My experience has been from the PC, Xbox app version. I'm a huge MechWarrior fan. Played them all on PC. Mech Assault 2 was the most recent official entity in 2004 so it's been a long time coming for a follow up in the Battletech universe. The best way I can describe this game is low effort/no effort product. Combat - The meat of the game. It's terrible. There is no reaction when you are taking hits. Always huge numbers of turrets, vehicles, and helicopters shooting at you from all over. Most of the time it just sounds like gun fire flying overhead and near misses, no audible feedback of gunfire banging against your mech or frying you when taking damage. No voice over reports of equipment, bland health indicators. I often find myself dead by surprise. AI - Frustrating in every way. There is a lot of smoke and dust from weapons fire in this game, which the AI has no problem shooting through. It is extremely hard to spot the small vehicles and turrets if they aren't shooting at you when there is nothing obstructing your vision. Running at full speed is one of your best options because it will magically make the AI miss their shots, and when you are still they rarely miss which will quickly shave your health. Friendly AI is a nightmare. Their strategy is to charge nearby enemies, leave you behind, get destroyed, and stick you will a fat repair bill. They also like to walk in front of you when in formation and idle. Levels - Boring. Even the non generic missions are boring and crowded with mountains. I played a "Demolition" mission which requires you to walk through a lot of structures and shoot up the base to complete it. This process is very poorly explained. You are even told to watch your step to avoid unnecessary damage, which is the opposite to running through a 7 story building. Several failed attempts, learned that every few minutes 2 mechs and several vehicles will spawn and charge me until I die. No difficulty selection, early game is hard.
