MechWarrior 5: Clans Steam Charts & Stats

Recent update added DLC and changed the way the game works. For the worse. Lots of crashes almost unplayable. I would get 90% through a mission and get a random fatal error.

Finally a proper Mechwarrior SP game. + Long campaign + Great character voice acting, especially in cut scenes + Clan mechs + Story + Mech customization - Missing weather effects :-)

Englisch version below Während die Erzählung und das Lore des Clan Ghost Bear DLC fesselnd sind und einen überzeugenden Abschluss der Geschichte bieten, lässt die technische Umsetzung stark zu wünschen übrig. Das Spiel leidet unter erheblichen Performance-Problemen, bei denen die Bildrate auf bestimmten Karten von stabilen 60 FPS auf bis zu 15 FPS einbricht (ich spiele Native). Dieser starke Einbruch zerstört die Immersion und stört das Gameplay, was Missionen unnötig frustrierend macht. Noch problematischer ist jedoch das schlecht implementierte KI-Verhalten. Anstatt taktische Unterstützung zu bieten, spiegeln die von der KI gesteuerten Lance-Kameraden oft die Bewegungen des Spielers in einer einschränkenden „Gänsemarsch“-Formation wider, was die strategischen Manöver stark einschränkt. Versuche, sich neu zu positionieren, um ein freies Schussfeld zu schaffen, werden häufig dadurch verhindert, dass Verbündete instinktiv den Weg blockieren oder die Bewegungen des Spielers duplizieren. Diese „Kuschelmodus“-KI untergräbt die Teamdynamik und die taktische Tiefe, die MechWarrior-Kämpfe ausmachen sollten. Leider hat die Modding-Community diese Probleme bislang nicht ausreichend adressiert, sodass die Spieler auf Entwickler-Patches angewiesen sind, die diese gravierenden Mängel bisher nicht beheben konnten. Während die Kernmechanik des Mech-Kampfes weiterhin Spaß macht, verhindern diese technischen und KI-Mängel, dass das DLC sein volles Potenzial entfalten kann. Zusammenfassend ist MechWarrior 5: Clan Ghost Bear eine erzählerisch reiche Erfahrung, die jedoch durch frustrierende technische Rückschläge und KI-Einschränkungen beeinträchtigt wird. Das DLC ist vor allem für Fans der Serie empfehlenswert, die diese Probleme zugunsten von Story und Lore in Kauf nehmen können. English Version While the narrative and lore of the Clan Ghost Bear DLC are engaging and provide a compelling conclusion to the story, the technical execution leaves much to be desired. The game suffers from severe performance issues, with frame rates dropping drastically from a stable 60 FPS to as low as 15 FPS on certain maps (i playing Native). This sharp decline breaks immersion and disrupts gameplay, making missions unnecessarily frustrating. More problematic, however, is the poorly implemented AI behavior. Instead of providing tactical support, AI-controlled lance mates often mirror player movements in a restrictive, “goose-step” formation, severely limiting strategic maneuvering. Attempts to reposition for a clear firing line are frequently thwarted as allies instinctively block or duplicate the player’s intended path. This “cuddle mode” AI undermines the team dynamics and tactical depth that MechWarrior battles should offer. Unfortunately, the modding community has yet to address these issues adequately, leaving players reliant on developer patches that have so far failed to resolve these critical flaws. While the core mech combat mechanics remain enjoyable, these technical and AI shortcomings prevent the DLC from reaching its full potential. In summary, MechWarrior 5: Clan Ghost Bear is a story-rich experience hampered by frustrating technical setbacks and AI limitations. It is recommended primarily to fans of the series who can overlook these issues for the sake of narrative and lore.

Absolutely horrendous mission design, which sees you be assaulted by dozens and dozens of mechs per mission. This wouldn't be an issue, but leads to a huge slog especially after a certain midpoint in the campaign, and none of it helps with the fact that they decide to give you two repair stations only for your four mechs to use to refresh their supplies and armor. If it has to get to that point, then the missions are too long. I've never had to look up an actual gameplay guide for a game in decades, and most of it for the last few missions boil down to cheesing via filling your star with the last assault mech available in the game to carry multiple PPC's. And all this was on story mode difficulty. The story itself is good in my opinion, but if the same type of slog missions return in Ghost Bear's DLC, then i'm not going to buy it. If you like challenging games, then go ahead and buy this. But even I enjoyed Elden Ring but couldn't deal with the annoyance of these mission designs.

I played through this. I played through the DLC. I've played the newer Mechwarrior games, and the older ones. This is by far the worst mechwarrior game I've played. Graphically its pretty nice? Everything else? Lame. Simplified for newer audiences or consoles or something it sucks. The gameplay loop is bad and it becomes super obvious whenever enemies are supposed to spawn because PGI mass pasted the same 'mech spawner' buildings across the entire level, failing that theres also obvious 'enemies jump into the map from here' points. This game isnt great narratively, the characters are all rude ass hard to care about people, though at least in the base game the characters interact and do things so I kinda liked or disliked some. The DLC they dont and it SUCKS. I wish I liked it more but theres no agency to not die or lose people, many controls are worse, the UI is worse in the mechbay and the HUD is cluttered messy lights in game. I just dont like it, and dont see the appeal especially from people who say they loved the old games. Mech 5 Mercs isnt a great game by a long shot but its more playable, moddable and can offer a lot more content with this game from a protagonist I can actually like.

This is unlike any mechwarrior or battletech game i have played. But it's also the best display of the clans i have seen out of a game. I compare the mission by mission settup this game gives more like an Armored Core game than MW5 Mercs. You go through, beat a mission. then use resources awarded to upgrade your star (Lance/teamates) to be more ready for the next mission. There is no salvage other than some random boxes, Repairing your mechs is not a haphazard mess of hoping you have the right parts. This is very much a narrative campaign of you playing a soldier. Not a mercenary. Mechanical goods and bads. -The good The game looks fantastic. The weapons sound and look impact and more direct than even MW5 Mercs. The mission system is very clear cut and simple to understand. You have some build variety with how you handle each mission, which every good mechwarrior game needs. The omnipod/omnimech system is well fleshed out They fully implemented a battlemap RTS control system for your "Star" This gives you so many more options to make the AI more useful. -The bad Customization feels awkward in comparison to past titles. There are lots of menus for doing what feels like only slightly more than base game MW5 mercs. The omnipod system is great but it can be confusing as to how it fits together. The AI is not particularly amazing. It can get stuck occasionaly and is tough to rely on. This includes the enemy AI. Which is mostly limited to run forward and shoot. At least you can mitigate the issues for your Star with the command system. ---Bottom line, It's definitely a completely different animal to any MW title i have played before. But i don't think this one is a bad shot at it. It won't ever be the massive time sink that MW5 mercs or Battletech can be. But it is a much better narrative experience than either could dream of.

I love this game. It is an ode to things that made some of the original games (MW2, MW2 Mercs, MW2 GBL) so excellent. It is not without its flaws, but the storytelling, characters, cut scenes, and missions scratch an itch that no other MechWarrior game has been able to since '95.

Not bad, not great. Solid 7/10. Get on sale >= 25%. It's a hands on MechWarrior game that follows a linear story. At first I wasn't really concerned at all and kinda wasn't a fan of the story, but I actually got pretty invested following the story, simple as it may be. Game lets itself down in game play, I think mostly in part to the AI. Team mates both Squad and Allied are dumb and hostile is just as dumb. Squad AI gets only the smallest pass for being able to be influenced by the player. There isn't a huge variation when it comes to mech models available, but the omnimech system is the work around, but they're still missing all of my favorite mechs. Overall still enjoyed the game

Downgrade compared to MW5: Mercenaries. Story is kind of stupid and characters are hard to sympathize with. Overall weak game mechanics and play experience. I would be perfectly fine if Mercenaries just got better graphics.

I really wanted to like this. A hand-crafted, no proc gen, linear story game in the BattleTech universe. It's even set from the Clan perspective! But it does a lot wrong. The game feels more like a puzzle shooter than a mech game. Especially in higher difficulties, you really feel punished for not doing what the game expects you to do. By the end, it's 5x dire wolves, all pulse lasers, or you screwed up. There's little by way of actual progression, the game gives you slowly heavier chassis as the campaign goes on, and just expects you to use them or get smoked. The opposition forces are sometimes super silly in number - there are missions where your 5 man star is expected to deal with 30-40 mechs in sequence, plus vehicles. A lot of the lategame missions really overstay their welcome. The game also has this sense of just being a bit half-baked. The difficulty setting simply adjusts the number on the enemy health bars. Your star mates will randomly miss shots based on the enemy evasion rating. It's honestly kinda odd watching them target their "miss" with pinpoint accuracy with their lasers. The game has this cycles per mission system, but it's all 5 cycles per mission as far as I can tell. Sometimes, the briefing will say that you have deploy again ASAP, but there's plenty of time to go back to the ship, repair and rearm, and go back in again. By the end, I felt like the whole thing was a chore, and I was glad to be finished. Little desire to play again. The earlier missions are 100% more enjoyable than the last 2 planets, so maybe pick it up when on sale, keep the difficulty at normal (which as far as I can tell doesn't adjust the armor values) and enjoy in a weekend. Armored Core 6, MechWarrior 5 Mercs, and MechWarrior 4 (which is abandonware and totally free!) just do this game better.