Comments on: MechWarrior Online Review

By: Lance

Lance — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 19:58:00 +0000

Two things:

1. You can’t actually tweak or do anything to Trial Mechs other than pilot them.

2. The premium mechs can not be bought with C-bills. No matter how hard you grind. They are not inherently better than the other mechs though. They just have a few different hardpoints.

Other than those things a pretty decent review.

The majority of the commenters and forumites have a bug up their caboose because “They want what they want and they want it now!!!!!!!” I would also throw in a video of a crying child, but what good would that do really? They know they whine and throw tantrums.

The game is still a work in progress. I wish it was further along, but it is still coming along nicely.

As Gorfin said, “It’s free. Try it. You’ll be glad you did.” I would recommend joining a group to learn how though. There are some great Davion Units. So check them out!

By: AGNJoe

AGNJoe — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 21:02:00 +0000

The game is lucky enough to have gotten a 6 from this reviewer. At best the game is a 5 at that. Many missing features in this game, and as of Sept. 26th, the developers have said that it will take approximately 6 months for the full version of Community Warfare to come out.
At this point, if this game can survive a year….I would be amazed.

By: wreck

wreck — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 04:40:00 +0000

Developers are charlatans. Promised a massive game while gathering 5 million from hardcore mechwarrior fans.
Left us with a barebones non-lobby shooter, claiming community warfare and other desperately needed features are “around the corner” every few months.

By: David

David — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 03:09:00 +0000

In reply to Gorfin. I've played MechWarrior since 1997. I know about game balance and this game doesn't have it. The short range game is not there. They have to introduce a kludge like ghost heat just to make it work.

By: Gorfin

Gorfin — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 00:30:00 +0000

A portion of the community loves to troll PGI. Very rude and condescending. They also don’t spend money on the game, and “refuse” to unless PGI gives them every feature right now. Weapons balance is enjoyed by many of us, and as the reviewer states core gameplay is very fun and solid.

Mechwarrior is about becoming an elite battlemech pilot, not just picking up another gun in another shooter and blasting away.

It’s free. Try it. You’ll be glad you did.

By: David

David — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 23:03:00 +0000

The management at PGI likes to basically troll the community – very rude and condescending. Until they actually bring some of the “pillars” of the game to fruition I will not support it with $$$. The weapons are not balanced, they continue to use a sledge hammer to tweak, and hit boxes on several mechs are bugged for months on end.

By: cj

cj — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 21:52:00 +0000

Keep in mind that several weapon values and pilot perk multipliers have been wrong or functionally absent from the training ground since its implementation, so it is not as useful as it could be for testing new configurations.