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Here it is, what will possibly be the GaMetal remix of the year: Freedom Fight from the legendary Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries.

You were probably thinking this would be the 2020 finale, but I just couldn’t wait any longer.

In all seriousness, I actually have a bit of history with Mechwarrior 2: it’s the first game with online play that I was really into. I remember playing it a ton back when Microsoft Zone was a thing. Back then, most people still had dial up internet and pings in the 200-400ms range. We had to compensate for the delay by ‘lag shooting’, where you shot a little bit ahead of your target in order to hit them.

Hilariously, I don’t really remember any actual songs from the game (or the Mercenaries expansion for that matter). This song, however, came about via the GaMetal Patreon Request list, where we listened to it during a listening stream and it happened to get pulled in a drawing soon after. It’s a badass, straightforward metal jam, really. The riff at 00:53 reminds me of some old school Metallica stuff.

Look, I know what you’re thinking: when on earth am I going to do more Mechwarrior material? Only time will tell, my friend, only time will tell…