Saving during combat is also a nice crutch to have if you have to dip in the middle of a raging battle. It even gets as granular as “25% damage reduction to the front and side). BattleTech never quite reaches the absurd JRPG listicle level of abilities, it just has enough to allow for a degree of decision making each turn. Tooltips ensure that even new strategy game players aren’t completely lost. Once you’ve got the basics down you can start doing things like having one of your weaker mechs use abilities like sensor lock, draining a hiding enemy’s evasive charges, so you can hit them with heavier weaponry. You’ll need to know the kit of each mech to solve any problems that arise, but that comes naturally after just five mission or so. Hits and range also matter depending on your mech’s loadout (something you’ll know going in at a glance), and stats can go down on a whim.
Nearly every facet of BattleTech has its own rules, but its secret sauce is that none of those rules are overly complicated.įor instance melee has its own parameters (it uses piloting skill, ignores evasion, and removes guarded), which is a specific answer to a specific problem. You can jump jet down heights to get a better vantage point, seemingly menial environmental factors like water cool down an overheated mech, and sprinting (a standard top-down strategy mechanic) grants evasion charges. The campaign peppers you with little factoids like “ The Mackie was the first BattleMech ever built” and so on: digestible, relatable stuff to help connect you more with the world.īattleTech operates on a turn-based combat system where cover matters, as does positioning.
A lack of big-budget cutscenes and the like doesn’t hurt BattleTech‘s step one bit.Īgain, a lot of the developer’s angle is introducing people to this world, but the dialogue isn’t overly expositional to match. A beautiful score and lots of vibrant artwork help keep the story moving, something a lot of other smaller studios fail at when adapting such a big property.
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The world of BattleTech, specifically in its early years that this new PC iteration takes place in, isn’t the tale of a dystopian hellscape rather, it’s a royal power struggle not unlike some popular fantasy novels - but with giant mechs.Ĭarving a nice spot so early in the universe, Harebrained Schemes is free to explore a lot of new ground while keeping the classic designs of beloved mechs intact. Thankfully the BattleTech game eases you into it without making it feel like you’re drowning.
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Nearly everyone has heard of MechWarrior, the series that exists within the same universe, but ever since the announcement that Harebrained Schemes would be handling an adaptation of the former, I’ve been doing a lot of research into its wide world.Īs is the case with its many tabletop iterations, decades of lore is quite a lot to take in. It took me a really long time to dive into the world of BattleTech.
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