Threejacks Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 After sooo many years of waiting for a decent PC coversion of the old tabletop game,this latest release FINALLY has delivered the goods! I was never much of a fan of the simulator games,having started with Fasa`s original minatures version,,the sims always ended up just being a spam fest with no real strategy amongst the teams. This one is looking to be the best port from the old TT game,great graphics and fairly straightforward gameplay with mech moving feeling much like moving minis,complete with awesome terrain variance and great looking skins on the mechs.There is even vehicles in this game.Im sure there will be VTOLS and even infantry at some point in the game.Seems to be a deep unit building experience as well with scrap and mech customization coupled with forming lances and companies.Of course there is pilot experience as well,and they say theres a fairly robust economic system for mercenary unit developement. So far the game seems to run pretty well,I have a mid level box with a second tier GPU so nothing fancy on my machine..load screens can be slow though. For the 40.00 price tag,I would say this game is much more a value than many other first run games out there..especially when many studios are releasing at or north of 50.00 for first runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 I backed that on KS. I haven't played it yet, but am looking forward to it. What year in the lore does it fall? 3026 period, or later? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threejacks Posted April 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 46 minutes ago, Brother Glacius said: I backed that on KS. I haven't played it yet, but am looking forward to it. What year in the lore does it fall? 3026 period, or later? 3025...pre Clan,,another thing I really like about it:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 My computer isn't good enough to run it. Bummer 😞 Guess I'm stuck with MegaMek until I can afford to upgrade this thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burk Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 is it turn based? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 plays like Xcom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threejacks Posted April 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Burk said: is it turn based? Yup,,not some RTS BS for a change:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 So did they just take the models from MechWarriorOnline? Anyways, played a few missions in the campaign yesterday. It was fun and very battletech. It isn't 100% table top, but it is close enough to be super cool. I took out one mech with an unexpected head shot. That was sweet. Of course, also means my own mechs can suffer that fate. Really gotta watch heat too. The interface isn't bad. I don't know why it doesn't always give you multishot, but for the most part, pretty darn sweet. I haven't tried any of the special target options just yet, but will eventually get into that. Only downside is that you start in a BlackJack. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burk Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 you have to have enough morale to do the special shots like multi, sensor lock, etc. look at the little bar to the left of your pilot pictures...that is your moral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 The tutorial mission didn't really explain any of that. I'll have to poke around again to see if they have better explanations Thanks Burk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burk Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 they dont have any explanations....poor in that but you get the hang of it quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelharis Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Actually, Morale is for precision shot and vigilance. Multi and sensor lock and bulwark should be usable whenever you want (as long as you haven't broken the conditions of use, like moving for bulwark, firing for sensor lock, and I'm honestly not sure for Multi) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 The game explains [big bad swear word] to you. I'm tossed in as now running a merc company, with no help or idea of what the hell to do. This is how you design a game? WTF! Injured pilots, damaged mechs....does it say anything about making sure those are fixed or anything like that? NOPE! Just better [big bad swear word]ing start clicking around the screen to see what there is because it doesn't direct you at all. How [big bad swear word]ing stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelharis Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Yeah, they did a terrible job with...well no tutorial. I learned most of what I knew/know watching Cohh stream it before release. The main thing to know about this vs. Xcom is you don't have limited time to do missions. Your only time constraint is how many credits you have to pay monthly expenses. You will spend long periods of time waiting for mechwarriors to heal and/or mechs to finish being refit. It's best to try and use the travel time between systems for refitting your mechs. (All of the mechs you get should have armor added for instance). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelharis Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 And yes, they took models from MWO, except for leaving out the Unseen mechs due to the whole lawsuit stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelharis Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Someone on the Paradox Forums made a nice spreadsheet that shows all the useable tonnage and hardpoints per Mech here: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/one-chart-to-rule-them-all-comparing-all-mechs-hardpoints-speed-usable-tonnage-melee-etc.1088884/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 Ah, thanks for the reminder. One of my bucket list of things to do when I got a PC again was to play MWO. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarbicus Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 I have played Battletech since the very first boxed game called Battlemechs. This PC game really feels like playing the tabletop version. Loving it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 I still wish they had done a better job with preparing you for the role of merc commander, but overall I'm loving it too. I love that I can save the game anywhere and then hop back into it when I need to. Turn based rocks. Also super happy with lance sized game. Don't need more than that. I'm not too far into the story, but already got a nice medium lance going. Just need more jenner scraps so that I can add that as my new light mech. Currently rocking two ShadowHawks, a Centurion, and a Vindicator. Will have my Jager up soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burk Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 8 hours ago, Brother Glacius said: I still wish they had done a better job with preparing you for the role of merc commander, but overall I'm loving it too. I love that I can save the game anywhere and then hop back into it when I need to. Turn based rocks. Also super happy with lance sized game. Don't need more than that. I'm not too far into the story, but already got a nice medium lance going. Just need more jenner scraps so that I can add that as my new light mech. Currently rocking two ShadowHawks, a Centurion, and a Vindicator. Will have my Jager up soon. medium mechs....how quaint 🙂 Rolling with 3 assaults and a heavy 🙂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarbicus Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 I was all set to start the final campaign end game with 12 Mech Warriors and 18 mechs (one if you team recommends being able to field multiple Lance's). My mechs are all 50+ tons but I only had 2 assault mechs. Decided to go hunt some more. 2 Orions later and I am ready to roll! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burk Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 hmm. i may need to get more pilots if you can have multiple lances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarbicus Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 Just as a heads up, you won't actually be fielding more than one lance during the end game. However, you will need extra Mechs and pilots since you wont be able to heal or repair between battles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted June 4, 2018 Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 Running a mission where I have four meds, going up against 8 mechs, multiple turrets (with no power stations to take out), and need to somehow stop two transports from getting away. WTF is up with this game? I'm sure I'm going to be stuck doing this mission over and over just to hopefully win. Thankfully I have a pre-mission save so I can try different builds. Still really enjoying it. Story line missions are the toughest ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Sounds like it plays similar to MechCommander? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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