Aside from occasionally going to a friends house to check out a new title now and then, I used to play the majority of my PC games alone. And to be honest, I liked it that way. Some of my friends, including my very own brother, didn’t enjoy playing video games as much as I did and PC video games were even further down thier list on the video game food chain. So when MechWarrior 2 came out I was very surprised to see those very same friends, even my brother, completely addicted to this title. What made this PC classic  video game so different from the others? Why did they spend so much time in front of the big bulky PC monitor when they hardly ever did with any games in the past? Was it the games very atmospheric music and sound effects which were absolutely great for its time? Or maybe it was the convincing female voice of the navigation computer? Was it the strategy elements or maybe the complexity of the controls that FPS just didn’t have? I honestly think it was all of those aspects of MechWarrior 2, along with its slower and more realistic gameplay that had them absolutely hooked. I also enjoyed the game as well, but the slower pace and the over heating of the Mech’s sometimes led me to a lot of deaths and frustration. Maybe the fact that those non PC gaming friends were better than I was at the title also frustrated me. Still, it was a great game for its time and my favorite Mech game to date. The visuals were very good as it ran smoothly on my PC and I think this really helped players feel like they were a part of this fun, but very deadly, virtual world. For what ever reason I will always remember Mechwarrior 2 not for what a great game it was, even if it was truly a PC classic, but for the game that my non PC gaming friends loved and were addicted to.