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More thoughts. by Mischief Maker 04/25/2018, 7:42pm PDT
The story elements of this game are great, the into montage taking humanity from international space station to Asimov's Foundation-esque succession wars is a work of art, and the tutorial mission is a hell of an exciting romp...

...but as an actual tutorial for teaching the rules and interface it sucks balls. Then the second level throws you into the deep end with a full lance of mercenaries and no further instruction, especially on the all-important initiative system that's life-or-death for your light mech. Thank god I played the tabletop as a kid, I don't know how someone coming to Battletech cold could follow along.

Once you get past the crappy tutorial, the interface is actually really good, with clearly drawn firing lines and icons indicating whether you're visible or not, and you can mouse over enemies to get your chance to hit at a specific hex before committing to the movement.

The enemy AI is not terribly brilliant so far, which is probably why you're always outnumbered in missions.

Stomping on tanks is incredibly satisfying.

I'm gonna be "that guy" and say I haven't experienced any crashes or obvious bugs, just really long loading times the likes of which I haven't seen since I switched to a SSD. And this is on a 5-year-old machine (admittedly one I future-proofed with 16 GB of ram).

One thing this game definitely needs is a way to opt out of dramatic zoom moments when you just want to speed things along.

I'm only a couple levels in, but so far this is exactly the game I've been wanting for decades: the Battletech tabletop come to life on the PC with an easy-to-use interface. In my opinion a much more successful tabletop translation than their Shadowrun games.
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Battletech first impressions by Mischief Maker 04/24/2018, 4:35pm PDT NEW
    Did you even play XCOM? NT by A bloo bloo lost a soldier to RNG 04/24/2018, 7:24pm PDT NEW
    Metacritic is a bunch of crybabies complaining this thing doesn't run on their by potato tablets. 04/24/2018, 8:10pm PDT NEW
        I also think the nonbinary gender pronoun OPTION triggerd the hysterical right. by Mischief Maker 04/26/2018, 2:50pm PDT NEW
            Please tell me this game includes the Warrior H-7 Attack Helicopter NT by Roop 04/26/2018, 6:00pm PDT NEW
                No choppers, just turrets & armored vehicles NT by Rey Mysterio Jr. 04/26/2018, 10:30pm PDT NEW
                    Egregious! NT by Roop 04/27/2018, 10:46am PDT NEW
            Not that I'm paying attention but I don't think the game has called me they once NT by Worm 04/28/2018, 6:57pm PDT NEW
    More thoughts. by Mischief Maker 04/25/2018, 7:42pm PDT NEW
        Options -> Disable Dynamic Attack Camera NT by Problem solved 04/25/2018, 9:07pm PDT NEW
        I think I'm shelving it for now, waiting for a balance pass by Rey Mysterio Jr. 04/26/2018, 9:16am PDT NEW
            Reloaded the game, changed my mind maybe by Rey Mysterio Jr. 04/26/2018, 10:36pm PDT NEW
        Chevrons! by Mischief Maker 04/29/2018, 2:58pm PDT NEW
            The LOS cone also shows optimal and minimum ranges NT by Rey Mysterio Jr. 04/29/2018, 4:17pm PDT NEW
    Okay, I've got a legit complaint. by Mischief Maker 07/08/2018, 6:44am PDT NEW
    I think I figured out what's behind the whole nonbinary gender option. by Mischief Maker 08/18/2018, 4:14pm PDT NEW
 
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