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| PLATFORM: | Macintosh, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 95 |
| CATEGORY: | Software |
| MANUFACTURER: | Activision |
| TYPE: | Computer Games, Macintosh (Machintosh), Mac, Apple, Action, Simulations (Simulation, Simulate), Mechanized action, Mech (Mecha) |
| MEDIA: | CD-ROM |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| ACCESSORIES: | |
| UPC: | 047875640924 |
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Customer Reviews of Mechwarrior 2
This Game Rocks 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...
Showing its Age
Mechwarrior 2, while a decent game, is showing its age. It won't even install if you have virtual memory turned on. And, before you can play, if you have a G3 or G4 (including iMacs), you'll have to download and install a patch from the Activision web site. I also found the mission progression very linear -- your victories or losses have no effect in the overall picture; you go to the next mission anyway.
It may be old, but it is still fun to play
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...