Mech Warrior 4 Mech Paks: Inner Sphere

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Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000696IW
• Item Weight: 12 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: June 14, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,191 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

Product Description

From the Developer

The MechWarrior 4 'Mech paks expand gameplay for the bestselling and award-winning MechWarrior 4: Vengeance, based on the popular game of mechanized combat from FASA Studios. Each pak gives players new 'Mechs, a new electronics package, a new weapon, and a multiplayer map. Cyberlore, the team behind the successful MechWarrior 4: Black Knight expansion, developed the paks in conjunction with the FASA MechWarrior 4 team.

The Inner Sphere 'Mech pak contains the following four 'Mechs:

• Zeus: A classic Inner Sphere design, the Zeus is an extremely reliable long-range Assault 'Mech (80 tons)
• Highlander: A massive jump-capable Assault 'Mech and signature 'Mech of the Northwind Highlanders mercenary unit (90 tons)
• Hunchback: Easily identified by its oversized shoulder-mount auto-cannon, the Hunchback is a tough brawler armed for short-range combat (50 tons)
• Dragon: A speedy all-around frontline striker and a favored 'Mech of House Kurita commanders (60 tons)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heavy Gauss + Clan Gauss= Dead opponent, July 31, 2002

By	M. Renteria "IT Slacker" (Burbank, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Inner Sphere pak is great!

It's what a lot of MW4 players have been waiting for, and it doesn't dissapoint. The IS pak comes with 4 new mechs (Zeus, Dragon, Highlander, and Hunchback), 1 new weapon (Heavy Gauss), 1 new component (IFF Jammer), and 2 new maps (Coliseum, and GageTown).

The IS pak also comes with the 3.0 patch and it fixes A LOT of bugs in the game that cause certain mechs not to take proper or any damage.

You NEED Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance to be able to install the mech pak. You can use the mechs in instant action and in multiplayer only. You can also play others who DON'T have the IS Mech Pak yet (they have to have the 3.0 patch too), but they won't be able to choose any of the extra stuff.

CONS:
The only thing i didn't like about this expansion was that it didn't have any new missions like MW4: Black Knight did.

Some people have said that Instant Action doesn't work too well with this new pak, but i haven't had any problems. I think they fixed the problem with your team not respawning in Instant Action when you have more than 1 life, but the catch is they respawn after you get destroyed. For each life you loose, you get your partners back.

Once you install MW4:IS you won't need the CD for a while, because you can't run the game from the disc. You can only run it from the Mech Warrior4: Vengeance CD (either cd1 or cd2 will work). That makes it seem like a waste of money though.

Don't expect to see a highlander running around in the MW4 Missions.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing booster for a great game, June 18, 2002

By	Dab brill (Santa Barbara, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

If you don't have MW4 this game is useless. The real review to read is there. If you liked it, THEN read this. The mech pack contains 4 new mechs all of the Inner Sphere (duh).
Hunchback: .... Too little tonnage for its load out
Dragon: Performs like a medium mech on weapon steroids
Zeus: A very strong and well-rounded assault mech
Highlander: Great load out with jump jets!

It includes the coliseum, which is a very fast paced and good map. It has lots of interesting obstacles like arches and a secret cavern.

The Heavy Gauss rifle is very strong, and can fire 600 meters. But like the name says it's 18 tons!

And finally the outrage of the expansion. The IFF Jammer makes your mech appear neutral to the enemy when further than 400 meters. So what? You shoot a neutral mech.

Over all it's a ... package that brings a little fresh blood in.

*Addition*
This has been confirmed as compatable with MW4:mecs. Ten new mechs is a lot, but if you play the campain and not multiplayer (I play multi more, but the camp a lot) then these meckpaks will bring in 4 new mechs each and 1 new weapon and 1 new electronics. There's always the 1 map that wasn't advertised(Gagetown for IS, New gothem for clan). But both advertised maps will be included in base Mercs. With both paks 18 new Campain Compatable Mechs. That's a lot. The base game of MW4 had 21. It's worth the extra [$$$] for both.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Berware of spyware, March 31, 2003

By A Customer

While I enjoyed the added mechs, this software and its counterpart clan arsenal contain the C-Dilla spyware. The Black Knight expansion pack also contains it. This is a copywrite protection program that installs on your machine and does not shut down after you exit the game. TurboTax also installs the program and the only way to remove it is to download and run the safecast uninstaller program from the intuit website. Including this program was a terrible thing for Microsoft to do, especially since it does not disclose the fact at any time.