This is a game for tactics players. Players who understand that probabilities as listed mean you'll still have salvos that get 0/20 hits, and sometimes you'll get 20/20, and that survivor bias means you'll remember every time it goes badly for you, and every time it goes good for the enemy, but not vice versa. Difficulty of Story missions is not really on par with the difficulty scale for generated mission of the same "difficulty". Other than that, If you want to be good at this game at all, you have to be a good "deck builder". Customizing mechs is the heart and soul of this game, and if you are bad at it or don't do it, you'll have no chance in the combat game loop. Front line mechs need to be refit with max armor, other mechs still need more than what they are given, and glass cannon build will indeed shatter like glass. Missions are abouut endurance, not overwhelming aggro (unless you're doing missions significantly below your level). I thought the campaign was pretty good for a 60 hour or so run and played throughit probably 3 or 4 times over the years, but the rest of that time was almost 1000 hours of play with mods, and the modding scene for this game is absolutely out of this world. Even if the base game is not quite to you liking, there is 100% a mod or tweak somewhere to make you experience better. So, TL;DR, This game is all baout the customization, both in game and out (i.e. mods). If you're not into that, this game is probably mediocre at best for you. Also you definitely want all the dlc (season pass), but get it on sale because it goes on sale regularly withh all the dlc for less than what the base game usually goes for.
