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As a fan of the series, it’s been a very long wait, but PGI managed to deliver in a big way on nearly every front. While there are certain things that could be improved, what’s here is an excellent four player mech-stomping good time.","2025-03-16T16:30:28.993349-04:00",{"id":422,"logo":436,"name":437,"slug":438,"tags":19,"bluesky":439,"twitter":437,"youtube":440,"facebook":437,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":441,"website_url":442,"score_format":345,"average_score":65,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":443,"stats_updated_at":444,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":445,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":446,"active_authors_count":447,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":448,"editor_in_chief_email":449,"published_authors_count":267,"published_reviews_count":450},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGamingTrend-Logo.jpg","GamingTrend","gamingtrend","gamingtrend.com","@GamingTrendVideos","From the table to the screen, and everything in between!","https:\u002F\u002Fgamingtrend.com","2025-07-14","2025-07-16T19:33:01.762266","news@gamingtrend.com",5,8,"reviews@gamingtrend.com","rburke@gamingtrend.com",805,{"id":452,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":453,"author":454,"original_score":461,"normalized_score":65,"review_url":462,"review_date":10,"summary":463,"created_at":464,"updated_at":464,"author_id":455,"last_edited_at":257,"outlet":465},31339,35,{"id":455,"bio":19,"name":456,"avg_score":457,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":458,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":459,"claim_token":19,"article_count":460,"claimed_by_user_id":19},3240,"Jonathan Bolding",80.15,"2024-12-06T11:20:34.533431-05:00","2025-10-31T13:04:31.520373-04:00",21,"80","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcgamer.com\u002Fmechwarrior-5-mercenaries-review\u002F","The return of the beloved sim series is a showcase for joyful mech combat.\n","2024-12-06T12:39:04.283737-05:00",{"id":453,"logo":466,"name":467,"slug":468,"tags":212,"bluesky":469,"twitter":470,"youtube":470,"facebook":471,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":472,"website_url":473,"score_format":345,"average_score":418,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":81,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":474,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPCGamer-Logo.jpg","PC Gamer","pc-gamer","pcgamer.com","pcgamer","pcgamermagazine","The global authority on PC games.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcgamer.com\u002F","editors@pcgamer.com",{"id":476,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":477,"author":478,"original_score":484,"normalized_score":65,"review_url":485,"review_date":10,"summary":486,"created_at":487,"updated_at":487,"author_id":479,"last_edited_at":487,"outlet":488},68501,50,{"id":479,"bio":19,"name":480,"avg_score":481,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":482,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":483,"claim_token":19,"article_count":56,"claimed_by_user_id":19},3740,"Brandon Adams",77.56756756756756,"2025-01-16T10:21:02.286948-05:00","2025-01-29T11:20:58.869542-05:00","4.0","https:\u002F\u002Fattackofthefanboy.com\u002Freviews\u002Fmechwarrior-5-mercenaries-review\u002F","But I always returned, wanting and eager. Always under the prospect of \"just one more mission.\" And then a mission after that, and a mission following that. Always \"just one more.\" It's in this mantra that MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries excels. It's not the prettiest, most polished, or robust of games available, but - damn me - do I want to keep playing it.","2025-01-29T11:14:40.391583-05:00",{"id":477,"logo":489,"name":490,"slug":491,"tags":492,"bluesky":19,"twitter":493,"youtube":493,"facebook":494,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":495,"website_url":496,"score_format":162,"average_score":133,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":81,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":19,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FAttack-Of-The-Fanboy-Logo.jpg","Attack of the Fanboy","attack-of-the-fanboy","[  \n  'independent',\n  'inactive',\n  'online_media'\n  ]","FanboyAttack","AttackoftheFanboy","Covering everything you love from Anime, Gaming, Movies, and so much more! ","https:\u002F\u002Fattackofthefanboy.com\u002F",{"id":498,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":499,"author":500,"original_score":504,"normalized_score":177,"review_url":505,"review_date":10,"summary":506,"created_at":507,"updated_at":507,"author_id":501,"last_edited_at":507,"outlet":508},55422,45,{"id":501,"bio":19,"name":502,"avg_score":23,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":503,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":328,"claim_token":19,"article_count":349,"claimed_by_user_id":19},4563,"Joshua (Shnook)","2025-01-23T19:38:02.706461-05:00","8.50","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamegrin.com\u002Freviews\u002Fmechwarrior-5-mercenaries-review\u002F","MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is a great introduction to the MechWarrior series and is primarily a PvE game. Players can expect to be rocking to an awesome soundtrack as they destroy their enemies on the battlefields.","2025-01-23T19:46:57.126133-05:00",{"id":499,"logo":509,"name":510,"slug":511,"tags":74,"bluesky":512,"twitter":510,"youtube":510,"facebook":510,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":513,"website_url":514,"score_format":79,"average_score":80,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":81,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":515,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":516,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameGrin%20Logo.png","GameGrin","gamegrin","gamegrin.com","Check out GameGrin for a great community, with gaming news, reviews, previews and articles!","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamegrin.com\u002F","luz_victoria@staff.gamegrin.com","andrew@gamegrin.com",{"id":518,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":519,"author":520,"original_score":305,"normalized_score":203,"review_url":527,"review_date":10,"summary":528,"created_at":529,"updated_at":529,"author_id":521,"last_edited_at":529,"outlet":530},85674,82,{"id":521,"bio":19,"name":522,"avg_score":523,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":524,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":525,"claim_token":19,"article_count":526,"claimed_by_user_id":19},4005,"Jason Faulkner",79.39655172413794,"2025-01-18T12:10:33.122454-05:00","2025-07-08T15:30:25.304328-04:00",117,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamerevolution.com\u002Freview\u002F622541-mechwarrior-5-mercenaries-review","MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is a return to form for the MechWarrior series. The last time we saw the franchise focus on single-player and co-op was way back in 2002 with MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries, 18 years ago. 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Whether it is news, reviews, features, or guides – we're your source for high quality game coverage since 2013.","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net","2026-04-16","2026-04-21T12:25:16.686278","Indianapolis","jallen@techraptor.net","8df87287-e31d-40dd-bd62-4fe839efbe0e","sam@techraptor.net","aotton@techraptor.net",144,1466,{"id":594,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":595,"author":596,"original_score":550,"normalized_score":93,"review_url":603,"review_date":604,"summary":605,"created_at":606,"updated_at":606,"author_id":597,"last_edited_at":257,"outlet":607},22946,26,{"id":597,"bio":19,"name":598,"avg_score":599,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":600,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":601,"claim_token":19,"article_count":602,"claimed_by_user_id":19},2730,"Ty Arthur",73.5,"2024-12-03T19:09:58.08326-05:00","2025-01-29T13:12:34.369563-05:00",44,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameskinny.com\u002Freviews\u002Fmechwarrior-5-mercenaries-review-flawed-but-extremely-fun-robot-action\u002F","2019-12-09","Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries delivers pulse-pounding mech action. It just lacks the patches to make it truly shine.","2024-12-04T07:16:36.04595-05:00",{"id":595,"logo":608,"name":609,"slug":610,"tags":492,"bluesky":19,"twitter":611,"youtube":612,"facebook":611,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":613,"website_url":614,"score_format":79,"average_score":267,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":81,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":615,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":615,"editor_in_chief_email":615,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSkinny-logo.png","Game Skinny","game-skinny","GameSkinny","@gameskinny4737","Video game guides, reviews, news, and culture.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameskinny.com","N\u002FA"]