Piranha Games is trying to remember the roots of the franchise to release singleplayer mech experience for the first time in 15 years.
One thing we’ve learned over is just to be cautious with expectations with our players. We want to make sure we’re really certain about things before they go out.
Russ Bullock
Just like the previous singleplayer MechWarrior experience the fifth installment uses old school marketing model – it is completely standalone and won’t feature microtransactions. You pay the full price and get the full game immediately. Just like that! The title is being developed with the help of UE4, by a separate team than the one developing MechWarrior Online. And no Early Access or that kind of thing.
We want to go from 3015 right up to the clan invasion of 3049. What this allows us to do is tohave players experience being a startup, floundering mercenary business. You can think of it like you’re brand new and green and you have this half-working mech and just enough resources to take on your first mission. But by the endgame, the timeline has moved along up to near the clan invasion and you have maybe an entire company of elite mercenaries and BattleMechs and you’re taking the hardest missions the houses can throw at you.
Russ Bullock
Freedom and replayability are said to be two words that will define the future game – you will be able to choose your own targets and your own style. It is also stated that when it comes to mech customization, MechWarrior 5 chooses a “variant-based free market system”. Mechs will have a handful of variants for each chassis that they will conform to.
