While I look forward to a new Mechwarrior game I also see this iteration as a step to a sequel, with a larger budget, more goodies and finer polish.ĭoes it make this game a steaming pile of apples? No it doesn't. There aren't too many of these and it combines a few of my loves. It's a fine game, and not unlike others can definitely benefit from improvement over time.īut to me the most important thing about this iteration is that a step has been taken with the franchise in !!2018!! to develop a tactical turn based game in the battletech universe (yeah yeah, Mechcommander 20 years ago, blah blah blah). Maybe.Īll in all, the complaints are pretty childish and short-sighted.
MECHCOMMANDER 2 OMNITECH UPGRADE
Is it necessary to upgrade the assets? *shrugs*. The only real argument here CAN be that we are not provided an opportunity to zoom close enough to admire a potentially beautiful environment. From that altitude it arguably looks 'realistic'. Sure the water doesn't look like I can reach out into my screen and drink it. As it stands, identifying mechs, objectives, etc is clear and easy. Going too detailed can also make the game a visual circus. Some of them, absolutely! I'm not saying they can't be better, but they're hardly worth scoffing at.
how much detail are you expecting? Per leaf shadows? I mean really.ĬOULD THE ASSETS BE IMPROVED.
So you put it next to a tall pine that it's twice the height of. So what's the issue? Well unfortunately the game doesn't do itself justice because of its own scaling. If someone takes half a second to actually LOOK at the mechs and terrain all the detail and high res is there. Graphics can't have a time-line excepting technical evolution. Graphics from mid 2000? Well that's unfair and also in poor taste. I'd like to think I'm a logical and reasonable adult and at some point I'm going to do a "random mission" that's exactly the same one I did before. Is it reasonable to expect unlimited variety? No. It's not reasonable nor expected for all of that to be voice acted. I like to read that the local government is having an issue with a Concordant research base on its planet and is about to pay me 980000 units + salkvage to destroy it. I'm not interested in completely random faction reputation changes. I enjoy taking a few minutes to read the details before proceeding because for ME it gives flavour and purpose to each mission, if only to satisfy my own immersion. Which leads to the other thing I've been reading about "walls of text". Some of the most famous video game voices are from 'nobodies'. It wasn't long ago we had NO voice acting. What are people expecting?Ī few games get celebrity voices and suddenly it's the norm? I think the only words suitable are "grow up". It's not a $600million budget hollywood POS anyway. If it's better than an anime dub in English, then it's good in my book. It has more character and energy than many others. Can it be fixed, probably and hopefully, as long as it's not too closely tied to a fault of the game engine (Unity). Locked to 60fps, thanks game.ĭo I still get sudden FPS drops between turns. Turned off "High Quality UI", problem fixed. Most people just complain instead of making a LITTLE effort into having a play around with the settings. You're locked out until the attack is in progress and sometimes the camera snaps onto the wrong place.
There are some things about it that I notice as well: for example, not being able to adjust the camera during an enemy attack start up. When you look at this game it's not nearly what complainers would have you believe it is. Is there some kind of prejudice in between the lines? There must be. Most of them are so one-sided it's hard to tell what the underlying issue is. Lazbot: I'm actually really disappointed to see so much negativity around this game.