Ok, welcome to "Let's Pwn!" and this time we are going to pwn MechCommander
It's quite an old PC game back from 1998 one of my favourites as well it's a really hard game
much harder than any game you will find these days
It has some of the best 2D graphics I've ever seen
There's a good intro for this game
But I've already uploaded the video, it's on the channel so you can have a look later
Not gonna go through the intro on this one Just gonna go straight into the game
Command Interface initiated
Incomming transmittion
Xavian guards
our first battalion is on the planet
we caught the Smoke Jaguar off guard but just barely
they were able to activate the plant orbital guns and caught the dropship
York before she landed
we have lost all contacts so assume x-ray company is out of the picture
yankee and zulu companies you will pick up the slack as well as any survivors and
equipment that could be used
while those guns have us pinned down support will be limited so salvage is a priority
Xavians make no mistake
despite the loss of x-ray company our battle plan is intact
we will take this planet back
I'm downloaded your mission briefing.
moved to destroy the designated Clan target and we will gain a beachhead
before they can react
batallion will make special equipment available as required
there we go that's the briefing all of which is in FMV which is really good
so you've got your operation briefing here
mission briefing which pretty much says what she said
gives you a little bit more information as well
so that the Mechs you got already are the three down here, beast, Hunter and Lynx.
So as you can see I've only got 3 slots that you can use for this particular mission. but there's a total of 12 as well.
and down here you've got the tons which is the maximum weight you can
use in any mission
each of the Mechs has their own weight
so this one the Beast is in is a Commando it's only 25 tons
And then the Firestarter which Lynx is in is 30 tons
different missions give you different weight limits
So as well as this, this is your main screen, you have your Mech bay
where you can go to arm your Mechs with different weapons
So here's all the weapons you got on this side may look a bit complicated at the moment but it gets a lot easier
the more you go through the game
so you've got your Mechs
which I've got none left at the moment I've only got these three MechWrriors
which is Hawk,
he's staying there, he's not coming out to the fight
components
different weapons
vehicles none of which I've got at the moment
as well as everything you've got you can also purchase the different types
components, vehicles
MechWarriors and Mechs
so rather than go through it all now you will see it
as I go through the game and it will start to make more sense
so I'm gonna go straight into the game and deploy! so let's begin the mission
Commencing deployment
MechWarriors prepare for combat
Here you go, so the game plays pretty much like Command And Conquer really
It's like any sort of real Time Strategy execpt there is no base building or resource management you just get to control your units and move around
This h.......oh shut up Beast. This has got some of the best 2D graphics
or 2D sprites I've seen
Very highly detailed
So there's just that man who just....
Well he's just blown up now but he legged it from the car
as soon as the car blew up
It's got lots of small detail like that going on in the game
And then there's two different zoom levels so they pretty much had to redraw each of the sprites for the zoom levels
as you can see there's a lot of detail in there
What have you found Lynx? Where is it?
So you've got your mini-map up here you've got the radar for each of your Mechs
radar will shrink as they are running
and as they stop the radar increases so it gives you better range
So you're best to stand still so you can find anything far from the horizon
if not
just run off like I do
That's the first part done
Well it's only an armoured car
There he is trying to escape
Shoot him this time
So if you haven't played this game before I recommend you really should get it
It's one of the best games and it's really hard as well especially if you like older games like this
it's quite easy to play but it's a very difficult game
it really is the bees' knees and the dog's bollocks all in one
so as you can see here on the mini-map now I've got two more objectives to go to
just finished the first one just by blowing up that fuel truck
Now usually in the game when you get to a
piece of terrain that's just grayish like this
it normally means it's on a bit of a hill
So as you stand on there
you can see much further than you would normally
some of them are only small like this one but others are really high up
where you can see most of the map
so it's got pretty decent line of sight
ahhh no you dont! get back here!
Now on the map when you see the yellow circle like that with a red ring around it that means it's a Mech
The red ring means it's got it's own radar which means I'm within it's radar range at the moment
Some Mechs will come for you if you get within the radar range, others won't.
So this is one of their Mechs we're gonna have to destroy
Here he comes
ahh it's only a Commando
So as he's fixated on trying to attack Lynx I can run Lynx round in circles
Which makes him harder to it
And then my other two Mechs will just stand there and get good accuracy while blowing him to peices
There we go
Lost an arm
And there goes the pilot
So any Mechs that fall
in the game like that
you can usually salvage if they don't blow to pieces
So I'll be able to see at the end if I can salvage that one or not
There's no real need to destroy those buildings I just felt like it
What's this hiding?
A car? Go on get lost
Missed the damn objective didn't I!
That's the damage of the PPC
Sick of this flag as well
Right onto the last one
Here there's a fuel tank
Let's just blow this up for a laugh
if a Mech gets within a blown up fuel tank they haven't got much chance of survival
There you go you see Lynx down there he's taken quite a bit of damage so best keep him back
Any Mech that get's damaged we will have to pay for repair
Because if I go into another mission without repairing him he will be exactly like he is now
So each time you go into a new mission you will carry on with
exactly the same resources you had at the last one
Another armoured car
Right there's another Mech up there somewhere
Hmm
Let's see if we can find a hill
Might be able to see better what's going on
Ok might be able to see from here
Well that was shit
Let's try up here
oooooh, getting close, come on
An Armoured car with no crew!
Is that the best they can do?
These are pretty good Mechs for small ones
that's just a moment
Quite tough
Oh there we go
Blew his arm off
And any weapons that were in it
Get out of the way Lynx
There goes the pilot
Too bad the Mech blew up
Which means I can't have that one
Let's get rid of this crap
Come on Flatbed, you as well
There we go, mission finished
There we go. Extra bonus for going under the drop weight
There we go, salvaged the Commando
And salvaged the Uller as well
Their own weapons. Thats good
as you see there each of the MechWarriors levels up a little bit
each time they get some kills and finish a mission
Right so I'm gonna go onto the next one now
