Holy fudge sticks! MECHWARRIOR IS BACK!

[Still Life]

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/31/mechwarrior-online-developers-share-details-explain-how-mwo-evolves-the-series/

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/31/exclusive-interview-piranhas-bullock-talks-about-the-rocky-road-to-rebooting-mechwarrior/

Let?s talk about what MechWarrior Online is going to be. The first question on my mind as I read this press release is that, honestly, when I think MechWarrior, I?m thinking of, well, MechWarrior 2 through MechWarrior 4. Is MWO in that vein?

Creative Director Bryan Ekman: Yeah, absolutely. From a gameplay point of view, it?s the online component of those games. It?s match-based gameplay. So you go in, you fight, and you come out. So in that sense, it?s absolutely true to the heritage. The way you control the Mech, and the way the Mech works, and the options available to you during gameplay are inspired by Mech 2 through 4. Anybody who has played those games will feel right at home playing MWO.

OK. Does that mean it?s going to be in a Mech cockpit, playing from the first person?

BE: That?s right.

Russ Bullock, president of Piranha Games: Just a quick little filler there. I understand your question completely. And I think that?s the number one question a lot of fans have. They want to know if the game we?re making is going to be a MechWarrior product, or if it?s going to be some new evolution, or similar to, say, the past Mech Assault products.

Very simply, I think we can just say, we are making a Mechwarrior game.

I missed the series. I remember playing MW2 and having a total blast even though my puny child's mind couldn't grasp the simulator aspects.

Anyone else as excited as I am? What are your thoughts/hopes/dreams?

 

[DeadlyYellow]

I'm one of those people who saw it's another online tourney game and went "Meh."

 

[Skops]

Neat. I always wanted to play MechWarrior games back when they were new but I never got around to it. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

 

[delvin313]

I'm not a big fan of the "online only" thing, but we'll see. I have many fond memories of MW 2 and 3.

 

[hittite]

Played a lot of Mechwarrior 2 and Mercenaries. I think I may as well preemptively kiss any vestige of productivity goodbye.

 

[godofallu]

So wait are we talking single player campaign plus multiplayer like 4? Or are we talking only multiplayer? I'm confused.