It runs pretty well-a first for me in the MechWarrior series-aside from one glitchy randomly-generated mission and some occasional chug on mission starts. It also brings in your friends in a co-op mode, both for campaign and one-off skirmishes, that is both stable and tactically rich. They stomp menacingly at each other across a pretty diverse set of battlefields that sits starkly opposed to the near-featureless plains of the MechWarrior past. Piranha's modern 'Mech designs are memorable updates to the dated '80s designs. The overall aesthetic fits into the contemporary look of the BattleTech universe. Not everything about the MW5 is a throwback. Mechs stomp and break and explode spectacularly, leveling buildings around them. Ubiquiti switch default ipīombastic guitar riffs thunder over every combat encounter, lasers sizzle, PPCs crackle, and Gauss Rifles make that weird pew noise. MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries honors the year MechWarrior legacy very closely: in mechanics, in controls, and even in soundtrack. What is it? Giant robot combat simulator in a storied franchise.
