Whilst gaming sheep graze on Brink thegameveda is playing Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries free on the Toshiba Libretto

All good Mech fans are aware  that Microsoft allowed Mektek to release and distribute Mechwarrrior 4 Mercenaries free .... That's the whole game people , Metek also have their own free to play Battletech off shoot.  But any way above  we see this PC classic , once an entire genre unto itself. being played at a blistering speed on the Toshiba Libretto  ,  now if you have friends who Mech , and have say 4 or 8 Libretto's lying around you could link up and play in the tiniest of places , on the bus home , in the lecture theatre , or whilst being bored at the theatre ..


The Toshiba Libretto has been thegameveda's gaming weapon of choice this week , and a welcome antidote to all the non starting AAA nonsense that we were supposed to be playing according the gaming bigwigs , you know the likes of Brink  , for which there is no PC demo or listing on Steam , I cannot buy the PS3 version as there still is no PSN and I may never use it again in any case , and in a couple of weeks time the Xbox 360 version will be in the summer bargain bins for 50 % or less of its current new value... you know like that other great Bethesda experiment Wet ( which I loved by the way , just the not way it dropped almost 70 % in value after release). And another thing Brink is apparently going to receive free DLC to make up for the Lag Fix that it needs as the lag on its multiplayer component renders it useless , see PSN hackers , the devcos are perfectly capable of taking their own networks down .. even without your efforts. 


Does thegameveda miss Brink , no way  , with fantastic totally legal free games like MechWarrior Mercs on the free internet on the coolest ( well actually it get's quite hot)  ultra portable  the Toshiba Libretto , am I missing PSN or the latest AAA must have ... does it look like I am ?


For mech fans I plan to test many more classic MechWarrior and Battletech inspired games , and some of them in daylight ...... I have about 30 years of this stuff to go through...  for collectors check out some rare Mech games with thegameveda


Video gaming is more than art it is now a culture ... and remember in your limited gaming time , there  is what "they" want you to play and what you could be playing ... the art is in choosing .. so if you are one of  hundred or so thousand  Brink Sheep sitting frustrated waiting for a patch to allow you to play online as expected , or one of the hundred or so millions  waiting for PSN to wake up again .. time to realise you the gamer have the power , free yourself from the herd and get on to the net discover some of the 30 years of  gaming culture out there , and the best of it is not controlled by any of the big boys... or girls.. who as recent events have shown will let you down time and time again.... usually on a weekly basis...

 

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Mechwarrior Online Open Beta 2D and 3D game play for old pilots and bold pilots ...

A weekend of Hawken washed down with some fine vintage Mechwarrior Online .. not bad .. here is how the game looks and runs on Intel HD3000 powered hardware. Note the game is still a Beta so there is going to improvement, this is old skool PC fare . As you learn to pilot these Mechs, it becomes clear  that victory is about understanding rock paper missile barrage combat and all of it hinging on how you manage your prone to overheating Mechwarrior. 

Coming from the visual beauty of Hawken which runs at a fare pace on the same hardware , you may dismiss Mechwarrior Online as being too old school , but start playing , in fact spend many hours learning how to play and you have a completely different take on Mech gaming. 

That Mechwarrior Online is neither revolutionary or even evolutionary is to be expected and should not put you off playing this and Hawken, the developers  Piranha have been careful to give the fans what they wanted, old school Mechwarrior game play. I have never seen the Cryengine looking so clean, the sanitised  look of this game is all about reminding you of the good old days of Mech gaming . Light and dark contrasts work well in this game , check out the silhouetted Mechs in the pictures above and below, its not the eye melting candy of Hawken but Mechwarrior Online creates its atmosphere through more subtle means. The game already has enough hooks to the old classics that make you want to persevere and actually learn to pilot those Mechs, learn about balancing weapons and heat etc . 

I play using an Intel HD3000 powered i7 Lenovo X220T ( some day I will be bothered to refill the Boreas on my gaming rig ) in 2D and 3D. To get playable fps you should play with low settings and vsync off . 

I played in 3D using the Cinemizer OLED . Now imagine this game when the head tracking option becomes available . 3D was achieved using Tridef 3D generic settings , I wish developers would wake up to the fact that there are considerably more igpus out there now which can capably handle modern PC gaming not just in 2D but 3D . I have been 3D gaming for 2 years now , never with an ATI or nVidia gpu. Gamers need to be clear too , you do not need nVidia or Ati hardware or GPUS to game in 3D . The Intel HD3000 or 4000 in your PC or Jobs Difference Engine will do just fine more than fine in fact just check my Hawken videos. Neither do you need to lug around a 3D  Plasma or 120 hz monitor not when there are hmds like the Cinemizer OLED and the smd ST1080 .

What I most need from the developers of Mechwarrior Online  is for the game to come with a ready made profile for my trusty old Force Feedback Pro 2 .. atm twisting and throttle controls are not functional which is why you will see me reversing in mountains quite a lot in the videos ...

and in 3D set your 3D viewers to over under for this 

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