MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries
The sequel to Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance. When you're a 'Mech Mercenary, you call the shots. You don't fight for honor - you fight for cold hard cash, a fierce reputation, and the heart-pounding thrill of the…
MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries is a shooter developed by FASA Studio, released 7 November 2002 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries is
MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries is a shooter game developed by FASA Studio and released in 2002. It was published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the game, the player takes the role of Spectre, a mercenary BattleMech pilot travelling inside the fictional interstellar region of the BattleTech universe called the Inner Sphere during the FedCom Civil War (specifically during the time period from January 1, 3066 to late July 3067). The player's mercenary company initially takes on localized threats in certain planets far from the civil war. As the player's team takes on more missions, the assignments get tougher; at one point, Spectre may challenge a Jade Falcon group led by Aisa Thastus to a duel. The Star Colonel - Aisa Thastus - will join the player's team as a bondsman if the Falcons are defeated in this mission. It is a…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the BattleTech series
MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries is the 19th of 29 entries we hold in the BattleTech series. The next entry was MechAssault in 2002. Its critic score of 60 is 15 points below the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is MechAssault at 90.
How it was received
MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What it launched against
MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries launched on 7 November 2002, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Metroid Prime, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and Metroid Fusion. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Metroid Prime, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Metroid Fusion.
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