BATTLETECH

I was beyond excited when I learned we were getting a new turn-based Battletech game. Indeed, my first few hours with game were fantastic. Tactically managing mechs on the battlefield is a treat, and the between-mission gameplay was a great surprise for me (seriously, I never thought managing finances and repairs would be interesting). Unfortunately, there are some extremely frustrating bugs that simply make the game unplayable for me at this point. I hope these are patched in the future, and I will modify my review if/when they are fixed. Here's an example from my last attempt at a mission: 1. Enter mission. Everything goes fine for about an hour (yes, some missions are quite lengthy). Game crashes. 2. Restart game, realize that the last autosave is before the mission started... 3. Replay through mission, this time making sure to save periodically. 4. Camera gets stuck on terrain (this mission has terrain that makes managing the camera particularly frustrating. 5. Save and reload to free the camera. 6. Due to a camera quirk, send a mech inadvertantly running across the battlefield in front of an enemy mech where the pilot & mech then immediately gets one-shot. Fortunately, I've saved a new game a few turns prior to this. 7. Remove some of my old saves and reload my latest. This time the enemy mechs refuse to spawn. 8. Rage quit. Pros: - Excellent tactics and combat - Pilot and mech customization is fantastic - Crew management is cery well done Cons: - Bugs - The camera sometimes gets stuck on terrain, sometimes so badly that I was forced to save and reload. - The camera can be hard manuever, particularly when trying to rotate the view on certain planets.

Where to start, the game seems very solid in it's mechanics and ideas and I was enjoying it a lot but techically it has a myriad of problems. Started with the saves dissapearing and the ability to save locked, then had another bug where the game would not progress from the management screen and now after starting a new campaign and doing a few random contracts everything seemed fine until a story mission now the game just hard crashes and locks my whole PC so I have to shut it down and reboot physically. Very disapointed and fed up at the moment with another rushed buggy launch but hopeful these things will be fixed...

A lot of fun to play. Really reminds me of playing the Battletech card games when I was a kid, but this version is much deeper with a lot more background mechanics going on. The music reminds me of Sins of a Solar Empire, so it's top-notch. I was one of the original beta testers back when this was supposed to be a browser-based game. The basic combat mechanics are still very similar, but everything has been fleshed out - from 'mech customization to finances. There is some numpty political stuff in the game (that has nothing to do with the game itself), but it can be modded out. Performance-wise, the game could run smoother. I am running it on a first-gen Core i3 530 (overclocked), 8gb of DDR3, and a 1060 SSC. I have it installed on a conventional hard drive, and while it does load slowly, it's not ridiculously slow. No - the performance issues are engine-related. My framerates are amazing, but when attacking or moving, or really performing any action at all, the game pauses for a few seconds. Bottom line - this game delivers the 'mech combat we've been waiting for since MW4. It's worth it.

It looks like Battletech, but it's not Battletech. Fans may like it but I'm pretty sure hardcore fans would not. The question is that they do not use the Battletech rules... turns, movement, and over all engagement and initiative rules are somewhat broken. Gameplay is fluid but needs some polish too, enemy mechs suddenly popping in the middle of your lance (game event), Darius warning you about incoming enemies just when you finish the mission, a few locks. PROS: Lore, Story. CONS: Weird rules, little and restricted Universe, few contracts, relatively short main mission, strange and repetitive random events, slow loading.

This game has rekindled my love for this 1980's tactical table top game. This game takes all the best aspects of the table top game but simplifies it by taking care of all the confusing aspects of percentages and more rules than five other tactical games combined. This is a turn base RPG that focuses on earning money to buy bigger mechs and better equipment. If you are looking to pilot a mech in first person, this is not the game you are looking for. If you want an in depth mech RPG with all of the tactical fun of the original table top game then you will love this. This has quickly become one of my favorite games and hope that they make more Battletech games just like this one. Graphics are good but not jaw dropping but this get the look of each mech right along with some simple but cool customization. Game play is smooth and it doesn't cause any issues running it on my nVidia 1060ti. Story is simple and is told through still frames instead of cinematic scenes. I think this adds to the nostalgia. For a challenge play the game on normal, for a quicker and less stressful game opt for easy with larger payouts. Enjoy.