Beat the game vanilla, added over 2 dozen mods, and replayed it, then did the career mode both with and without save editor, then I tried a full conversion mod to make the game more comprehensive and interesting. Played this garbage game for over 1300hrs; does that communicate how DESPERATE I was to try and squeeze blood from this stone? Does this illustrate for anyone who reads this HOW BAD I wanted a good Battletech/Mechwarrior strategy game??? 1) Basic as hell combat, even by standards of the XCOM console reboot. 2) Boring, garbage music, had me literally turn music off for how bad and outright IRRITATING it was to SUFFER through; IT SUCKS! 3) flat, lifeless, cartoon levels of dialogue and voice lines; it literally sounds like children both wrote and voiced the game, with a teenager nerd whos read the books craming lore bits into it to make it seem "deep". 4) Piss basic story; could literally pass for a Team Rocket villian, and dirt simple revenge plotline. 5) Disgusting presentation; literally done with slideshows, dead-eyed static 3D models that never change their stance, and bland backgrounds with nothing going on in them. Imagine boring settings with cardboard cut-outs on popsickle sticks telling a story with nothing worth paying attention to on screen.
