MechWarrior Cinematics Collection [I, II, III, IV, MWLL, (V), MWO]

[@ArtietheArchon]

"I'll delay them here as long as I can." So many years later and I still feel so deeply for that brave nameless pilot in that 2 minute clip.

[@lowpull622]

That was stupid! He delayed them 30 seconds...🙄

[@AyoxinBlake]

Sigma Lead was a damn badass. I'm guessing he was probably one of Dresari's men.

[@MegaZeta]

Look at the bright side, kid. You get to keep all the money

[@Appleeatpie97]

@christine Le F

[@theonioneffect996]

Artie the Swolest Man in the World He apparently did have a name. Tarquin Cardona. Learned this not too long ago and it’s never mentioned in game. Only on the MW4 Vengeance IMDB page.

[@gronthgronth2628]

I like how MW:O touches the one part of the lore. The 29:24 bit is a recreation of Phelan Kell encountering TimberWolf omnimech for the first time in 3049 on "The Rock". His mechs computer did not recognise the machine, but due to visual resemblances it kept switching between Marauder and Catapult as target designations. Then it bugged out and displayed MadCat, hence the inner sphere designation MadCat for TimberWolf

[@FroggyMosh]

Yep. gave me chills, seeing how the targeting computer kept trying to make sense of the machine. With the clanner eyeing him up for the challenge. We need Mechs, dammit, and we need them. Now! We need to get there, Yesterday. _(but maybe skipping the glassing of entire worlds, that'd be nice)_

[@sailormoonfan692derekweter6]

What's The Story Of The Mad Dog/Vulture?

[@hazardousroo]

@@sailormoonfan692derekweter6 Vulture is the Inner Sphere designation due to its hunched looking posture. Mad Dog, if I remember correctly, was used purely as an insult to Clan Wolf. Can't remember which Clan first designed the 'Mech. Smoke Jaguar or Jade Falcon, I think, one of those two.

[@madcat789]

On this day, November 22, 2023, I give to you your one hundreth like.

[@Arthezius]

I'm listening to the audiobooks at work and that scene played on Wednesday.

[@frustriert]

mechwarrior 2 intro still is givin me goosebumps .... every single time xD

[@ramalhourtigao2359]

Its that amazing soundscore, epic.

[@feartheghus]

frustriert my favorite as a kid until today was the mech commander one, with meh warrior two right after it.

[@seanparry1899]

LONG LIVE KV! ~ Lord Spectre

[@jasongarfitt1147]

@@feartheghus I agree, the mechcommander one is the best, followed by mechwarrior 2

[@andyl8055]

Yes, it’s easily the best of all those here.

[@TheNomnomnom0815]

The MW4 Vengeance intro still gives me so many feels.

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

The Mechwarrior II: 31st Century Combat intro sequence was my introduction to the Battletech franchise. Lifelong obsession: online.

[@Zackarco]

Anyone else just as surprised that the Uziel in the MechWarrior 4: Vengeance trailer didn't overheat from firing that PPC so many times?

[@DrYankeeDoodle]

c'mon there were a bunch of Nova Cats nearby.

[@nathang6376]

The Nova Cats were equipped with ER PPCs if I recall. I always wondered why they had one Uziel among three Nova Cats, but I'm glad because the Uziel is my favorite.

[@Johnpinckney98]

That Uziel took center stage on the box cover and everything!

[@SlowSohn]

I would say he just had many heat sinks build in his Mech so he has good heat efficiency

[@stevenraycopley8885]

It wasn't clearly stated that the Uziel fired the shots More likely the Nova cats fired them

[@jjptech]

Reactor Online Sensors Online Weapons Online All Systems Nominal The best one ever!

[@ЯрославДудин-о1х]

INDEED !!!!!!!!

[@caxep32]

yeah.......my love Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

sometimes..simplicity..speaks way heavier then the alternatives...a tank dont need to speach to its crew for them to know when all systems says Go its ther decisions that will decide if the weapon at ther hands keeps them alive..or dies with them.

[@IloveJellow]

forgot to add OVERRIDE ENGAGED.

[@josepablolunasanchez1283]

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[@christianescudero3496]

MechCommander intro is done really well. Those guys might have been able to make a decent movie.

[@feartheghus]

Christian Escudero they certainly could now, and with all the lore to work with it’d be comparitevly easy to make one that isn’t just a game rip off

[@amateurishauthor2202]

Back when I was a kid and played Mech Commander all the time, I honestly thought that Mech Commander was a game adaptation for a movie for a short time because of the opening XD

[@CrizzyEyes]

MechCommander and MW2: Mercs always had the best intro cutscenes, easily. And the most lore-friendly ones as well. The Timber Wolf even killed the Hunchback first because he knew the AC/20 was the most serious threat. But I love the MW2: Mercs cutscene for its brutality. I still get chills every time I hear "Look on the bright side, kid. You get to keep all the money."

[@thisisabsolutelystup]

The mech commander intro is 10/10

[@markkramer5740]

I always like how you can see the Colonel smiling in 6:26 . She must not have liked Hardcase.

[@xpluscollectorscrew]

"look at the bright side kid...you get to keep all the money"....

[@Montegoraon]

My intro to the series. Also: Sergeant Unther: I'm in the big 'mech in front of you. Shoot me even once... and I'll tear that beer can you call a 'mech into scrap. 7 year old me: Which one was the "fire everything" button again?

[@jalakor]

Man, I imagine the first MechWarrior was good, but the absolutely insane quality buff going into 2 is just nuts!

[@todo9633]

News Lady: "A bandit army consisting of tanks and light battlemechs" Me Looking at the Atlas on Screen: "TaNks anD lIghT BaTTle MeChs"

[@vaasmontenegro2875]

I believe it was running away from the ullers/kitfoxes

[@Mitissa515]

She isn't completely incorrect, the Atlas is technically the 'tank' of the lance.

[@srbrant5391]

ComStar is fake news.

[@Autobotmech]

followed by the urbies...owchie

[@Ugnutz]

@@Mitissa515 what are you talking about Atlas are scout recon mechs

[@Tarktheorc]

Vulture: "Just a happy vulture runnin through the snow! No batchals here!" Ghost Bear Kodiak erupting from the ice: "DID SOMEONE SAY BATCHAL!!!"

[@TheYoutwoob]

MechWarrior 3 was the first video game I ever played. Damn good fun.

[@blaggzear3152]

+Oliver Holmes u really meant the first video game, or the first MW (pc) game?

[@TheYoutwoob]

first video game ever! I think I was about 5 years old

[@iandrsaurri625]

Me too!

[@marykeyser5186]

Oliver Holmes was I have to work

[@shaider1982]

Oliver Holmes l played it when I was in high school and it was fun.👍

[@basilforth]

"Track that Pod!!"

[@troylight1750]

To this day, I ask myself, "How the heck does a Timberwolf fire its PPCs and then only have machine guns as the only remaining weapon?" Mechwarrior II

[@andrewshouse9840]

Overheating?

[@teknicron1080]

Under the assumption that it had PPCs to begin with.

[@badbeardbill9956]

Xenomorpheus Those were PPCs The pilot kinda sucked Might’ve been a cadet since the other mech in the area was a cadet

[@teknicron1080]

@@badbeardbill9956 Oh you're right, I'd forgotten about that. Must have bid poorly . . . firing only 1 shot from his PPCs and then unloading with the MG or whatever weapon that was. XD

[@badbeardbill9956]

@@teknicron1080Thing is, in the game a few MGs can shred armor quite fast. I can't tell you how many times I loaded a Dire Wolf with 10 MGs and destroyed mechs in mere seconds...

[@silverhawk7324]

That Mechcommander 1 intro was really well done, that commander was aiming for the Madcat's back armor to kill it as fast as possible and used his light lance's agility to the fullest.

[@senatorhung]

"i KNOW what you've got .. HOLD your position !"

[@elitewolverine]

True however that raven should have been toast getting hit in the back

[@dangwancie4797]

there was a centurion on that lance

[@samuelkeplinger9888]

having played MCG (Mech Commander Gold) can tell you that it's not easy to pin a 75 ton madcat that moves just as fast as a raven. . . (using the Stiletto it's possible as that thing was the fastest unit available but you trade speed for weapons and armor so even catching one you still had issues killing it)

[@Madcatcon199]

mech commander 1 was an absolute gem

[@DerMeister821]

Yep, spent a lot of time on the MSN gaming zone with that one.

[@greenghost2008]

the world needs a new mechwarrior single player game.

[@marcoabk]

100% with you about it.

[@Almighty01Man]

pirana games is making a mechwarrior 5 as of 2016

[@yasmsh88]

greenghost2008 y gum

[@Lil_vara]

Dash71101 late 2018 this month!

[@NickPCage]

@@Lil_vara nope got withheld til early 2019

[@jasonwood7340]

I can't tell you how many times I watched the MW2M intro. Played that game many, many hours. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane.

[@Cootz51]

Mw2 31st century intro sold the series to so many. They would play it on repeat at gamestores it was so good at the time.

[@pearthegaybear9968]

What is their obsession with injuring a vulture's right leg

[@mortyjhones4068]

The Vulture's Leg Armour is rubbish for its tonnage, it is so easy to leg its silly, but then what else do you expect for a medium omni mech that fit's 4 LRM 15's, 4 tons of armmo, and still has room for 4 med lasers. its supposed to sit at the back and bomb the shit out of stuff.

[@SpartanJey1219]

@@mortyjhones4068 oh ok so it's the mech equivalent to a tank destroyer like in war thunder most tank destroyers don't have as much armor but have a lot of firepower and are normally in the back sniping (most of the time 😑)

[@RaithSienar]

​@@mortyjhones4068 The Mad Dog is a 60t Heavy mech though, and the only way it could fit that much weaponry is if you basically took a vast majority of its armor off, and while that's not THAT big of a deal since it is meant to be a Fire Support LRM machine, I think you'd do better with more ammo since firing 60 missiles a go will drain your ammo stores after like 10 or so shots. Standard config is Dual LRM-20s, Dual Large Pulse Lasers and Dual Medium Pulse Lasers, which I just can't help think would be a little bit more versatile than your set up... (Though I turned mine into a Heavy Medium Laser boat in MWO, it's obscene how many HMLs with sinks to match you can fit on a Mad Dog.)

[@ImAlpharius]

I outfit my vulture with cll, and lrms. Just need to watch out for the heat. Nova cat is more my style,

[@fess3932]

You guys are sleeping on the splatdog, where you have 6xSrm 6’s and 4 micro pulse lasers. Make an atlas sweat in city

[@imp3rfec4ionist]

The MechCommander cinematic is probably the best piece of game moviemaking ever.

[@majorwesjanson]

Red alert 2.

[@vulturesuc4]

Totally

[@FromMyPerspectPhoto]

I love the work that used to go into stuff like this! Really helps immerse you into a whole different world than the one we play these games from! I miss games that had just as good a story as it did gameplay.

[@Cheburashka207]

MechWarrior 3 on new engine with new graphics wuold be great!!

[@ppmguire]

With dgvoodoo and modern resolutions with API enhancements it still holds its own quite well.

[@jasongarfitt1147]

@@ppmguire you managed to get it working? I had loads of graphics card issues

[@HighVelocitySteel]

without a doubt it would hold up well mw4 and 2 would do well 1 would need a remake due to it being on Nintendo no real dialogue.

[@ppmguire]

@@jasongarfitt1147 Yes, we've gotten quite a few people on the game. One guy was streaming the campaign last night on Twitch after getting it going at 1440p.

[@jasongarfitt1147]

@@ppmguire I need this in my life. Tell me what to Google

[@MediaevalJames]

10:20, THE URBANMECHS, HUNDREDS OF THEM

[@JAnderson-xo4go]

God I hated Urbanmechs!

[@joskarifinaukr6503]

Urbanmechs are amazing.

[@JAnderson-xo4go]

I was always a Marauder, Zeus and Shadowhawk fan myself. Every time I used an Urbanmech i got rekt, so after a few rapings the hate started.

[@joskarifinaukr6503]

They're surprisingly strong in MWO. Since it's a bunch of actual people you're fighting, they tend to prioritize other mechs over the little Urbie. Usually I can get a good bit of damage in if I'm sticking to a pack of heavies or assaults.

[@JAnderson-xo4go]

Ahhhhhh.... Haven`t played MWO. I`m an old man who played the table top version in my parents garage in the 80`s. Looooooved it. Great memories.

[@ODSTOninersIxTwO]

Mech Commander was really cool. theres a sort of charm to pre-modern cgi. you never see this kind of gritty style nowadays.

[@spacemanspiff6332]

MechWarrior 4 Vengeance is the best by far. They could have a made a full battletech movie along those lines back then and made enough of a killing for a decent MechWarrior 5 long ago. RIP shoulda, coulda, woulda.

[@Corgblam]

It actually bothers me. I get that the hanger probably exploded from ammunition being detonated by the rockets, but why the hell would they run in a straight line towards incoming heavy artillery missiles while trying to rely solely on AMS to protect them. Also, why did she immediately panic when fired on, instead of evading the incoming fire? Why is he telling her to eject from an undamaged mech before even being hit? What the hell kind of weapon was that to take out a Shadow Cat in a single hit? Theres way too much fuckery going on for me to enjoy the MW4 intro.

[@spacemanspiff6332]

@@Corgblam Must be hard not being able to enjoy anything at all ever due to inconsistencies and "fuckery" in every bit of media.

[@DrYankeeDoodle]

@@Corgblam Arrow IV hit in cockpit

[@CrizzyEyes]

There's a million things wrong with the MW4 intro in terms of details, but in terms of effects and graphics it does look the best. They would need to hire someone who actually gave a damn about the lore to make a movie though. This war is supposed to take place in the Inner Sphere but almost everyone is using Clan 'Mechs. MW4 always confused me when I played it as a kid because I never understood why anyone wouldn't use "Clan extended range" versions of every energy weapon. Only much later did I find out that the Clans and Inner Sphere haven't shared technology for 300 years. I don't usually get bothered by one-hit kills because there are almost always edge cases in BattleTech where that happens anyway. Through-armor criticals that hit ammo bins and other such shit.

[@sanders2strong]

"track that pod" classic.. played that shit back in 1998 and still do

[@miroslavzima8856]

I´m genuinely suprised by the high quality of intros even in newer games. By the way, first MechCommander has timeless intro :)

[@REPLAYING]

I found the intros of Mw2 very scary as a child

[@the_DarkSoul]

REPLAYING the best intro, it still gives me chills cas of the music

[@Rabestern]

Also on MW2 CD there was normal music which you could play in CD-Player. First track was game but other was simple audio tracks. Music was great.

[@tbone9474]

REPLAYING glad I'm not the only one who thought that, especially the Kodiac

[@rossato2109]

@@Rabestern I put it to play in a xmas party once hah.

[@alvinderama3196]

Ah... I really miss this old classics, specially the first Mech Commander, it was my very first mech game I've ever played. Not to mention the cheat on it, "osmius" or was it "osmioos", the infinite bomb strike. Also the countless hours I've pour on trying to salvage my very first Mad Cat, man what nostalgia... I think I was just around 7-8 back then.

[@rfjohnson69]

Replayed that 1st mission so many times to get that Madcat....

[@drastickej]

First Mechcommander still the best even after all those years.

[@jdm8702]

These scenes make me appreciate the mech genre. Armored Core 3 had a good intro. Front mission 4 as well

[@vXArchonXv]

AC3's intro was easily my favorite in that series.

[@Yumatas]

This is a very old game, video ….was my first online game back in 2000...I remember being excited to purchase a KB card as an upgrade..forget the speed now but it was in KBs!! Biggest thing I miss from those days is playing with my buddies who many now have kids and all and competing in MWL. My skill set was in light mechs using speed and electronic warfare to scout and harass larger mechs. ….miss doing the circle of death dance dearly.

[@buzzkill4623]

I still listen to mw2 soundtrack..so good

[@oneweyout8843]

Every time I watch that Mechwarrior 4 intro, it gets me every time. Such a great game.

[@ArtietheArchon]

first time I noticed they used a sound effect from Carpenter's The Thing for that Ghost Bear Mech in "antarctica"

[@seb2750]

Played Mechwarrior, MW2 Refusal War on both Wolf n Falcon sides, MW2 Ghost Bears, MW2 Mercs. Good old days as a kid. Wish I can get a Kodiak on MWO.

[@blaggzear3152]

Nice. It's about 2 decades now, when we played the first epic Installments. Imagine one day there is someone, who can bring out a MWO Modification for a Remake of the classic games with the Crysis/U4 Engine. That would be sooo awesome!

[@VicViperXxXxX]

+Blagg Zear Umm..... you mean Mechwarrior Living legends, its a remake on the Crysis engin

[@s2kshadow]

+xDog .SoldieRx Your wish is granted

[@iandrsaurri625]

You can pilot a Kodiak now.

[@okeoi]

13:40 - This was my intro into the series and ever since I have been a huge fan of Battletech/Mechwarrior. MW3 had a great intro. Really sold the vibe. Kind of ironic though that a Vulture (or mad dog) says's 'die clanner' while piloting an exclusively clan mech.

[@Nikdohc]

My first PC was built to play MW2 and Decent. Good times!

[@decimated550]

of all MW cinematics, the Mechwarrior 3 (14:40 ) is my favorite. it's funny when the infantry guys are killed by the huge monsters. specially the guy stomped on (with wilhelm scream)

[@MegaZeta]

I'm partial to the MW2: Mercenaries one, but the only one that demonstrates good in-game tactics is Ghost Bear's Legacy.

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@MegaZeta MechCommander was good (if you ignore the dramatically long pauses where the Raven should have been destroyed, but that's standard in film). Rear torso armor is extremely thin so some LRMs and an SRM2 could feasibly kill a Timber Wolf that quickly.

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

@@CrizzyEyes Also likely the Centurion probably landed at least one AC/10 hit back there too. Plus that was a Commando, so some of those were SRMs. A lot of SRMs. Commandos do punch well above their weight if they can get a flank.

[@averageo2343]

Friggin loved the FedCom Civil War storyline. It was really simple and easy to understand.

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

And by GOD did it make you hate Katherine.

[@andreewert6576]

Funny after all these years to read that "in game footage" on the MWV trailer.

[@antitroller101]

Its been so long but 5 has arrived and it is just lovely :3

[@gamecrow8354]

I started at Mechwarrior 2, then went on to 3, 4, 4mercs, MWO, and tabletop. I keep a map of the Inner Sphere next to my screen and sometimes jump in on the occasional Mechwarrior text RPG on forums. I guess you could say I love the series. Should a new solo game come out, I am going to be all over it. I would love a new clanner game. Didn't recognize the additional MW3 trailer before the actual one. And the fan trailer was awesome!

[@kat-po8vx]

7 years later, you finally got your wish :)

[@afrykanerPL]

MechWarrior 3 rule for EVER !!

[@dukenukem4447]

That Kodiak D.F.A still gives me chills, poor pilot.

[@sww06]

Mechwarrior 2 Mercs, Mechwarrior 3, Mechcommander 2, and MW4 Black Knight were some fine games.

[@bradhedgehog12]

I play all of them. Along with Vengeance MW4 Mercenaries And MW5 Mercenaries. Can’t wait to Play MW5 Clans.

[@PutYourQuarterUpGaming]

Thx for putting these together, good trip down memory lane

[@SicMetalMaggot4life]

I love how everyone's busy talking about stuff like MWO and MW3, yet hardly anyone has mentioned MW1, or the fact that it was the SNES version that was shown. A lot of people don't know this, but MW1 and MW2 actually were ported to consoles, though MW1's SNES port was so far removed from the PC version that it's practically a separate game. MW1 for SNES is a damn good game, if a bit simple.

[@Lil_vara]

VomitousLeviathan before my time haha

[@thecreator625]

Haha, MW2 is almost as old as me. That being said, it's the first in the series I ever played because my brother had a PSX (and of course that game as well).

[@dalehardee3041]

Battletech has some of the most under-appreciated lore in all of gaming.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

25:00 have to love classic plot weapons...supposed to be heavy enough to punch through super heavy armor...cant destroy some cracked concrete when it blocks the line of fire XD..just like evryone knows a rickety wooden fence is exellent to hide behind safe from AK bullets ^^

[@StingrayProductionsZone]

Yes, I love these! :)

[@cpov1]

Like how these little cutscenes manage to illustrate the fear of death more than any other wartime fps.

[@joemal3179]

I hope for the day of mechcommander 3. The cinematics made this game so immersive. As well as pilots. God I miss it

[@rossato2109]

I played so much the demo of Mechwarrior 2 in my PC back in 1994. It was so heavy for my computer that it used to lock everytime I finished the only mission avaliable at it. I bought the game down the line, loved it so much. Mercenaries was also incredible, I remember that when I played it in 1999 a mission that blew my mind was one I could refuse to fullfill a contract mid mission. Had never seen such interaction with a game mission before. In it the guys we were attacking asked us to back away and they would double the money our original contractors were paying. I did that and it did actually work for real, the guys with me got pissed and the original targets helped me out. Was insane back then. In Mechwarrior 3, the moment where the madcat stares at the Atlas still give me chills, amazing.

[@mclpoison7882]

Spent almost 5k on building the fastest possible PC with a 17” MAG monitor for Mech2. A month later they came out with the dx4. I never regretted what I spent on PC’s to play these games, just the fact they quit making them for so long.

[@HDFoxra]

Mechwarrior 2 baby! One of the first 'fps' games I had ever played :D

[@WarBahamutX]

it would be cool to have a battletech show done like game of thrones and start in the year 3025 or 3030 and build up to the clan invasion like they did the white walkers in game of thrones.

[@badbeardbill9956]

I think it would be cool to start a year or so before the invasion and have the first season feature the crew of the Outbound Light along with others like Victor, Phelan Kell, and so on. Then the season finale can end with the arrival of the Outbound Light over Huntress. Season 2 can then feature the Clans planning for the invasion along with Inner Sphere storylines (maybe even have flashbacks to events from the 3020s like the battle of Misery) and then end season 2 with the Clans showing up in the Periphery. Season 3 then has the invasion proper and ends with the death of the IlKhan, then the next season is all about the period between invasion waves. Followed up by the renewed invasion. Feature the Battle of Luthien and then the Battle of Tukkayid in the final season. I don’t know, you could do a lot.

[@WarBahamutX]

@@badbeardbill9956man their is so many ways to go about this. i like your idea too because its a good way to do season finale's especially for new people who are new to the battletech universe lore. but who knows someone might pick up battletech as an idea for a new show and maybe call the show THE INNER SPHERE or just INNER SPHERE.

[@raskolnikovsghost2701]

@@badbeardbill9956 Tukkayid would be like an entire season of Comstar just shitting on clanners.

[@FroggyMosh]

And after that a spin-off / prequel; starting with the Amaris coup, and Alexander Kerensky kicking ass and Saying 'No' to the great houses before taking the SLDF fleet onto his exodus into unknown space to keep the warships out of the Houses hands and ultimately start a new civilization. The failings of mankind that follows them and how this great leader just gets worn down by the human failings around him. With his son taking up the mantle to form what ultimately will be the clans. Maybe do a bit side-by-side highlighting the clans reflecting the motions of the Inner Sphere under a misguided leader (who thought a caste system was a good idea) This incidentally allows us some much needed bagpipe and whiskey fueled mad badassery that is the goddamned Blackwatch*. This can be OUR _The Hobbit,_ but actually good. _*The mad lads for whom nukes are a mere inconvenience_ [Edit to add:] We can do some light-hearted shorts / cutaways following the misadventures of a Steiner Scout Squad. Could be a fun christmas special.

[@usptact]

MW2 Ghost Bear Legacy, anyone? Played this game for countless hours as a kid.

[@tnh723]

I've been through them all, even the VGL pods in Pasadena, except the awesome LL pc game. thank you for the memories :-)

[@kahlzun]

Goddamn i still love the MW2 intro

[@Zobbtuna]

Even as a full grown adult MW2 intro I still hear please don't cry at the end lol

[@dussan2]

I owned every single one of these games at launch. Mechwarrior was my first game Super VGA graphics!

[@horusksa1983]

I still remember mechwarrior 4 last mission exchange between the protagonist and the antagonist: “Tell me whatever you want I will give you” “How about you give me my family back” That was deep

[@harlengineering6589]

Commenting just because MW3 intro was the one that got me into this series way back

[@Cyrus_Enaka]

My wife said: "... I think..." And I recalled an old line from MechCommander - my first mech/space themed game: "Dont think MechWarrior.. Find Out"

[@bilgekutlucthulhu]

it would be the best thing ever, if they could do the Vulture looking and animating like exactly in the trailer of MW4 :) .. soo sexy !

[@Westball]

The heavy turret in the bottom looks awesome

[@skymonkey30]

I think MW3 was the best. I also preferred the Graphics in MW3 even over MW4. While MW4 may have had better detail with weapons but the areas in 4 were way Too colorful for my taste. I think MW3 had it just right which imho the Graphics were the most realistic.

[@DwarfyDoodad]

Still get a chill at the Ghost Bear's Legacy intro. I love the Kodiak in TT, and that intro is just....mmpf.

[@Kingwolf_555]

29:30 It's a Marauder...NO, a Catapult. Wait, I think it's a Marau-*BOOM*

[@pendraco2000]

nice nod to Phelan's targeting comp schitzing out from the books.

[@srbrant5391]

I love the “narm charm” that the live action clips have. Reminds me of _Space Mutiny._

[@vilewisher8786]

MW3 and MW4 had some pretty sick intros.

[@pastorjerrykliner3162]

Well, there's something you don't see every day... UrbanMechs on a rampage @ 10:25!

[@thanosztitan]

Great Compilation! Nostalgic, Some Mech Blasting goodness!

[@GarageBay9]

Where did you get that MW3 cinematic? That's not the one that shipped with the game. It's not even the early cut from the beta... I've never seen it before.

[@blaggzear3152]

+GarageBay9 It was a Demo pre-release, which then got changed to the version we got in the final release version on cd

[@fl4shblade]

And thank Kerensky for that. The way those two fireflies jumped of the building fired their missiles at the summoner and kept flying like planes was utter retardation. A jumpjet does not a VTOL craft make.

[@jdm8702]

Game files had them too. Just like taking MW mercenaries and putting in a couple player let you listen to the music.

[@Wraith-Knight]

THIS WAS WHEN COMPUTER GAMES WERE AT THERE BEST LOVE THESE INTROS

[@Wraith-Knight]

look at these intros compared to now :(

[@darkjackl999]

One thing i never noticed before, the madcat in mw3 tries to shield its torso with the left arm when it sees it's pincered

[@Colonel_Klink]

Trying to remember which game had a cinematic fighting in a city that ended coming face to face with an Atlas and the mech getting destroyed or something like that. Been years and years since I last played a Mechwarrior game.

[@sengyew83]

This comment comes late, but in case you never found out, you most probably remembered the trailer for the cancelled version of MechWarrior 5 by Smith & Tinker. It is also shown in this video at 23:40.

[@DoCKathos]

That Mechwarrior 2 cinematic is still the best of the bunch, as much as I enjoy the live action scenes from games of the time (notably C&C) they felt just a little too hammy. The very first cinematic we got from Piranha that was initially suppose to be MW5 was also really good, man was I ever stoked for a new Mechwarrior game but ultimately disappointed that it turned into MWO. MW5 Mercs is fine but sandbox games just don't hit the same as story driven games do, here's to hoping MW5 Clans delivers.

[@DigitalFulcrum]

The Mechwarrior openings are so badass

[@crxtodd16]

The MW2 intros were so dang cool and exciting. I miss that!

[@acs197]

I need to replay so many of these. Especially MW2: Mercenaries!

[@themechbuilder6171]

23:41 my favorite and the cancelled one..

[@Glarrgify]

Living Legends...Lives!

[@JosephJamesScott]

I played the original MechWarrior and now I'm playing MWO. I've noticed some differences.

[@jamesc.2054]

Ten games/expansions, and not a SINGLE ONE OF THEM COULD GET THE NEUROHELMETS RIGHT.

[@sgtroc4699]

Sweet! I remember playing the old MW games. Good Job!

[@HighVelocitySteel]

ohhhh i hear the mech warrior 4 since i was able to remember it due to playing it non stop as a kid i liked the others but my comps were not able to play them and i did not know how to set up the compatibility mode for 7 so i just played 4 that intro get me excited.

[@HighVelocitySteel]

also would love a non mechassault game that has fucking power armor :D i wanna hack some other players in the game and hijack a mech XD HAHAAHAH

[@HighVelocitySteel]

25:26 evernotice how he tries to sound like specter one of the most iconic pilots in the game side franchise.

[@blaggzear3152]

If you liked the MW2 Cinematic and always wanna know how that looks like in MWO -> check this up: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp2pi3xmdtF_f6M

[@silverhawk7324]

Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries was my favorite intro.

[@katyyulig]

Great nostalgic collection thanks for posting it. It bothers me that people that made these cinematics love to make the mechs explode on "death". The probabilities of that happening are super low.

[@bottomtext5872]

David Garcia In MW4 they just collapse and blue light streaks out indicating you took out the core.

[@Xalerdane]

Blame Michael Stackpole.

[@alainarchambault2331]

All these years I've been looking at her and I'm like I KNOW that face. It's like 20 years and finally, finally, Annette Benning. Okay... now I can die...

[@travburg1]

Love the English Horn at the end of the Vengeance intro.

[@harryhoudini714]

4:42 "look at the bright side kid, you get to keep all the money" It doesnt get more Mercenary then this!

[@jamesbryant8133]

Dear god mw2. The nostalgia

[@Super6-Four]

Mech warrior 3 intro hands down the most epic

[@jasongarfitt1147]

That sensor glitch at 29:25 was beautiful

[@deleter1823]

I swear man remaster these cutscenes just to make it into a movie even though old graphics it’s soo terrifying and dam !!!

[@timwallace2303]

who has the mechwarrior 3 intro diolauge memeroised?

[@stevenraycopley8885]

We all do