Mechwarrior 2 Playthrough: Clan Wolf - Mission 1 - Pyre Light

"The weather during the strike has turned foul and the mission was scrubbed..."

Plug in your neurohelmet and strap yourself into a one-hundred ton massive war machine in Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat, a mech-driving simulator from Activision (1995)!

Bitter combat rages across dozens of worlds throughout the Jade Falcon occupation zone. Against the backdrop of the Refusal War, you start as a lowly cadet in either Clan Jade Falcon or Clan Wolf as they battle for what may very well decide the future of not just the invading clans, but the entire Inner Sphere. Will you rise from the ranks through tactical prowess and victory in arena-style Trials of Position to become Khan of your clan, or will you simply be another name in the long line of fallen warriors?

Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat gave its players numerous play options, with 32 missions (16 per side) as well as a nearly-infite number of Trial of Grievance 'instant action' missions to jump straight into combat. Mechwarrior 2 has 15 different pilotable chassis, from the weak yet fast Firemoth, through the iconic Timberwolf, up to the 100-ton Dire Wolf behemoth, and all fully customizable to (nearly) the Battletech rules. It also allows you to bring up to two additional computer-controlled starmates to assist you on your objectives, leading to many possible strategies for each mission.

This sequel to the fondly-remembered but otherwise unremarkable 1989 game Mechwarrior, Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat can arguably be credited with helping to thrust Battletech, and giant-mech combat games, truly back into the limelight. With controls more similar to that of contemporary flight sims, Mechwarrior 2 successfully melded exciting action with an intricate setting, diverse missions, beautiful front-end graphics, and an attention to detail into one of the best presentations of the late DOS age. Mechwarrior 2 led to one expansion (Ghost Bear's Legacy) and a stand-alone semi-sequel (Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries), and the series still continues, with an all-new game simply entitled Mechwarrior to be released soon. To this day, Mechwarrior 2 is still played in multiplayer by its many fans.

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[Quaker763]

@L1011 ok thats good to know. Thanks for your help bro :D I use virtual PC with windows 98 installed so I think I should be all good. Dosbox just screwed up when I used it lol

[L1011Widebody]

@Quaker763

Yeah, between DOSBox and a Virtual Win 98 you should be all set to go, man. :)

[SilentStalkerX]

During mission, is that the ACTUAL in-game music? It's surprisingly impressive.

[L1011Widebody]

@SilentStalkerX

Yep. It's audio tracks right on the CD. Hence the brief gap when it starts over.

[L1011Widebody]

@madcat789

Freebirth!

[head0nfire]

Mechwarrior sure has come a long way

[Hybridtheory2007]

Is it possible to play this on Windows 7? Someone should make a flash version!

[Timobrien01]

looks like a war with nerf guns

[revjoe250]

I forgot all about the limbs flying off into space thing, and being able to hit mechs you couldn't see. Goddamn, man, memory does funny things with your mind.

[sk0rponok]

this was the first game in which i experienced video driver problems. ah memories.

[KindaTrue]

One of the best and most fitting soundtracks of any game I've ever played.

[bobothehunter]

I totally forgot about this game till i found it recently in one of my desk drawers, it might not look super impressive but i fucking LOVED it as a kid!

[generfeld]

...thanks for uploading. So many memories wow....every little bit of this brings me right back...

[John15ism]

u take forever to start a game ..... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[DuskOnVega]

Love this music