Great review LGR! Brings back a ton of nostalgia. The first (and only) commercial game I wrote soundtracks for. All I had at the time was an Amiga and when Graffiti shipped me an Adlib Gold with 18 independent audio channels, I felt I had a music studio at my fingertips. I was asked to only use 9 channels, for compatibility with the earlier OPL2-based cards, and that was still plenty. The dynamic soundtrack idea came from one of the developers (Ivan) and was a great addition. Too bad I didn't get to write more tunes, or make them a bit longer. I was given no indication as to how many different missions, locations and environments would be present in the game. Many of the original Graffiti developers moved to the UK to work for videogames or big banks. Thanks again for stirring up some good memories!

@LGR

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Awesome work on the music, really sets the mood for the game nicely 👍

99cents? "I'd buy that for a dollar!"

@almostsapien

3 жыл бұрын

Dollar? I 'ardly knew 'er!

@tinto278

3 жыл бұрын

Robocop

@WhatIsKevinUpTo

3 жыл бұрын

Well played.....well played!

@mikedrop4421

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@jess648

3 жыл бұрын

my only thought is the Super Smash TV host lol

“ Once your *BM* has enough *explosive potential* “ heh nice

@scottzilla1979

3 жыл бұрын

How does he get those lines out without giggling?

@DXSUCKIT1990

3 жыл бұрын

I got that joke lol

@mistery8363

3 жыл бұрын

@@DXSUCKIT1990 i didnt

@DXSUCKIT1990

3 жыл бұрын

@@mistery8363 BM in medical terms means bowl movement. So he is making an explosive poop joke lol

@mistery8363

3 жыл бұрын

@@DXSUCKIT1990 oh ok thanks lol

The shot at 1:43 is VERY reminiscent of the future war cutscenes in the first Terminator movie.

@Disjointedimages

3 жыл бұрын

That was my first thought - Terminator fan-film!

@syntaxerror9994

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe a Robot Chicken tribute

A lot of Gundam model kits were sacrificed for the making of these cutscenes I can tell. I see a GM Kai or sniper torso, Zaku legs, and Guntank arms among other stuff in these cutscenes

@krakenloco

3 жыл бұрын

Weeb

@MW-do6cl

3 жыл бұрын

oh yea i see a good bit of gundam parts in there

@doubtful_seer

3 жыл бұрын

@@krakenloco jealousy isn’t kawaii

@Reinsworth

3 жыл бұрын

@@krakenloco says the guy with a pipboy cover art. Nerd.

@maxamaxa194

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely some Macross pieces too.

Honestly, these cutscenes have probably aged better than most “cutting edge” CG-animated cutscenes from the same time period tbh.

@RaptorShadow

3 жыл бұрын

@Lassi Kinnunen 81 Yeah but that was Digital Domain.

@houstonhelicoptertours1006

3 жыл бұрын

I disagree. MW2 FMV was already mentioned, but that took DD 3 months and around $100k from what I heard. It's all about time/money and getting the right people on the job. Throwing something together in the last two weeks of production in Lightwave or 3D Studio simply wasn't cutting it...even in 1995. Most CG you saw in games of the time wasn't "cutting edge" at all unless it was from some larger, well-funded studio. Most of it was rather mediocre, often rushed. Simply due to the fact that most studios had no dedicated teams or artists for cut scenes or FMV, so regular artists often did double duty. I didn't work on game-related stuff that often (VFX guy at hearth) and I cranked out my fair share of mediocre/ugly shit but it was either full-time on ingame assets or full-time on prerendered/FMV stuff.

@poeticsilence047

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry I messed up your 69...lol but i totally agree..."cough" Robocop

@npiper

3 жыл бұрын

No matter how razor thin the uncanny valley it's always there.

@KairuHakubi

3 жыл бұрын

This game would have blown my ten year old mind, now it just feels cozy and pleasant. those old synth sounds.. the low res really making the art stand on its own... so nice.

It's very easy to imagine people crapping all over this game's cutscenes back then, a lot of us were very dismissive in those days if something wasn't bleeding edge. Now they come off as very endearing because you know they really were trying and it's best they could come up with for their budget.

@briankerzetski5719

3 жыл бұрын

"Crapping all over...." Excellent choice of words for this video.

@GamerbyDesign

3 жыл бұрын

I dont know if it was the best they can do. They probably did it to stand out.

@darkprinc979

3 жыл бұрын

People still crap all over something if it isn't bleeding edge, particularly in the graphics department.

@Chaos89P

3 жыл бұрын

There's something very charming about the cutscenes' jankiness. Almost like you could tell the devs enjoyed making those cutscenes.

@mikekz4489

3 жыл бұрын

In this case it would’ve been CGI that would dreadful now compared to the stop-motion animation.

"Once your BM has enough explosive potential" Thank you for that.

@CatManDoom84

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha you beat me to this comment,sir!

@josh371

3 жыл бұрын

@@CatManDoom84 me too lol

@JanusKastin

3 жыл бұрын

Huh huh huh! Huh huh huh! He said BM!

@nicholascortez728

3 жыл бұрын

I wanna know how many times he had to record that line.

@jishan6992

3 жыл бұрын

I don't get it?

these guys saw ED-209 in Robocop and had a great idea

@ShadowSumac

3 жыл бұрын

From producers who SAW RoboCop...

@KairuHakubi

3 жыл бұрын

there's a litttttle gundam in there too. those 70sriffic bellbottom legs are straight out of Zeon.

@ViewpointProd

3 жыл бұрын

they're not ED209, they're kitbashed zentraedi gluags from macross

@mr.smith45

3 жыл бұрын

@@ViewpointProd cool seeing you here yep even the director of robocop said they were inspired by japanese robots

@lamelama22

3 жыл бұрын

@@ViewpointProd um... the primary mech featured in the animations is VERY clearly and obviously a Robocop ED-209 with the head/face part swapped out. It has the 209 legs, arms/guns, & under body. It’s the first/main one walking from right to left. First thing I noticed & the most obvious...

LGR needs to do a MechWarrior retrospective. Such a legendary franchise!

@horuslupercal3872

3 жыл бұрын

YES, CLAN WOLF FOR LIFE!

@ineednochannelyoutube5384

3 жыл бұрын

@@horuslupercal3872 Get bent wierdo.

LGR has always been so relaxing and nostalgic to watch.

@MonstehDinosawr

3 жыл бұрын

Big agree. Being high/medicated and watching his Vids makes me so chill

Those animations made extensive use of Gundam model kits, some Goufs, some Gelgoogs and a lot of modding. Great video as always.

@sadierobotics

3 жыл бұрын

I recognized a lot of Jagd Doga parts.

@captainstarlight3780

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, original battletech from the 80s included a lot of borrowed anime designs, so hey. They are in good company with Mechwarrior for that.

@lyrica3317

3 жыл бұрын

I was gonna mention this myself, if there was higher res pics available, i would love to try making some of these lol

@delta7890

3 жыл бұрын

Was about to mention this myself. Plenty of Gundam model kit parts used to make these!

@ignaciocuadra4031

3 жыл бұрын

and at least one sdf macross and several zentraedi ones

something about those terrain textures is sooooo nostalgic even though i've never played this game in my life.

I played this as a kid and looked for it sooo long because I just forgot the name - Thank you so much for this!

Stop-Motion Mechs........never have I wanted more of something I just learned about

@sinisterthoughts2896

3 жыл бұрын

Look up a movie called robo jocks. He mentioned it in the video.

@FoxMulder78

3 жыл бұрын

@@sinisterthoughts2896 Robot Jox* and it was filmed in Italy, too, heh.

@CantankerousDave

3 жыл бұрын

And written by sci-fi author Joe Haldeman.

@adamrandall2996

3 жыл бұрын

Check the MAK/SF3D series if that's what you want: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aHWNlZiggdK4Z6Q.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maschinen_Krieger_ZbV_3000

@PenguinDT

3 жыл бұрын

@@sinisterthoughts2896 Beat me to it - but yeah, it's pretty great.

“Once your BM has enough explosive potential” is something I’ve heard uttered at a Taco Bell.

@nickwallette6201

3 жыл бұрын

... where every meal is a #2!

I spent hours on MechWarrior 2 and even more when MechWarrior 4 Mercenaries came out. Surprisingly never heard of this one might have to try it out, looks a bit fun and I'm sure I would've loved playing it back then.

2:17 - Unexpected Tia Carrere is unexpected but welcome. I had a small crush on her, back in her heyday. Wayne's World, True Lies, Relic Hunter, Kull the Conquerer. Lovely.

You should review the MechWarrior games, the older ones of course.

@captainstarlight3780

3 жыл бұрын

You mean MW4: Mercenaries from 19 years ago? Jokes aside, they are all "Older ones" at this point outside of Piranha's 2.

@SAM-ru4vx

3 жыл бұрын

Windows 95 ones.

@MajorAce_usedtobeMechchad

3 жыл бұрын

Am a huge fan of mechwarrior so i totally agree

@jsteezy80

3 жыл бұрын

MW2 for sure

@MajorAce_usedtobeMechchad

3 жыл бұрын

@@jsteezy80 mw2 is legendary! Everyone remember the mw2 and mw2 mercs intro.

Oh boy. My mech-enthused friend is gonna love this one.

@thicclink

3 жыл бұрын

Sending it to my mech friend as well haha

@johnriff85

3 жыл бұрын

I believe the correct term is mechrosexual.

@SonofTheMorningStar666

3 жыл бұрын

So will my meth-enthused friend as well.

@WhyHelloInternet

3 жыл бұрын

You’re not wrong.

@SeanJTharpe

3 жыл бұрын

I thought you said your Mech-infused friend 🤣

"DAMN IM GOOD"

Seeing that Starsiege box makes me incredibly nostalgic. Man, i miss that game.

Between this and CyClones, KZread coverage of obscure old PC games is throwing me into nostalgia overload. I specifically remember when we found this game dirt cheap way back in the day (alongside the aforementioned CyClones) and it's an odd sort of rush seeing that cover art again after such a long time.

@darkprinc979

3 жыл бұрын

I remember CyClones. It was available at the library when I was young and I thought it was cool since it was like Doom but you were a cyborg.

The dorm room and "launch" sequence before a mission... someone at Graffiti played Wing Commander :P. Love the awesomely crappy animation though!

@kirgan1000

3 жыл бұрын

Was thinking the guys of Wing Commander did do a mech game to?

@nickwallette6201

3 жыл бұрын

Was that the Origin of the menu barracks? ;-)

@kirgan1000

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickwallette6201 Yes its very close in function, but not exactly the same, like there are more beds in Wing Commander, there was a bar you interact with pilots, and a flight simulator, and a space lock (to exit dos) and a door to start the misson etc

The cutscene has some ed-209 vibes which pleases me.

@uubrmanx

3 жыл бұрын

Minus falling down stairs.

I mean, at the time CGI animation was cutting-edge and most probably very expensive. If anything these guys deserved an A for effort, any other small studio would have settled for walls of text or at best some hand drawn artwork.

@houstonhelicoptertours1006

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah...Graffiti was comparatively small and most of their resources at the time went into another, far more successful project: Screamer

Love that the disc is in a digipak. I remember getting albums on Roadrunner Records like that because they always had more tracks. Before Spotify took over...

@LGR

3 жыл бұрын

Ooh, that's what they're called! Always enjoyed the few occasions games came packed in those. Quake being a notable example.

I saw Heavy Gear in your collection! That was such a nostalgic game with the cheesy FMV cutscenes. LOL!

Finally, another dos review, it's been far too long!

My favorite part of these cutscenes is looking at the mechs and trying to figure out what gunpla/battletech kits they used to kitbash their mechs.

@ValTek_Armory

3 жыл бұрын

the legs are definitely familiar. My first thought was that the legs might be from a Zaku, but the shape isn't quite right

@viviennemaley3322

3 жыл бұрын

I think gelgoog legs

@Neowattmk4

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the zeon-y legs of that one are actually from a jagd doga, because that's the only MS I know of that has that thick area around the knee that then flares out like that. Also the shoulders on another mech are definitely from a GM command

@madness5051

3 жыл бұрын

@@ValTek_Armory one of the mechs is based off teh zaku 2 from the looks of it. One is basically a barzam with some extra parts. One uses the dom's legs with a chest i'm not familiar with and the arms from a mech from macross. the titel screen mech is based off of zentradi battle pod from macross. and those are just the ones i can notice. If i can find the cutscenes by themselves might be able to say more.

@madness5051

3 жыл бұрын

@@Neowattmk4 theres a couple. Theres one that looks to be just a zaku-2 with extra bits glued on. And another of the mechs seems to be a mech from macross with the legs of a dom.

It made me smile when I saw Mechwarrior and Heavy Gear on the shelf.

@seb24789

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't there some "new" Heavy Gear in early access limbo for a few years now?

@HairyBottom

3 жыл бұрын

@@seb24789 Yes. It was called Heavy Gear Assault. It was made by MekTek Studios. Heavy Gear and Heavy Gear 2 was made by Dream Pod 9. You can still buy Heavy Gear Assault on Steam, but the servers no longer exist so you can’t launch the game.

My BM doesn’t have enough explosive potential unless I’ve eaten a ton of fiber.

@swordmonkey6635

3 жыл бұрын

Taco Bell is always the answer for explosive BMs.

@nilus2k

3 жыл бұрын

@@swordmonkey6635 White Castle can be classified as a weapon of mass destruction

@yamigekusu

3 жыл бұрын

@@swordmonkey6635 as someone who is lactose intolerant, Taco Bell is cheaper to buy than laxatives

@osrr6422

3 жыл бұрын

@@nilus2k Oooo boy, White Castle. Sometimes it's worth the pain.

@coolelectronics1759

3 жыл бұрын

u need IBM

Oh, Screamer! I remember that game and liked it. Wasnt aware of that Mech game, though.

@dftns19

3 жыл бұрын

Seeing that cover art brought back a game that I had completely forgotten

@Renzsu

3 жыл бұрын

It had a number of terrific sequels as well. I remember Screamer Rally especially as a really fun game.

@georgeoldsterd8994

3 жыл бұрын

@@Renzsu i actually don't remember if I ever played Rally, but S1 was so cool! (too bad it'd randomly crash on third tier tracks for me). S2 i didn't like as much, it was a good racing game, i guess, but the more sporty setting ruined the vibe set up by S1 for me.

This is what FMV games looked like back in the 50's and 60's!

@testshietchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Shockingly *accurate*

This was a rare glimpse back to old school LGR when it wasn't 99% tech reviews. Do more like this.

LGR be procrastinating on a MechWarrior review.

@jsteezy80

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe he didn't play it much. That was my go to. That and doom, decent and heretic. My hard drive was only 250MB so I had to uninstall and reinstall games constantly. Oh the times

@killerbee2562

3 жыл бұрын

A few years after that I had to do the same on a 3g hard drive.

@Freenure

Ай бұрын

Is

Wow what a trip, this was my first PC game on a windows 95 pc, it came with our brand new Acer 75mhz pentium rig with a whopping 1.2GB HDD!

Despite it gets boring for the most part, i really love the fact that they mishmashed existing gunplas and other model kits to make their own mechs for each stop motion cutscene. That's what makes it special i think.

@captainjurgh8142

3 жыл бұрын

Plus, some talented modder from ZDoom forum is making Doom version of this game and it's a lot better.

@Chaos89P

3 жыл бұрын

@@captainjurgh8142 Any idea if the mod's coming to the modern console ports?

@captainjurgh8142

3 жыл бұрын

From GZDoom, yes.

I would love to see a video on EarthSiege and EarthSiege 2 from you! Those were some of my favorite games growing up

@arpinchock

3 жыл бұрын

And StarSiege!

Those stop motion segments are awesome.

You don't get enough creds for your subtitles, man. Thank you, and also the jokes hit

@chubbysumo2230

3 жыл бұрын

My BMs always have explosive potential, there's a few missed opportunities.

The GOAT Mechwarrior 2 chilling there in the background

Wow, this takes me back... I played the heck out of this as a kid with my younger sibling. Our older computer was not up to running Mechwarrior, so this was the only option for multi-player. Also, 11 year old me loved the environment destruction and crushing things by stepping on them...

4:47 "...with more capable, but often heavier and slower, BMs unlocking as you progress. Once your BM has enough explosive potential, head into the corridor and down the hall to kick off the mission." Ah, the introductory plot of so many lavatory adventures.

Aww yeah, should totally get this going for our next LAN party 👌

"Once your BM has enough explosive potential..." Ahhh, Clint. I love you.

Your classic Windows and dos games are two of my favorite series on all of KZread. There's something supremely relaxing about getting l hearing your voice explain decades old games, I can't get enough lol.

God, those stop motion cut scenes are pure charm. I love it.

8:38 Duude! This setup is visually appealing to my eyeballz!

@nickwallette6201

3 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of the PC magazine review spreads from back in the 90s. Not the lamp - too homey. But the warm colors.

I love these Dos-game reviews. Always discovering cool Games i didnt know about.

"It's hundred years into the future, humankind kill the enviroment, civil unrest, governments falling, evil megacorporations, yadablada..." The intro theme from Total Annihilation starts to sound inside my head...

@georgeoldsterd8994

3 жыл бұрын

"Just another day in the 21st century"

@ineednochannelyoutube5384

3 жыл бұрын

After four thousand years of total war the only acceptable outcome is the complete elimination of the other side.

The interface reminds me of Terra Nova: SFC. Looking forward to that Looking Glass classic on LGR!

@seb24789

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that's a fun one! More Power Armor than mechs though.

I had this game and thought it was great. I was only 16 at the time but it was one I remember just thinking the artwork on the box was awesome

one of my first pc games when my family actually got a computer with a cd-rom drive

As a lover and collector of mech games I’m ashamed to say I’ve never heard of or played this game but I’m glad that you have made me aware of it and now I will go out and find it. Funny thing I went to college for engineering so I can make my own mech but that costs a lot of money so I’m content right now building models. And I love stop motion video no matter how cheesy it is!!!! Keep it up LGR I love you’re videos and they bring me joy!!!!!!!!!

Fantastic video and thanks for taking the time to type the subtitles. That really helps.

dang, now I need an ice cold Mtn. Thunder

@brettvv7475

3 жыл бұрын

Off to Sam's club. I'll grab you a crate of em.

Friday! MechWarrior II came with our first computer, which was a Packard Bell.

@findantu

3 жыл бұрын

lol MW black knight killed my first computer. so advanced the graphics card pulled too much juice and popped the psu smoke and all.

So much of my time around age 10 was spent playing Earthsiege and Earthsiege II on my Thrustmaster 2 joystick. Soooooo much time. Love your videos Clint, always bring memories to the front of my mind that I haven't thought about in a very long time.

Honestly, this why I subscribed; entertaining reviews of old PC games with a lovely baritone narrator.

Ahhh Robot Jox, an Unsung Hero classic!

@sinisterthoughts2896

3 жыл бұрын

Truly.

@vanguze

3 жыл бұрын

I recently watched that again. Wow a movie of its time lol

"Once your BM has enough explosive potential"

@delphicdescant

3 жыл бұрын

When your war is sponsored by Taco Bell

@tehdopefish

3 жыл бұрын

Head down the hall to unleash your payload.

@Fraxxxi

3 жыл бұрын

"Dropping you off - good luck!"

@danielszemborski

3 жыл бұрын

You beat me to it. 4:50

@xp8969

3 жыл бұрын

Stop giving my baby momma explosives 😫😭😫

What's even more interesting is trying to figure out the kits Graffiti cobbled together to make the stop-motion models. Some of the leg parts look like the came from L-Gaim or Jagd Doga.

"Once your BM has enough explosive potential..." Delightfully juvenile!

Was looking for this game for ages. The game of my childhood, one of the best

@AndrewSchott

3 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed it back then too.

6:42 that was one of my favorite parts of Earthsiege 1 that I wish they had in ES2, just that classic DOS adlib going from somewhat ominous droning music to ramping up when you engage the enemy Edit: Would love to see reviews of those two games, and your thoughts about which is the better game, because I've literally gone through multiple phases through multiple points in my life being unsure if 1 is really that much better than 2 or vice versa

A new DOS game review? What a special treat!

The more mech like art cover, was probably for Europe ( maybe ), because in Portugal that was the box that I bought. I spent hours playing this game! Hours without end. Thank you for reminding me of this!

inject those FMVs directly into my veins, good lord

@Wobble2007

3 жыл бұрын

Lovely stuff eh, especially on a CRT.

Ah, I was obsessed with this game as a kid

I’m always happy to see you upload! Cheers man,you are one of the veteran creators that make this platform Awesome!

I really miss all that creative menu design in DOS games, with rooms, lockers, terminals and stuff.

Zeon called. They want their mobile suits' legs back.

Finally! A game review!

Always happy to see a retro review! ❤️

Great video! I really enjoy your content and production style. A loyal fan for many years.

If you are at an age where you can appreciate a game this old, then all of your BMs have high Explosive Potential.

@LGR

3 жыл бұрын

The truth, it hurts

I love your vids!

Finally. A game review. I love your hardware stuff, but i love your old dos game reviews!

How did I miss this game?!? My mid 90's self would have LOVED this.

Now that I have seen the video, I can safely say... "This is the end of the line, pal!"

Typical example of a Mehwarrior game (the omission of that c was intentional).

This channel is literally digital gold... thank you so much for your effort keeping history alive!

so amazing to have someone like LGR talk about one of my fave games on dos about mechs, and yes, it is obscure, but those stop motion videos were to die for back in 1995 , we regulary talk about this game in forums and how awesome it was back in the days, the gameplay was tight , i really think TERRA NOVA was the eventual evolution of the genre to be honest, thanks LGR for shedding light on this awesome game from my childhood!

You should take a look at Shogo, it actually has a point where you can effectively start down a different path for 1 of 2 endings. Before that's there's also a point in the game where you can short cut past a whole level (without cheating), and a few secrets areas around

I love the "Damn I'm Good" callout, because my friends and I used that phrase ironically all the time during the 90s.

Loved this video! I drooled over screenshots of this in a PC gaming mag back in the day, being a huge fan of Mechwarrior 2, and seeing it in action, I think I'd have thoroughly enjoyed this! The menu system reminded me so much of Strike Commander, a game I still have the manual for, but not the game nor the box sadly. Was a great faux magazine and fun to read, would love to see an LGR video on this game, would be an immense shot of nostalgia. Though I am just now going to go check to make sure Clint hasn't already made one... let's see if I'm gonna regret posting this..

Whoa, the drawn cockpits, the scaling sprites, the fmv cutscenes... This is like an early Wing Commander game with mechs instead of space fighters!

I never understand the down-votes, I base my vote on the creator and the presentation of the video. If I don't like the game that is not the creators fault, it is the developers. I think LGR delivers top notch content and without him we would never see some of these retro awesome things. I have been a follower for many years, and have never had to down-vote. Why are there down-votes? What am I missing?

@starwarsunfiltered7848

3 жыл бұрын

Good question. Of my fifteen years of using KZread, I have probably down-voted maybe ten videos, all of which were egregiously horrible, and wasted my time.

@rubz1390

3 жыл бұрын

Some peopme are really hateful of everything and everyone for no reason, don't try to find a illogical answer. Alternatively, write it off as KZread being buggy

Really reminds me of the ROTT engine - different levels seemed to have their own building heights, which were fixed across the whole level just like ROTT. No GADs or altered player heights by the look of it though. The framerate didn't seem too good though. Similar like ROTT they seemed to try to overcome the limitations of the engine through sheer charm and a silly amount of features.

@noop9k

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say it looks more creative than ROTT

@DaedalusRaistlin

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe, the sheer amount of cutscenes is a little crazy. I wish more effort went into the actual presentation and gameplay though, ROTT has it beat there imo.

@noop9k

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaedalusRaistlin Well, IMO ROTT gameplay sucks. It has lots of cool features, it has great humor, but as a game it sucks, if compared with, say, Doom/Heretic. Music is awesome too.

@nickwallette6201

3 жыл бұрын

I haven’t played it in a while, but I remember liking ROTT quite a bit. Also you could walk around at different heights, jump on a trampoline thing, ascend stairs, end up on the top of a wall...

Those stop motion mechs have literal gunpla parts in them wow.

I've been looking for this game for 18 bloody years, it's been seared into my brain since I played it off a shareware disc when I was a little kid, thank you so much! The most distinctive thing that I could remember from it other than the UI was how the mechs looked and moved, good to see I wasn't misremembering that part!

Clicking on different objects in the environment instead of a text menu is extremely mid to late 90s.

@oz_jones

3 жыл бұрын

First game I remember seeing this in was Jagged Alliance. Might have been others but that's the only one that I remember.

Is there a name for the game fonts? They seem pretty widespread on 90's games.

In the pre-mission base navigation and mission launch sequences you can see the heavy influence of Wing Commander. Feels like a shot for shot tribute at times.

@thewiirocks

3 жыл бұрын

You can tell they tried really hard. The models and shots are well composited and look pretty good. It’s just too bad no one taught the developers about forced perspective and concepts of inertia. Some of these shots are REALLY close to amazing.

Oh man. You have become like a saturday morning cartoon for a 40 year old man. Make some breakfast, good coffee and just enjoy a calm morning. Thank you for these videos.

This game totally reminds me of a lot of the low budget "Eurogames" I played on my Amiga 500 back in the day. Charming, flawed...Yet compelling. And they were the only things I had at the time.

Hey LGR how’s the weather been around you? Here in NE Florida it’s been cats and dogs. Hope you see this comment but have a nice day! Also when do/if you plan on doing Thrifts again?

I miss this mech era of games. MW5 scratched the itch quite well, Titanfall 2 too, but there can be so much more. In the mean time, it's good to dig up another one of these, retro goodness made just because mechs are badass.

Oh man, this brings back memories! At the time the biggest PC gaming magazine in Italy made for a few months a "developer diary" for this game, complete with a few pictures of the models used for the cutscenes.