Shots and explosions sound quite realistic and add significantly to the overall feel. The game's sound effects and voice clips are done very well. Considering the one year interval between this game and MechWarrior 2, though, it's a little disappointing that more improvements haven't been made to the graphics. Through it all, the game maintains a steady and very fluid frame rate, even the mission with the speedy hovercar. In one mission you'll even get to view the world from a ground level perspective as you pilot a very speedy hovercar. Additionally, you get well detailed and visually appealing multiple types of terrain and fairly good mech models you would expect from MechWarrior 2.ĭue to the game's setting in this edition, there is a bit more variety in the types of mechs and other items you'll see. You'll see improved real-time lighting when you fire energy based weapons and realistically computed smoke trails when you shoot missiles.
The game's graphics engine is basically the same as that from MechWarrior 2 except that the developers have added in some visual effects.
You begin the game as a mercenary taking out contracts in the Inner Sphere succession wars, experience the frightening arrival of the Clans and play through to their first defeat. It also returns to the theme initially introduced in the original MechWarrior: mercenary action. MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries is a great improvement on MechWarrior 2.