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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
Description
BE YOUR OWN WEAPON OF WAR Welcome to the year 3015! It’s a hell of a time to be alive. Humanity has colonized thousands of star systems spanning a vast region of space known as the Inner Sphere. The golden age of cooperation and advancement is now a distant memory, and humanity has once again splint...
Critics reviews
55 %
Recommend
PC Gamer
80/100
IGN
8.1/10
Metro GameCentral
8/10
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4/5

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Product details
2021, Piranha Games Inc., ...
System requirements
Windows 10 (64-bit versions), Intel Core i3-7100/AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770/...
DLCs
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Legend of the Kestrel Lancers, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Digital Con...
Time to beat
35.5 hMain
57 h Main + Sides
82 h Completionist
56.5 h All Styles
Description

BE YOUR OWN WEAPON OF WAR

Welcome to the year 3015! It’s a hell of a time to be alive.
Humanity has colonized thousands of star systems spanning a vast region of space known as the Inner Sphere. The golden age of cooperation and advancement is now a distant memory, and humanity has once again splintered into disparate factions all vying for supremacy.

In the midst of these Succession Wars, power hungry Mercenaries like yourself are in a privileged position to capitalize big time. It’s dangerous work but that’s why you’re here, right? If you’ve got an itch to blast, wreck, stomp and go all out ballistic, step inside and become your own weapon of war!

STORY

As the inheritor of a once-prominent Mercenary company, reborn in the flames of its near destruction at the hands of conspiring factions, your quest for glory and revenge will stretch light-years as you chase threads of interstellar intrigue along your journey to becoming an elite MechWarrior and mercenary commander.

THE INNER SPHERE

Home to thousands of star systems and an array of stunning biomes, the Inner Sphere is alive with activity, purpose, consequence, and variety. Systems will be captured and reclaimed, major events will unfold, and new technologies will come to light.

The rigors of war will be seen with each passing week as your relationships with the various factions fluctuate according to the relentless Succession Wars and your choices as the leader of a Mercenary outfit.

GAMEPLAY

The battlefields of the future are dominated by BattleMechs, hulking machines of war capable of leveling entire cities. As a BattleMech pilot you’ll rain havoc upon enemy ‘Mechs and targets, including tanks, ground vehicles, aircraft, advanced defenses, and reinforced bases.

Few things can withstand the power of a ‘Mech for long, and the worlds of the Inner Sphere are veritable playgrounds of destruction awaiting your shielding defense or crushing devastation.

BATTLEMECHS

With over 50 unique ‘Mech chassis and hundreds of sub-variants, all fully-realized with high-fidelity models, damage states, and equipment, no two ‘Mechs are the same!
Whether acquired from scouring the markets of the Inner Sphere for rare and valuable chassis and equipment, or salvaging directly from the wreckage of your annihilated enemies and the spoils of war, the maintenance and operation of your BattleMechs will be vital to your success both as a MechWarrior and a Mercenary outfit commander.

THE MERC LIFE

Off the battlefield, as the leader of a Mercenary company you will need to manage all the key components of running a unit.

You’ll need to maintain and acquire ‘Mechs and equipment, hire and field MechWarriors from throughout the Inner Sphere to join you on the battlefield, and manage your relationships with the Great Houses of the Inner Sphere, all of whom are vying for your contribution to their staggering war efforts.

Of course, with each Contract comes negotiation, and with each victory comes consequence.

OTHER FEATURES

With the vast scope of the Inner Sphere and its complex system of world generation providing huge variety and replayability, the MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries experience offers no end. Outside the campaign, a fully-featured Instant Action system will allow you to customize and kick off isolated missions at any time, free from campaign restrictions.

With four-player co-op supported both within the campaign and the Instant Action system, you can experience the full breadth of the MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries universe alongside your friends.

Mods extend your game even further! Unlock the boundless creativity of the community to alter and expand the game in amazing ways.

MechWarrior® is a trade-mark of Microsoft Corporation In the United States and other jurisdictions and is used under license.

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Contents
Standard Edition
JumpShip Edition
MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries OST
MW5 Heroes of the Inner Sphere OST
Tech Manual
High Res Backgrounds
MW5 Legend of the Kestrel Lancers OST
MW5 Call To Arms OST
MW5 Rise of Rasalhague OST
MW5 Solaris Showdown OST
MW5 Dragons Gambit OST
MW5 Shadow of Kerensky OST
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
35.5 hMain
57 h Main + Sides
82 h Completionist
56.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2021-05-27T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
40.8 GB

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Posted on: September 1, 2025

Morex-18

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Games: 13 Reviews: 1

Great game that could be improved.

I do enjoy a solid mech game. Don't bother trying to save the guy in the Last Man Standing campaign episode.


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Posted on: September 7, 2025

Desertshark28

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Games: 99 Reviews: 1

Got better and better over time

The continued support for this Game is amazing. I love this universe so consider this a bit of a fan review. Poeople who value a sandbox mode that can not get enough of the combat and the loot are getting the most out of it. But with the DLCs we get really nice little skripted Campaigns.


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Posted on: September 7, 2025

FreeManPhil

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Games: 875 Reviews: 11

Great Game and Continued Support

Piranha has done a great job continuing support of this title. Hats off to them for keeping the fun going!


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Posted on: September 10, 2025

Hyperion.709

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Games: 181 Reviews: 1

Gamepad controls don't work poperly

Keyboard and gamepad controls are constantly fighting for control. Keyboard and gamepad oncreen prompts flicker back and forth on screen and controls are unresponsive because of it.


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Posted on: September 10, 2025

Chippy123

Verified owner

Games: 63 Reviews: 9

Game I've Been Waiting 25+ years for.

I got off to a bad start with this game. Did a level 7 mission against x1 hunchback, x4 urbanmechs, x1 panther, then endless mechs (and tanks) to the end of the mission that killed my lancemate. Then days later a level 12 mission against a few enemy mechs and destroy x2 bases. So believed the bad reviews on bad developer decisions and with the radar thought it was a broken game. However: over the years everyone has wanted certain things from the Battletech games, and the developers of this game have put them in here. Salvage, countless mechs, weapons that count, MW4 gamplay, MW3 clunking mechs, and a massively expanded MW2: Mercs universe. The mech upgrades are the best thing added to a mech game ever. With those two features, and a tiered weapon you can take your favourite centurian with you in your career. But the heavy and assault mechs are something to fear. There's a couple of headscratching decisions in there that I don't get yet. Like: why take lancemates with low capped skills and train them to those caps when I can take elite pilots at the game max caps?. Or: I'm expected to spot a Star-League era rare mech when I don't have access to the blueprints of the standard mechs?. I miss game manuals. The original Mechcommander came with a book in the box with all mech blueprints... Also the RNG of the game can have some drawbacks, but it's worth it to have created the universe it has. Would have been nice to gradually work on a mech to upgrade it to a rare/hero mech over your career instead of finding them on a roll of the dice. But whatever complaints I have (such as the radar one on first impressions in my bad review, later proven wrong because they did include BAP, and it works despite internet naysayers' false info) this is a fantastic game, that I have enjoyed more than any title released in at least 5 years, and it is (so far) the best title in the series. When is the next expansion pack coming out?.


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