you play or feel the game. I am a true battletech fan Mechwarrior franchise, mechcommander games etc. I totally recommend not to invest your money in THIS, To force developers make better product and reckon with community. No man's sky is a great example, as it was released junk and started to develop only after market failure. Don't be a cattle consuming everything you've given.

[@Shark-sh0t]

@@MAWarriorG owned and played every Mechwarrior game since the Sega isometric (including Mechassault which i also enjoyed). Could not be more excited that SOMEONE'S keeping the franchise alive and making a co-op MW experience, small studio side effects notwithstanding. I'm sorry you've lost hope - while MWO wasn't exemplary, but the gameplay felt amazing and I'm so glad it won't be relegated only to the online matchmaking. I hope Piranha grows, and with community feedback, is able to provide us with bigger, better, more beautiful Mechwarrior.

[@dagonfell1566]

@@Shark-sh0t there is always battletech from harebrained/paradox and that is the real game but of course it is tactical and not a mw game

[@sterlingidea2018]

yes, lets use LRM's on a running locust at 100m.

[@adamh.4933]

lmfao how many salvos?! I was laughing at that as well.

[@tuzuelo]

a pretty good way to spend C-Bills in ammo

[@waynee5603]

That was killing me....One volley, sure, but when you see maybe 90% of them impacting the ground its time to try something else.

[@texfromro]

when you use a joystick instead of a mouse is quite hard to keep with fast moving targets....it seems

[@Aidames]

@Mr. Miyagi You sound very angry. You should probably get it checked before it turns into a killing spree or something.

[@someonetough87]

"You've got to save that farm!" Proceeds to burn and trample crops, then smashes silos.

[@IceNein763]

"You guys need to do some work, I'm taking all the damage" says the guy who casually walks past tanks allowing them to shoot him in the back and repeatedly turning his back to enemy mechs. Pro tip: You had armor on the front still, all the damage you took was because of your poor play.

[@ikillstupidcomments]

You expect piggy to know how to play their own game?

[@BattleBunny1979]

he clearly put in 0 practise to show of his own game...

[@dagonofthedepths]

I hate to tell you guys this but when you develop a large game it kind of kills any desire to ever play it.

[@BattleBunny1979]

@@dagonofthedepths all the more reason he shouldnt showcase it

[@dagonofthedepths]

@@BattleBunny1979 true, I would rather he had sean lang do it. I don't know still give him more credit than those fake gameplay videos with those "gamers" voicing over everything

[@svvitchio]

There's room for improvement, but i like the direction they're heading in. Feels a lot like MW3 to me, which is my favorite installment. Those buildings need to have some more mass behind them, its a bit weird to just walk your Mech through them like they're made out of paper. Also, it'd be nice to see some kind of mechanic that encourages you NOT to level your own (allies) city, just sayin'.

[@Chrinik]

The tired old trope of "The city has already been evacuated, so go nuts!" xD Somehow they don't mind when you smash up their homes and grocery stores

[@mikewhitaker2880]

at least the buildings crumble unlike the indestructible ones that let LRM's smack the crap out if you in MWO....

[@Loremaster85]

To hell with the mechs, did you watch that tank drive through the building like it wasn't there?

[@WilliamBrayton]

@@Chrinik In war situations, often times civilians expect to find nothing. When you evacuate from any emergency situation, one of the first things you're told is that whatever you own may no longer exist upon return.

[@fao2986]

I feel like there should also be some sort of damage done to the mech when walking through an entire building as well. Sure you maybe this heavy walking mass, but you are still walking through a concrete building with steel reinforcements.

[@JaySharp604]

The building destruction is a cool addition, but mechs should NOT go through them like they were paper.

[@FractalShard]

concrete vs the potential energy of a ferro-steel multi-ton mech that can run as fast as a MBT.....hmmmm.

[@77Avadon77]

@@FractalShard a single tree can stop a car at high speed dead in its tracks. I don't care how big your Mac is it's not going through a building with ease

[@hhgttfgggffd1546]

Not realistic, agree ✅

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

@@FractalShard Concrete is significantly stronger than steel per volume.

[@JeffAndresWilliams]

That energy works against the mech, too.

[@arianrhod9539]

Can we take a moment to appreciate that whatever settlement occurred between PGI and Harmony Gold, Marauder is back in the game!

[@annelisemeier283]

Arianrhod 9 harmony got served, thats what happened

[@fefnireindraer144]

no lets not. they caved to those criminals while the other companies WON their cases. it was proven that those crooks have NO rights to ANYTHING involving robotek or the unseen... you cant be given rights by some company that never had the rights to give in the first place.... they that shall no be named must DIE!!!

[@kellscorner1130]

Unless they cave last minute and pull it just like HBS did with it's game.

[@Loremaster85]

@Evilmike42 Honestly, I can't even play the base game anymore after running Roguetech.

[@erwanreyzal3347]

Was the Madcat/Timberwolf affected?

[@Samziel1]

I hope they will do something about suiciding enemies. There is no point of a single Locust trying to fight a lance of meds and heavies when it has the speed to escape. Would be great if the enemies would flee when they're gravely outnumbered. Run out of bounds and disappear out of sight or something like that.

[@phantommauler3602]

or (since we know the nearby city is enemy controlled) attempt to retreat and regroup with other enemy forces on the map.

[@barty1995]

The AI was set to easy on these joystick pods from what I gather. The M+KB booths had harder AI.

[@gamesguy]

Yes but could you imagine how annoying it would be to play a game where you're always outnumbered and have the enemy run away from you? Most video game enemies are suicidal lemmings for good reason.

[@veritascalivmeir3708]

the M+KB booths had more challenging AI that took cover and used lighter units to try and bring heat off the heavier ones they were supporting. In fact, the friendly lancemate AI were competent enough to save my mech from getting legged at one point by taking point and drawing fire

[@Turksarama]

@@gamesguy You can still make them cocky and overconfident, but really a single locust shouldn't be engaging anything by itself.

[@revolrz22]

Why is it that Mechwarrior games find it so hard to get good voice acting and a half-way decent script? In Mechwarrior 3, people *sounded* like soldiers communicating naturally in their environment. In Mechwarrior 4 and everything after it, they sound like they're reading from a script.

[@IsraelSmithD]

Yes, I fucking hate that, hopefully we can mod it and overwrite the voice pack instead of these cringy goddamned losers

[@kveller555]

I still think that MW4 had better voice acting (even if it was still bad). The commander here (or whatever she is) almost sounds like text to speech.

[@revolrz22]

@@kveller555 They both sound like cartoon characters.

[@jlpowell51]

It isn't hard to get good voice acting. They're just lowballing it.

[@revolrz22]

@@IsraelSmithD I don't think any mod is going to fix this.

[@seankellyfarmer]

Am I crazy, or have they had consistent success in finding wetnoses to drive their mechs like a day laborer in the demo videos? This was from Mechcon, people paid $60+ to attend, they couldn't find someone who could figure out torso twisting? If it was more difficult to pilot with the joystick and throttle setup, why not use video from the mouse & keyboard booth? (mostly I kid. I'm sure my piloting looks waaay worse than I think it does)

[@Linkous12]

He was torso twisting (though not well) - the issue, I think, was that he wasn't using his arm actuators (arm-lock was on, or whatever the equivalent is for MW5). But I agree with the joystick thing. I know it's more realistic, but there's simply no accuracy with it compared to a mouse.

[@PopeRocket]

Came down here to say exactly this. The guy played like a dick. "I'm doing all the damage so I'm taking the repair." No, you soaked a crap ton of damage unnecessarily, so your mech isn't going to survive without it.

[@oldman747]

the moment you realize the guy making the game is the one you are complaining about...

[@KdogPrime]

That's because no one plays Mechwarrior with a joystick anymore. MWO isn't a mech simulator; it's a twitch shooter. This guy is used to playing with a kb+mouse and it shows.

[@seankellyfarmer]

​@@oldman747 I figured out later it was Russ Bollock. Gabe Newell was also pretty well known as not a great player. I'm sure if anyone were to watch videos of me playing MWO I look waaaay more like a sibko reject than I realize. But for demo videos of their next big launch product, wouldn't it make sense to recruit a highly skilled player? I feel like people would get more excited watching a really kick ass pilot. End of the day I'm still really excited they are making this. Even if it's not perfect, I'm very optimistic that I'll enjoy it a lot.

[@StevenVachon]

I think the buildings are a bit too easily destroyed by only walking into them, but the damage looks good.

[@IsraelSmithD]

Looks INCREDIBLE

[@gigastrike2]

Yeah, I know destructible environment is a selling point, but I'd like the buildings to stand up to some punishment. Maybe then you could actually jump on top of some of them. I hope they're destroyed by a small amount of damage rather than just by taking damage. Then you could mod it easily.

[@StevenVachon]

@@gigastrike2 Yeah, scouting from a building like in the MW3 intro video.

[@1972Russianwolf]

@Scion of Madness 1) those 6 ton wrecking balls you showed were just the last hit, not the first and only. 2) No way would you be able to walk through a building and not take damage or not slow down. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoLGk4NqoZlprK8

[@jeffpayton1695]

I thought the same thing. Mech never even broke stride.

[@user-xj7gp4cs4x]

Plese be good Plese be good Plese be good Plese be good Plese be good Plese be good I realy need good new merc game in my life.

[@user-kj4od7ig3t]

Have you tried Titanfall 2 yet? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y33KgmOJlpamoKs

[@nip3004]

so far the gameplay looks good. It will come down to the management aspect and weather or not it is deep enough

[@Marth667]

Is it just me, or did the first trailer look better then what we have now? That shadow hawk, had such weight and momentum that it 'seemed' real, real enough to simulate something 50 tons running. Further more later down the line, smashing into buildings stopped the mech, damaged the outside of the building but didn't allow the mech to keep walking right through it. They've changed things I reckon, for the better I don't know, all I know is those things were eye popping for me and made it different from MWO. I'm not sure right now.

[@nip3004]

@@Marth667yeah I don't understand why they made it so the buildings don't even seem to really be there. just like cardboard on an open field. I would rather they were not destructible

[@KdogPrime]

I highly doubt it will be. The new trailer doesn't look very good at all.

[@MutatedPizzaBoi]

"I want everything done by the numbers... damaging our mechs on buildings and not focusing fire." Roger ROger

[@N1ghtR1der666]

at this poit MW should be a multi-planet open world MMO where you start with a scrapper mech in the faction of choice working you way through the story and taking side missions alone or with friends to kit up you mech and unlock new tech. They could have invasions from faction taking over planets or regions with PVP for control of recourses, just dont waist our time with tiny maps that repeat over and over

[@briankelly1817]

Great idea!

[@fabseb9030]

no, just no, that gives room for micro transactions and other bullshit corporate moves

[@canniballistic555]

Why do the LRM's have a range of 630? Why break consistency there?

[@alenhusovic6322]

As an old school MW fan, and MW5 having been in development for so long, I expected to feel the impact from a ballistic weapon both from firing it and being hit by it, the clunky feel of a tank on legs when i'm piloting a 20 - 100 tonne bipedal tank, not a whip lash torso swing speed movement, the bounce on the targeting when moving, because yes it would be that hard to target when running, the environment needs depth and immersion, like rain, snow, sand etc etc... seasons in general, dynamic lighting like a firefight at night time with spotlights on, hard cover buildings and not paper cut outs, you need friendly fire implications, hence not destroying a farm your meant to be defending... Of course the budgeting aspects of the game, I want to be forced into taking damaged mechs into combat, missing ammo because you cant afford or salvage any, parts like actuators and heat sinks etc, being rare and extremely precious, this would recreate the lore of the MW period... I want this game so badly to live up to expectation, but what i'm seeing is MWO with a vehicles mod thrown on top...

[@JackDisturber]

Thought why it looks so weird and slow-paced - seems that the player doesn't know how to torso twist. And yes, no screenshaking, extremely repetative walk animation, no collisions when mechs hit the buildings (goes through them like hot knife through the butter without any resistance), etc, etc. Almost no callouts, no fire focusing, no coordination, everybody is just running around shooting randomly, it could be presented much better

[@Xnerdz1]

Exactly my thought. It looks like a mindless "point and click shooter" IMO.

[@user-kj4od7ig3t]

welp, i guess its back to Titanfall 2 😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y33KgmOJlpamoKs

[@Blight-fp3vt]

They were using joysticks... And clearly not particularly good at them. They should of just used mice.

[@pirat2315]

Jack Disturber what do you mean by repetitive walk cycle?

[@mrhatty0514]

Its almost as if this game is still in alpha and its being presented at a convention on the show floor for the general public to play...

[@seaglass3034]

After how aggressively they monetized and treated MWO, I am highly skeptical of how they will handle this entry.

[@DonTekNO]

A healthy dose of skepticizm , i'd say.

[@MAWarriorG]

Absolutely agree. To be honest i expect nothing of Pirannha after MWO.

[@DenverStarkey]

actualy i'd say you could say they aggressively monetized MWO , as well as you could say they didn't. depending on how you look at it. on one hand they price premium mechs steeply. The game is super grindy so as aplayer you will feel compelled to buy a mech from time to time on occasion , if not always. and the mech lab is filled with micro transaction stuff (all of which is cosmetic). But ! on the other hand . as a free no-pay player you can obtain access to literally EVERY mech chassis and chassis variant that the paying players can get , you just don't get the c-bill bonus for those " extra special" variants. With how this game is balanced paying players have NO adavantage in combat against non-payers. PGI constantly holds events where players (both free and paying) can win all manner of prizes , from in game money (c-bills) , to real money prizes (in the form of MC), to mechs even. that said just the act of leveling up in various in game factions , also rewards with MC and other real money items. So while they do have heavy monetization , a player in theory could play the game and NEVER spend a single cent , yet still manage to eventually own more than a few mechs that others had to pay real money to get. or they could just buy the regular variants and enjoy them because the specials only include a c-bill bonus and not bonuses to combat.

[@NicolasAlexanderOtto]

Not only you. All of my gaming peers are as well. Let's hope they don't fuck this up.

[@futuza]

??? Their monetization model was fine, it wasn't pay to win at all, just a bit heavy on the amount of grind required to get the mechs you wanted. For a massive multiplayer game, MWO was a pretty darn reasonable. The worst thing they did was make mechbays cost real money.

[@mikalemadden1762]

You'd think in 2018 we could have an animation for getting into our mech's cockpit. Digging the metal score though.

[@drmayeda1930]

Prep might be a bit much for the engine. Step into the mech and remove clothing, put on medpatches, Neuro helmet, plug in cooling vest. Start mech. Ready to fight. MWO doesn't show all of the startup prep. You need to authenticate your identity after pressing there start button.

[@niklaslindgren8676]

I think by "metal" you mean royalty free rock

[@nemou4985]

@@drmayeda1930 Its a simple animation it is not too much for an FPS engine...

[@jonb4333]

@@niklaslindgren8676 Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of the soundtrack. Just listen to all of MW2, GhostBear, and MW2: Mercs, those soundtracks are so unique.

[@nemou4985]

@A Foul Beast It would take about as much time as fading in an out of black. Plus the computer can still load stuff in the background, its not as if you need any not on screen assets to do it.

[@mikegeorge8132]

Are you not allowed to cross talk to each other in this game? And please show this guy how to torso twist.

[@TheoryDT]

what Joy stick is that?

[@dragonsfire5647]

Anyone know what his joystick/control set up is?

[@thebaumfaeller1477]

I still don't see why melee combat is not an option.

[@harrybalanovsky2169]

I know that you trying to show the beauty of the game but....razing buildings without need is kind a terrorist tactics, i wonder if there is a reputation perk to stimulate a more careful gameplay.

[@Dameclese]

What are the specs of the controller setup he is using in the video ?

[@danierick100]

what gaming pad was that???

[@Emmepathic]

callsigns Poo-alpha through Poo-delta accurately describe the pilot's skills levels by the looks of it, they couldn't have got someone half a clue to showcase this crap?

[@ShimrraJamaane]

It's SuperPod with a D not an O.

[@supergonnzo4851]

At least in that first part they 'saved' the farm lol. I mean they didn't burn what, half of it?

[@tylercasey6323]

SuperGonnzo They destroyed 18 of the 23 buildings

[@alanjervis9022]

@@tylercasey6323 There's still 5 left though, so.... success!

[@Slayer398]

LOL. At least that way only *half* the family won't starve now! ;)

[@DarkPrince345]

Can anyone tell what model flight controller he's playing with?

[@malygos9301]

What settings was this played on? i can forgive some but in something thats gonna be first person like this it kinda looks ass graphically:/

[@P4R4LL4X]

Wish they would use MW2 like soundtracks!

[@machinech183]

Watching this guy play is almost unbearable to watch, to the point it's distracting. It's a bit like wondering if someone that's tone deaf can make a great album. Not impossible, just unlikely. HOTAS joystick setup and a complete lack of practice at least explains why he's probably only getting about 1/4 of the damage out of his lasers and driving like a drunk soccer mom.

[@Icanthas]

I love that all the videos I see for this game has THE WORST PILOTS they can find. Like the IGN stuff made me sad. They need to get someone who actually plays MWO or the older games to give it a try.

[@elglobo7858]

Yes, they must have hired some poor unemployed homeless guys to do the job.

[@johnwolf7849]

@@elglobo7858 That is Russ Bullock, the President of PGI.

[@johnwolf7849]

@@Icanthas That is Russ Bullock, the President of PGI.

[@jameswashburn8627]

None of the guys from PGI seem to know, they used to have nights they would play as a team and get wrecked.

[@B3ATM1K3]

What I want to know is how is he switching weapon groups to fire them. Im looking into buying a setup like that for this game but I dont really know much about them.

[@77Avadon77]

Full 360dg torso twist? Or do they abandon slip rings in the future?

[@kevinhicks1004]

Pretty cool, I would do echo the sentiments below. The buildings need more mass, damage resistance. I would like to see some penalty for destroying buildings, ideally monetary, and some damage to the mech from walking through a building. Having buildings be 'hard cover' seems silly if you can walk through it, kind of feels like CQB in a pillow fort world. Definitely looking forward to more game play images. Also wish UI had a bit more polish, I feel like the MWO UI is slicker. And they do have time to add the polish.

[@BeardedAlbatross]

Sound design is atrocious. Hopefully the community can fix it if PGI doesn't.

[@Wubbeyman]

It seems like all the audio was recorded from the guys mic so hopefully the sound is better in person. If you listen carefully you can even hear the audio of other players around him.

[@griffca4814]

Will this come with a free install disk for Mplayer?

[@nazerath1977cgi]

What hotas/cockpit stop is he using?

[@vgotnofingers]

LRM 15 seem to be completely eseless.

[@Marth667]

The missile hit detection seemed wonkey, hopefully all patched out. Where is the game we saw during E3? That trailer looked amazing

[@patrickflying17]

@@Marth667 He seemed to be fireing them with in 120m. wich they're minimum arming rage.

[@mikewhitaker2880]

shows that he is a dev for the game.. NOT a player.. or he would have used them better...

[@SmokinDragon666]

its not like that was ever a thing with MWO

[@SuperTerrorizor]

I think it's looking great so far. Sure there are some places for improvements but I think they're getting a solid foundation of gameplay here. I thought it was awesome seeing individual rooms in the building while you're crashing into them. I would like to see more environmental effects to bring the visuals together. It would be cool seeing more of the debris on the floor after a arm has fallen off or a building falls apart. But at the same time, a game like this is most probably very CPU intensive with pixel perfect collision/damage, so that may be the trade off. I like to see that they're actually using a joystick and not a mouse like MWO. Lets not forget as well this is supposedly a fully mod-able game from what I've heard. So damage from buildings, speed of movement, even general effects could change per mod. I'm not okaying it not to be a fully flushed out game before launch, but making a game fully mod-able is a big undertaking. I am most definitely excited for this title coming out and look forward to seeing more. I even prepared my steel batallion controller for my PC just for this game.

[@imnotgivingmyname_toamachine]

Does it come with a Force Feedback joystick..?

[@user-gy4yf7cz8w]

What if i want to play alone? Can Ai pilots from my spire do not die in first 1 minute of battle?

[@yoloman3607]

Is it just me or do those missiles slide onto the target? Is the voice acting a bit stiff? Is there an odd lack of connection between structures and the ground they sit on? Does the world lack ambient lighting and shadow effects? Find out what gets fixed next year on release!

[@Holymolypaladin]

Im not defending anyone here, because you guys get toxic as hell nowadays, but everyone that says this looks like a arcade game is dumb mechwarrior 4 was the arcadiest game in the mechwarrior franchise.

[@N4ikel]

Maybe but god damn i loved it

[@Holymolypaladin]

@@N4ikel same here dude

[@teratokomi8731]

mw4 was a good game. This... is garbage.

[@johnathanera5863]

@@teratokomi8731 no its not lol, by all accounts its better than MW4

[@teratokomi8731]

By all accounts? have you read the comments section? most people are dumping on it. PGI is doing everything they can to make mw5 a cash grab.

[@theinvisibletyrant894]

What was you rig for this?

[@BlitzedNostradamus]

Anyone know what kind of flight stick he's using?

[@jasonm3291]

Let's be fair here while yes the dude has two flight sticks and has no idea what he's doing but. On the damage and arcade argument, The demo is probably being played on the games most default difficulty just to show off the gameplay. From a mech fan who has been waiting for a long time this game has me excited. As long as there's no hidden lootboxes or micro transactions I'm happy. It appears the devs have taken the time to put a lot of care into this title rather then rush it out. So I hope it shows in the final product. Scorched earth Motherfucker!

[@teratokomi8731]

Sure it looks like they did alot of work, but its still trash.

[@Pwnzistor]

Just 1 flight stick, a HOTAS setup.

[@aspenyoung2914]

its on the easiest setting actually lol

[@pineapplesalad6494]

Man, those trees. It will be nice to have a mech game with actual sense of scale.

[@oldcanadiangamer130]

True - MW3 wins again, IMO. By today's standards the graphics seem horribly antiquated but at the time the articulation of the 'mechs and the 3D graphics were simply mind-blowing. The walking and rocking, the sense of scale (approaching the barracks area in Op1 pt. 2 for instance) was absolutely bang-on. You FELT like you were in 55 tons of walking death. After destroying the decoy 'mech factory I'd ALWAYS walk back to the beginning of the mission - several miles - just to enjoy the scale of the area and the scenery - and to watch 'Gunner' Paine bang into every damn building on the way, of course. ;)

[@Heckibrd]

Yeah your right about the trees, at least the tanks are there too give a better sense of scale

[@pegadirty]

Anyone know the peripherals he's using?

[@David_Fellner]

So MW5 has multiplayer? I figured PGI would keep it all single-player since they already have MWO. Does anyone know whether it's limited to co-op, or if there will be a PvP component as well?

[@kellscorner1130]

Couldn't help but notice the AI just kinda runs in circles, not aware of buildings or enemies..or friends. Seems pretty stupid as far as NPC's go. How are they gonna provide a good challenge for not 1, but 4 human players who EASILY outmatch the AI?

[@futuza]

Yep this is my biggest concern with all of the game play clips they've released so far, the AI programming looks terrible/not even really implemented. Here's to hoping they'll spend plenty of time on that feature until it's amazing.

[@badbeardbill9956]

How many singleplayer MechWarrior games have you played? In Mech2 the AI was pretty terrible, and in Mech2: Mercs you could literally find the AI mechs and kill them before they "activated." Mech3 I've heard is more challenging but not much so, though I hear Pirate's Moon is pretty dang hard. All the Mech4 AIs are bad as well. But these games are really old, over 20 in the case of Mech 2, and nearly 20 for Mech4. Modern AI should be better.

[@xiaozhang2909]

So painful to watch this guy playing. Watch him playing make me hate this game.

[@BlazingOwnager]

It's Russ, one of the two idiots that ruined MW:O

[@Dwarvey]

Is that a Steel Battalion controller? Please tell me it is.

[@To-mos]

I loved the Marauder battle and the salvage yard at the end was a sweet touch.

[@nixriviera4125]

I get that this is early gameplay. But its so wrong in too many places.

[@JimBobJoeB0b]

Ok, I MIGHT be a little hyped for this game. Don't screw it up, PGI! And I want to se some Death From Above, hopefully even melee combat! Edit: I meant PGI, not Bethesda. I was thinking about Fallout lol.

[@svendays]

Unfortunately, I highly doubt melee combat is going to enter this game. We definitely would have heard about it by now. That's a huge game-changer for mechwarrior, so it would have been a "highlight" of the game that they would relentlessly advertise. I wish melee was a thing though.

[@JimBobJoeB0b]

TotesMcGoats hey, they could be having it as a surprise, or maybe they're still thinking about it. If they don't add a dedicated melee combat system, I hope they at least build upon and improve the mechanics that MW2 laid down.

[@svendays]

@@JimBobJoeB0b We can dream. We can dream and hope.

[@oldcanadiangamer130]

@@svendays I agree - please please PLEASE please get the damn HCT-3F into the game! Chuckle

[@teratokomi8731]

They screwed it up.

[@khumprp]

Anyone know what the HOTAS setup he's using is? Looks like fun! I always preferred playing the sim Mechwarriors (not MWO) with HOTAS for that immersion, but would always get slaughtered by people playing with mouse aiming. Wonder if they restricted aiming from mouse, or made it slower to aim?

[@DarkstarArchangel]

I love how the garage and cockpit looks.

[@phantommauler3602]

I have but one major question. How the hell did the other 3 get repairs?! I mean we can see Russ drag his thunderbolt into the garage but what about the other 3? He just leaves the garage whilst all 3 are in a huddle about 200 meters behind him, but once he leaves everyone seems to of had their armour replaced? 0_0 i hope this was only done for demonstration purposes rather than being a thing that your allies are able to magically heal themselves when you go for repairs lol xD Otherwise the game is looking solid, just a bit of polishing needed. Cant wait till Sept 10th 2019!!! 07

[@oldman747]

you wouldnt want the guy making the game to lose would you? you know this was all scripted

[@phantommauler3602]

I find it hard to believe that everything was scripted, there is no way a computer plays mech games worse than the CEO of PGI himself xD

[@oldman747]

@@phantommauler3602 scripted as in all the encounters were known before hand and the people know what mechs are going to fight back and not. dont forget all the "chatter" was def pre determined

[@UnclePutte]

Did they hire their voice actors outta the drunk tank, again?

[@UnclePutte]

@sol badguy Time and again, over the years, I am certain.

[@Voitan]

Given the player models and FPS gameplay, is there any plans for a full combined arms gameplay, with as small as infantry/power armor fighting, up to different vehicles like tanks, and maybe even Aerospace? Smashing through buildings should slow mechs down, they kind of just fall apart like cobwebs.

[@TaliXantis]

That Firestarter was huge but the locust seemed normal sized.

[@TheAerospacer]

Ok while not the most skilled meching i've ever seen this does give me a wilted olive branch of sorts. While certain issues I had at it's initial reveal have been improved there are still problems that keep this from being a great Mech Warrior SIMULATOR title.(keyword simulator) while the twitchyness of the aiming seems to have improved we're still missing IMPACT. When I get shot by dual PPCs I want to feel like a train just went through my chest. First of all, big weapons need to do more damage. PPCs, Gauss Rifles, the big Auto Cannons, need to make your Mech REEL with the shock of impact. If an alpha strike hits your left arm it shouldn't just fall off, your torso should spin to the left due to the impact of 25 tons worth of ammo that just erased your left arm from existence. Speaking of impact...you can't just stroll through a small building, I don't care what your tonnage, walking through that is gonna at LEAST slow you down. It's concrete and steel cmon To summarize it's far from done but, so far I like the changes between the reveal gameplay and this. It's coming eventually; cmon and make it boner worthy. I'm starting to think Piranha just might have it in 'em.

[@johnwolf7849]

I was wondering why the guy in the video was playing if he sucks so bad. But then I realized it is Russ Bullock who is the President of PGI. No wonder lol. What an awful person. I wish another company had gotten the rights to make this game. It might be worth getting if anyone else made it.

[@Mephiston]

Depends who got it. If it was a big publisher it would be a live service game riddled with microtransactions and would be about 60% of a game, until they crap out expansions that fill the other 40% down the line.

[@hatefuckable]

@@Mephiston As far as I can tell that's what MWO is.

[@Mephiston]

that was the joke

[@hatefuckable]

@@Mephiston I'll see myself out.

[@hkoizumi3134]

Please tell me that this supports triple monitors.... It will be a day buy for me if it is

[@ReKaiel]

what name is joystick?

[@Barry3819]

try aiming using your torso.. not your legs.

[@FreakShootA]

And don't forget the Arm actuators... He used Arm lock all the time...

[@Elrarion2]

@@Eremes_Zorn He does twist but I think he has to toggle something to switch his right stick to torso mode.

[@MachineCode0]

Its really frustrating watching people badly play games and talk over horrible sound quality voip.

[@geoffreyjames5556]

I am wondering why they are not attacking the drop ships before they touchdown and offload the Mechs? Is that not allowed in the game?? looks okay so far

[@OspreyKnight]

That thing can carry four 75 ton mechs. Unless you're piloting a Fafnir, which carries miniaturized capital ship cannons, your 100 tons worth of peashooters ain't going to do much.

[@brownbear992]

what is that controller?

[@conanthebrobarian6484]

Lol, we know their bad because they want to destroy a farm that has children there. Come on.

[@foobar1735]

They brought in multiple tanks and a pair of mechs... to destroy a farm. Just exactly what were they farming???

[@001davem]

It looked like the "good guys" did more damage to the farm. I hope none of the children were in the buildings they ran through and destroyed.

[@silencemeatbags122]

mechwarrior 3 is still best mech game now

[@NickPride]

mw3 was good, really good, but mw4:merc with mektek on top is much better dat feel when you taking apart your friend's atlas with your elemental and he can't catch you... memories and sp campaign best up there too

[@Blight-fp3vt]

@@user-kj4od7ig3t Dude, you are the ONLY titanfall 2 player.

[@Blight-fp3vt]

@@user-kj4od7ig3t I own them both. Titanfall2 was worth it for singleplayer. Multiplayer is dead. Mw5 will be a sandbox single player game with some coop. Until they upgrade mwo, mwo will be the best mech multiplayer game for the foreseeable future

[@Blight-fp3vt]

@@user-kj4od7ig3t nah. Mwo has sustained player base that means if you drop for a public game, you will either get one straight away or in a few seconds. Steam client average players online is 635, at least double that for the non Steam client. Basically you get a match, always. Lag is also not as much of a factor in this game.

[@Blight-fp3vt]

@@user-kj4od7ig3t straw man? Smh. Getting a game is directly related to the player base. It's the same argument!

[@ML-zu5fn]

Where is the shot calling and focus fire?

[@Strontium9T]

I used to play Mechwarrior Living Legends a lot. It was awesome, in that it was combined arms combat. In addition to mechs, there was powered armor, tanks, hovercraft, vtols, and aerospace fighters. It was while playing that game that I realized mechs, while looking cool, are, in fact, stupidly impractical. I remember on one map driving a Demolisher tank with dual AC-20 autocannons. I drove to an area of the map where I expected the enemy to approach, went to passive sensors and hid in some bushes, waiting in ambush. A 100 ton Atlas strolled by, and I opened fire when he came into range. The silhouette if a 30+ foot tall mech is ridiculously easy to spot. The Atlas was staggering around trying to find where I was firing from. By the time he had detected me, I had shot one of his arms off, and he was on fire. He only got a few shots in before I finished him off. The Demolisher with the dual LBX-20 autocannons was devastating against light mechs on urban maps. I drove mechs in that game too, but tanks were VERY competitive. They sit low to the ground, making them hard to spot, and they make a smaller target. In MWLL you earned C-Bills by doing damage to the other team, and from scouting. When you earned enough C-Bills, you could buy a better vehicle. I would often just stick with a tank, and give my money to other players. In other versions of Mechwarrior, tanks are like toy cars. They are NOT to scale. I don't know what future combat will look like, but I don't think it will involve 30 foot tall robots. I would expect powered armor, but not mechs. And tanks will be around for a looooong time. At least Robotech was on point. Every time they showed destroids in that show, they were getting the shit blown out of them.

[@futuza]

Realistically future combat will probably just look like swarms of drones and nanomachines that target specific individuals in a very efficient and relatively collateral free way, as well as lasers fired from satellites in orbit that cut through 10 meter thick uranium armor in less than a second. Big stompy mechs don't make any sense, but they are fun.

[@philipbarriesda9239]

firing LRMS inside thier min range = 0 damage, shity pilot skills, no sRM usage

[@zerocell7728]

agree

[@Shrikster]

There is no weight to the mechs when they move, they feel like they just sliding around, no heavy impact for when a mech slams into the ground, LRM's should be returned to stream fire like before, weapon feed back is not satisfying, missiles and AC feel like pop guns especially those SRM's, tho I will say improvement has come on, but you still got a ways to go, even some inertia will go a lot way to portraying some form of weight, have the buildings feel impact full not gliding through it like butter, there is a scene where a scorpion tank actually drives through a 1/3 of the building, that is telling me the mere touch of any thing and the building comes down.

[@jerichooblivion5406]

Player: [Crashes into several buildings Turns back to enemies Tries to step on tanks, letting them get shots in] *_HeY gUyS i'M tAkInG a BeAtInG_*

[@ty8012]

Will this have online or just s ok songle player

[@NZBigfoot]

Could they just port MWO over to the Unreal engine already... we might actually get a decent game with MWO then that isnt hamstrung by a Frankenstein piece of crap that their outdated version of Crytec Engine is... also I take it the guy playing is Russ? goes along way to validate the old saying the devs dont play there own game, since he is terrible! If you make a game, you should be damn well proficient at it yourself.

[@mikewhitaker2880]

Unreal engine is just as dated.... and still has limits that are ridiculously low....sad to say ALL the game devs need a new engine or 2...... and more than likely they gave his mech a boost somewhere for the video... i mean whens the last time a griffin could take that much punishment to the back side...

[@FreakShootA]

@@mikewhitaker2880 He uses a thunderbolt, not a Griffin. The Griffin was piloted by an other guy.

[@DenverStarkey]

@@mikewhitaker2880 actually UE 4 is not dated . Epic completely redid the engine from the ground up for UE4 so that the engine could support non FPSer genres better than what UE 3 did.

[@GrayFolxy]

It is me or even MWO has better gun mechanics feelings ? also the stompiness in MWO really make you feel you are in a 65t Killing machine I didnt get that feeling also the shooting is very ... awkward I felt like everything was void no precision nor real feeling of impact ..... also is there melee like punching in battletech ? because casually running over tanks ok but melee a mech oof some people and fans will be making Pacific rim like a child movie against that

[@mikewhitaker2880]

i was told they should have melee in MW5.. maybe..lol.... but they know if they add it there then they have ZERO excuses for not adding it to MWO.. and they flat out said MWO will not get melee... thats why theres no Axeman or Hatchetman mechs.. even though they both have more than a melee weapon...

[@Elrarion2]

@@mikewhitaker2880 Melee in MWO won't work. It will be the same pain in the arse as mech collisions was.

[@mikewhitaker2880]

you mean as it is now in MWO..rofl... im guessing you either dont know how the melee works even if only for tabletop or you are saying it wont work because anyone melee'ing will be shot to shit trying to get in range to do next to diddly damage... either way PGI is simply lazy about melee and tbh ramming mechanics... and as i said above the 2 mechs with noticeable melee attacks also have ranged weapons... and PGI with their lazy melee attitude could still add those mechs without adding any melee mechanics.. but they dont and it seems they wont.. because PGI really doesnt care about the game.... or accurate portrail of what mechwarrior and battletech should be...

[@Elrarion2]

​@@mikewhitaker2880 I'm going to split you're message up into smaller sections and write replies to them. "you mean as it is now in MWO..rofl..." As it is now when you walk into another mech it does negligible damage to both mechs legs. "im guessing you either dont know how the melee works even if only for tabletop" I don't recall melee being apart of Mechwarrior 2,3 or 4. I have seen it in use with the Battletech game. "or you are saying it wont work because anyone melee'ing will be shot to shit trying to get in range to do next to diddly damage..." Usually that would be the case but there are CQB scenarios. It's more about how that mechanic would work. Would you lock into an animation with another mech or would you simply swing your arm at them like in first person shooters. If you swing your arm how will collisions interact, where will it apply damage? Will it even look realistic or would it instead look like a movie with bad camera angles during a fight scene? "and as i said above the 2 mechs with noticeable melee attacks also have ranged weapons..." If they start marketing the Hatchetman then certain players will assume that means melee will be added. They will then feel offended when they find out that it isn't. And why must these mechs be added? Any other mech that is pre or mid civil war is valid to be added. "but they dont and it seems they wont.. because PGI really doesnt care about the game...." They have their own vision of the game. One that I thought would've aligned with yours with them including your demands in MW5 but it turns out they didn't. "or accurate portrail of what mechwarrior and battletech should be..." MWO at it's core will probably never appeal to your vision of what Mechwarrior and Battletech should be. To me I see two sides to the Mechwarrior community. I was hoping MW5 would appeal to what I have come to know as the Mechdads while MWO (and if we're lucky enough MWO2) will appeal to the more competitive players. That way both sides interests do not conflict.

[@finegamingconnoisseur]

Do destroyed ‘Mechs cause area-of-effect splash damage? Looks good to me so far, but I’m still going to wait for it to come out for at least a week before I will even consider buying it, just to see if it will have day one launch issues like many games have these days.

[@Cronama]

"What's the name of your mercenary group?" "Bumble Fucks"

[@Harabeck]

Cool gameplay, but also a clear display of how terrible joystick controls are.

[@patrickflying17]

the person playing has probably never used a joystick in the last 10 years if ever on their first run. And if anything being slighty clunky add to the feel of piloting a heavy mech.

[@rorikodinnson1127]

TBH the joystick implementation felt better than MW4. I'm just glad that they have HOTAS support.

[@mikewhitaker2880]

i remember when joysticks were the go-to controller over a mouse... i did way better in MW3 with a joystick than i did with the mouse... of course thats been how many years ago now.. and were lucky if they add console controller support... mouse and keyboard have become too main stream in gaming...

[@FreakShootA]

The problem why it looks clunky is 1. that the guy probably never used a Joystick 2. He don't use torso twist 3. Arm lock was always on.. So yea he was aiming with the whole Mech.

[@oldcanadiangamer130]

@@Eremes_Zorn I've never played MWO - one look at it and it sucked; a few other looks and it STILL sucked - but I've always played with joystick/ throttle and sometimes pedals, when they were hooked up lol. Speaking only for myself, that setup is far more intuitive and natural (particularly given my day job before I was medically grounded). While I think that mouse/keyboard is generally assumed to be 'better' by the newer crowd, I'll agree with you - us old farts (particularly us antiquated flatulents with wings) can make a joystick-driven platform sit up and sing. ;-)

[@ChaoticClyde]

He is using flight controllers to play. One reason it looks clunky. He does not know how torso twist.

[@ShimrraJamaane]

You can play mech games fine with flight sticks (Steel Battalion), especially HOTAS ones. He just isn't a good player :P

[@damianhelgerson2324]

I do so wish the old MechWarrior music was available in the new - I would buy it just for that! Thanks for sharing in any case!

[@mendel1981]

please remind me how DID you get a mech licence?

[@ThunderbirdAnthares]

well, it "looks" better, but still no hit reactivity, just extremely mild camera shake.... and buildings might as well not be there, they were walking through them like through cardboard boxes... looks more and more like a extremely watered down game

[@gamesguy]

Watered down from what? This is how it was in the original MWs and in MWO.

[@MrFlunkorg]

@@gamesguy No, shut up. My extremely rosed tinted goggles would never lie to me and trick me into thinking the older games had features they never had! /s

[@MortalCoil64]

Yeah... was hoping the buildings would slow you or something...

[@ikillstupidcomments]

The beta-test state of MWO looked better than both this and current MWO.

[@gamesguy]

@@ikillstupidcomments The beta test MWO lagged like crazy, mechs just warped around all over the place.

[@TheLookatmyhouse]

The title have mistakes it says "2018 "but it clearly 2008

[@theelusivewoodlandhobo5348]

Giuseppe's Gaming - Twinfinite what controls set up are you using

[@Wolfsheim23]

That's so cool seeing that the little locust can actually survive running full speed and strafing mechs. In many mechwarror games they just get nailed by missiles and brought to a halt making small mechs mostly useless, but here finally they can move fast and seem to avoid most hits like the Board Game.

[@Asatur1979]

As always in videos from MW5 it seems that 'S' key don't work. No regrets? Oh, it was joystick... *facepalm*

[@patrickflying17]

Well it is the proper way to play mechwarrior.

[@Asatur1979]

@@patrickflying17 Proper way for emotions but bad way for piloting and shooting. :)

[@patrickflying17]

@@Asatur1979 actually no. a stick is actaully how we control things in real life, if you actually learn to use one properly you can get some real finesse out of ti. Just watch professional backhoe operators and crane lifts. Sides mice and keyboard is easy mode always have been always will be.

[@Asatur1979]

@@patrickflying17 We talk not about real operators just about game. If you will play Mechwarrior (now MWO for example) with joystick then you will listen lots of insults in game chat because it will be minus one player in your team.

[@patrickflying17]

@@Asatur1979 MWO was tuned for M and KB and is very light on the sim aspects hecnce with all mechs being fast and responsive aside form the slower assaults on the fly, but when we're talking simulators. (wich mainline MW games are) then joystick is the way to go. Its fine if you wanna play M and KB cause thats what you're comfortable with, but you'll be missing half the fun of havin actual controls at in your hands and feet as you contol a god of the battlefield as close they would be in as the books describe them. look me in the metaphorical eyes and tell me that a full cockpit set wouldn't be the most bad ass way to play this game. thats been the goal of th MW games sans LL and MWO since its inception.

[@aggros2011]

Dead world ? No cars on streets, no panic civilians in 2019 game )))))) Its VR compatible game ?

[@dariusdurandal7501]

What mech were you in, because you tanked like 4 double ppc shots from a marauder at near point blank range, not many mechs can brush that easily.

[@futuza]

PPCs have a minimum effective range. If you're too close they do no damage. ER-PPCs on the other hand...

[@uwuziel]

While the people behind the controls needs to head back to training, this game seems pretty exciting! I'm glad to see there is joystick support with the game and that it doesn't seem to awkward to handle. Some graphics need scaling, and screen shake would be a nice feature. It also seems a bit TOO easy to walk through buildings, but I feel like these will be fixed with time. They still have ,any months of development ahead and I can say I am going to stay pretty hyped all throughout!

[@darthbane2669]

I fully expect this to suck and wont be surprised when it turns out mediocre. I haven't played mechwarrior online seriously in 3 years. Still no core explosions I will pass.

[@DJ_Indigo-Angel]

Please use real voice actors not this Microsoft sam shit omg rip

[@StrikeNoir105E]

A lot of things can be improved before launch so I'm not worried about certain stuff (the UI actually is different now compared to the old trailers), however they really need to make buildings tougher, at least make it so that you need to deal damage to buildings first before you can plow through them.

[@DanielTsosie]

I like how the machine gun sounds like an in-time muted guitar riff to the Metal soundtrack :D