BATTLETECH

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3.9

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Posted on: September 7, 2019

Aveimperator

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Games: 705 Reviews: 15

Well worth buying

A fantastic giant robot / battle mech strategy game. The best since Mechcommander 2. Some initial bugs (game sometimes not saving) were overcome after help from GOG Support (right click the Battletech file from the game's folder location and run as administrator - fixed the save problem and reduced load times). The core of the gameplay is excellent - build up your ship and battle mechs while managing cashflow by taking on missions. The combat missions are excellently done - great sound, mech movement and battle effects. However, the game lost a star because of the poor plot in the campaign. The basic plot here is similar to Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (an ousted ruler fighting a campaign to regain her throne), but lacks most of the suspense, interest, choice and character and plot development of Thronebreaker. If only they had Thronebreaker's writers writing the plot for the campaign, this would have been a 5 star game. Overall, still a game well worth playing.

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Posted on: November 29, 2019

gavor

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Games: 189 Reviews: 3

Turn based. stompy robot combat

In the early game I focused quite heavily on doing non-story mercenary missions to build up my lance tonnage and level my pilots. Combat, starting out fairly simple, did eventually flesh out to require some more lateral thinking when I found my 4 mech lance taking on 8 or more mechs coming at me in waves. Using mobility and terrain became imperative to success and rarely did it devolve into the toe-to-toe slugfest I feared. I loved initiating melee combat and stomping on a ground vehicle never grew old. In general the turn based ruleset worked great, though it is highly recommended you disable most of the combat cinematics and animations to speed things up. There are enough mechanics away from the combat to keep you occupied. Mechs need to be repaired and refitted and you can modify their weapons, armour and equipment. Pilots need to be trained across 5 (?) attributes which add bonuses and unlock new skills, both active and passive. I trained each to have a particular speciality like indirect fire (using a catapult with many many missiles) or long range with autocannons, or melee. The dropship itself can be upgraded in many different areas such as medical facilities, mech repairs/bays and so on. I won't go into the story too much as it's fairly generic fare. Someone loses their position of power, you used to work for their clan, now you're a mercenary. That person engages your mercenary group to help take the power back. After a bunch of things™ happen, you come to a bittersweet conclusion involving guns and explosions. Tidy, but unremarkable. When the story ends you can embark on an endless series of randomly generated mercenary missions picked from locations all over the galaxy (or at least the portion the game is set in). VERDICT: I really enjoyed it. A definite recommendation for lovers of stompy robots, science fiction, or turn based tactical combat games. Final Word: RECOMMENDED https://belligerentoldergamers.blogspot.com/2019/11/battletech.html

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Posted on: November 14, 2020

Sadge479

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Games: 109 Reviews: 27

It's no Mechcommander 3, but what is...

Not really a bad game, but it needs a better campaign. The story was very post-2016, if you know what I mean. The career mode makes up for this to some degree, but it starts to feel like a grind after awhile without a story tying it all together. Graphics and gameplay are still pretty good though. I want to like it a lot more than I do since I love the Battletech universe, but it just doesn't hook me like the old games did.

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Posted on: May 30, 2018

todda

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Games: 228 Reviews: 22

Buggy and half-finished

The game, when it works, can be passable. However, it feels as though it was rushed and is seemingly in an unfinished state. The graphics, when it isn't crashing, are interesting, and the Mech designs carry over well from the tabletop. The game-play has some measure of promise that may be fulfilled in a patch or two. However, the game can be a repetitive slog, and unfortunately, was seemingly written by 19 year olds attempting to get an A in Gender studies and impress their social justice warrior teacher. And I'm not talking about the inclusion of the extra pronoun. That is completely inconsequential. Far more telling is, in a universe where literally EVERY other race and culture is on display (including Muslims, inexplicably), there are zero white characters that you don't create yourself. Inclusion and diversity are great, but unfortunately the writers are living up to the expectation that diversity simply means "no white people." I'm not sure how this is pushing race relations forward. Unfortunately, I have every expectation that the creators, like most of their ilk, will simply double down, call me racist, and ignore the obvious logical fallacy they are creating in order to signal their own virtue to other closed-minded people. Inclusion, by exclusion, is not inclusion at all. Someday, perhaps when they live in the real world for a while, they will figure this out. Frankly, if I had known that this game was attempting to troll white people, I never would have purchased or supported it. Especially when it was released in its unfinished state.

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Posted on: September 12, 2018

btomasulo

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Games: 154 Reviews: 1

A Must Have for Turn Based Tactics Fans

If you like XCOM, Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy Tactics, or other games like that, check this game out. The progression system in this game is fantastic, you're always getting new mechs, weapons, accessories, ect to keep things fresh. The world is lore rich, having been around since the 80s, though as someone new to the universe myself I didn't find preexisting lore knowledge was in any ways necessary. The plot isn't that complex, and if you want to learn about the specifics they're revealed in character dialog and hover over tooltips. The combat is pretty fun too, there's enough mech variety that fighting the different combos with your new gear always feels fresh. If I had one complaint it would be that you do start to notice the same maps over and over, but it took me about 75 hours to beat the game so I guess there's only so many maps you can make. Overall, a very solid game.

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