For almost 3 months there is the problem of the game crashing constantly. It is a known issue in the community yet the publisher has not responded or fixed the problem. As long as their customer support (or lack thereof) does not do its job I will never buy another Kalypso title.
I was really looking forward to this one as I played the original over 30 years ago on the C64 and still love that version on my PC. So as the remastered Version was announced and after the Baldur's Gate remake was quite nice it was an instant buy for me. I shouldn't have done that! The game is heavily bugged and unplayable for me at the moment. I do not mind the still clunky interface or tha fact that it is not really better gameplay wise. Just the presentation and graphics would have been enough to make me happy. Unfortunately that seems to much to aks. I do not even tallk about the fact that choosing another screen resolution is the first issue that you most likely will encounter. Frustrating but there is a workaround... But then after I made my party I wanted to equip items (weapon & armor) and it simply does not work. So gamebreaking bug right of the plate... As long as the game is not patched it is a no-go...therefore 1 star (for the intro, i suppose).
First of all I am a fan of the Battletech universe since 1990 and have played all PC games (except the online Mechwarrior). As a tabletop player I especially enjoyed a programm on Amiga and PC that was called Mechforce as it was round based and true to the tabletop variant. I was overjoyed when I heard that a round based version would be released and immediately bought it without thinking twice. That was a big mistake! Gameplay: Yes, visually it's nicely done but the game lacks tactical depth (you can not drop ammo, target specific locations, decide to use an arm or a leg for a melee attack etc.). Gameplay is drawn out and animations take forever. Still, I could enjoy this if not for the main problem: I quit the game yesterday after saving and when I wanted to start now I had to find out that my savegame was gone. Loading was greyed out. Clicking continue campaign didn't yield any result and starting a new campaign ended in a loading screen and stuck there. Oh ,there is no Ultrawide support fort the game either (It's 2018 guys). Essentially I paid 39,99€ (btw. the price has already dropped to 35,99€ so that's what you get for being an early bird...) for a game that isn't really working and if you check the forum at harebraines schemes this isn't a single case on the contrary or check Steam for comparison. At the moment there is only one sensible thing to do regarding this game: DO NOT BUY!!!
First of all I am a fan of the Battletech universe since 1990 and have played all PC games (except the online Mechwarrior). As a tabletop player I especially enjoyed a programm on Amiga and PC that was called Mechforce as it was round based and true to the tabletop variant. I was overjoyed when I heard that a round based version would be released and immediately bought it without thinking twice. That was a big mistake! Gameplay: Yes, visually it's nicely done but the game lacks tactical depth (you can not drop ammo, target specific locations, decide to use an arm or a leg for a melee attack etc.). Gameplay is drawn out and animations take forever. Still, I could enjoy this if not for the main problem: I quit the game yesterday after saving and when I wanted to start now I had to find out that my savegame was gone. Loading was greyed out. Clicking continue campaign didn't yield any result and starting a new campaign ended in a loading screen and stuck there. Oh ,there is no Ultrawide support fort the game either (It's 2018 guys). Essentially I paid 39,99€ (btw. the price has already dropped to 35,99€ so that's what you get for being an early bird...) for a game that isn't really working and if you check the forum at harebraines schemes this isn't a single case on the contrary or check Steam for comparison. At the moment there is only one sensible thing to do regarding this game: DO NOT BUY!!!
