Battlestar Galacticaīut there's a problem. And with the missions getting harder and harder, you'll find things get quite nasty. You can even hire other mechwarriors to pilot your new mechs. The latter option includes buying new weaponry, or a new mech and with each mech only able to carry so much weight, you'll have to buy a new mech sooner or later. Complete a mission, and you collect your creds, which you can use to repair your mech, or buy new equipment. These are either single missions, or campaigns of about four or five missions, with various employers, each with a differing level of risk and financial reward. From your office in Outreach starport, you have to scan the contracts posted upon the computer bulletin-board, and find one that is suitable. And since money doesn't grow on trees (not that there are any left any more), you've got to earn it. Since the untimely demise of your commander, you have been left with a million creds, and a single unimpressive mech. In Mercs, however, you are a mercenary, with the aim of making as much money as you can. In Mechwarrior 2, you were part of an honourable clan of mechwarriors, taking on mission after mission, with the aim of advancement through the clan.
Thing is, that last paragraph could apply as equally to Mechwarrior 2 as it could Mercs, and if you've already got Mechwarrior 2, you'll know the general scenario anyway. But you've got to get through the earlier missions first. As you advance through the game, you'll be equipped with better and better weaponry, and bigger and better mechs. In later missions, you'll be accompanied by friendly pilots, who will give you a helping hand, but don't leave all the work to them. You can bet that for the first few missions you'll be outgunned by the enemy but it's up to you to use your superior piloting skill to even those odds out. And on top of that, there's a variety of different weapons that the mechs carry. You see, there isn't one single standard type of mech there are a total of about thirty different mechs, each with different characteristics. But you can handle them, can't you? Or can you?
One thing is for sure you won't go far before you come into contact with the enemy, who aren't usually that delighted to see you. The actual missions vary you may have to take down an enemy building, defend a base, or make a trip deep into enemy territory, to inspect a secret factory.
Strapped into one of these machines, you have to battle your way through a number of mecha-stomping missions. And guess who's one of these pilots? Yep, you. The main weapons in these conflict are the BattleMechs huge robotic war machines, armed to the teeth with death-dealing weaponry, and piloted by specially trained mech pilots. Planets have been devastated, and the remainder of the universe is still in conflict. It's some time in the thirtieth century, and humanity has been ravaged by many years of war. And while I've never played BattleTech, it's fairly easy to catch up with the whole scenario. Mercenaries is the semi-sequel to Activision's Mechwarrior 2, which was in turn based upon the role playing game BattleTech.
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