MechWarrior Online

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  1. DangerousDD
    Oct 31, 2022
    0
    The physics and actual gameplay of the game r good due to a quality 3rd party game engine (cryengine i believe). However the nuts and bolts that have been done by the company PGI miss the mark entirely, Firstly instead of random grouping when joining, the game rigs the grouping based on previous individuals game results. This however is deeply flawed resulting in ridiculously one sidedThe physics and actual gameplay of the game r good due to a quality 3rd party game engine (cryengine i believe). However the nuts and bolts that have been done by the company PGI miss the mark entirely, Firstly instead of random grouping when joining, the game rigs the grouping based on previous individuals game results. This however is deeply flawed resulting in ridiculously one sided games very frequently. In regular game play it's 12 men per side, 24 total and far too many games end in 12-0 or similar results. This takes away from the enjoyment and penalizes the veteren players as they are often paired with much lesser accomplished players and end up getting wiped out in a regular pug. Conversely you can join with groups of up to 4 players further rigging the outcomes.
    If a veteren player takes in a new mech robot that hasn't been fully leveled up and or lesser than the robot they had previously had good results with, the game does not take this into account. Making it much more difficult to level the mech up. This has been mentioned constantly since the game was released and they still heven't gotten it right. They would have much better success with random groups. Period. Or at least have a separate option to play entirely random games(no group drops no psr) .
    Next is the Mechlab UI. The place where you do all your robot configurations among other things. It's ridiculously counter intuitive and unnecessarily tedious. For example from the main menu it takes at least 9 to 10 mouse clicks on various tabs and buttons to assign one skill point to a new unleveled mech. Once you click save, it automatically and ridiculously kicks you back to the main menu instead of leaving you in the tab you are in, forcing you to go through the whole routine again if you fogotten something or wanted to continue to evaluate the robot you were working on. Horribly conceived.
    Next is the text chat. Again ridiculously clunky and cryptic. Amateur hour here. You have to press different buttons to talk with either just your team or all players in game. This would be fine except it doesn't work this way if you are dead and want to continue to chat. Then it defaults to all chat. This would probably be acceptable except if you die while texting or are texting in transition between game lobby and game starting your message is cut off resulting in unintelligable portions of messages being sent. Horrible! This hasn't been addressed since day one, near 10years.
    Another thing is the banning of certain names. For some reason this company doesn't like the word "NOOB". If you've been found to have this word in any portion of your player name, for example Noobboy or Canadiannooby etc the company unilaterally bans your name and turns it into its generic "mechwarriorxxxxxx". I can't remember when I've ever seen something more anal or ridiculous with a company.
    The game population has dwindled to a shadow of what it once was due to all of the reasons stated above as well as others. They were and are too slow to respond to the majority of paying customers and the exodus was the result. When people became impatient and discontent the company blamed those individuals for the migration instead of immediatley understanding that people were trying to help. They ended up alienating and making their base estranged. Only themselves to blame.
    With the state of this game now I can only conclude that the people responsible for this company have coddled to a very narrow quirky few that are ridiculously rigid and live in a bubble.
    I would give the game a 7 for gameplay but I give it a 0 due to all the things that detract from it and how quickly they make the game get old. Lastly the game is what 10 years old now...and it still has bugs with players getting randomly disconnected. They try to relog quickly to find that while they were rebooting the game they've been killed. They receive a time penalty because they left the game prematurely and they receive no rewards. There's no excuse for this epic a failure to resolve issues that have been there forever. At least none they've given that rings true.    … Expand
  2. Flysmacker
    Apr 9, 2021
    10
    Great game! I really enjoy shooting other people mechs. The gameplay is great, Making and building our mech is fantastic! you can change a lot of aspects of your mech! like armor, engine, ammo, heat and jump jets and more.

    Grahpics are good. like the mech and their cockpit is good. You got an startup animation which i enjoy watching everytime i go and play. It feels like the negative    Great game! I really enjoy shooting other people mechs. The gameplay is great, Making and building our mech is fantastic! you can change a lot of aspects of your mech! like armor, engine, ammo, heat and jump jets and more.

    Grahpics are good. like the mech and their cockpit is good. You got an startup animation which i enjoy watching everytime i go and play.

    It feels like the negative reviews are botted. But keep in mind that most of them are old. like from the 2012 to 2018 era and the game is not pay to win. just find a mech that suites you and your good to go.
    for you who is i having freezing issues it is probably because your pc is not good at runing this game.

    whoever who is being negative in 2021 is wrong.    … Expand
  3. Stasgamming
    Nov 17, 2019
    7
    I have to say for a free to play game this one does the job. But be warned this game does have a huge learning curve.
  4. gobbi
    Mar 25, 2019
    9
    Non capisco questi voti negativi, il gioco è fatto bene, ci sono sempre mech free che ruotano e ti permettono di divertitrti e poi puoi farti il tuo mech con 10-12 ore di gioco.
  5. HowardJohnson
    Jan 14, 2019
    0
    Still terrible after all these years, no surprises here!

    Maps are a joke, always have, always will. They are either small and wide open, or large and wide open, and are generally all very flat and poorly segmented, if at all. Little to no thought was put into their design, and they allow for nearly zero movement options. There is no flow to a match because of this, and many matches    Still terrible after all these years, no surprises here!

    Maps are a joke, always have, always will. They are either small and wide open, or large and wide open, and are generally all very flat and poorly segmented, if at all. Little to no thought was put into their design, and they allow for nearly zero movement options. There is no flow to a match because of this, and many matches are just simply Mexican standoffs, or head-on charges, as there is literally no way for anyone to actually move without being seen or covered between map segments, making it almost impossible to properly flank or apply any strategy mobility wise. This is probably the single biggest failing concerning MWO's gameplay, and overall design. 24 Players on these maps is simply absurd, and downright boring. They could really badly use another playlist or 2 with tweaked maps, and lower player counts, to help alleviate these issues. Only problem with that, is it would require a little more work, with some more robust servers, and PGI will never pay for more then the bare minimum to support this game.

    As far as load-outs go, there is literally only a single usable "strategy" available, and that is, "which weapons provide the best DPS", and tends to favor specific ranges, and it all depends on what the dev team deems to be the best at any given time. This is frustrating, as mobility, positioning, and flexibility, don't mean squat in the face of nowhere to run (bad, over-crowded, open maps) and superior DPS (especially using Coolshot items). Gameplay is severely limited, and features downright stupid design, for this so called "thinking person's shooter".

    There are still ways to abuse the quickplay matchmaking, and when population starts to thin out later in the day (or it's just plain dead ), you will suddenly find yourself getting damn near 2 shot, by weak, short ranged weapons, from well beyond their effective ranges. I wonder what that could ever possibly be now. Not cheating, no, never! MWO is just TOO PERFECT for that!

    PGI is downright awful about banning known cheaters and grifers, as in, they never do it, despite having a report system. Most griefers can be seen still playing years later, even after tons of reports, from just about everybody they play with.

    Not to mention, for a game that is strictly a competitive one, the servers are literally the absolute worse I have ever seen in a game. Period. My ping in most games that are well looked after and properly maintained, is around an average of 40 ms, over a pure wireless network, with a generic AC wifi card. Wired, and it's generally 20-40 all day. On MWO, however, the highest I have seen for myself, is between 80-90 ms, but wait! It can, and it does (quite frequently), go as high as 250+ ms, regardless of region. I am definitely no expert, but it is BEYOND clear to me, that something is very, very, VERY wrong, with the netcode and server solutions, that are used by PGI. To say the very, damn, least.

    I remember much less lag and connection issues in games such as Tribes and Unreal. That were over dial-up connections. It's a total joke, and completely pathetic.

    They still lock new releases behind pay-walls, then nerf them.

    They still charge way too much, for far too little.

    They still refuse to fix any of the games actual core issues, or legitimately better (THROW OUT) their absolutely obnoxious f2p (pay2not-grind) model.

    Mechwarrior Online is still just a shameless, money grabbing F2P.

    Nothing has really changed with this game, and it never will.

    The core community is as hilarious, as it is outright horrendous. A decent chunk of the players are completely, 100% clueless old timers, who are WAY behind the times, totally out-of touch, and think this is all A-OK, and every-other game is just as horrible and poorly performing. The other half are people who are knowledgeable of these issues, and take full advantage of them, with PGI's blessing, of course. PGI has a nasty habit of giving preferential treatment to those faithful fans who buy mech packs, spend money every now-and-again, and are sure to rub elbows with admins in the forums, or even customer service staff (maybe tell your idiot players to NOT name drop your staff, especially as threats? Right, Patience?). Those faithful are pretty much allowed free-reign over the game, doing as they wish with utter impunity.

    Long-as-hell story short, MWO is a complete and utter cesspool of an experience. It has the bones of something that could have always been great, but was squandered by incredibly short-sighted greed, pandering to an outspoken, idiotic, toxic minority, and general gross incompetence.

    And there are people still paying into this. That genuinely blows my mind.    … Expand
  6. LeChuck76
    Nov 15, 2018
    10
    Pro's

    - many Gameplay modes - Single random matches - Group random matches - Faction random drops (Clan fighting mode) - Faction closed drops up to 12 Players each side, different Game modes - Good Graphic, i should give 8/10 - excellent sounds and computer voice 10/10 - mods for sound/music - mostly good teamplay, with role based combat - good damage model - many events with    Pro's

    - many Gameplay modes
    - Single random matches
    - Group random matches
    - Faction random drops (Clan fighting mode)
    - Faction closed drops up to 12 Players each side, different Game modes
    - Good Graphic, i should give 8/10
    - excellent sounds and computer voice 10/10
    - mods for sound/music
    - mostly good teamplay, with role based combat
    - good damage model
    - many events with prices
    - good balance
    -heat management
    -many weapons
    -free mech configuration
    - free to play
    - no pay to win

    Contra:
    - Playerbase is small. about 700-2500 players at the same time online. But its enough.
    - some events are senseless pewpew events. but you can win some stuff. In this time, players are fighting with mech's and weapons only for the event goals.
    - hard to learn
    - many functions and configs

    MWO is one of the best games i ever player. But its also one of the hardest game to master.
    You cant go inside and shot around like in War Thunder, World of Tanks etc. You need some time to, master the game.    … Expand
  7. ComandanteCobra
    Nov 15, 2018
    8
    I like it because It has characteristic that too often are missing from others free multiplayer products:
    1) Fast matches ..about ten minutes.
    2) Casual matches are possible and fun 3) Entertaining even in solo queue. 4) Polite community! 4 bis) Polite community!! (it is worth to mention it two times) 5) Can be played totally free: grinding is present but is reduced by frequent sales    I like it because It has characteristic that too often are missing from others free multiplayer products:
    1) Fast matches ..about ten minutes.
    2) Casual matches are possible and fun
    3) Entertaining even in solo queue.
    4) Polite community!
    4 bis) Polite community!! (it is worth to mention it two times)
    5) Can be played totally free: grinding is present but is reduced by frequent sales and events usable with in game currency
    6) If you want to spend some money It has also lots of sales, free gift and events for real money.
    7) Good graphics for a simulator
    8) Lots of references from Battletech ....for old school people like me .
    9) It needs brain and fast reflex both.
    10) Reading guides, tutorials, and so on on this game it's not mandatory to have fun (and be good at) ...just pratice and maybe some previous experiences with old Mechwarrior games (4 example mechwarrior 2 or 3 or 4)
    11) Playable with old pc
    12) Registration is fast and hassle free trough steam ...also it does not install sneaky unwanted software.
    For me it is a eigth in it's category (free multiplayer sci-fi simulation game) but I didn't play it competitively so I can't rate that aspect of the game.
    Part of the fun comes with seeing and playing Iconic mechs....If you does not care about Battletech franchise lower my score a little    … Expand
  8. Hackerbee
    Feb 28, 2018
    2
    Pros.
    1. Its Mechwarrior
    2. Graphics are rather good. 3. The community is surprisingly non toxic these days, it used to be pretty bad, and some top clans are still pure cancer. Cons. 1. very poorly thought out, skill and Mech progression system, encouraging you into spend real money. 2. incredibly bad interface, Overly complex Mech customization interface (MW4:V/BK/M was better)    Pros.
    1. Its Mechwarrior
    2. Graphics are rather good.
    3. The community is surprisingly non toxic these days, it used to be pretty bad, and some top clans are still pure cancer.

    Cons.
    1. very poorly thought out, skill and Mech progression system, encouraging you into spend real money.
    2. incredibly bad interface, Overly complex Mech customization interface (MW4:V/BK/M was better)
    2. Non cosmetic premium items, and golden/premium Mechs, was a blatant milking of the mechwarrior fanbase.
    3. Gameplay is fairly basic and poorly balanced due to addition of the newest premium Mech, and nurffing/rendering useless of previous premium Mechs rendering them Obsolete.
    4. High level Clan wars manipulation with mass accounts, and poor administration of Clan wars activities, by the Developers mean that people who spam alt account clans, to set their clans up for victory dominate the game mode.
    5. Maps are pitifully small and phone booth like considering that you are in a towering war machine.
    6. Underhanded collusion and corporate pressure to get another Mechwarrior project shut down (Legends). you will have to google it, it took a long time for details of what happened to come out (it has been revived recently)
    7. Sound effects are really bad and repetitive, you get really sick and tired of the audio in this game the music is also garbage.
    8. No real exploration of the mechwarrior lore.
    9. Game has always been extraordinarily buggy, It is better now than it has ever been bug wise but wow man where there some major **** ups on the part of the developer.    … Expand
  9. joti123
    May 21, 2017
    0
    The first look into this game is amazing if you like the francise.
    But if you try to point bad things out in the forums, then you get banned pretty fast.
    Unless you are a fanboy stay away from this game and use your time for something else.
  10. SpoiledGamer
    Jan 14, 2017
    4
    It's pay to win.

    Don't let them fool you. All the latest and newest mechs are always more OP than the previous mechs. The people who get access to the new mechs are the people who pay real money for it. If you pre-order a mech with real money you get access to it months before regular players do. With new mechs being released all the time the latest mechs you buy will always be more    It's pay to win.

    Don't let them fool you. All the latest and newest mechs are always more OP than the previous mechs. The people who get access to the new mechs are the people who pay real money for it. If you pre-order a mech with real money you get access to it months before regular players do. With new mechs being released all the time the latest mechs you buy will always be more OP.

    If you do play DONT WASTE REAL MONEY ON IT    … Expand
  11. drunkblackstar
    Jan 5, 2017
    10
    Well, boys and girls, I spent several years of my life on this game.

    In short: worse than heroin. Little longer: great mech design, great nostalgia, great universe, not so much money needed (on the other hand - its a pure money grinding machine), slow tactical gameplay, AWFUL matchmaking, small playerbase, frustrating mathes, no alternatives, intriguing mechlab (like building kit for    Well, boys and girls, I spent several years of my life on this game.

    In short: worse than heroin.

    Little longer: great mech design, great nostalgia, great universe, not so much money needed (on the other hand - its a pure money grinding machine), slow tactical gameplay, AWFUL matchmaking, small playerbase, frustrating mathes, no alternatives, intriguing mechlab (like building kit for adults).

    Much joy and much suffering, like masochistic love.

    1010    … Expand
  12. DillionHarper
    Jul 25, 2016
    0
    Its pretty bad. There are 4 or 5 mechs that you must pilot to have a chance. There are quite a few mechs actually avaliable, but if you aren't piloting one of these "meta" mechs then you dont stand a chance.
  13. GatorGar14
    Jul 11, 2016
    4
    I was a founder for this game, and it has let me down from start to finish for the following reasons:

    1. Devs don't listen to the community, or if they do, it takes them 3-5 months to release a simple patch for something that is horribly broken. To further my point, this game was in open beta for 3 YEARS. They developer SLOW AS HECK! I mean, this is some DayZ-rate development! I'll    I was a founder for this game, and it has let me down from start to finish for the following reasons:

    1. Devs don't listen to the community, or if they do, it takes them 3-5 months to release a simple patch for something that is horribly broken. To further my point, this game was in open beta for 3 YEARS. They developer SLOW AS HECK! I mean, this is some DayZ-rate development! I'll probably be dead before that game is done!

    2. You pay 20$ for a nice mech, and 3 months later a new mech comes out that is designed specifically to kill your mech, and it costs another $20

    3. The maps are absolutely terrible, and not balanced at all.

    4. Heavy-handed attempts at fixing balance serve no other purpose than to break intricate mech builds and render all your hours of effort obsolete every couple of months.

    5. The majority of people playing this game nowadays are apparently not bothered by 1-4 and play all the time. The game has a VERY steep learning curve because of all the time and $ that goes into building proper mechs, and because of this new players are scared off by how expensive and hard it is.

    6. I personally felt insulted by several interactions and comments PGI has made on forums/twitter    … Expand
  14. Strikearrow
    Jul 7, 2016
    0
    I haven't played the game in a year because of how bad it was in 2015 - terrible user interface and awful grind. I decided to download the massive update (took nearly 3hours for the updates) and try it out. It's no better now than it was a year ago - worse actually because they stopped giving away free items (the game is basically pay to win). The game modes are the same and still patheticI haven't played the game in a year because of how bad it was in 2015 - terrible user interface and awful grind. I decided to download the massive update (took nearly 3hours for the updates) and try it out. It's no better now than it was a year ago - worse actually because they stopped giving away free items (the game is basically pay to win). The game modes are the same and still pathetic - just like the game.

    If you've played previous Mech Warrior games, then you will not much like this version. I was top 100 online in MW4 so I know a good game; this game is not worth your time.    … Expand
  15. klaatu
    Jun 16, 2016
    10
    It's a first Mechwarrior that I have ever played and I must say I didn't like it at the beginning as the configuration UI is not very user friendly.
    In the first gameplay I got shot dead within the first 3 minutes by playing Quake style (frag, frag, frag) and I left it on the shelve. Later a friend convinced me to give it another go but this time by playing with group of friends. I    It's a first Mechwarrior that I have ever played and I must say I didn't like it at the beginning as the configuration UI is not very user friendly.
    In the first gameplay I got shot dead within the first 3 minutes by playing Quake style (frag, frag, frag) and I left it on the shelve. Later a friend convinced me to give it another go but this time by playing with group of friends. I realized this game is not about just shooting. In fact is it about strategy, team work and then shooting.

    I think all the negatives reviewers had my experience and basically didn’t dive enough into the game and therefore don’t understand it possibly comparing it to typical Call of Duty like shooters. I can tell you this game is very challenging and is not for everyone. I’m finding it absolutely fantastic! The complexity of this game is just outstanding.

    It requires a lot of hours to learn about a lot of stuff: controlling Mech, knowing engines, equipment, guns, heat sinks etc... It makes you know precisely every single Mech and its strengths and weaknesses, which in turns helps you to be a better team player and helps you to find weak points of the enemy. It also makes you learn all the corners of all the maps and their strategic meaning. It is constant analysis of enemy/team movements and making the right choice.

    On top of that you can play this game for free! I’m incapable of not giving it 10 out of 10.    … Expand
  16. MaestroMaven
    Apr 3, 2016
    8
    Since beta this game has been a roller coaster ride. The competitive community, overall history of Mechwarrior, and what this game has the potential to be are what I base this score on. For those who are looking for the traditional BattleTech experience, as with previous Mechwarrior titles I'm not sure you will find it in this game. What the game does have is growing stability for aSince beta this game has been a roller coaster ride. The competitive community, overall history of Mechwarrior, and what this game has the potential to be are what I base this score on. For those who are looking for the traditional BattleTech experience, as with previous Mechwarrior titles I'm not sure you will find it in this game. What the game does have is growing stability for a competitive community, the weapon systems are more balanced than they have ever been, and with the somewhat recent steam release (as of when this is posted) new units are making their appearance and are ready to make their mark on the Inner Sphere.… Expand
  17. Iracundus
    Mar 29, 2016
    5
    This game rides really on the Battletech franchise, yet strangely does little to nothing to actually promote the lore or lore based gameplay. Its faction warfare is basically fighting over the same few chokepoint maps for the right to color in a dot on the map, with no logistics or consequences for fighting whatsoever. The developers seem intent on trying to make an e-sports game yetThis game rides really on the Battletech franchise, yet strangely does little to nothing to actually promote the lore or lore based gameplay. Its faction warfare is basically fighting over the same few chokepoint maps for the right to color in a dot on the map, with no logistics or consequences for fighting whatsoever. The developers seem intent on trying to make an e-sports game yet many initial fans were attracted by the prospect of fighting for a faction or cause, not just endless arena deathmatches. The balance of the game is thrown by the customizing possible, creating a meta-game of laser alpha strikes that leads to repetitive gameplay. It is possible to not play this meta but you will be at a disadvantage. The business model is a ripoff, with the price per Mech at ridiculous levels of real $, and there does not seem to be a coherent development plan beyond releasing the next Mech and maybe jiggling around some quirks, creating as many problems as it solves. The game has potential but the developers seem to be consistently picking the least inspired and easiest $ squeezing way out.… Expand
  18. Sarlic
    Mar 15, 2016
    4
    This game has been in a beta state for over 4 years.

    + Great Community. Lots of mature players with good backgrounds. Had a great time. + Base game is good. Have a try. (Although only 1/4 pillar has been done and that's Mech Warfare.) Cons - 4/4 pillars never been accomplished. Role Warfare is not present. Community Warfare is basic and shallow. Information Warfare is (literally)    This game has been in a beta state for over 4 years.

    + Great Community. Lots of mature players with good backgrounds. Had a great time.
    + Base game is good. Have a try. (Although only 1/4 pillar has been done and that's Mech Warfare.)

    Cons
    - 4/4 pillars never been accomplished. Role Warfare is not present. Community Warfare is basic and shallow. Information Warfare is (literally) not present.
    - A certain guy is still employeed after #auniversetoexplore - Part Deux screw up.
    - Dynamic geometry have destroyed the unique look of all mechs.
    - E-sports will destroy this game. CEO does not care, all he see is dollar signs. If your strategy is not right E-sport will cause like poison.
    - Founders and players supporting PGI's bad habits. They should know better by know.
    - Founders who haven't experienced better development cycles are still spending cash on this game.
    - Learning curve is like a pig with two eyes in the back. Steep learning curve. NPE is still terrible.
    - Increased trash talking and more about tiers. Called and expected it. Was a matter of time.
    - Gamedesigner on board who come up with idea's like 'Ghost heat', 'Laser lock range nerf' and all kind of silly easy canned idea's to ruin mechanics. There's no creativity, original idea's to be found. Simple, easy canned minimum effort is the way to go. PGI will always go for the easiest solution. Hence all the ongoing extreme balance attempts.
    - Maps are wasted resources. Terrible quality and MWO is short on 'good' maps. Game still run on a handfull of maps.
    - Mechwarrior Online became from a beautiful simple yet effective slow paced mech simulator in a generic speedy twitch shooter.
    - Mixed tech is seen in all matches. From IS to Clan. It does not matter if you are from the IS, the Clanners or IIC; there is no depth to be seen. No star lances and so on. Just like the gamemodes: from Assault to Conquest and Skirmish
    - Module and consumables- money sink. Same for the overpriced paints in Mechlab.
    - Most members of the Community gravitates towards one mouse button. Perhaps two with a maximum of three different fire groups. By nature people always go for the easiest option. Boating is still largely present.
    - /Mwo and Outreach. Negative squad brigade versus positive squad brigade. Feels Outreach is full of delusional -happy joy joy- people. Sorry - stating a few observations. Splitted niche Community.
    - No solid competitive scene. I mean a original, real and complete featured competitive enviroment.
    - In-experienced game studio with a terrible management.
    - Official forums is a echo-chamber.
    - One guy actively communicating trough one (capped) channel of 140 characters. The rest of the devs does not communicate at all.
    - Poor quality control. Founders are the testers.
    - PSR is like a sack of potatoes. The 'higher' tiers are flawed. Alot of people do not belong in tier one. Yet it's still a XP bar then a actual challenging tier system (I was a high comp. player around 1999-2005.)
    - (Mech)scaling still inconsistent.
    - Selling mech packs at high prices while you can get any other if not a better game with actual features for the same price. Or even two games. ($80 mechpack for 4-5 mechs with the same look, just different paints.)
    - Stubborn people who are still wasting money on this broken game. False hope is a serial killer.
    - Shallow skills and master trees.
    - Speed of development is astronomically low. Go count each month what this gamestudio has done and convert content, each 'fix' etc. to manhours and days and then you will realise it doesnt match up. For a full month of develop time it's.. well i dont bother. You figure it out. As soon i found out i didnt pay for this no longer.
    - The game does not promote teamwork at all. It's a teambased game. Yet most people are found in the solo que. No basic text shouting or a commo-rose to improve teamwork. No decent comm tools.
    - There. Is. No. Single. Depth. Basically a arena filled with stiff ragdolled mechs.
    - This game is not competitive. It's broken and does not represent comp. play.
    - Twitter followers keep supporting bad habits.
    - Terrible grinding. Has been adjusted alot of times. Stealth nerfs being applied later.
    - Townhalls: Garbage in, garbage out. (Love that line!)
    - You play for a couple of minutes - team scatters around the whole map and you die. Disconnect and try again. Make sure you don't watch the match. Rinse and repeat. Stale and repetitive gameplay.
    - You preorder plain text and a pencilled image up to 6 months ahead.

    MWO screams wasted potential all over the place and will continue to throw potential away in the near future.

    I have retired from the game not too long ago. I have end my support as a long time Founder. Since the NDA was lifted, back in 2012, i have lost over 40 friends i introduced over in this game. Which is the only game i have that lost this many. And when i scroll my friendlist most of them have been offline for years.    … Expand
  19. nik_0xffff
    Feb 18, 2016
    1
    Bad developers, unbalanced meta, boring grind and insane pricing.
    The games development hasn't made any real progress in years and every tiny feature is sold as major milestone. F.e. UI update that destroyed any usability it had before, and so on.
    Hands off, even if the start might be fun, it will be wasted money and time.
  20. xaxivewod
    Feb 13, 2016
    0
    MechWarrior Online was a good game with pretty decent graphics. However, the devs made all they could to make the game not fun at all. random game mode random maps and an endless grind unless you pay hard cash.
  21. Qldgamer
    Feb 5, 2016
    7
    The cost of cash bought Mechs is too much, but the game play itself is fairly good fun. Smaller items like colours and patterns is way too expensive as is consumables.

    With the new Phase 3 I am hopefully it will get better.
  22. JoeyHier552
    Jan 29, 2016
    10
    Play this nice ass **** game its free to play überhaupt nicht pay to win
    Play this nice ass **** game its free to play überhaupt nicht pay to win
    Play this nice ass **** game its free to play überhaupt nicht pay to win
    Play this nice ass **** game its free to play überhaupt nicht pay to win
    Play this nice ass **** game its free to play überhaupt nicht pay to win
  23. hukud
    Jan 26, 2016
    0
    p2w p2w p2w p2w p2w p2w p2w p2w p2w p2w p2w p2w
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  24. macmech
    Jan 23, 2016
    0
    This game is only alive because of its franchise. The "game" it self is just bad.
    This is the worst kind of f2p game out there.
    It should be renamend to "free 2 grind 4 ever unless you give us your money".
  25. fibinis
    Jan 22, 2016
    1
    the game is really bad. you need to buy stuff or you will be crushed from every one that bought stuff. and that stuff is not cheap at all. 40$ for ONE big robot...
    they try to trick you and give you in your first few matches more ingame currency so you thing you can play it easy for free, but after that starting cash you grind hours just to get 1 mech and after that hours again for the    the game is really bad. you need to buy stuff or you will be crushed from every one that bought stuff. and that stuff is not cheap at all. 40$ for ONE big robot...
    they try to trick you and give you in your first few matches more ingame currency so you thing you can play it easy for free, but after that starting cash you grind hours just to get 1 mech and after that hours again for the loadout.
    stay far away there are better mech games out there.    … Expand
  26. mechfreak6
    Jan 13, 2016
    0
    you are forced to play game modes and maps you dont like.
    grinding XP and ingame currence is a pain in the ass without realmoney premium time.
    stay away from this p2w bull****.
  27. nbrado
    Jan 6, 2016
    1
    backed this for 80 dollars in 2011, was not impressed by initial release and thought i'll see how it develops. tried the new version this year and sorry to say even worse than before. lame graphics boring game play, terrible community and devs. Worst kickstarter I backed ever. only value is for teamkilling going forward.
  28. rodney28021
    Dec 12, 2015
    8
    Mechwarrior Online, This game has been out since September 2013, Just released on Steam, Dec 2015.

    This is a Free to Play PVP TDM shooter game with you driving huge mecha in combat. If you are new to the game you have a steep learning curve and grind ahead with plenty of losses. Can call it Pay to Not Grind as Much. This game is ready for the Whales that love Battletech and    Mechwarrior Online, This game has been out since September 2013, Just released on Steam, Dec 2015.

    This is a Free to Play PVP TDM shooter game with you driving huge mecha in combat. If you are new to the game you have a steep learning curve and grind ahead with plenty of losses.

    Can call it Pay to Not Grind as Much. This game is ready for the Whales that love Battletech and Mechwarrior. Store sells cosmetics, Mechs, xp buffs, credit buffs.

    If you die in a TDM match, there is no respawn. Some other battle modes, i think lets you take another mech out, if you die.
    Winning the matches give you the most xp and credits. Winning a match requires teamwork, communications, good aiming while moving skills, tactics, good mech builds, using cover and speed, and luck to be on the winning side. Playing like a COD / Zerg player will not work here.

    I played during the open beta and have been logging in over the years to watch it evolve.

    Pros:
    Free to play.
    4 mech sizes.
    Great graphics, sound, gameplay.
    Mech building.
    Trial mechs.
    Faction gameplay.
    Community gameplay.
    Has Steam achievements.
    Tutorial mode.
    Good instructions.
    Joystick support.
    Mech and Pilot modules.

    Cons:
    Veteran players.
    Steep game learning curve.
    Steep grind.
    OP mech builds and OP mech weapons.
    Huge selection of mechs in store for sale.
    4 hangar slots.    … Expand
  29. nehebukau
    Dec 9, 2015
    8
    The game has been making excellent progress as of late to fixing balance and gameplay. The slow progress towards implementing CW is frustrating but the end-game, as it stands now, is fun if you are playing with a group of people. Regular death-matches are, for the most part, a bore unless you are looking for a quick hit of robot action but CW gives you a real opportunity to use tactics andThe game has been making excellent progress as of late to fixing balance and gameplay. The slow progress towards implementing CW is frustrating but the end-game, as it stands now, is fun if you are playing with a group of people. Regular death-matches are, for the most part, a bore unless you are looking for a quick hit of robot action but CW gives you a real opportunity to use tactics and strategy in a more drawn-out battle.
    Worst issue with the game is its piss-poor performance on AMD CPU/GPU systems -- prepare to only be able to run the game with decent FPS in low graphics mode.

    Be careful of the attempts to review bomb this game by many angry players who hated the previous game managers IGP and others who got named-and-shamed in a mass banning a little while ago. Check peoples review history to see if they are just bombing.    … Expand
  30. Inflicted
    Nov 23, 2015
    0
    MechWarrior Online, at the core, was a very solid game with and cool gameplay, and reasonable graphics. Playing since closed beta has seen nothing short of a string of disappointing choices. This has lead to the game being in a worse state now than it was back then. Lets go over what has been removed:
    - Choice of match mode
    - Mech collisions - A logical heat system - Game balance    MechWarrior Online, at the core, was a very solid game with and cool gameplay, and reasonable graphics. Playing since closed beta has seen nothing short of a string of disappointing choices. This has lead to the game being in a worse state now than it was back then. Lets go over what has been removed:
    - Choice of match mode
    - Mech collisions
    - A logical heat system
    - Game balance (ignoring clans IS perks are a joke)
    - A decent target locking system
    - Most disappointingly fun
    It seems like every decision is purposely made to make the system less intuitive and less fun.
    Thankfully the IP (Battletech) is also being developed by HBS who have a great track record for developing games. I would suggest checking that game out instead.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. IGN Italia
    Sep 14, 2014
    85
    Nice gameplay and deep strategy for the latest incarnation of Mechwarrior. Too bad it lacks any kind of Single Player content.
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  2. PC Gamer
    Nov 4, 2013
    83
    Slightly overpriced, but a more than worthy successor to one of PC gaming’s greatest franchises that nails the important part: combat.
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  3. Multiplayer.it
    Oct 22, 2013
    65
    MechWarrior Online does a pretty good job in balancing out the gameplay and gives you lots of BattleMechs, weapons and items to buy, but it's got only two game modes and it's definitely not that fun.
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