MechWarrior 5: Clans – The First Preview

We got a first look at MechWarrior 5: Clans, the upcoming narrative-driven MechWarrior 5 campaign that follows Smoke Jaguar clan and can be played in single-player or up to five-player co-op. Previewed by Ryan McCaffrey

[Boss_Fight_Index_muki]

MechWarrior2 is one of the most pivotal games ever made. Even the market for these types of games has essentially disappeared, i'm so glad there's still a niche band of players of these games. Armored Core 6 sales can attest.

[screenmonkey]

Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries does have a story driven campaign, it's that because you are a merc, you have to take contracts to fund your personal vendetta.

[ryancarr]

Been a fan since my Dad bought the Mechwarrior 2 and an MS Sidewinder Joystick, can't wait!

[CGIPadawan]

If you liked story-driven Mechwarrior, you could have also taken up HBS Games' BATTLETECH strategy game. That one had an incredible story that played out like a modern day TV series.

[jamesthomas]

playing Mechwarrior in 3rd person mode should be against the Ares conventions.

[MasterChiefSpartan]

Been playing mechwarrior games since MW3. Really hope that the game comes out in a very polished state. Fingers crossed. Demo gameplay looks really promising.

[Sparticuse]

Been playing mechwarrior since before 3d accelleration was a thing. I'm so stoked for this

[gerrardtin]

Is it possible to be nostalgic for the 31st Century?!

[Helezhelm]

Need to include Clanspeak like Quiaff, Aff, Neg, etc to make it bit more authentic.

[jaredmccain]

Nice to see the command system for teamates has been improved that was my biggest problem with mw5. Being able to go into rts mode is awesome.

[skynichols]

The teammate control scheme is giving me major Star Wars Republic command vibes but improved with the top down directions too! Very cool

[Snakex]

So pumped for this game, this preview gave my brain one sentence:

SATELLITE LINK... ESTABLISHED

[hubbellr]

"Reactor Online. Sensors Online. Weapons Online. All systems nominal." Hell yea! Let's Go!

[herrlogan]

Ok, let´s see about single player story and gameplay mechanics. It looks as updated Mercenaries so far. Let´s hope for the best. But please don´t let Ryan touch the review (cough, cough.... Alien: Isolation)

[DemonAnimeGuy]

Definitely excited for this! Looks solid!

[Derethevil]

Now if they nail the Mechbay as well, this game is gonna be an instant classic for me.

[empoweredshemphoward]

Been with mechwarrior since the dinosaur days of 2. Looking forward to this.

[chasenhorizons]

Give us all that MW2: Mercs feel, with joystick/HOTAS support and I'm IN. This looks like a true return to form

[Flavalicious]

Hype drive online
Copium engaged
All systems hopeful

[ravenbom]

I'm excited and disappointed I'm going to have to go through another series of lore-accurate mods when this campaign and the patches come out.