Mechwarrior 5 is a game that apes after its predecessors a bit too hard. It has a gameplay loop that is largely unchanged from the older games. The issue here is that its predecessors are ANCIENT, over two decades old.

That's why I think the game is a rather low-effort entry into the Mechwarrior series. The selection of mission types is abysmally small. It even lacks a bunch of mechs that easily could've been ported over from Mechwarrior Online. The biggest issue, however, is without a doubt the AI of the game. It's been talked about at length since the game's inception and unfortunately, not even after many patches and DLCs, it hasn't actually been fixed.

Modding offers solutions to a multitude of problems that the game faces, including alleviating some of the AI's jank (such as bugging out and not shooting the enemy) and overall ineptitude. Mod name: TTRulez AI Mod

You could argue that Mechwarrior 5 didn't have to be very different from its predecessors. And from what I can tell, many of the grumpy old boomers that played the older games have no objection to this approach of game design. I'll consider myself a detractor, because it could've used more effort, more depth, more fun and content.

On top of its dreadfully barren gameplay loop, the DLCs they offer are horribly overpriced considering the contents. The only DLC worth getting is Heroes of the Inner Sphere, as it adds 7 mechs. The other DLCs add at most 1 mech and instead opt for a bunch of variants.

Despite its shortcomings, I too am a slave to Mechwarrior as a whole and still enjoy the game as of right now. It does offer co-op play, which is great. And the modding scene is excellent. This is a Bethesda-situation game without being made by Bethesda.

Coop could be better

Every part of gameplay is clunky and bad.

Honestly, the game is visually too underwhelming for 2021. Yes, the mechs look stunning in the hangar, but the battlefield itself feels like a game from ten years ago. The maps repeat ten times more often than would be just annoying, which is also a huge downside, and the poor quality of the terrain/models only makes it worse. In short, the developers really skimped on the visual aspect. And yet, the gameplay from inside the mech is very solid and delivers the exact experience I was looking for when I picked up this game.

♥♥♥♥ ai have to restart long mission beacuse ai just doesnt spawn in or spawns under map if there next game is anything like this hard pass

Excellent game, I bought it to practice up prior to the release of the the Clans release coming soon, and regret not doing it sooner, I plan to play through the origional then do all the DLC

Tanks on legs go boom!

itll beat yo ahh but you'll love every second

Nothing but a a crash fest no matter what you do, such a waste this game used to be good but evey update has made it more unstable and a bigger pile of """"

This game makes me feel absolutely nothing