BATTLETECH

If you like Battletech, this game is guaranteed fun.

Giving this a very minor thumbs up - simply due to a few factors. The amount of hours played shows good value, though many of those hours were reloads and frustrations. There is some charm in this brand for me and also lots of variety in the types of mechs and weapons to keep it interesting. The storyline is ok - even if I don't plan to finish the game. As someone who remembers the good 'ol mechwarrior games, tthose missions were tough in the day and you needed to replay a few times to get the set missions right but there was also a limit to them (and flopy discs made sure of that :D !!! This game has a few points, which is making me considering abandoning the game as the contracts and ensuing fights are getting very uneven. Pretty much all the fights are 2 to 1 against you, with a massive tonnage and mech-class disadvantage. The maps are mostly small in context. There's sometimes 13 or more mechs and really no way to get around the map to try to use cover or space to advantage. Often the physical barriers force you into only a few pathways and unfortunately don't often provide good cover (no hiding on these maps!). The LRM are great but also make the odds harder, as even if you draw mechs to you - those big numbers far away can still whittle you down over pretty much any type of cover too! The missions sometimes have many goals, and not always do you need to finish them all to get paid and salvage - however for evacs there is only ever 1 spot and typically this is set beyond the goal you don't want to engage in, i.e. you almost always have to go through the zones due to maps size, placement, and not having an evac you can 'retreat' too. Overall though, there are some fun mechanics, the maps aren't too repetitive and restarts can change up the opposing mechs. It's a shame the slugfest turned into drudgery and there were no easy contracts left to recover your losses.

Great example of the table top game of old

Absooooolutely amazing! 325 hours in vanilla, the rest on mods. DLC is 100% worth

mechwarrior feels

One of the absolute best games in this genre. hopefully they make the second version or release more DLCs.

A great introduction and revival of the TTRPG. Though limited in the overall scheme, it is a great title to have. Hair Brained Schemes does not fail with delivering this game in their turn based platform. The Campaign mode (story line option) [i](highly recommened playing that first)[/i] brings you into the Battletech Universe. The Career mode (1200 day achievement, then continues onto an endless run), gives you a feel for being a mech commnader. The engineering aspect of stripping down and reuilding/redesigning the various Mechs' and their weaponry is the true feel for the game, and testing it out in combat gives you the proof of your work. Recommened: Hell YES! Replayability: At first very intense, though you will come back and play it again. Drawbacks: Needs more content and more Mechs' -Universal Gamer