Mech Commander 2
by Microsoft
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Video Game Reviews of Mech Commander 2
Customer Review: Armchair strategy for the thinking Mechcommander
Summary: 4 Stars
The first impression of this game is the 3D environment and slick graphics. You get to feel responsible for your warriors and find yourself feeling guilty if you get any of them killed and have to play the mission again. At the most difficult setting it challenges any age. The moody music gives you a sense of expectation. If you are into Battletech this is for all thinking armchair commanders. Strategy plays a big part in the missions.The only critism is that it takes a long time to load all those graphics unless you have the latest hardware.Customer Review: Microsoft Screws The Pooch
Summary: 1 Stars
I have every Mech Warrior game released and this one is the worst. Its so buggy I can't believe they released it. It conflicts with Via chipsets, one of the major makers of chipsets for motherboards. It doesn't like nVidia video cards, perhaps the largest supplier of chipsets for video cards and it apparently doesn't play well with most sound cards - particularly Vortex based (which leaves out all us Turtle Beach users). The real kicker is it won't even load on many machines as Microsoft put some silly CD Guard on it and the list of CD-ROM's that aren't supported is a mile long. Bill Gates should should be forced to shell out his own hard earned money for a game that won't even load and can't be returned. Pass on this one.Customer Review: Gotta Love Security Checks
Summary: 1 Stars
Well, I was looking forward to this game a great deal because I have enjoyed the first game alot. Unfortunatly due to a bug in the Microsoft security check to make sure that the cd is in the drive, I cannot play the game at all. They give no support on their web site and there is no sign of it being fixed. Don't buy this game unless you want an expensive coaster.Customer Review: Wait for the Patchs and driver updates !!!
Summary: 1 Stars
The game arrived with such agressive copy protection that it refused to execute on my system. A long phone call to tech support resulted in a 14 day wait for a replacement disc. The replacement was a little better. It crashes and locks up the system half way through the introduction unless the sound is disabled. Another Long toll call to Washington State reveild the following information. The game is broken under Windows 2000 direct x8.1 with many older sound cards. It will not run using the native VIA sound on the MB. I pulled out my trusty Soundblaster PCI128 andhad the same problem. I replaced it again with a Soundblaster PCI512 and again had exactly the same problem. Microsoft tech support informed me that my best hope to get it running would be to buy a new Audigy sound card. I have spent hours updating all of the drivers in the system to the most recent versions and have even flashed new firmware in the the CD Drive and updated the BIOS. IF YOU BUY THIS GAME NOW YOU ARE PAYING TO BE A BETA TESTER. Wait for either a Direct X fix, a game patch or perhaps better sound drivers.Customer Review: Typical Microsoft Junk
Summary: 1 Stars
This game is probably loads of fun. I just wish I could get it to run on my computer. I meet the system requirements and I can get the game to load past the menu system and that gives me a problem some times since the game doesn't seem to respond to my mouse clicks. You need to have a computer that really exceeds the listed system requirements. You will also need to download all the patches that are out for it now from microsoft to get the game to work as well. Typicaly Microsoft Junk, just like the majority of thier other programs.