I think Clans is better. Unpopular opinion?

My experience may be different than most in this sub, cause I played Clans first and now I'm trying Merc's. However, so far I like Clans a lot more. I understand Mercs is aged out at this point , but when I first started playing the graphics made me feel like I was on an SVGA monitor or something. The lasers alone are horrible, they look like a laser pointer for my cat. I find the menus to be extremely clunky and tedious to navigate. I'm going to keep at it, and give the game a fair shot. Anyway it seems to me that the overwhelming opinion on this sub, is that Mercs is the better game. Is that just because of mods on PC? What am I missing?