I really enjoyed Battletech. Not sure how I feel about paying as much as the base game to preorder stuff that may or may not translate into meaningful content, though.
ChrisGamer300: Here comes the Paradox BS and ofc it didn't take long after being acquired.
Hmm thinking more about this, i do enjoy the game in it's current state and mech warfare is tons of fun however the price is a bit steep but it remains to see the size and content of these 3 DLC's before i judge the seasons pass too harshly but Witcher 3's seasons pass has really spoiled me in this regard for future games.
In fairness to Paradox, their approach does make a lot of sense in context. They have a good history of providing long term support and improvements versus many games that simply dry up after launch, and while it would be nice if developers would be like Egosoft or Hello Games and do it for free the reality is that many of them simply can't or won't do this for a multitude of reasons (also worth remembering that unlike Egosoft or Hello, Paradox titles usually work right the first time). And wargames tend to be expensive because they're niche. Case in point, buying Crusader Kings 2 with everything costs about the same as a fully loaded version of the Slitherine/Matrix heavyweight Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations.
The other thing to consider is that Harebrained's approach to Shadowrun was to resell the base game with different content packs and bundled technical improvements as standalone titles. So buying all of them was functionally equivalent to paying three times retail for Shadowrun Returns plus two super-DLCs, but if you only bought one or two you missed out on features. I was actually hoping that Paradox would push HBS toward doing it their way, since I don't particularly relish the notion of not being able to use my glorious new Urbanmech in the Arano campaign because that was v1.0 and urbie didn't happen until v2.0 or v3.0.
