MechCommander 2

Overview

MechCommander 2 was the second game in the short-lived MechCommander series developed by FASA Interactive and published by Microsoft for the Windows PC Platform in 2001. Commonly heralded as a real-time tactics game, it featured player control of BattleMechs from FASA's BattleTech universe in a third-person isometric view. The title featured both a single player campaign and light multiplayer elements.

Plot Summary

MechCommander 2 put the player in the shoes of a mercenary commander able to communicate with his BattleMech pilots and give them orders. The mercenaries were hired to work for House Steiner on the planet Carver V initially, but as the story progresses the mercenary unit works with all of the major BattleTech houses.

Source Code Release

On August 18th, 2006 Microsoft released the source code of MechCommander 2 as a demonstration of the Microsoft XNA MSBuild tool.

The full game and the original Mech Commander can be legally downloaded here:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=11457

Also available are campaigns, maps and additional mechs made by the games community.

Mechs Included in Mech Commander 2

• The Anubis
• The Atlas
• The Blood Asp
• The Bushwacker
• The Catapult
• The Cougar
• The Cyclps
• The Enfield
• The Fire Ant
• The Highlander
• The Hollander
• The Hunchback
• The JagerMech
• The Lao Hu
• The Mad Cat
• The Men Shen
• The Raven
• The Razorback
• The Ryoken
• The Sha Yu
• The Shadow Cat
• The Shootist
• The Starslayer
• The Thor
• The Uller
• The UrbanMech
• The Vulture
• The Wolfhound
• The Zeus