[Longplay, No Commentary] MechCommander 2 (PC, 2001) Full Play-through
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- MechCommander 2 is a real-time tactics game released in 2001 for Windows as a direct sequel to MechCommander. This time you assume the role of the commander of an unnamed mercenary company who fights for the various Great Houses involved in this story.
Compared to MechCommander, the game-play is way too simplified and dumbed down. Mechs can easily be salvaged in- or after mission provided reactor core is intact, or purchased outright at certain points of the campaign. Better weapons are available in unlimited numbers after capturing weapon factories in campaign missions. As a consequence, there is not much of a motivation to play more cautiously in order to salvage that juicy Clan tech like you would in MechCommander.
Also, the AI is poorly programmed for they take "focus firing" way too literally, which is a weakness that can easily be abused. Higher difficulty settings don't fix AI behaviour, but merely adds artificial difficulty in the form of terrible accuracy for player-controlled units.
With these points said, this game is a bit of a letdown when compared to its predecessor. Though, it does have its moments, I like the make-up of House Liao's Mandrissa Cho.
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If you wish to play this game but have trouble running it on a modern Windows PC, try the following steps. You will need to download both the ISO and RIP versions from MyAbandonware (link in description). From there:
- Extract both packages to your preferred location
- Mount the ISO (MDF) file and proceed to do a full installation
- Meanwhile, head over to the RIP folder and into "data" folder, delete the "sound" and "movies" folder
- Now head back into the "data" folder in the ISO installed folder, copy the 2 folders named above and paste them into the RIP "data" folder
- Launch Mc2Rel.exe and the game should start, no compatibility or admin privilege needed
- If mouse cursor is not appearing, you will need to work your way into the Options menu and disable Hardware Mouse Update
Now you should be able to play the game nicely with all the audio and FMVs.
* If you do have the physical copy, I assume it would work fine without doing all these, but if it does not, following the steps above (with physical disc install instead of ISO) should probably yield the same result.
Thanks for the guide - seems to work perfectly for me!
Sound a bit confusing to be honest...
Install ISO in a new "A" folder > Unpack RIP version in newer "B" folder > Copy missing Data > Video/Sound from the ISO > Play (using RIP version)...
Installing the ISO is a way to ensure windows detect the game properly installed and the lack of video/sound is related to some copyright issue since those aren't part of the freeware provided by Microsoft...The confuse part comes from a RIP version that has missing files and no proper installation setup.
Sorry, this doesn't work for me. The RIP version does nothing when run.
I'll have to give this a try. I have played & replayed this game for years and never saw any of the intro movies or cutscenes between missions until I watched your video.
The rip trick put me on the right track, many thanks.
I'd like to add to your guide:
Any combination of the following may help you run the game. For me (Windows 10 64 bit) it was all of them.
- Do not install the game from the ISO. Simply copy the "data" folder from the ISO to the rip folder (to have movies and music).
- Delete the "vidcard.csv" file from the rip folder.
- Delete the "badcard.csv" file from the rip folder.
- Delete "imagehlp.dll" from the "assets\Binaries" subfolder of the rip.
- If the game runs but is choppy and pixelated (especially noticeable with the ground) it means software rendering is forced on, even if you turned on hardware rasterizer in options. Use dgVoodoo2 (may hang the game) or WineD3D (worked for me).
- (Optionally) Install patch 1.1. Among others it adds maps for solo missions, fixes the AI and reduces campaign mission rewards (e.g. you only get 4300 C-Bills for the 1st mission instead of 43000 - yes, that's 10x less). Yes, it makes the game harder but arguably that's the way it was meant to be originally.
Always loved going back through the missions with all the mechs and clan tech available. Fun to take a fully modified assault mech in the early missions.
Found the Steiner!
what a great game this has been in my childhood. THX for uploading
I had no idea they made a mech commander 2. I love the first one.
It wasn't the 1st one with the online play but it was fun
It looks very disappointing compared to the first+gold. I won't even try this. So disappointed. The mechwarrior series doesn't appeal to me either, i played through mw3 but it was boring as sh1t.
@@123TauruZ321 3 was great on the presentation of the 'Mech combat and the weight that they had but I agree other aspects suffered due to Zipper just trying to get the damn game released already. MechLab was unbalanced because you could cram any weapons into any section (as per tabletop but you're trying to roleplay in that instance), and being able to engage the enemy beyond draw distance of the sparse terrain.
That and the modern compatibility is just utter garbage.
@@racer927 Agree on those points. It had certain cool features but seemed unfinished. Good point about any weapon on any part. That could have been worked out. Maybe even just had a strict set weapon configuration on each mech. Would make the game more strategic in that sense. I personally just loaded as many ER Large Lasers and heat sinks as i felt balanced, and aimed at enemy mech's legs from as far away as possible. It got me through the game. It was kind of fun playing around with trying to use terrain to one's advantage, but reading enemy mechs' movement and such felt too difficult. Also controlling own team AI was a hassle. Needed more work.
The second one is better. Trying to complete MechCommander Gold: Darkest Hout campaign now and it's pain in the ass!
Fun Fact: Steel is voiced by Mike Pondsmith, the creator of Cyberpunk 2020
Holy shit that's awesome!
Thank you for posting. I played this through so many times as a kid...I might have to again. What a great game
And thanks for watching! You should if you have the time to spare :)
@@Chanwsan so, since xomme is have some downloaded, installed a patch to fix the AI, and have completed the 2nd phase of the campaign
I also played through this game again recently. Still got my ass kicked on the same missions! Hahah. So satisfying to play again though
@@oliver1367 iv now played it through so many times im now trying specific weapon type loadouts.. like only missles or only Autocannons. Makes for fun challenges
@@Stratobrick my stupidest moment was Swarm LRMs on everything... Did this on Killdeer once... Ended up losing to 4 heavy 'Copters because swarm doesn't hit aerial targets .. hahaha
I love Davion/Partisan campaign the most. Lots of enemies to shoot, lots of RP given, lots of mechs to salvage. And the Raven & Men Shen stalk squads is fun to handle as they can't be detected like normal foes, effectively counter Cyclops. Wish this campaign could be longer.
The intro does a great job of setting up why Mercs would be a good fit for this job
There was a glitch that I found playing this game.
If you take a single mech and get the enemy to start chasing you, they enemy units will only attack that single mech regardless of the actions from your other mechs. I was able to use this tactic to keep my forces in relative good health, making it possible to capture more enemy mechs to sell for C bills.
Yeah I did that pretty frequently too
Not so much a glitch, more a very basic enemy AI! It's good to use in a pinch but something only a Clanner would do...
He/She kind of used this technique at 5:33:10 with his Anubis :) - nevermind it was already mentioned by cool so neato x)
I just abused head targeting and specialized all my people in sharpshooting. I had more mech salvage than I knew what to do with. I actually salvaged that jumpjet Atlas and got to see its specs on the final mission debrief. I ran so many Highlanders because their mobility combined with their Gauss rifles was just scary. I'd have them jump over walls and blast the turret controls midair.
@@oliver1367 Except it's the clans that are honoroble. And fighting for the good cause.
My childhood memory! I always give all my mechs full armor set since I hate losing any of them.
I never even bother upgrading anything 😄
I miss this game a lot. I miss the excitement of salvaging Madcats.
You are awesome man! I just found your channel and have been watching all your MechWarrior play throughs. Keep up the good work!
Thanks a bunch mate 😊
I guess I didn't realize how Paul Verhoevenish that intro feels when I first played this two decades ago.
Loved this game. It sure I ever finished it… I remember the mission around hour 5.
Loved getting the Timberwolf or Catapult in one of the early missions.
Thanks for this :) Enjoyable to listen to on the second monitor.
Hearing the windows game opening from this was so much nostalgia in so few seconds
Спасибо. Поностальгировал минут 10. Мне казалось что у меня был баг и противник преследовал первого же увиденного робота. Но оказывается это был просто плохой ИИ противников. Игра плохо сохранилась - в моей памяти она был гораздо краше. Хотя вот СУПЕР размытый грунт я точно хорошо помнил))
Thanks i wish i got to play this back in the day!
Great game. Loved this when I was growing up.
Thanks for making this video (:
I'm guessing that this game was developed sometime after Mech Assault was released, because I recognize the sounds used for a few of the weapon systems from Mech Assault with the PPC and Autocannon being the most recognizable.
Thanks for the nostalgia hit!
Watching an Atlas run from UrbanMechs and Fleas in the opening will never not be funny, lol
It's been 23 years since MC2, and there's no sign of a MC3. That's some majorly untapped potential.
If we were to get MC3, what would you want to see in it?
Here's my list:
- Improve the viability of close-range weapons and/or nerf certain long-range weapons. So often, you'll just have players slap on as many ERPPCs and such as possible and snipe the enemy to death. It's pragmatic, sure, but it feels like any MC3 title should give some bigger drawbacks to long-range burst-damage weapons. And no, that minimum range thing doesn't work because your enemy will get nailed before they can exploit that, or your mechs could just reposition. You should be given a reason to use stuff like UAC20's and SRMs outside of self-imposed challenge.
- Make it so Light and Medium mechs are needed in late-game missions. Once you hit later missions, everyone just loads up as many Assault mechs as possible and goes guns blazing. Tonnage limits can only accomplish so much in restricting how many mechs you bring along. I'd make it so that various missions have secondary objectives that you can't pull off if you don't have enough fast mechs. Maybe MC3 could take a few notes from MWO on how to make Light and Medium mechs viable.
- Improvements to cover mechanics. We've all seen where our mechs fire ERPPCs at an enemy that's pop-tarting from behind a building and those ERPPC blasts go through the building like it wasn't even there. That should be changed so that using buildings for cover is more than just a "need line of sight to fire" thing. I'd look at how Homeworld 3 is doing it - missiles in HW3 have a travel time and can hit debris if your ships duck behind cover in time. Make it the same in MC3 - if you fire at a mech at long range and it ducks behind a building before your shots reach it, said shots hit the building instead.
- More mech customization options. MC2 did an okay job, but there's a lot more you could do with it, such as hardpoints, engine customization, armor types (i.e. Reflective, Reactive, etc.), AMS, and so forth. Mech customization is a huge part of the franchise, so having more of it would be a good thing.
Me, first time playing that last mission: "What the hell was that?! Highlander? It's too big to be a Highlander! Cyclops, maybe? Oh SHIT, Atlas!"
"Bloody hell, that's cheating!"
Good times.
#replayable
Bring it back.
I played this game back in late 2000s
I loved using Zeus with 4 PPCs...Hacksaw became Ace with PPC specialisation 😅
ah yes the specalisation system, loved the idea of it, but damn it needed a way to retrain some pilots who come with shit perks
thats why i only start the game with green mechwarriors so i can choose all their perks, besides on the long run the perks are not that important truly, if you have a mechwarrior with max accuracy level and max maneuverability the perks do minor diference. For example the max accuracy level of a mechwarrior is 80% and with a heavy autocanon specialisation perk the accuracy while using a heavy autocanon goes from 80% to 85%. Another example is if you have a mechwarrior with max accuracy and you add a medium range specialisation his accuracy while using medium range weapons goes from 80% to 82%. But for personal choise i always go for laser, er laser, and third and fourth perk goes to whatever depending of the mechs i want to use from there on, i always finish the davion campaing with a thor, several mad cats, a bloodasp and other normal mechs, so i keep a mechwarrior with heavy autocanon perk, a couple with ppc perk and a ace with gaus riffle perk while all have the laser and er laser perk, covering nearly all their main weaponary. Sometimes i like to change things up with two bloodasps for the final missions, one with double gaus rifle and another one with double clan ultra heavy autocanons.
1:47:46 That's a close one. I know Anubis has the speed but it's also thinner than other light mechs, so I choose the Razorback to be my scout, for its survivability.
2:56:55 That Atlas with the reinforcement is actually a pre-spawned, guarding the north-east base. And there's a small town sits at west of the headquarter where you can find a resource building(so this map has a total of 3).
In one playthrough I raid the base first and bring that Atlas with my troops. Seeing it ravaging those choppers and med mechs is satisfying.
Yeah I just kept doing that Anubis bait and jj shenanigans. Luckily the game was quite forgiving at the difficulty I was playing in.
3:16:01 This sector has lots of mines lay between the bases. They'll be a great problem to any mech heavier than 35 ton, including that Zeus and Shootist pair :) I always love watching them struggle in their own mine field chasing my scout :D
4:58:40 It always feels bad to see the allies being slaughtered by the enemies. I love using heavy/assault tiers, but in this mission, I'll send a squad filled with light and medium mechs like Sha Yu, Raven, Anubis, etc(Mostly house Liao mechs lol). So I can save as many partisans as possible. I bring the Cyclops, too. For its top-notch sensor.
Partisans can distract the offenders, allowing my squad to cleanse them without getting noticed. Enemies will have the time and space to attack my mercs if too many partisans die before we arrive.
5:12:40 Ah yes, the Legions! Toughest vehicles in the game. They sure are hard to handle... or are they?
I just let my scout capture the turrets and the gates, and then kite those fat@sses around. Have fun climbing the hills and playing with turrets, fatty! And watch out the mines! Be careful not to stuck together or I'll call an airstrike on you! Good luck, "Mech Hunters".
Whoever in House Steiner coming up with this embarrassment is a genius, or a spy. I hope this is not Colonel Renard's doing.
Loved these 2 games MC 1+2. Wish there was another try at this - Battletech in all honour, but turn based just isnt the same.
my favorite video game. Wish they would make more and bring it to console. The MechWarrior games have lost something going away from real actors.
Very fond memories
Why are you not using the headshot? That's the quickest way to kill an enemy mech. I missed this game
easy win is to go full LRM with light gun combo, you will shread everything at long range and keep away from most harm. But there will be very little mechs to salavage as the missiles overkills everything (with missile skill and pilot with long range skill nearly all missiles will track their foe instead of just "wander" off)
This is a game that could do with a reboot
Followed your instructions and works great on win10
I never understood why in this game the mechs use spotlights at night when they're known to have built in night vision and infrared.
Ive been wanting to play this again but i cant get it to work on windows 10😢
I'm a pro-gamer, and back when I played this game, I remembered the best strategy was to have all jump mechs, and max dps weapons (most of them are the shortest range), and just select all your mechs and POUNCE on whatever you're attacking. They usually die in less than a second, and won't shoot while you're in the air. Even if they don't die immediately, most of their weapons can't fire at you (you're below their min weapon range).
2:40 - He asks again... what was his response the first time?
So i noticed the "fire ant" around 40 minutes in, wonder if its the canon flea variant that only has flamers and machine guns to commit war crimes on civilians?
Your game seems to run a lot more smoothly than mine - any tips on how you achieve that?
It's been quite some time ago. Assuming you have a system with both integrated graphics and discrete GPU like that on laptops, make sure to set the game to run on your discrete GPU. If it doesn't help / not applicable, try deleting badcard.csv AND vidcard.csv in the install directory.
@@Chanwsan Thanks for the advice! I got it running a lot better by simply lowering the resolution a few pegs. Looks just as good but runs pretty much identically to yours. I'll have to try that next if I have any issues in the future.
I'm trying to get all of the Mechwarrior and Battletech games set up for a gnarly marathon! It's sort of like my rain dance that Microsoft does something with the IP now that they have it again
Why they stopped making this series is beyond me. There are so many winning formulas out there yet the developers just choose the worst ones and send the gaming industry to hell.
8:33:40 So he is stubborn as always... I wonder Colonel Renard ever did something other than jumping around the map. By the way, his mech is a modified Atlas, with jump jet. And you can actually salvage it and use it.
Head to "Load Game" and find an auto save called "aftergame". Load it, and you can find Renard's Atlas and all other mechs you had salvaged in your mech bay.
Then you can use Renard's Atlas against himself, and have an infinite salvage supply of that special Atlas!
Didn't know there's an aftergame, but I imagine having a jumping Atlas early on would break the game quite quickly
@@Chanwsan Sadly, the aftergame autosave is just a repeat of the final mission. It won't bring you back to the beginning of the whole campaign.
Though the final didn't have post-mission section, promotion and award still count. Pilots joining all Davion campaign will have the honor ribbon.
There's no Cbill salvage, but you can keep the RP-salvaged mechs with you, so I recommend save one salvage craft for Renard's Atlas.
This used to be the game back in the day.
How did you run this game in 3D software acceleration ?
3 years and you refused to adjust the aspect ratio? Wow man.
Great game buddy how did you get it run on win 10 ?
I assume the game was sourced from MyAbandonware. You will actually need to download both the ISO and RIP versions. From here:
- Extract both packages to your preferred location
- Mount the ISO (MDF) file and proceed to do a full installation
- Meanwhile, head over to the RIP folder and into "data" folder, delete the "sound" and "movies" folder
- Now head back into the "data" folder in the ISO installed folder, copy the 2 folders named above and paste them into the RIP "data" folder
- Launch Mc2Rel.exe and the game should start, no compatibility or admin privilege needed
- If mouse cursor is not appearing, you will need to work your way into the Options menu and disable Hardware Mouse Update
Now you should be able to play the game nicely with all the audio and FMVs.
* If you do have the physical copy, I assume it would work fine without doing all these, but if it does not, following the steps above (with physical disc install instead of ISO) should probably yield the same result.
@@Chanwsan Thanks buddy i will give that a go this game is a classic i would love to see mech cammander 1 and 2 get an update these game are classics
@@Chanwsan That's crazy you got this game to work so well. I have all kinds of issues getting it to run in Windows 10. The game crashes multiple times before I get it to run. When I'm lucky enough to get into a mission everything is black and white. Also mouse scrolling doesn't work so I have to use the directional keys.
@@ryanh7844 Thanks to all the smart people out there who figured it out. You can try again following those steps and see if you can run it nicely. I have to mention that the game did crash from time to time especially during mission loading, you just won't see them because I obviously cut them out 😉
@@Chanwsan How do I mount the game? Do you need a program for that?
So never trust Capellans or Katrina Steiner.
Great game. Sadly can't get it to run anymore on modern PC's.
are you trying to run the game from the disk? or are you trying to run the game preinstalled in a folder file?
@@ShadrackMeduson recently I installed it via disk. Then tried to run it in comparability mode and as admin. Once it gets to the main menu the program crashes though.
Is there steps I could take to get it to run on windows 10?
what system are you using, or graphic settings? I tried this on my win7 and it was crappier than my windows 10 version.......but doesn't compare to your graphics. I used another version, direct play, also has video.....but graphics look worse than yours.
Win 10, max settings. Maybe try following the steps in my pinned comment and see if you can get it working nicely
@@Chanwsan i read it, and found nothing about it. I tried doing that to mine, bumping the settings to high....but there was no difference......last time i did the ISO version, it crashed.....direct play works (oh well, I'm almost done with the game anyway)
Why does this look HD? It looks way better than what I played. Cap?
yeah, they should really take a shot on a real mc 3 in the battletech universe... much more fun than the so called third game. Sadly they maybe tried to promote battletech tabletop with the round based mode of Battletech. Would be great to have real mech commander game coming...
For some reason when I was a teenager and this and out I had no interest in it, only the standard FPS mechwarrior
And it’s obvious I would have loved it
"BSW-KEK"
"ABS-KEK"
Your variant names...
I know 🤡
I've been trying to run this game for a while, first on a Windows 10 machine and then on a XP VM. No matter what I do it always has a really small screen for anything outside of missions and the missions have a bunch of patchwork textures all over, which really makes it look ugly. It's odd that it's the same developers as AoE 2 which still runs quite well.
You may try following the steps in the pinned comment. Good luck and have fun!
We need a live action Battletech/Mechwarrior series.
MC 1 &2 needs remakes and mod support
Skip video 😂 mission start 3:24
I still have the original disk and disks for MW3. Commander just seem like endless click walking shoot at this click walk again. No real strategy other than March your guys around.
You're not wrong, 'Warrior is a better series as a whole. Still, 'Commander is pretty fun.