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Platform: Windows 98 / Me / 95
ESRB Rating: Teen
Media: CD-ROM

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Prepare to walk the walk, MechWarrior.

The Inner Sphere's long-awaited counterattack against the vicious Clan Smoke Jaguar rages on, but the enemy isn't willing to lie down and die. On a world with the ironic name of Tranquil, one of the last ranking Smoke Jaguar star colonels is preparing a bastion for his clan to lick its wounds and prepare its vengeance. Your mission: conduct a high-impact commando raid on Tranquil and destroy its usefulness as a base of operations before the enemy has a chance to dig in.

The tricky part is, MechWarrior, that the Jaguars know they're beaten and, honorable or not, they're going to try everything to see that they get their shot at vengeance against the Inner Sphere. You can bet they're going to start with the closest target--you.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Okay., Mar 12 2003

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J. Lawrence "Yonis!" (Newton Centre, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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Ce commentaire est de: Mech Warrior 3 (CD-ROM)

Okay, as the title explains, this game is not the best, but not the worst.
Here is a quick list of pros and cons:

Pros:
1. the variety of weapons is very interesting.

2. the move ment of the mechs is fluid and very realistic.

3. the training mode is really awesome.

4. the controls are well placed.

Cons:

1. this game takes quite alot of memory for windows 95/98

2. the graphics are not great (but hey, it's a couple years old.)

3. YOU DON'T GET TO CHOOSE YOUR MECH!!!!!????

4. doesn't work on windows ME/2000/ or even XP editions.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Last of the real Mech games, Nov 21 2002

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Ce commentaire est de: Mech Warrior 3 (CD-ROM)

This was the last of the series to really use the rules and ideas of the original. The newer games work more like Quake than Mechwarrior. The graphics are dated compared to the newer games, but the game play is better, and it requires more strategy. For instance, LRM's have a minimum range. If you're closer than that minimum range when you fire them, they have no real effect on the enemy. The effect of this rule on the game is that you have a certain way to handle fire support mechs. You use cover to close on them as fast as possible so you can get in close under their missles and pound them. In the newer games, you can ram the enemy and fire them point blank. Kinda dumbs it down a bit.

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5.0 out of 5 stars At last -- a mech game that works! :), Aug 24 2002

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Rhian G. Hunt (Port Wing, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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Ce commentaire est de: Mech Warrior 3 (CD-ROM)

I highly recommend this game for anyone who wants to play mech/giant robot games without having a $3,000 computer with fancy video cards. I can play it on an HP Pavilion 6683 straight out of the box, with a lousy 1 MB SGVA Intel 810 chipset. It offers the option to play with a 'software render,' which doesn't need a 3D video card at all. If you can play Majesty on your computer, you can play this game. It doesn't continually freeze and crash, like MW2 or MW4 do even when their system requirements are met.
On the non-technical front, the game itself is quite exciting and looks excellent. The weapon special effects aren't quite as spectacular as the MW4 renderings, but they are still good. The landscape looks BETTER than that hazy, vague, bland thing they have in MW4, and you can actually crater it with your missiles. The mechs look fine, move quickly, and offer both an external and internal view.
In short, if you're looking for bug-free, fine-looking, exciting giant robot action, don't pass this game by! It'll probably work on your system, too, if it was made in the last couple of years and has one of the right Windows programs. Check out Majesty and Diablo II while you're at it -- another couple of spectacular, fascinating games with low system requirements! :) Have fun, Mechwarrior!!!!!!!

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