Description
The Inner Sphere is launching a counterattack on the Clans, and the Smoke Jaguars is the first target! Operation Democles will attack the planet Tranquil. As Connor Sinclair, you're leading the Democles Commando team lance, part of the Eridani Light Horse, on the attack. The op went terribly wrong when one of the two drop ships was hit during descent, and your lancemates have been scattered to the four winds in the frenzied drop. You must attack through Clan territory, meet up with your lancemates, remove any resistance in your path, and try to find a way off the planet, while also accomplishing what you came to do: destroy the Smoke Jaguars!
MW3 features very detailed mechs (they limp when legs are hit, and destroyed limbs spark and trail wreckage) with slow and ponderous movements, as 100 ton mechs should. Firepower and precise application are the key in winning your engagements. Plenty of mechs are available. You start in a 55-ton Bushwhacker and work you way up to the really heavy stuff in a 20-mission campaign (which is quite short). Full multiplayer is supported with Internet play at Microsoft Zone. Your MFB has limited capacity so you'll need to decide what supplies to keep or dump for your salvage. You'll need to track ammo, weapons, equipment (like heatsinks), and the mechs. Keep the MFB safe or you'll have even LESS room! Redesign mechs to utilize newly captured weapons or adapt to the changing ammo situation. The AI is rather dumb as it relies on trigger points. As low as you avoid the trigger, the game is simply a matter of killing one set of enemy mechs at one time, repair, repeat. The occasional escort or chase missions are challenging, but not terribly so. This is a improvement over MW2, and is recommended.
Alternate Titles
- "机甲战士3" -- Chinese title (simplified)
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Trivia
Mechwarrior 3 was the bundled software that came with the second production run of the Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro 1.0 joystick. The first release was bundled with Urban Assault.
It was an excellent choice. Realism takes on a whole new dimension when your aim gets thrown by the vibrations of your Mech landing its step or you have to compensate for machine gun drift because the stick is feeding you the recoil. Just make sure everyone in a multiplayer game is using a FF stick. You'll be at a tremendous disadvantage otherwise!
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
Raphael (1164) on Sep 19, 1999.
