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Wardens participated in an attempt to mitigate the damage caused by the
Crusader Clans. The invasion continued until the invading Clans were challenged by the ComStar organization to a fight on the planet Tukayyid. If the Clans won, they would gain control of Terra, which was controlled by ComStar; if they lost they would halt the invasion for 15 years under a truce. The Clans lost the battle and their invasion was halted for 15 years. In the wake of the defeat, Ulric Kerensky, the leader of the invasion and warlord of the Clans, as well as a staunch Warden and member of the Warden-leaning Clan Wolf, was charged with treason and accused of purposely losing by the Crusader elements of his Clan. They claimed because Ulric was a Warden, he engineered the defeat to sabotage the invasion, and also accused him of genocide.
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descendants of the Star League
Defense Force, most of which was led by their commander Aleksandr Kerensky into the unknown regions of space in an attempt to prevent the warring nations of the Inner Sphere from obliterating each other. These forces eventually splintered and formed 20 groups called Clans, creating a society based around warfare and creating warriors for their advanced BattleMechs. During the years of isolation, two ideologies divided the Clans; Crusader Clans wished to return to the Inner Sphere as conquerors, forcing the nations to unite and recreate the Star League. The Warden Clans believed the Clans should act as protectors of the Inner Sphere, only intervening if a threat of sufficient magnitude was encountered.
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independently manage the legs and torso of the mech. The mech's on-board computer provides feedback ranging from the proximity of friendly and enemy forces to system damage and ammunition depletion to the player, who must carefully manage heat buildup. The mech's computer attempts to perform an emergency shutdown if heat levels rise too much but the player can override this. Rising temperatures caused by the repeated firing of weapons can cause ammunition explosions and damage to the mech, including the loss of limbs, actuators, and the catastrophic detonation of the mech's fusion engine. A version for
Windows 95 includes
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Clan, took up the challenge. In the conflict, which became known as the
Refusal War, the Jade Falcons fight to uphold the Council's judgment of guilt, allowing an immediate resumption of the Invasion against the still-weakened Inner Sphere. Ulric and the Wolves, however, are determined to fight a war of extermination against the Falcons and weaken them so they cannot threaten the Inner Sphere.
319:). The MS-DOS, Windows, and Mac releases share the same gameplay while the console versions tweaked the game's mechanics to emphasize arcade-style action over the tactical-simulation of the original PC release. Several enhanced versions were released to take advantage of the 3D graphics accelerator cards that were available at the time. The game has a rendered introduction sequence produced by
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fighting." Gerstmann himself, while criticizing the appearance of the exploding mechs and the music, concluded that "For those of you who want a quick-and-dirty combat simulator with a lot of things to shoot, and can get past the uninspired graphics, MW2 fits the bill nicely." Even
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Quantum Factory. Project coordinator Brian Clarke said they were adapting the game to appeal to a console gaming audience, adding: "Instead of doing a sim game, we're making the crossover into a console type game, where it's more action-oriented
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October 1994 but development problems, including an almost-complete overturn of personnel in the development team, led to a series of considerable delays. The game was originally developed for MS-DOS but was ported to other platforms including Windows, Apple
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Crusader faction won and the Clans returned to the Inner Sphere as an invasion force containing a small fraction of the clans including the Jade Falcons, Clan Wolf, Smoke Jaguars and the Ghost Bears. The invasion force consisted of Crusader and Warden Clans, chiefly Clan Wolf. The
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Crusaders to uphold his status within the Clan Council and, as a result, maintain the Truce of Tukayyid. The Jade Falcon Clan, the strongest of the Crusader Clans and historic enemy of Wolf
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predicted the game's PlayStation version "will receive decidedly mixed reviews. Fans of the original will likely feel the game has been watered down to appease the younger-skewing console demographic." Instead, reviews were overwhelmingly positive, and many critics outright praised the way the
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one of the "10 Best Sci-Fi Simulations". The magazine's Steve Bauman wrote: "While subsequent games, whether it's the seemingly thousands of variations Activision released in its wake, or the more recent sequel, feature better graphics and production, this is the still the benchmark." In 2004,
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Neither the Saturn nor PlayStation version is a port of the other; the code for each version was built from the ground up. All 32 missions from the PC version were included in the console versions, though some were shortened to maintain a fast pace. These versions also include 16 new missions.
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is set in 3057, shortly after the Battle of Tukayyid between the Inner Sphere and invading Clan armies. The plot revolves around an ideological conflict inside the Clans. It focuses on the Clans Jade Falcon and Wolf, which represent either Crusaders and Wardens, respectively. The Clans are the
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for PlayStation is a faithful recreation of the PC title, although a few modifications were made with the arcade-oriented console owner in mind. The combat arenas have been condensed to prevent unnecessary wandering around, and a non-campaign mode has been included for some quick, no frills
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is played as a tactical simulation that incorporates aspects of real-time first-person combat and the physical simulation of the player's mech. The player can choose between several control modes that range from a basic "point and shoot" mode to an advanced mode that allows the player to
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soundtrack received near-universal praise from game reviewers. The soundtrack was composed by Gregory Alper and Jeehun Hwang, and was said to create a new standard in video game music when it was released. The music is stored as standard
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lauded the cut scenes, graphics, training section, customizable mechs, music, and sound effects, but concluded by saying: "If you put all this great quality stuff together, it's still hard to explain what it is that really makes
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has everything an action game needs—beautiful graphics; great sound effects; smooth animation, even at high resolution; lots of options; and tons of firepower—all set against the wonderfully rich background of FASA's
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franchise. The game is set in 3057, and is played as a tactical simulation that incorporates aspects of real-time first-person combat and the physical simulation of the player's
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ranked it as the 27th best game of all time and called it "an amazingly immersive experience". That same year, it was also ranked as the 54th top game of all time by
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s Matt Yeo remarked, "Fans of the original PC game will find little to gripe about here, the game's much-heralded strategy elements having been retained ..."
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adaptation from PC to console was handled. For example,
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1987:"JEEHUN HWANG: Composing Music For Videogames"
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1381:(MS-DOS). Activision. Scene: Credits.
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1291:Loyola, Roman (November 1996).
1277:. July 1997. pp. 158, 160.
992:"Computers - PlayStation Games"
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1445:"Review Crew: MechWarrior 2".
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1845:November 1996. pp. 64–80
1638:Giovetti, Al (October 1995).
1397:"NG Alphas: MechWarrior II".
1362:. Vol. 15, no. 21.
262:series of video games in the
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2176:BattleTech Tactical Handbook
1989:. 2014-09-16. Archived from
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1890:"10 Best Sci-Fi Simulations"
1865:"Best 100 Games of all time"
1833:"150 Best Games of All Time"
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1225:. June 1995. pp. 74–76.
1183:. Activision. P/N 3092-05-1.
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812:Computer Games Strategy Plus
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1786:"Buyers Beware Special".
1455:. April 1997. p. 54.
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2190:Technical Readout: 3058
1796:. May 1996. p. 15.
1744:Computer Games Magazine
1710:"A whole new ball game"
1431:. July 1996. p. 4.
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222:Vehicle simulation game
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1808:"1995 list of winners"
1677:"1996 PC Best Sellers"
1538:"MechWarrior 2 Review"
1508:"MechWarrior 2 Review"
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1565:"MechWarrior 2".
1506:(April 3, 1997).
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