Posted on: September 2, 2018
Ailurus Fulgens
Spiele: 1072 Rezensionen: 5
This mech could use a refit.
My previous exposure to the BattleTech universe has come entirely electronically- I have many fond memories of the MechWarrior/Mercenaries series and LAN-based robo-carnage. With this in mind I was excited to hear about BattleTech, I heard many comparisons to XCOM after release which prompted me to pick it up- hybrid management/strategy of that calibre is pretty rare after all. After finishing the BattleTech campaign, my basic takeaways are that this isn't really much like XCOM except in a very 'broad-stokes' kind of way, I personally think that mech combat works better in a real-time format and the game is good, but not great with a mass of opportunities for improvement through some basic tweaking of the UI and some of the mechanics. My favourite part of the game is the strategic layer; when you're on your ship checking your pilot rosters, outfitting your mechs and choosing contracts things all work pretty smoothly and it feels like the dream version of the 'Mercenaries' system. You can hang out, talk to your crew and immerse yourself in the world too which is a nice touch; it's clear that the devs have a great respect for the universe they're working in, even if (to my taste) the lore does get somewhat oppressive at times. Then you get dropped down to the actual missions and things take a turn for the mediocre- your (nicely rendered) mechs plod across a (nicely rendered) set of landscapes, make contact with some people who need to be blasted, blast them then maybe blast some other stuff before going home. I think my main issue with the missions is I couldn't seem to wring much tactical depth out of them- victory seems to hinge almost entirely on how much mech-tonnage you bring along, coupled with having enough intelligence to avoid turning your back to the enemy. My fights often devolved into my lance standing stock-still while shooting until all my opponents fell over. Still worth a play if giant robots are your thing, just not 'Clan-PPC'-level amazing.
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