This is the PC title that hooked me into PC gaming forever.
User Rating: 8.9 | MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat PC
Young and impressionable minds agree : blowing up things = fun. When I got my first computer all I had to play on it was freeware until I went to egghead software and found this game and a brand spanking new joystick to go with it called a 'Sidewinder 3D'. I couldnt believe it, my parents hated violent video games, but my father liked the way this looked. He agreed to buy it and the rest is history. Mechwarrior is based off the Battletech universe of giant battles between worlds and secrets invading 'clans'. Set on various battlegrounds that all have the same thing in common: they are worth something and everyone wants ownership. You will go through training and then put in a quad to back up your team. Customize your mech and then hope you made the right choices. You will often be put in missions solo, but will sometimes have assistance. The graphics where awesome and for the time, very few games where completely done in 3D. Things looked realistic enough to be identified as friend or foe, and the hud/control system was flawless. Mapping buttons to the sidewinder was a snap, and movement was fluid and precise. The sounds where all very close to what energy weapons or giant auto cannons would most likely sound like. Getting peppered by a volley of missiles will probably make you flinch as your mech rocks back and forth from explosions. The music was superb and some of the best in any game; to top it off the cds where red booked and you could pop them in your 'boom box' and listen to them all day. This is the turning point of my PC gaming addiction. Thank you Activision, you make life better.
