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MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy

MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy is the follow up expansion pack for MechWarrior 2, that gives the player a chance to play as the Clan Ghost Bear. This expansion pack gives players access to 14 new…

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MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy is a shooter developed by Activision, released 1 November 1995 on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy is

MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy is a shooter game developed by Activision and released in 1995. It is available on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ghost Bear's Legacy takes place after the Refusal War, and is the story of a new Ghost Bear warrior living in the Inner Sphere who initially repels raids by mercenaries but is enraged when the Draconis Combine steals the genetic material of the Clan founders Hans Ole Jorgensson and Sandra Tseng. The Ghost Bears send units to track down the culprits but find the matter is more complex than they first thought. The Draconis Combine has been framed for the raids and the BattleMechs used in the raid were captured by Clan Smoke Jaguar several months before. A search through the Clans for the culprit ensues. It is found the Smoke Jaguars lost the BattleMechs in a raid by Clan Wolf. After the…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, sandbox and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the BattleTech series

MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy is the sixth of 29 entries we hold in the BattleTech series. The next entry was MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries in 1996. Its critic score of 80 is 5 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is MechAssault at 90.

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How it was received

MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 14 points above the year average.

What it launched against

MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy launched on 1 November 1995, within three weeks of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Destruction Derby and Screamer. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Destruction Derby, Screamer.

Official trailer

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When did MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy come out?
MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy was released on 1 November 1995 for DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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