Showing posts with label mechwarrior 4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mechwarrior 4. Show all posts
Friday, 12 June 2020
Tuesday, 9 June 2020
Mechwarrior Music and a whole lot of waffle....
Playing Mech 5 Mercs (here and here) got me wanting to play Battletech again so I did; Which in turn got me thinking... I've a lot of nostalgia for the Battletech franchise on PC. Mechwarrior 2, 2 GBL, 2 mercs, 3, 4(incl. Black Knight), 4 mercs and back to Battletech(2016). Thinking mainly about the music, a binding factor for nostalgia. So the real reason for this post, just wanting to share some favorite tracks....
Mech 2's soundtrack is filled with great moments. Some(most) tracks stick out for me are:
5th track "Rogue Chariot / Bronze Anvil" is a highlight.
But above all with a healthy dose of nostalgia track 9 - "Iron Piston / Wolf Trial 2"
Honorable mentions - track 11, track 13, track 14, track 15.... Yea 15 really is good... Can you tell I love the game!
Mech 2 Mercs had an epic intro and music to go with it. Intro music:
The full soundtrack(Night Wold track) is iconic(imho).
The Mech 2 expansion Ghost Bears Legacy is decent, but listening now I think nostalgia colours my view. Maybe, maybe not.
The New Dawn, re-imagined soundtrack is epic work(I'm gonna be saying epic a lot, the nostalgia is real). Mechwarrior - A New Dawn - Summoner (Track 2) is a great track:
Full New Dawn Album:
Mechwarrior 3 was a slightly different take on the franchise in my view. Due to it's changes it wasn't a more playable version(for me) because of those changes. Constant alarms, shutdowns and restarts..... It's almost like Mech 5 was modeled on it!! Anyway I remember it's mission briefings as a highlight(like those voiced by Robert Loggia in Freespace 2). As for music I don't recall any track standing out... A lot like Mech 5.
Mech 4 on the other hand in all it's forms is perhaps my most played iteration of the franchise.
With tracks like Emmity Road and Stutter Shark. It's with Mech 4 Mercs that is the pinnacle of the franchise in my view. The main menu track 'does it for me'. Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries Soundtrack - Next Move
That soundtrack has some other great ones, like these:
Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries Soundtrack - Hunter
Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries Soundtrack - Rescue
For some reason that last one has reminded today of the old Comanche Gold chopper game. That's a whole other tangent!
Last but not least the 2016 Battletech game. So much great music so little time, emotively epic.
Opening cinematic is used throughout gamepaly:
Even with the Start Menu music.
The Great Betrayal track is the iconic one for me overall let along Battletech.
Mech 2's soundtrack is filled with great moments. Some(most) tracks stick out for me are:
5th track "Rogue Chariot / Bronze Anvil" is a highlight.
And the 8th track "Arkham Bridge"
But above all with a healthy dose of nostalgia track 9 - "Iron Piston / Wolf Trial 2"
Honorable mentions - track 11, track 13, track 14, track 15.... Yea 15 really is good... Can you tell I love the game!
Mech 2 Mercs had an epic intro and music to go with it. Intro music:
The full soundtrack(Night Wold track) is iconic(imho).
The Mech 2 expansion Ghost Bears Legacy is decent, but listening now I think nostalgia colours my view. Maybe, maybe not.
The New Dawn, re-imagined soundtrack is epic work(I'm gonna be saying epic a lot, the nostalgia is real). Mechwarrior - A New Dawn - Summoner (Track 2) is a great track:
Full New Dawn Album:
Mechwarrior 3 was a slightly different take on the franchise in my view. Due to it's changes it wasn't a more playable version(for me) because of those changes. Constant alarms, shutdowns and restarts..... It's almost like Mech 5 was modeled on it!! Anyway I remember it's mission briefings as a highlight(like those voiced by Robert Loggia in Freespace 2). As for music I don't recall any track standing out... A lot like Mech 5.
Mech 4 on the other hand in all it's forms is perhaps my most played iteration of the franchise.
With tracks like Emmity Road and Stutter Shark. It's with Mech 4 Mercs that is the pinnacle of the franchise in my view. The main menu track 'does it for me'. Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries Soundtrack - Next Move
That soundtrack has some other great ones, like these:
Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries Soundtrack - Hunter
Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries Soundtrack - Rescue
For some reason that last one has reminded today of the old Comanche Gold chopper game. That's a whole other tangent!
Last but not least the 2016 Battletech game. So much great music so little time, emotively epic.
Opening cinematic is used throughout gamepaly:
Even with the Start Menu music.
The Great Betrayal track is the iconic one for me overall let along Battletech.
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Mechwarrior.... on my mind again....
I'm a big Mechwarrior/battletech fan. I've never done the actual board/tabletop games with the model/figurines etc (diplomatic phraseology). I have massively taken part in the pc games. One of the first 3Dfx games I played was the "enhanced" version of Mechwarrior 2.
On a side note it is now funny to see the old comparisons, when 3D cards were separate from 2D vga. And the war was between the likes of Voodoo cards and Matrox Mystique:
Back on topic, I enjoyed watching this playthrough/review from Unit Lost even if it is a paid/sponsored video of the new online Mechwarrior game. I may have mentioned it before but here it is again.
And I really really like it.... I just really really dont' want to play it and I don't know why. Maybe I like the single player mode of old too much.
More nostalgia. Mechwarrior 4 in all its games was by far my favourite but the commentary and mission briefings of the third game are at the very least more memorable.
On a side note it is now funny to see the old comparisons, when 3D cards were separate from 2D vga. And the war was between the likes of Voodoo cards and Matrox Mystique:
Back on topic, I enjoyed watching this playthrough/review from Unit Lost even if it is a paid/sponsored video of the new online Mechwarrior game. I may have mentioned it before but here it is again.
And I really really like it.... I just really really dont' want to play it and I don't know why. Maybe I like the single player mode of old too much.
More nostalgia. Mechwarrior 4 in all its games was by far my favourite but the commentary and mission briefings of the third game are at the very least more memorable.
Monday, 7 September 2015
Battletech return....
Looks like there will be a new Mech (battletech) game. By the sounds of it it will be more along the lines of Mechcommander. PC gamer has the info here, as well as the video interview below.
The game has it's site here.
Battletech in all it's various game types is rich and very story driven. The timeline is a thing to behold.
This makes me want to break out my Mechwarrior 4 games (all 3 of them). Being the nerd I will play them in release order. MW4: Vengeance, Black Knight and then the main event, MW4 Merc's. Not just because that was the release order but because the games improve and are so much better as they go on.
Starting with a predefined story in the first, onto a branch of that story in the expansion and then the true pinnacle Merc's lets you stomp around that universe as as true Merc company. Great great games.
Despite the first game being released in 2000 I think they still stand up today. The gameplay is great. I have had a lot of fun and love this period in the time line as well. The perfect end of Mech 4 for me after keeping my allegiance fairly balanced is with the Rogue Ending.
It's been a few years since I played them last. Not that long ago I used to have a replay of them over the Christmas holiday's. I might have to check these out again sooner.
The game has it's site here.
Battletech in all it's various game types is rich and very story driven. The timeline is a thing to behold.
This makes me want to break out my Mechwarrior 4 games (all 3 of them). Being the nerd I will play them in release order. MW4: Vengeance, Black Knight and then the main event, MW4 Merc's. Not just because that was the release order but because the games improve and are so much better as they go on.
Starting with a predefined story in the first, onto a branch of that story in the expansion and then the true pinnacle Merc's lets you stomp around that universe as as true Merc company. Great great games.
Despite the first game being released in 2000 I think they still stand up today. The gameplay is great. I have had a lot of fun and love this period in the time line as well. The perfect end of Mech 4 for me after keeping my allegiance fairly balanced is with the Rogue Ending.
It's been a few years since I played them last. Not that long ago I used to have a replay of them over the Christmas holiday's. I might have to check these out again sooner.
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