Windows

MechWarrior 3

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)

Part of the Following Groups

• BattleTech universe
• MechWarrior series

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User Reviews

One of those games that's so good, who cares what its flaws are?	Gerauchertes (9)
Minor problems keep this from being a major success.	Evil-Jim (154)	unrated
This is the good stuff...	Tony Van (2707)
Hits the target like a salvo of Clan Streak SRM-20	MadCat (55)
Bigger, but not that much better.	Kasey Chang (3695)	unrated
A refreshing surprise.	William Shawn McDonie (1163)
Good, but not great.	No Name (25)
I said to myself, "I think I'm about to be blown away..." - and I was...	Raphael (1175)
A pretty good Mechwarrior game.	James Kirk (159)

The Press Says

Game Over Online	Jun 14, 1999	93 out of 100	93
IGN	Jun 04, 1999	9.1 out of 10	91
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	May 31, 1999	90 out of 100	90
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Sep, 1999	89 out of 100	89
GameStar (Germany)	Jun, 1999	88 out of 100	88
PC Gamer	Aug, 1999	86 out of 100	86
PC Player (Germany)	Jul, 1999	86 out of 100	86
Gamer's Pulse	1999	85 out of 100	85
Game Revolution	Jun 01, 1999	B+	83
WomenGamers.com	Jun 11, 1999	8 out of 10	80

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Trivia

This game has its own unique style and is, in some places, technically superior to MW4. For instance, MW3 features landscape mesh transform when you hit the terrain with a weapon. This means that you don't just leave a char mark, the terrain actually changes when you strike. MW4 leaves a decal and that's it. The decal then fades or dissappears suddenly after a period of time. In Mechwarrior 3, if you leave a crater, it's there until you leave the map.