MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries - Heroes of the Inner Sphere

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● Follow your chosen career path from War Dog to Treasure Hunter in the new Career Mode. ● Explore new warzones, new quests, new missions that span the full scope of the Inner Sphere.

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Developer:
Piranha Games
Publisher:
Fireshine Games
Release date:
26 May 2021
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (174)

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Description

● Follow your chosen career path from War Dog to Treasure Hunter in the new Career Mode.
● Explore new warzones, new quests, new missions that span the full scope of the Inner Sphere.
● Hunt the Heroes - special Hero quests tell the story of 7 new heroes and their lostech mechs.
● Find new mech chassis and variants, new weapons, new equipment, as well as blueprints to quirk your prized mechs.
● Forge your own path through the Succession War Era.

…and much more.

New Career Mode
Start a career from scratch in any of the great houses or import your progress from the original Campaign. Completely rebalanced so you can explore the Inner Sphere and build your merc company as you please. Expanded Inner Sphere Map that includes 61 total warzones (+18), 34 Industrial Hubs, and 55 quest lines (+11).

Career Paths
Visit Cantinas to pick up jobs from the Inner Sphere's shadiest characters. Complete 5 different job types to unlock career path rewards including powerful and unique upgrades that tweak properties of your mechs. Career paths work in both Campaign and Career mode!

New mechs
7 new 'Mech chassis: Corsair, Vulcan, Charger, Hatamoto-Chi, Dervish, Champion, and Marauder II
Adds 50 new variants including new variants for existing chassis

New Missions
Hunt down 7 new heroes and their hero mechs in the story driven Hero Quests.

New music tracks set a more diverse and epic tone to the game.

New Procedural Mission type: Beachhead - clear the landing zone for a full planetary invasion while disrupting communications and avoiding artillery strikes

New Extrasolar Moon Biome

Hazardous Atmosphere Garrisons

Artillery and Airstrikes
Avoid enemy airstrikes, call in air support to deliver devastating bombardments, or use TAG/NARC on specific enemies for precision airstrikes

New Weapons and Equipment
ECM, EWECM - an Electronic Counter Measure creates a distortion bubble that jams opponents sensors and HUD and reduces their ability to detect you or target effectively. Use counter mode to disable an enemies ECM.
BAP, EWAP - an active probe that allows sensors to detect hidden enemies regardless of line of sight
MASC, Supercharger - gives mechs a short duration but incredibly powerful mobility boost.
New Weapons: Chem Lasers, Short Burst Lasers, Mech Rifles, Stream SRMs.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10 (64-bit versions)
Processor:
Intel Core i3-7100/AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770/AMD Radeon R9 280X
DirectX:
Version 11
Network:
Broadband Internet connection
Additional Notes:
Broadband internet connection is needed to play and host Co-op games. Internet Connection is NOT Required for Single player once the game is downloaded.

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10 (64-bit version)
Processor:
Intel Core i7-6700K/AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/AMD RX Vega 56
DirectX:
Version 11
Network:
Broadband Internet connection
Additional Notes:
Broadband internet connection is needed to play and host Co-op games. Internet Connection is NOT Required for Single player once the game is downloaded.

User reviews

l33tn3ss_17
Recommended | 30 Nov 2024

Heroes of The Inner Sphere is the best DLC, by far, for Mechwarrior 5. It adds a new mode, tons of new mechs and variants, new weapons, and other game additions that deeply enhance replayability. That said, I feel that

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Grand Poobah of Bees
Recommended | 16 Oct 2024

Essentially a must-buy, as the Career mode is the meat and potatoes of the game. The seven added frames add much needed complexity, as well as the hero mechs and 50 additional mech varients. Should have been in on

Helpful: 11
SonofaGlitch
Recommended | 22 Jan 2026

None of the DLC for MW5: Mercs should be bought at full price other than perhaps Shadow of Kerensky, and Heroes of the Inner Sphere is no different. Consumers looking at this DLC in particular should note something VERY

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Track that dog
Recommended | 26 Jun 2024

The best DLC for MechWarrior 5, I highly recommend it to have the complete the MW5 experience. I also think Solaris Showdown and Rise of Rasalhague DLC are well worth it, but ONLY for people who already have Heroes of

Helpful: 11
Fearshredder4444
Not recommended | 19 Jan 2025

Wouldn't waist your time considering to buy it. It's just cut content they removed to try and make you buy it back.

Helpful: 19
Hykril Tynyx
Recommended | 11 Jul 2024

I'm giving this a thumbs up only because this DLC is almost ESSENTIAL to the game, you simply HAVE TO buy it. It adds so much stuff that should've been in the base game from the very start that it makes me angry they're

Helpful: 9