| MechWarrior 4: Vengeance | FASA Studio / Microsoft Games | 2000 | |
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This game was developed by designers from FASA, the company
that originated the board game. It's been less than two years since
the last game in the series was released, but this is still a significant
step forward, graphically with the mission maps being varied and appropriately
decorated with trees and buildings look much better than the relatively
desolate maps of MechWarrior 3. Also, because of the addition of smaller
vehicles such as tanks and missile launchers, MechWarrior 4 effectively
conveys the sense that you're piloting something really enormous. It
has an expanded single player campaign that contains more than 30 missions
where you play as the sole heir of the House Dresari, and you are tasked
with restoring Davion rule in your homeworld of Kentares IV. Starting
from a secret base on a moon orbiting the planet, the campaign takes
you through arctic, alpine, desert, and swamp environments before ending
in a series of titanic clashes in an urban jungle. The cutscenes between
missions are acted out fairly well and move the story along nicely,
while the various lancemates available to choose from have well-developed
personalities and notable strengths and weaknesses in combat. The key
to the campaign is salvaging destroyed enemy hardware as you go along
so that little by little you get to design new mechs for use in subsequent
missions though levels are fairly easy. In designing your own mech to
test it against those designed by others in the proving ground of multiplayer
combat, the mech chassis restricts you to choosing from certain weapons
on particular mechs by differentiating between types of weapon hard
points. The game's multiplayer support is excellent, and there are many
game types to choose from, with one of the most popular being team attrition,
where two teams of mechs score points for killing each other and inflicting
damage within a given time limit. Another is team destruction, where
the focus is on kills only; capture the flag and king of the hill are
also available. The mechs seem somewhat easier to pilot and the game
strikes a virtually perfect blend of pure action and simulation. Combat
is fast, furious, and intense, but shrewd tactics and skillful piloting
will greatly increase your longevity on the battlefield.
See also: #MechWarrior 4 MP: Black Knight, #MechWarrior 4 MP#2: Inner Sphere Mech Pack, #MechWarrior 4 MP#3: Clans Mech Pack |
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