Mechwarrior Mercenaries 5: Single player inside!

Supposed to be a big patch mid January, and mod tools coming soon.

https://mw5mercs.com/news/2020/01/21-mod-editor-release

Mod editor v1 released with more to come

Ooh I might try my hand at building Old Man’s Mod, slowing the game down by increasing armor values and relative weight of everything.

Now that is of huge interest! Any word on VR support? I’ve got an impossible choice for game purchases that has me completely paralyzed. The scales are so balanced, I’m waiting for something to sway me. Will have to be price / features.

DCS JF-17
DCS Viper
Mechwarrior 5

Eventually all of them, but start out with the Jeff… gently

Some graphics improvements for Nvidia from DLSS 2.0 along with the bug fixes and mod editor improvements in the latest patch.

https://mw5mercs.com/news/2020/03/34-mw5-patch

Game is $50 on the Epic store. Worth it?

As much as it pains me to say it, no. Unless the game gets improved to increase longevity, it’s probably better as a sale buy. Right now, you’ll likely get 10-15 hours of enjoyment then it will get old (which may be all you want anyway). The saddest part is that it isn’t due to the core gameplay but the mission design and the lack of options for skirmish matches.

I agree. Its opening up to mods, so it might have some legs on it.

On sale for $40 via EpicGames.com.

I’ve gotten at least 40 hours out of the game. I do really love stompy shooty robot goodness and the combat delivers it in spades. I’ve barely paid attention to the story. A bare frame of a campaign to hang combat off of is fine with me.

It is repetitive, so you really have to enjoy the combat.

Did they ever improve the ai?

Yes they did, making them not wade through the village you’re protecting as much.

I meant the enemies. Did they make them less dumb, and actually fight with some sense of tactics?

What are the developers plans for the game? Are they going to keep working on it and adding DLC?

Good question, I have no idea.

They should be. And VR. This game begs for it. And better controller configuration.

But this might not be. They added in mod support in the latest couple patches, and support for 20 series geforce cards and that’s it. Not a good sign imo.

What a shame that would be to quit now.

https://mw5mercs.com/news/2020/04/38-mw5-mercs-dlc-update

Luckily I was wrong, and the game is still being supported.

Well that’s good to see. Maybe I’ll finally get the thing.

Awesome! Does it have a Steam release date yet?