I’ll start this up by saying this, “MechWarrior: Living Legends is to the Mechwarrior franchise what Black Mesa Source is to Half Life.”

I don’t really know if this is nostalgia or actual fact, but i am having a blast in Living Legends. This is a game, since i think it would be a bit insulting calling it ‘just a mod’, that even though it’s in Beta, it has exceeded my expectations. I’m not talking content-wise, but about the core of the game. The words ‘heart of gold’ keep popping up in my head in relation to this. It’s clear the developers really put heart and soul into this experience and it shows. Leaving aside minor crashes, bugs and what have you, the amount of sheer awesome that i was exposed to in the game was world-shattering. It’s hard to explain, but everything just seems right. Everything is just done and feels so congruent that it’s hard to miss.

Given a few months down the pipe i’m sure this mod will be a beacon for all fellow Mechwarriors out there to gather around. Mechwarrior 5, the official game made by the initial developers of the Mechwarrior franchise, is still a ways off, and i’m sure it will be awesome on its own, but i’d love for them to peek inside Living Legends and if not correlate with the devs, or atleast ’steal’ a few ideas for the multiplayer component.

I’ll end this little praise-work here, but really, spread the word, this mod deserves it.