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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Drive an 80-ton heavily armed behemoth into battle!, November 12, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Mechwarrior 2 (CD-ROM)
This is the game that set the standard for Giant Robot combat simulations. Expect to spend at least 2 hours learning to drive your mech, navigate, use your weapons, and manage heat build-up effectively. It truly captures the spirit of mechanized warfare, as you engage ground, air, and sea units. Once you master the mech, pound your enemy without mercy with weapons like the Gauss gun, autocannon, long range missile, and the mighty and impressive PPC! Stunning graphics truly drag you into this game, leaving you in a cold sweat wondering if there's a Timberwolf or Summoner waiting over the next rise to turn you into twisted limbs crushed under melting slag.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It may be old, but it is still fun to play, August 13, 2003
This review is from: Mechwarrior 2 (CD-ROM)
It is for games like these that I keep an older system in working order, just in case I feel the urge to play the games I've truly enjoyed over the years. I've owned this one for many years and have enjoyed the gameplay, controls and even the music with this one. The Mech games that followed did not have the same impact or make the same impression on me as this one did. Sure the graphics improved, but something seemed lost along the way. As perfect example, the latest in the Mech series (MechWarrior 4 from (gag!) Micro$oft) does not have the external views, no screenshot or movie capture features, the HUD is disrespectfully different than in Mech 2, etc., and there's just too much dialog in Mech 4 - I mean, who the heck cares? Just shutup get me into the gameplay. Mech 2 definitely started it all and my only disappointment was that Activision did not have a hand in the Mech games that followed. I felt they did a superb job with Mech 2.
I've read reviews from people who give this game a bad rap just because they are not smart enough to make it work on their XP machines. I bought this one 8 years ago, and mine was for MS DOS - before the Win95 version even came out. But I still feel it is worth while to keep an older computer running just to play some of these classics. I still enjoy the game today...
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This Game Rocks, December 17, 1999
This review is from: Mechwarrior 2 (CD-ROM)
This is my all time favorite game... It's graphics are decent, not as good as some but the game play makes up for it... The single player is decent but if you want a real game get online... I spend hours on end playing this game... It's terrific... I've bought that were supposed to be awesome but everytime they wore out and I came back to Mechwarrior... I know some people who say that this game is better then the newer version of mechwarrior, Mechwarrior 3... The internet community for this game isn't as large as some but this way everyone knows everybody else... This game is highly recommended.... This is from a video gaming veteran...
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