MechWarrior 5: Clans is the latest in a line of MechWarrior games stretching back over 30 years, and though technology and game design principles may have evolved in that time, there are a few elements that have persisted from one series entry to the next. Of course, each game features an arsenal of impossible to miss 40-foot-tall mechanized war machines, but the Battletech universe in which MechWarrior is based is largely about the people in the cockpits. Even in gameplay terms, MechWarrior pilots usually have their own traits and skills independent of the mech they're operating.