Definitely, and i was even more amazed when MechWarrior 2: mercenaries was released; although based roughly on the same design in some parts, the realism of it and the unique way you can choose your own missions and lancemates, made that my favourite all series of 'Mech games... And that is not including the brilliant cut scenes!
I can remember thinking to myself, "One day actual gameplay will look as good as these cutscenes." Can't remember when that happened. 1998-2000, probably!
I agree! Really missed this nice piece of art =) I wonder why they took it out in the first place... They don't even sell this game anymore. (Not one that's Windows XP compatible anyway)
We are Clan Wolf, children of Kerensky. We carry the honor of his name on our shoulders as our fathers did before. The Remembrance speaks to us of the evil in Man's will, of the reasons for exodus, and the rites of the traveler. Arcadia is our destiny and our right. Enlightenment is our gift. By the bloodnames of the founders we must return. Return and protect that which is unique among the stars. Terra awaits us as it was written. We are the last of the Wardens, the sole hope for the Earth.
@@Archie2c it's metaphorical. Trueborn clan warriors are created from the genetic material of warriors who have died in battle. So those warriors are their fathers.
@@Archie2c Trueborns still acknowledge their "mother" and "father" as the ones who provided the genetic material to create them. Even if they are long dead.
I loved these intros, gave a unique sense of greater purpose to these wars. As my introduction to Mechwarrior/Battletech, MW2 always made me feel like there was more than just the petty squabbles of egotists, but like the universe itself depended on your actions here. Like the mechs were more than just war machines, but kinda like demigods themselves. Never encountered that level of sheer wonder since.
Have you played Freespace and Freespace 2? How about X Beyond the Frontier? independence war 2 Edge of Chaos? Battlezone 1? Freespace can be found at Steam. You just need to install nGlide from Zeus software to emulate 3DFX.
@@aquarius5719 A list of random games doesn't exactly pique my interest. Try giving some descriptions or comments on them, so I have context for your post.
@@metalmadness5851 Battlezone 1 was ascifi Activision project that came after Mechwarrior 2. You can feel the gameplay style and the beautiful graphics. Playing it feels like a first person Starcraft. You pilot a hover tank.Beware. The learning curve is steep. So steep that when you think it cannot become harder it becomes impossible. But if you survive that feeling you may play until the end. Battlezone happens during cold war. USSR and USA are secretly fighting on the moon for a strange ore called biometal. But very soon the story will have a very cool plot twist. Descent Freespace is a space combat sim that offers you a great atmosphere. Dogfight is similar to Wing Commander. Humans are already at war but it seems an unseen alien invader is trying to conquer everyone. It has also some sort of retro Star Wars vibe. If you think Freespace has a cool space vibe, Freespace 2 takes it to another level. You can find them on Steam. Independence War is a dystopia Star Trek universe created by British developers. Edge of chaos is a sequel where they learned the lessons of the first game. It is very cool to explore. X Beyond the Frontier is a German game where your ship jumps into an unkown sector by accident and you find a trader alien race and you start trading. Very much like Elite but with some cool feeling. Starsiege is a direct competitor of Mechwarrior. You will pilot mecha. It may not reach the level of cool gameplay of Mechwarrior 2 but is still very cool. Prometeus a supercomputer is trying to conquer Earth. Mars colonies rebel against Earth emperor. Search Starsiege complete to find the port to Windows 10. If you install Zeus software's nGlide you may enjoy the 3DFX graphics of Starsiege. In all these games you will feel the glorious space combat era that Mechwarrior 2 unleashed upon games in the late 1990s.
I think a lot of that feeling has to do with the mysticism of the Clans, how they present their own history as an epic saga like the warriors of old and how your own actions become a part of that tale which will be told to inspire the next generations of Clanners. Also, the limitations of the game engine mean we never see people, only the war machines they drive, so the Mechs themselves become characters. A name may be mentioned here and there, but there's nothing personal about this war, it is simply what the Clan demands of you and so it shall be done. Yet the scale of the conflict and the stakes are perfectly spelled out, so despite the occasionally mundane circumstances, you feel the pressure of what could be all of human history hinging on your mission. We haven't had a game from the perspective of the Clans since MW2, and I think it's about time they were the protagonists for another installment, if not necessarily the heroes. Perhaps something during the Jihad or the Wars of Reaving.
@@omni-hexagon3514 i really don't like how they've portrayed the clans in other games since this one. they make them out to be mostly arrogant, foolhardy idiots. this game just had a totally different feeling to it. they seemed almost alien. you could feel the intensity of their beliefs and zealotry, but it wasn't blundering, it was solemn, calculated, and precise. the clans had this dark and mysterious appeal. the voice acting, music, visuals, and direction were stellar. as a kid i was instantly hooked for life.
The Wolf Intro is so much more appealing than the Jade Falcon Intro... Goosebumps material right here, while the JF Intro provokes only 1 thought...holy founders are they full of themselves. >_>
Well the Wolves are focused on defending the Inner Sphere, at least their leader is. Ultimately, what happens is the Clan Wolf leader is able to weaken the Crusaders enough that Clan Wolf in Exile ends up fleeing to the Inner Sphere.
You know, for 20 years I've been wondering something. How the did that Mad Dog get onto that little tiny outcropping without jump jets? I think if he tried to walk down the wolf head he would have face planted.
To be fair, we don't know that it didn't have jump jets. Omni-technology and equipment pods et al. Might have been a variant created specifically to patrol that platform. (The Clans would totally overkill that way).
@@hajime2k In the Inner Sphere maybe, but even then Diamond Sharks/Seafox were there and they were warden. Also, don't forget that Ghost Bear was slowly becoming warden by this time.
Wow... to think that I played this game when I didn't even know the full 26 alphabets of the English language. Must have been 17 or 18 years since I last saw this video. But holy shit this gives me goose bumps.
There are some brutal missions. Like you are sent in a light scoutmech on a reconisance mission and face two stars of clan assault mechs. It has its nasty moments. In the expansion pack you will face an atlas in a cave labyrint underwater. Or shooting up as spaceship hull and leap from one ship into the other shooting the core. This game is as cool as it can get. Surely... it aged but it will never be forgotten.
I just built a Dire Wolf with 6 ER Medium lasers and 4 clan uac/5's, started a 27 day contract with Clan Wolf, then came here and watched this. I am now ready.
The cutscene models were modeled in FormZ, touched up and corrected in Alias and ported into SoftImage for animation and rendering. The ingame models are done with Autodesk 3D Studio R4.
The reason old games were amazing is that their creators poured out their hearts and souls to make them, and more importantly the creators didn't give two sh*ts about media critics and reviewers and social-media driven player consensus!
The amusing side of Battletech is the ability to insult people with Battletech jargos. - Hey you are such a sibko reject freebirth. - Shut up you eugenics obsessed commie wannabe vat born virgin.
@@aquarius5719 One of the things I've always enjoyed most about Battletech is how everyone loves to casually roleplay, even if just to insult a clanner or freebirth in a youtube comment, because it's such a well-written and immersive universe. Doubly amusing is how no one realizes us Dragoons get to answer to neither great house nor clan bullshit while working to keep the Inner Sphere safe with the best merc pay in the galaxy. I love my job.
@@aquarius5719 I did since you mentioned it, and they're great. I noticed that not even interpolation was able to reduce the choppiness of the Commando's sprint in the MW2 Mercenaries opening, lol.
"We are the last of the Wardens..." Well, except for the Nova Cats. And the Sea Foxes. And then the Ghost Bears who flipped full Warden after the Great Refusal, and the Snow Ravens some time after that.
After the Comstar Explorer Corp vessel Outbound Light was captured after reaching the Clan Homeworlds, a vote was called among all the Clans to decide whether to initiate Operation REVIVAL, the invasion of the Inner Sphere. Of all the Clans, Clan Wolf was the *only* one that voted against invasion. So yes, though more would turn to the cause later, at the time of the invasion and up to some time after Tukayyid, the Wolves were the last of the Wardens.
arcadia is our destiny and our right. not only was this dude's voice is like out of this world but this is some high level literary level writing there you know
barbarianater ... I just learned that in Greek mythology, the Arcadian king Lycaon, and his sons, provoked Zeus's wrath and were transformed into wolves.
I find how the Clan Wolf Intro and Ending cinematics show how gradually the Wolves as we know them became more and more Warden in their beliefs--in the Intro, they still saw Inner Sphere freebirths (like me) as depraved and corrupt, requiring the Warden Wolves to enlighten and guide them. By the time of the Ending cinematic, they saw their Inner Sphere brethren not as barbarians, but as humans like themselves. Goes to show you our Warden Clan brethren are not that different from us at all. =u=
MW 2 had some of the best voice work done in any game. The reading of this into for example. And the voice of the cynical training commander -- hilarious when he tempts you to get too close to the targets and blow yourself up. Best music in a game ever would have to go to Descent 1, IMHO.
...may I ask how that Mad Dog Mechwarrior on that precarious little saucer of stone is supposed to get _off_ that and back on ground it can actually get that mech anywhere from?
The Wolves that stayed with the Clans (the Crusader faction) had a secret alliance with Archon Katherine Steiner via Khan Vlad Ward. Clan Wolf-in-Exile, the Warden's who moved to the ARDC, opposed Katherine because their Khan blamed her for his mother's death and usurping his cousin Victor's throne.
@madcat789 Plus the Warden cause seems more just and right than the Crusaders. The Wardens were more open, so if Terra was taken by them and a new Star League created it would be far better than one created by the Crusaders.
@CODGODX5 Stop spamming ... If you like CoD 4: MW that is an awesome game, but quickscoping is gay. Keep your recruiting to CoD vids. You are not a MechWarrior, you STRAVAG FREEBIRTH!
They're differing clans. The whole reason for MW2 is a dispute between these 2 clans and they're fighting to see who's right. The best analogy for the clans I've heard of is extremely competitive brothers. They work together and against each other at the same time.
@The Jester - Fool Of Hearts No canon variants of the Mad Dog at this time had jump jets, as far as I'm aware. Yes you could slap them on in this game, but that was blatant disregard for the canon/tabletop.
clan wolf is the best clan because they were from the Kerenskys. Also before they switched alliances they were wardens who believed that they should protect the inner sphere and should join the new star league when it was made. However they split before that with Phelen Kell as their Khan. I always liked the wolfs too. The Ghost Bears were pretty epic too with their clawing ritual.
Although it's difficult to get MW 2 working on a modern computer without DOSBOX or some tweaks, I'd install it again just to watch these introductions and read the Clan lore. The introductions remind me of why I like the Clans: because they're like the poet-warriors of antiquity. No Mechwarrior game focusing on the Inner Sphere will ever achieve the eloquence of the Remembrance and the Kerenskys' ideals.
God, I loved this game! And as far as the Clans are concerned, I'm Warden all the way - Clan Wolf-In-Exile is the *true* Clan Wolf! That being said, as far as my overall faction loyalty in BattleTech is concerned, I have to quote the narration from the MechWarrior 3 ending cinematic: "The total collapse of the Clan strategy against the Inner Sphere was sealed at Strana Mechty. There, the Star League fought under Clan rules. Elite, vat-born, bred-for-battle Clan forces were defeated by the common, freeborn, hardened veterans of the Inner Sphere. They are the *true* MechWarriors." Inner Sphere Forever! And more specifically: Long Live House Davion!
@Gallowell Yeah, apart from the near monopoly on the Clan tech market (as far as the IS is concerned) they have; they haven't done much. Though the same can be said for nearly every Clan that isn't called Jade Falcon or Wolf. Although military wise a few posters on the official forums generally had the Sharks as one of the top 5. At least the Sharks and Ravens ended up better than the Homeworld Clans post-Jihad. At this point they haven't even confirmed if they are still alive.
@Mahbu You trollin', son? In my playthrough of MW2, I probably fired enough bullets to singlehandedly revitalize the economy through arms sales and I never once ran out of ordnance, or deviated from the single, narrow path the game wanted me to take. You could exercise tactics well enough, but the strategy I like in my games is stuff like choosing your team's hardware and approach vector, timing your attacks, splitting elements to complete different missions... stuff that console games won't do.
@Mahbu These designers spent less of a fraction of their budget on story than a designer like Infinity Ward does, considering how much voice actors and animation of speaking faces cost. No, regenerating health is to "improve" game pacing, to make it more like you're playing an action movie, with nonstop noise and violence. Games where you need to make tactical and strategic plans regarding things like health allow for more game depth, but can't hold the attention of the Xbox crowd.
This game was made back before developers became obsessed with technology. Yeah it was cutting edge back then, but it was still the 90s and games were more personal. After watching this, im reminded that not only are games today half ass products designed to make money (we all knew that) But moreover they lack quality narrive. Its time producers stopped hiding behind technology, and started investing in content.
we are clanwolf, children of kerensky. we carry the honor of his name on our shoulders as our fathers did before.The rememberance speaks to us of the evil in mans will, of the reasons forexodus and therites of the traveler.Arcadia is our destiny and our right. Enlightenment is ourgift. Bythe bloodnames of the founders we must return, return and protect that which is unique among the stars. Terra awaits us as it was written...we are the last of the wardens, the sole hope for the earth.
The ultimate goal of all clans is to conquer Earth, the cradle of mankind. The clan who does so will becomne the Ilclan and rule over all others, due to it's "destiny". From this point on a new star league, consisting of clans and others will be established with the goal to unite mankind once again (shall mean ending the houses etc.). It is quite ironic that the war loving clans basically fight to bring ultimate peace to the universe and restore what had been before.
I can see how you might think that, but by being invisible it helps save Coalition lives. When you think about it we're really just developing a more technologically advanced version of guerrilla warfare. The majority of the enemies that have we have come up against in the past have used this tactic when fighting because of it's versatility.Allied forces could only wish that the enemy was stupid enough to just run at them gun ho, then they'd be easy to take out,But they don't and neither will we
I'd be pretty awesome to behold if the military did start making giant robots, but they're actually moving the opposite direction. The world's military are aiming for lower profile and smaller tanks and small unmanned craft for spying and probably even for air superiority eventually. Unfortunately a 10metre high robot is hardly discrete, hard to camouflage and easy to hit, even from a distance. They key these days is to see your enemy before they see you therefore I doubt we'll see Mechs IRL :(
@Kenzboard: Clan Wolf is a crusader clan. They are willing to "free" Terra from Blake's Sword and comstar (which basically every clan does). Clan Wolf and the crusaders differ from the others in the form, that they think, that the innersphere is inrepairable rotten and has do be extinct, while the others want to set up the 1st starferderation (don't know if it's the right term) again and return to the days of Kerensky.
Actually, Clan Wolf fights for the Right of IlKhan Ulrich Kerensky to remain leader of the Clans. Clan Jade Falcon fights to uphold the decision of all Clans to replace Ulrich Kerensky. Since the ilKhan favored keeping the armistice of Tukayid, what the fight is all about is: Do the Clans advance against Terra or not.
All of the clans fight a big battle with ComStar for the rights to Terra on a planet called Tukkayid. ComStar uses superior military tactics (clanners would say dishonorable tactics) to defeat the Clan forces and secure victory for the inner sphere. Their condition was if they won, the clans would not advance for 15 years. If they lost, they lose Terra.
The Wardens viewed the clans as the defenders of humanity. They were to return to the inner sphere, re-unite humanity under the star league, then stand as guardians/wardens. As far as foes are concerned.. Word of Blake. Crusaders belived that they were to return, and establish clan existance in the inner sphere, purging it's rotten elements.
The Crusaders want to conquer the Inner Sphere and Terra to reestablish the Star League (their interpretation of it or Nicholas's interpretation or Aleksandr's...I'm not too sure). The Wardens want to protect the Inner Sphere. What exactly the Inner Sphere has to be protected from besides itself...again, I'm not so sure. Personally, I'm Crusader (Clan Star Adder).
It doesn't even matter :P... --- I think the best one to do though would be Diamond Shark or something based on Wolf's Dragoons or the Grayson Death Leigon. I'd also love to see an RPG or first person shooter with Cassie Suthorn as the main character (Camacho's Caballeros)...
Oh, heh sorry. I should have mentioned I'm working on a totally revamped version of Ralph Reed's MechForce for IBM systems. With all-new weapons, terrain, and history. Plus I've already completed 23 new Infantry weapons, 30 new Vehicles, and 85 new Mechs. :)
Lyrans? Davions? Pheh. So overrated. If I were to go the way of the IS, it would be with The Free Worlds League or Mercenaries. Since I'm a bit of a weeaboo, I would've chosen House Kurita, but they don't take too kindly to mercs. I've always had a thing for Jade Falcon ever since I was a kid.
They should make another 1 "Mechwarrior 5" dam good graphics,dam good gameplay,new cool looking mechs that can be customed and lots of things to bash,smash and trash from the cockpit of a very big Mech armed to the teeth with that much in weapons the weight breaks its legs that what I want to see.
yes i have. And this game is not only a memorable game. It is one of those games which was great bak in the day. No other mech game feels like how mechwarrior 2 played. I played this game when i was 7 and i still remember the awsomeness.
Ancient vows to order, kneel A warden's call to blood and steel Legion lines to shield the frail Behind the plate and mail Cast from our place Now further from grace We fall...
This game was made back when games took more than two hours of running and shooting to beat. Games today are too dumbed down and pussified. Why does all my health come back when I hide behind a fuckin' box for five seconds?
after this caln war called the great refusal..1/2 the wold calan went to what is call the "arc royal defense cordon" its an area on the edge of lyran space and faces against the jade falcon occupied territory
The thing about FASA is that they rarely labeled any side good or evil directly. They preferred to leave that for the readers and cloud the issue with ambigous views. These game intros take a position in it much more clearly.
@immortalass It is called 'customisation.' Even 'mechs which do not normally equip jump jets can be reconfigured to mount them, if the pilot is willing to sacrifice some weapons and/or armour.
@Fetchdafish All religions are devoid of evidence, and mostly devoid of logic and reason. That doesn't necessarily make it a bad thing though. Faith in something is not necessarily a bad thing.
lol, Nova is a good mech, powerfull if you use it right. btw, Battle tech was around before Star Wars came out in books. If you ever played Ghost Bears Legacy, The Stone Rhino was a vary good mech too :)
How the hell did they get that Vulture there, what do they think it is supposed to be doing there and how are they planning to get it away once it is done doing whatever it is doing?
@Fetchdafish Well Clan Cloud Cobra had members of practically every faith and seek enlightenment through a consensus between different spiritual viewpoints. But your right about the rest.
whats the difference between clan wolf and clan falcon? i dont understand i started the mechwarrior serries from mw3... I dont know what the difference between falcon and wolf is...
Geez, they should pick up work on MW 5 again and make it another "Clan only" game without innersphere junk.... Clan Staradder should finally wake from it's long sleep of preparation!
Arcadia is also a word meaning: "any real or imaginary place offering peace and simplicity." So while Arcadia is a planet, its usage in this sense was meant on its literal terms.
And why the hell does that MadDog kept looking left and right like it was doing an excercise? They have radars you know. And MadDogs can be fitted with ElectroCamo.
why dont they make games like this anymore? is it too much to ask for a game to actually have a story and have it suck you in to the game. that's what i want.
I meant a mech army. There's no such thing as Battletech Platoon, I meant A Battlemech platoon. I have a habit of capitalizing letters that I don't need to.
The Entrance is not made for mechs.... And Mechs (I assume like tanks) are used as mobile gun batteries. It can be inferred it was dropped there for that purpose.
@Fengorm the english word for Bewahrer is Warden. Just by the Way. ;) I like the articulation of the Clan language so much. It sounds so archaic. I like that.
Haha good point! We should just build a... Joint Assault Mech for sale to the allied forces and just wade into battle and stomp on everything that moves lol :D
I don't know why,but theres many reasons why i like this clan the most. A: Theiry primary color is red,red is cool B:Their wolfs,wolfs are cool. C: Their enemies are a bunch of green birds,green birds are gay.
@VazzaPrime True true,but i have always had a place in my heart for clan Widow Maker. Never thought it should have been absorbed. Never liked SJ though.
Literally just got back into the series after a long hiatus. Started playing Mechwarrior 5, saw that it was set pre-clan invasion, and admittedly was a little disappointed that I would not get to see any Madcats or Timberwolves, but still enjoying the game anyway (Especially since I picked up a Goldenboy). But this got me wanting to catch up lorewise. So of course, I started by looking up Clan Wolf, cause why would I waste my time on lore for lesser Clans/Factions? All joking aside, I love the lore for the series as a whole, but especially that of Clan Wolf. Seriously, so much shit has happened and they have been integral o so much in the series. Really wish they would remaster all the games.
Magic is used solely by the mystics of Clan Nova Cat and the elves have long been associated with the Clan Cloud Cobra, though the Tongo and Anasaz Cloisters prefer to use fairies instead :) I'll also say that elevators are for Clan wimps only. We in the Inner Sphere prefer to use zip lines!
@spleefrog9 Reserve your blame towards modern day Activision and EA. They were good in the '90s, but these days, they're freaking horrible. Sadly, the only guys I trust these days is Valve.
Thumbs up if you played that game and were impressed with the high end graphics....
Definitely, and i was even more amazed when MechWarrior 2: mercenaries was released; although based roughly on the same design in some parts, the realism of it and the unique way you can choose your own missions and lancemates, made that my favourite all series of 'Mech games... And that is not including the brilliant cut scenes!
I can remember thinking to myself, "One day actual gameplay will look as good as these cutscenes." Can't remember when that happened. 1998-2000, probably!
Seyla
Yep :D
You were at 128 likes before I ruined it by adding mine.
My God, even all these years later, this into still speaks profoundly to my soul...
Amen me as well!
Something special.
I agree! Really missed this nice piece of art =) I wonder why they took it out in the first place... They don't even sell this game anymore. (Not one that's Windows XP compatible anyway)
I was just thinking that. I remember most of the intro dialogue haha.
@evaunit143 He's just that bad ass.
One of my co-workers at work was one of 5 artists who created this intro. So rad.
Badgerow That is soooooooooooooooooooo amazing!!!
Could you tell us the person name? I just like to thank him for his part of making this video.
ask him who did the voiceover
@@larrysledgejr3732 It was this talented dude: www.imdb.com/name/nm0146253/
@@Badgerow 8 years you mentioned this, what a way to go! That's long.
We are Clan Wolf, children of Kerensky. We carry the honor of his name on our shoulders as our fathers did before. The Remembrance speaks to us of the evil in Man's will, of the reasons for exodus, and the rites of the traveler. Arcadia is our destiny and our right. Enlightenment is our gift. By the bloodnames of the founders we must return. Return and protect that which is unique among the stars. Terra awaits us as it was written. We are the last of the Wardens, the sole hope for the Earth.
father's? aren't true borns iron Womb Babies no fathers no mothers.
@@Archie2c it's metaphorical. Trueborn clan warriors are created from the genetic material of warriors who have died in battle. So those warriors are their fathers.
@@OsirisLord I know I just caught that watching it now though.
By our blood names it doesn't matter if we are true born or not.
@@Archie2c Trueborns still acknowledge their "mother" and "father" as the ones who provided the genetic material to create them. Even if they are long dead.
Damn.... is it me or it's still amazing?
It's Magnificent
It's unmatched.
I FREAKING love this lore of clan wolf!!!.
STILL amazing. Will always BE amazing!
I'm fascinated by this. If this was real I'd join clan 🐺.
We carry the honor of his name on our shoulders as our fathers did before us.
I loved these intros, gave a unique sense of greater purpose to these wars. As my introduction to Mechwarrior/Battletech, MW2 always made me feel like there was more than just the petty squabbles of egotists, but like the universe itself depended on your actions here. Like the mechs were more than just war machines, but kinda like demigods themselves. Never encountered that level of sheer wonder since.
Have you played Freespace and Freespace 2? How about X Beyond the Frontier? independence war 2 Edge of Chaos? Battlezone 1?
Freespace can be found at Steam. You just need to install nGlide from Zeus software to emulate 3DFX.
@@aquarius5719 A list of random games doesn't exactly pique my interest. Try giving some descriptions or comments on them, so I have context for your post.
@@metalmadness5851 Battlezone 1 was ascifi Activision project that came after Mechwarrior 2. You can feel the gameplay style and the beautiful graphics. Playing it feels like a first person Starcraft. You pilot a hover tank.Beware. The learning curve is steep. So steep that when you think it cannot become harder it becomes impossible. But if you survive that feeling you may play until the end.
Battlezone happens during cold war. USSR and USA are secretly fighting on the moon for a strange ore called biometal. But very soon the story will have a very cool plot twist.
Descent Freespace is a space combat sim that offers you a great atmosphere. Dogfight is similar to Wing Commander. Humans are already at war but it seems an unseen alien invader is trying to conquer everyone. It has also some sort of retro Star Wars vibe.
If you think Freespace has a cool space vibe, Freespace 2 takes it to another level. You can find them on Steam.
Independence War is a dystopia Star Trek universe created by British developers. Edge of chaos is a sequel where they learned the lessons of the first game. It is very cool to explore.
X Beyond the Frontier is a German game where your ship jumps into an unkown sector by accident and you find a trader alien race and you start trading. Very much like Elite but with some cool feeling.
Starsiege is a direct competitor of Mechwarrior. You will pilot mecha. It may not reach the level of cool gameplay of Mechwarrior 2 but is still very cool. Prometeus a supercomputer is trying to conquer Earth. Mars colonies rebel against Earth emperor. Search Starsiege complete to find the port to Windows 10. If you install Zeus software's nGlide you may enjoy the 3DFX graphics of Starsiege.
In all these games you will feel the glorious space combat era that Mechwarrior 2 unleashed upon games in the late 1990s.
I think a lot of that feeling has to do with the mysticism of the Clans, how they present their own history as an epic saga like the warriors of old and how your own actions become a part of that tale which will be told to inspire the next generations of Clanners. Also, the limitations of the game engine mean we never see people, only the war machines they drive, so the Mechs themselves become characters. A name may be mentioned here and there, but there's nothing personal about this war, it is simply what the Clan demands of you and so it shall be done. Yet the scale of the conflict and the stakes are perfectly spelled out, so despite the occasionally mundane circumstances, you feel the pressure of what could be all of human history hinging on your mission.
We haven't had a game from the perspective of the Clans since MW2, and I think it's about time they were the protagonists for another installment, if not necessarily the heroes. Perhaps something during the Jihad or the Wars of Reaving.
@@omni-hexagon3514 i really don't like how they've portrayed the clans in other games since this one. they make them out to be mostly arrogant, foolhardy idiots. this game just had a totally different feeling to it. they seemed almost alien. you could feel the intensity of their beliefs and zealotry, but it wasn't blundering, it was solemn, calculated, and precise. the clans had this dark and mysterious appeal. the voice acting, music, visuals, and direction were stellar. as a kid i was instantly hooked for life.
The Wolf Intro is so much more appealing than the Jade Falcon Intro...
Goosebumps material right here, while the JF Intro provokes only 1 thought...holy founders are they full of themselves. >_>
The music, the wolf cry, the fog, the steel giants, space, the transcendental language...
Yeah, the Clan Crusaders are like real life jihadists. Ethnocentric fanatics.
Well the Wolves are focused on defending the Inner Sphere, at least their leader is. Ultimately, what happens is the Clan Wolf leader is able to weaken the Crusaders enough that Clan Wolf in Exile ends up fleeing to the Inner Sphere.
Seyla
Well, that's Jade Falcons for you
You know, for 20 years I've been wondering something. How the did that Mad Dog get onto that little tiny outcropping without jump jets? I think if he tried to walk down the wolf head he would have face planted.
To be fair, we don't know that it didn't have jump jets. Omni-technology and equipment pods et al. Might have been a variant created specifically to patrol that platform. (The Clans would totally overkill that way).
Skill issue, spheroid.
Possibly a dropship specifically placing that Mad Dog on the platform.
Wait... how did that mad dog get there?
"We are the last of the Wardens...the sole hope for the Earth". Goosebumps, every time.
This line is not true, however. There were still many Warden Clans around in 3057.
@@Ferox2121 Not in 3050, though. Clan Wolf was the only Warden clan at that time.
@@hajime2k In the Inner Sphere maybe, but even then Diamond Sharks/Seafox were there and they were warden. Also, don't forget that Ghost Bear was slowly becoming warden by this time.
Wow... to think that I played this game when I didn't even know the full 26 alphabets of the English language. Must have been 17 or 18 years since I last saw this video. But holy shit this gives me goose bumps.
There are some brutal missions. Like you are sent in a light scoutmech on a reconisance mission and face two stars of clan assault mechs. It has its nasty moments. In the expansion pack you will face an atlas in a cave labyrint underwater. Or shooting up as spaceship hull and leap from one ship into the other shooting the core. This game is as cool as it can get. Surely... it aged but it will never be forgotten.
I just built a Dire Wolf with 6 ER Medium lasers and 4 clan uac/5's, started a 27 day contract with Clan Wolf, then came here and watched this. I am now ready.
Doomie L
do not dissapoint us
+Doomie L quief doomie?
would be more impressed if it were permanent. =)
NO Dire WOLFS on assualt
OH BAYBEH
The cutscene models were modeled in FormZ, touched up and corrected in Alias and ported into SoftImage for animation and rendering.
The ingame models are done with Autodesk 3D Studio R4.
The reason old games were amazing is that their creators poured out their hearts and souls to make them, and more importantly the creators didn't give two sh*ts about media critics and reviewers and social-media driven player consensus!
Hell Yeah! You Speak Truth Brother!
"Sibko" slang for Sibling Company, clan vat born truebloods. Sorry, the diehard clanner in me felt the need to correct your typo :P
The amusing side of Battletech is the ability to insult people with Battletech jargos.
- Hey you are such a sibko reject freebirth.
- Shut up you eugenics obsessed commie wannabe vat born virgin.
@@aquarius5719 One of the things I've always enjoyed most about Battletech is how everyone loves to casually roleplay, even if just to insult a clanner or freebirth in a youtube comment, because it's such a well-written and immersive universe.
Doubly amusing is how no one realizes us Dragoons get to answer to neither great house nor clan bullshit while working to keep the Inner Sphere safe with the best merc pay in the galaxy. I love my job.
An HD version of this would be so sweet.
Look for "Mechwarrior 2 upscaled"
@@aquarius5719 I did since you mentioned it, and they're great.
I noticed that not even interpolation was able to reduce the choppiness of the Commando's sprint in the MW2 Mercenaries opening, lol.
@@MrCantStopTheRobot LOL!! If you want to play the game, "battletech fan" has installation guide". All you need is in the description of videos.
"We are the last of the Wardens..."
Well, except for the Nova Cats. And the Sea Foxes. And then the Ghost Bears who flipped full Warden after the Great Refusal, and the Snow Ravens some time after that.
in 3050 They were the last.
@@TangFiend1 Yes because this was during the Refusal War. a War which I fought in favor of Clan Wolf!
Don't forget Clan Coyote.
After the Comstar Explorer Corp vessel Outbound Light was captured after reaching the Clan Homeworlds, a vote was called among all the Clans to decide whether to initiate Operation REVIVAL, the invasion of the Inner Sphere.
Of all the Clans, Clan Wolf was the *only* one that voted against invasion.
So yes, though more would turn to the cause later, at the time of the invasion and up to some time after Tukayyid, the Wolves were the last of the Wardens.
And Goliath Scorpions, who always support Clan Wolf (Warden part at least).
i used to have goosebumps watching this because i thought this was so epic
We must protect that which is unique amongst the stars.
arcadia is our destiny and our right. not only was this dude's voice is like out of this world but this is some high level literary level writing there you know
barbarianater ... I just learned that in Greek mythology, the Arcadian king Lycaon, and his sons, provoked Zeus's wrath and were transformed into wolves.
LOL i felt them again just a second ago.
Just give me my old 166 Mhz PC I'd play this over the new crap anyday
Or follow the installation guide of "Battletech fan" channel. Description of videos have what you need. And let us know how it went playing again.
I find how the Clan Wolf Intro and Ending cinematics show how gradually the Wolves as we know them became more and more Warden in their beliefs--in the Intro, they still saw Inner Sphere freebirths (like me) as depraved and corrupt, requiring the Warden Wolves to enlighten and guide them. By the time of the Ending cinematic, they saw their Inner Sphere brethren not as barbarians, but as humans like themselves. Goes to show you our Warden Clan brethren are not that different from us at all. =u=
MW 2 had some of the best voice work done in any game. The reading of this into for example. And the voice of the cynical training commander -- hilarious when he tempts you to get too close to the targets and blow yourself up. Best music in a game ever would have to go to Descent 1, IMHO.
The last and most important of the Wardens.
Unless you count Clan Ghost Bear.
At the time of the Refusal war I think Clan Wolf was the last of the Wardens. After that many clans switched from crusader to warden.
...may I ask how that Mad Dog Mechwarrior on that precarious little saucer of stone is supposed to get _off_ that and back on ground it can actually get that mech anywhere from?
Custom variant with jets?
Its 20th century fox studios does movie about mechwarrior 2 31st century combat and i be general karl kerensky and Jennifer Lawrence plays my daughter
The Wolves that stayed with the Clans (the Crusader faction) had a secret alliance with Archon Katherine Steiner via Khan Vlad Ward.
Clan Wolf-in-Exile, the Warden's who moved to the ARDC, opposed Katherine because their Khan blamed her for his mother's death and usurping his cousin Victor's throne.
@madcat789 Plus the Warden cause seems more just and right than the Crusaders. The Wardens were more open, so if Terra was taken by them and a new Star League created it would be far better than one created by the Crusaders.
@CODGODX5 Stop spamming ... If you like CoD 4: MW that is an awesome game, but quickscoping is gay. Keep your recruiting to CoD vids. You are not a MechWarrior, you STRAVAG FREEBIRTH!
They're differing clans. The whole reason for MW2 is a dispute between these 2 clans and they're fighting to see who's right.
The best analogy for the clans I've heard of is extremely competitive brothers. They work together and against each other at the same time.
Warden Way, best way.
After all that time... I still feel the call deep inside me... We are clan Wolf! The Blood of Kerensky runs in our Clan!
How did that vulture get there? And how is it going to get off?
@The Jester - Fool Of Hearts No canon variants of the Mad Dog at this time had jump jets, as far as I'm aware. Yes you could slap them on in this game, but that was blatant disregard for the canon/tabletop.
clan wolf is the best clan because they were from the Kerenskys. Also before they switched alliances they were wardens who believed that they should protect the inner sphere and should join the new star league when it was made. However they split before that with Phelen Kell as their Khan. I always liked the wolfs too. The Ghost Bears were pretty epic too with their clawing ritual.
Kerensky;s sons where both nuts. I doubt it is a upside to have them found your phylosphy
Although it's difficult to get MW 2 working on a modern computer without DOSBOX or some tweaks, I'd install it again just to watch these introductions and read the Clan lore.
The introductions remind me of why I like the Clans: because they're like the poet-warriors of antiquity.
No Mechwarrior game focusing on the Inner Sphere will ever achieve the eloquence of the Remembrance and the Kerenskys' ideals.
The answer is in the installation guides of "battletech fan" channel. See description of videos. All you need is there. These videos make things easy.
God, I loved this game! And as far as the Clans are concerned, I'm Warden all the way - Clan Wolf-In-Exile is the *true* Clan Wolf!
That being said, as far as my overall faction loyalty in BattleTech is concerned, I have to quote the narration from the MechWarrior 3 ending cinematic:
"The total collapse of the Clan strategy against the Inner Sphere was sealed at Strana Mechty. There, the Star League fought under Clan rules. Elite, vat-born, bred-for-battle Clan forces were defeated by the common, freeborn, hardened veterans of the Inner Sphere. They are the *true* MechWarriors."
Inner Sphere Forever! And more specifically: Long Live House Davion!
Jump Jets
my love for sci fi and mechs came from this video game
You may try the tabletop game then. Search for "battletech catalog" video. There are also 80+ novels of Battletech.
@Gallowell Yeah, apart from the near monopoly on the Clan tech market (as far as the IS is concerned) they have; they haven't done much. Though the same can be said for nearly every Clan that isn't called Jade Falcon or Wolf. Although military wise a few posters on the official forums generally had the Sharks as one of the top 5.
At least the Sharks and Ravens ended up better than the Homeworld Clans post-Jihad. At this point they haven't even confirmed if they are still alive.
@Mahbu You trollin', son? In my playthrough of MW2, I probably fired enough bullets to singlehandedly revitalize the economy through arms sales and I never once ran out of ordnance, or deviated from the single, narrow path the game wanted me to take. You could exercise tactics well enough, but the strategy I like in my games is stuff like choosing your team's hardware and approach vector, timing your attacks, splitting elements to complete different missions... stuff that console games won't do.
@Mahbu These designers spent less of a fraction of their budget on story than a designer like Infinity Ward does, considering how much voice actors and animation of speaking faces cost. No, regenerating health is to "improve" game pacing, to make it more like you're playing an action movie, with nonstop noise and violence. Games where you need to make tactical and strategic plans regarding things like health allow for more game depth, but can't hold the attention of the Xbox crowd.
This game was made back before developers became obsessed with technology. Yeah it was cutting edge back then, but it was still the 90s and games were more personal. After watching this, im reminded that not only are games today half ass products designed to make money (we all knew that) But moreover they lack quality narrive. Its time producers stopped hiding behind technology, and started investing in content.
we are clanwolf, children of kerensky. we carry the honor of his name on our shoulders as our fathers did before.The rememberance speaks to us of the evil in mans will, of the reasons forexodus and therites of the traveler.Arcadia is our destiny and our right. Enlightenment is ourgift. Bythe bloodnames of the founders we must return, return and protect that which is unique among the stars. Terra awaits us as it was written...we are the last of the wardens, the sole hope for the earth.
The ultimate goal of all clans is to conquer Earth, the cradle of mankind. The clan who does so will becomne the Ilclan and rule over all others, due to it's "destiny". From this point on a new star league, consisting of clans and others will be established with the goal to unite mankind once again (shall mean ending the houses etc.). It is quite ironic that the war loving clans basically fight to bring ultimate peace to the universe and restore what had been before.
I can see how you might think that, but by being invisible it helps save Coalition lives. When you think about it we're really just developing a more technologically advanced version of guerrilla warfare. The majority of the enemies that have we have come up against in the past have used this tactic when fighting because of it's versatility.Allied forces could only wish that the enemy was stupid enough to just run at them gun ho, then they'd be easy to take out,But they don't and neither will we
I'd be pretty awesome to behold if the military did start making giant robots, but they're actually moving the opposite direction. The world's military are aiming for lower profile and smaller tanks and small unmanned craft for spying and probably even for air superiority eventually. Unfortunately a 10metre high robot is hardly discrete, hard to camouflage and easy to hit, even from a distance. They key these days is to see your enemy before they see you therefore I doubt we'll see Mechs IRL :(
@Kenzboard: Clan Wolf is a crusader clan. They are willing to "free" Terra from Blake's Sword and comstar (which basically every clan does). Clan Wolf and the crusaders differ from the others in the form, that they think, that the innersphere is inrepairable rotten and has do be extinct, while the others want to set up the 1st starferderation (don't know if it's the right term) again and return to the days of Kerensky.
Actually, Clan Wolf fights for the Right of IlKhan Ulrich Kerensky to remain leader of the Clans.
Clan Jade Falcon fights to uphold the decision of all Clans to replace Ulrich Kerensky.
Since the ilKhan favored keeping the armistice of Tukayid, what the fight is all about is: Do the Clans advance against Terra or not.
All of the clans fight a big battle with ComStar for the rights to Terra on a planet called Tukkayid. ComStar uses superior military tactics (clanners would say dishonorable tactics) to defeat the Clan forces and secure victory for the inner sphere. Their condition was if they won, the clans would not advance for 15 years. If they lost, they lose Terra.
The Wardens viewed the clans as the defenders of humanity. They were to return to the inner sphere, re-unite humanity under the star league, then stand as guardians/wardens. As far as foes are concerned..
Word of Blake.
Crusaders belived that they were to return, and establish clan existance in the inner sphere, purging it's rotten elements.
The Crusaders want to conquer the Inner Sphere and Terra to reestablish the Star League (their interpretation of it or Nicholas's interpretation or Aleksandr's...I'm not too sure).
The Wardens want to protect the Inner Sphere. What exactly the Inner Sphere has to be protected from besides itself...again, I'm not so sure.
Personally, I'm Crusader (Clan Star Adder).
It doesn't even matter :P...
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I think the best one to do though would be Diamond Shark or something based on Wolf's Dragoons or the Grayson Death Leigon. I'd also love to see an RPG or first person shooter with Cassie Suthorn as the main character (Camacho's Caballeros)...
Oh, heh sorry.
I should have mentioned I'm working on a totally revamped version of Ralph Reed's MechForce for IBM systems.
With all-new weapons, terrain, and history. Plus I've already completed 23 new Infantry weapons, 30 new Vehicles, and 85 new Mechs. :)
Lyrans? Davions? Pheh. So overrated. If I were to go the way of the IS, it would be with The Free Worlds League or Mercenaries. Since I'm a bit of a weeaboo, I would've chosen House Kurita, but they don't take too kindly to mercs.
I've always had a thing for Jade Falcon ever since I was a kid.
They should make another 1 "Mechwarrior 5" dam good graphics,dam good gameplay,new cool looking mechs that can be customed and lots of things to bash,smash and trash from the cockpit of a very big Mech armed to the teeth with that much in weapons the weight breaks its legs that what I want to see.
yes i have. And this game is not only a memorable game. It is one of those games which was great bak in the day. No other mech game feels like how mechwarrior 2 played. I played this game when i was 7 and i still remember the awsomeness.
Ancient vows to order, kneel
A warden's call to blood and steel
Legion lines to shield the frail
Behind the plate and mail
Cast from our place
Now further from grace
We fall...
This game was made back when games took more than two hours of running and shooting to beat. Games today are too dumbed down and pussified. Why does all my health come back when I hide behind a fuckin' box for five seconds?
after this caln war called the great refusal..1/2 the wold calan went to what is call the "arc royal defense cordon" its an area on the edge of lyran space and faces against the jade falcon occupied territory
The thing about FASA is that they rarely labeled any side good or evil directly. They preferred to leave that for the readers and cloud the issue with ambigous views. These game intros take a position in it much more clearly.
@immortalass It is called 'customisation.' Even 'mechs which do not normally equip jump jets can be reconfigured to mount them, if the pilot is willing to sacrifice some weapons and/or armour.
@Fetchdafish
All religions are devoid of evidence, and mostly devoid of logic and reason.
That doesn't necessarily make it a bad thing though. Faith in something is not necessarily a bad thing.
lol, Nova is a good mech, powerfull if you use it right. btw, Battle tech was around before Star Wars came out in books. If you ever played Ghost Bears Legacy, The Stone Rhino was a vary good mech too :)
How the hell did they get that Vulture there, what do they think it is supposed to be doing there and how are they planning to get it away once it is done doing whatever it is doing?
@Fetchdafish Well Clan Cloud Cobra had members of practically every faith and seek enlightenment through a consensus between different spiritual viewpoints. But your right about the rest.
whats the difference between clan wolf and clan falcon? i dont understand i started the mechwarrior serries from mw3... I dont know what the difference between falcon and wolf is...
Geez, they should pick up work on MW 5 again and make it another "Clan only" game without innersphere junk....
Clan Staradder should finally wake from it's long sleep of preparation!
Arcadia is also a word meaning: "any real or imaginary place offering peace and simplicity." So while Arcadia is a planet, its usage in this sense was meant on its literal terms.
And why the hell does that MadDog kept looking left and right like it was doing an excercise? They have radars you know. And MadDogs can be fitted with ElectroCamo.
Only ever played Marauder and Timberwolf, basically just because of this intro. Man does this this hold up.
why dont they make games like this anymore? is it too much to ask for a game to actually have a story and have it suck you in to the game. that's what i want.
I meant a mech army. There's no such thing as Battletech Platoon, I meant A Battlemech platoon. I have a habit of capitalizing letters that I don't need to.
The Entrance is not made for mechs....
And Mechs (I assume like tanks) are used as mobile gun batteries. It can be inferred it was dropped there for that purpose.
@Fengorm the english word for Bewahrer is Warden. Just by the Way. ;)
I like the articulation of the Clan language so much. It sounds so archaic. I like that.
Haha good point! We should just build a... Joint Assault Mech for sale to the allied forces and just wade into battle and stomp on everything that moves lol :D
I don't know why,but theres many reasons why i like this clan the most.
A: Theiry primary color is red,red is cool
B:Their wolfs,wolfs are cool.
C: Their enemies are a bunch of green birds,green birds are gay.
@VazzaPrime True true,but i have always had a place in my heart for clan Widow Maker. Never thought it should have been absorbed. Never liked SJ though.
@Gallowell As a Diamond Shark fan I share your pain.
Though I am contractually obligated to hate you cause of the whole Sea Fox incident. :P
The sound of both the wolf and falcon at start of their intro's like DANG!!! They don't make games like this anymore.
I agree. I'd also like to see something from Liao/Marik or periphery state... even a kind of Sims game with periphery states...
The Wolves weren't Crusaders before their Warden elements got exiled. That's the event this game was about: The Refusal War.
Literally just got back into the series after a long hiatus. Started playing Mechwarrior 5, saw that it was set pre-clan invasion, and admittedly was a little disappointed that I would not get to see any Madcats or Timberwolves, but still enjoying the game anyway (Especially since I picked up a Goldenboy). But this got me wanting to catch up lorewise. So of course, I started by looking up Clan Wolf, cause why would I waste my time on lore for lesser Clans/Factions? All joking aside, I love the lore for the series as a whole, but especially that of Clan Wolf. Seriously, so much shit has happened and they have been integral o so much in the series. Really wish they would remaster all the games.
Magic is used solely by the mystics of Clan Nova Cat and the elves have long been associated with the Clan Cloud Cobra, though the Tongo and Anasaz Cloisters prefer to use fairies instead :)
I'll also say that elevators are for Clan wimps only. We in the Inner Sphere prefer to use zip lines!
Well, there is nothing better for the clans than supreme power over all. Thats a much better thing to have than fighting.
I think I always wonder if Earth would have been better under Clan Wolf as opposed to ComStar.
I remember this, me and my dad played this together.
@blackyoshi1230 and i remember when they kicked ass, it just makes it that much more disappointing that they suck now.
Okay, that entrance is way too small and the same with the drop point. How the heck did that mech get out there?! XD
I'm call sign lone wolf of clan wolf and I be general karl kerensky of clan wolf and Jennifer Lawrence plays my daughter
How old were you when you joined Clan Wolf? I was 9...great memories.
@spleefrog9 Reserve your blame towards modern day Activision and EA. They were good in the '90s, but these days, they're freaking horrible. Sadly, the only guys I trust these days is Valve.
if any1 wanna join a MW2 (PS3) clan, msg me or leave ur PSN in my comments, we are a knifing/rushing/ninja clan
I hope that MADDOG has jumpjets but it looks like he doesnt as he twists its torso, trying to find a way from the platform
@SpawnofChaos2010 You thought the Blood of Kerensky trilogy sucked? Assuming those were the ones you read.
I loved this game so much long ago, but isn't it interesting that actual people are never seen in the game?
To think it's been years, but that first howl still gives me a chill up my spine
If the 21st century fox and Activision does a live version movie of clan wolf I play the man kersensky