I play a lot of turn based games, i started young with games like, fft, front mission and fire emblem. And this game is an addition to my list of absolute favorites. After several hundred hour i seem to have more fun every time i come back to it. This game is a solid foundation with a very rewarding core game loop. It is almost an auto buy for any battletech fans. It does not follow the rule set for the board game to the letter, but i suspect it might be better off that way, and im not sure hbs even has the licensing to do that. Almost anything you want seems to exist as a mod for this game so its hard to grade the ammount of content. But i feel like the art and cinimatic style of this game have really ben a solid step forward for the setting and themes in the battletech ip. That is high praise for a videogame connected to so much lore. Turn based games suffer from longer playtime due to their nature. This game is not immune to that issue but has configurable options to speed up the game. I would guess that most players who take the time to go and set the game to faster and skip any cinimatic camera they dont really want (melee, shooting, jumping, there are tons) will end up with a pretty decent paced game. The dlc are worth picking up for any career playthrough (an additional non main story merc mode). But not required for a solid first play.
