MechAssault
MechAssault was the first BattleMech video game published for the Xbox. Developed by Day 1 Studios and published by Microsoft, MechAssault was initiated when Denny Thorley of Day 1 Studios approached Jon…
MechAssault is a shooter developed by Day 1 Studios, released 15 November 2002 on Xbox.
What MechAssault is
MechAssault is a shooter game developed by Day 1 Studios and released in 2002. It was published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is available on Xbox only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
MechAssault takes place in the BattleTech universe, a science-fiction universe that often centers around pitched battles between human-piloted walking, heavily armed and armored machines, called BattleMechs. The plot of the game centers around an inhabited planet called Helios in the dominion of the Inner Sphere, a powerful coalition of feuding factions in control of large areas of space. The player is a BattleMech pilot (referred to throughout the game as simply "Captain" or, "MechWarrior") in the employment of an elite mercenary organization called Wolf's Dragoons. The player's ship is hired to investigate the cessation of communications from the planet Helios. The Dragoons' ship, the…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 16 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 8 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the BattleTech series
MechAssault is the 20th of 29 entries we hold in the BattleTech series. The next entry was MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf Limited Edition in 2004. Its critic score of 90 is 15 points above the series average of 75. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
MechAssault holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 94% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 22 points above the year average.
What it launched against
MechAssault launched on 15 November 2002, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Metroid Prime, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and Metroid Fusion. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Metroid Prime, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Metroid Fusion.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for MechAssault yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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