So, full disclosure, I've been playing the tabletop game since back in the Fasa days, so when I heard about this kickstarter I instantly backed it. So here we are with the finished product and oh. Oh dear. Let's recap my attempts to play this since it was released. Attempt 1 - Mech wouldn't turn around, forcing me to go in a straight line till I ran out of map and couldn't complete the mission. Attempt 2 - Completed first mission, only for game to crash to desktop on loading mission two. Attempt 3 - Found my progress had been deleted, set back to start of first mission again. I'm done. I'm out. I'm not going to waste my time staring at black loading screens for a game that falls over and deletes my progress. I'll come back in six months when hopefully this has been patched and is more stable.
So, full disclosure, I've been playing the tabletop game since back in the Fasa days, so when I heard about this kickstarter I instantly backed it. So here we are with the finished product and oh. Oh dear. Let's recap my attempts to play this since it was released. Attempt 1 - Mech wouldn't turn around, forcing me to go in a straight line till I ran out of map and couldn't complete the mission. Attempt 2 - Completed first mission, only for game to crash to desktop on loading mission two. Attempt 3 - Found my progress had been deleted, set back to start of first mission again. I'm done. I'm out. I'm not going to waste my time staring at black loading screens for a game that falls over and deletes my progress. I'll come back in six months when hopefully this has been patched and is more stable.
So, full disclosure, I backed this on Kickstarter. I've been playing the Battletech games since the Fasa days so I was utterly hyped for this and...wow. So far it's a disaster. Let's recap my attempts at playing it. Attempt 1 - Mech would only go in a straight line, leaving me unable to complete the mission. Attempt 2 - Finally completed the first mission, only for the game to hard crash to desktop when trying to load the second. Attempt 3 - Tried to continue my campaign, only to find that it had lost my save and put me back to the start of the very first mission again. So at this point, I'm done. I'm out. Add to these frustrations some exceedingly long load times, and this game just isn't worth my time in its current state. I can't recommend this as a purchase right now, try it in 6 months when they've issed some patches to hopefully make this thing more optimised and stable. What a shame.
