BATTLETECH

Extremely RNG. I keep trying all the different forum strategies, but the outcomes are never as expected. The diehards will tell you everything from some outlandish strat to just withdrawing (quitting the mission) while saying anything is winnable. I tried a second campaign and it played completely different because every drop is random, maps are random, enemies are random, hits are random. On this second playthrough on the first mission an enemy mech runs up and one hits my main character's cockpit. Several missions later my firestarter with 6 or 7 evasion bars gets instant killed by melee, but when I try to hit enemy mechs half the time I miss. This game is too random to actually find fun. Even when I do well I don't feel good, I feel like the dice just rolled in my favor. There's not else to find interesting here. The story, art, music, characters, voice acting are all trash and pale in comparison to the MW games of old. Maybe some mods will help, but I just feel ripped off even at a huge discount thanks to the Paradox DLC hell. If you like the MW games this is not for you.

BATTLETECH is a fantastic turn-based strategy game that captures the feel of commanding giant BattleMechs. The combat is deep and rewarding, with meaningful tactical decisions in every battle. Managing your mercenary company adds another layer of strategy, making victories feel earned. While missions can sometimes be lengthy, the excellent customization options and immersive Battletech universe kept me coming back for more. Highly recommended for fans of tactical games and mechs. Recommended 👍

so much fun just wish for more

Both for Vanilla and modded I'd give a recommend. Game suffers from long load times and memory leaks though. Vanilla 8/10: Fun building your team and the restraints in mech editing. Black market is needed to find some mechs like SLDF variants, or at least I've never seen them get fielded. Called-shots makes the end game somewhat too easy, especially the marauder (Any variant). There are multiple builds that let them just head cap anything very consistently. Late game is pretty bad for diversity, because evasion gets shredded of lights and mediums. Modded 9/10: From what I've red there are 3 popular overhauls: Battletech extended (BEX), BattleTech Advanced Universe (BATU/BTA3062), and Roguetech (RT). I've tried BTAU and RT. Both fix the evasion shredding, but this makes early game harder. BTAU has a good mix of difficulty and mech tinkering. Some differences in the map but it has a lot of events that occur during the timeline to participate in. I found RT to be a little more difficult and also a slog, even on easier settings. It has a lot that I like and a lot that I don't like.

I've been playing this fairly regularly since the Kickstarter early access was released in...2017/2018, I think? It includes lots of tweaks from the board/miniatures game, but it does a great job of capturing the feel of that turn-based experience. The campaign is good for what it is, though like so many games it always feels odd to imply a sense of urgency that doesn't actually exist. The career or post-campaign play is fun, and the addition of flashpoints in the expansions does a lot to add some extra variety to the gameplay. While the vanilla game eventually just becomes too easy, there's a robust set of mods available in the wild that do everything from add some tweaks to the core experience to completely rebuilding the game.

il es LE jeu auquel j'ai le plus joué dans ma bibliothèque. je n'ai joué qu'une seule fois au jeu de figurine, et ai juste pratiqué une dizaine de parties du jeu de rôle "techno-guerrier". et pourtant j'ai découvert en Battletech un jeu complet, expliquant et explorant la politique et l'univers de ce jeu avec brio. pas totalement parfait, j'aurais aimé plus de mechs, la possibilité d'avoir une entreprise de mercenaires plus complètes, avec char, infanterie et tout ce qui est capable de faire des dégâts. l'aspect jeu de rôle aurait pu être plus poussé, plus de compétence, de choix, une base ou un vaisseau plus développé et aménageable... et pourtant, malgré cela, même des années après l'abandon du développement de ce jeu par paradox, je continue à relancer de temps en temps une carrière en écoutant une OST très appréciable, et mention spéciale à la cinématique du lancement de jeu qui me fait toujours autant rêver. seule question: à quand un Battletech 2?

Turn-based game with a variety of tactics and load-outs for your mech warriors. Fun campaign, enjoy the world building, and the managing of your mechwarrior posse in terms of avoiding bankruptcy and managing faction relationships. Good music and art to boot--something lacking from many games today.

I love this game. It has a lot flaws, granted, combat with a large number of mechs becomes a nightmare of sitting and waiting for long what seems like ages for the computer to make its moves across a lot of parties. That said, when you are in control, its both remarkably simple, and tactical at the same time. You feel powerful firing off the Gauss Cannon with some AC/20s and LRMs as the enemy just melts before your firepower. I've been playing the campaign, and I'm finding it incredibly engaging despite it not being some big voice acted 3D affair, its largely static scenes with text, but its an interesting story, you can feel the stakes, and in a game where you can only progress by winning, (you can quit the field early in non-priority missions, but where's the fun in that? I'm a big mean mercenary!), the war story gives you plenty of setbacks for the power you're mostly fighting for. I haven't tried career mode yet, where you're not neccessarily working for one faction, but selling your services to whatever faction allows you to ally with them, and you make your own way as a mercenary company. I think the thing I love most about this game is the nostalgia, way way back when, one of my favourite games was MechCommander Gold, which this very much feels like a spiritual successor. I did play MechWarrior 2 back in the day, loved it as a teenager, but I never gelled with it after that, but MechCommander, and now Battletech I adore - you are the commander of a team of Mercenaries fighting for fortune and fame.