Игрок 1829·Рекомендует·3 ч в игре

In case you're wonding about the sudden negative ratings: A moderator on the Hearts of Iron Discord had an argument with and subsequentially banned a Turkish user that had an avatar of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, which then got picked up by some media as Paradox isulting Atatürk. Yes, it's really that dumb. And it has nothing to do with either the developers, nor the quality of this game at all. It's all about the Publisher. People reviewbombing every game of a publisher over Discord drama should be banned from posting reviews altogether.

Игрок 0918·Не рекомендует·507 ч в игре

I have played this game a long time. I've had fun with it at times but overwhelmingly, its frustration. There are two major reasons I do not think this is a good game, and a few others worth mentioning. First, the AI. The computer is an idiot. It has almost no tactics except to bum rush you and try to punch you. This would make the game laughably easy except for the sheer numbers you end up facing, the fact they are ALWAYS better at hitting than you, the fact they have five hundred million LRM's and even have the ability to double turn you. The only strategy it has, is to bumrush and dog pile someone. The Variety The game is significantly smaller and less PC intensive than the Mechwarrior series for obvious reasons, but for some reason there's still a severe limit on how many mechs you'll face or can run even with DLC. Most of the models are even just downsized versions of the Mechwarrior ones so it is truly baffling. You will get sick of fighting five hundred thousand Javelins, Jenners and Panthers. Now there is a large modding community.. but there's some issues with it too. The main problem, is that for many of the best mods can only be found in three major modpacks. And if you don't want some of the major game changes that come with those modpacks and only some of the quality of life changes, well you're ♥♥♥♥ out of luck. It doesn't help that many of the mechs added by mods are usually very low quality models. I understand why of course, these people are not getting paid to make mech models so they can't put as much time into them. But my God, some of them are truly terrible to look at. The major modpacks pretty much add a ♥♥♥♥ ton of these ♥♥♥♥♥♥ models for the most part. The idea of HBS Battletech is far better than the reality of it. And at first you can even have alot of interesting fun with it! Then you'll start seeing the exact same fun with it over and over.. and you notice the cracks. I have kept coming back to it until I was too pissed to continue because I kept thinking to myself, "Maybe I was just in a bad mood last time when I played it and it was me but now I'm in a good place so it will be fun to play!" It never is. The game is just frustrating. If this game wasn't attached to the under-utilized Battletech IP, this game would be Mixed at best on Steam.

Игрок 0715·Рекомендует·1528 ч в игре

Fun game ; wish there was more to the campaign, or a DLC campaign... or something. The whole "royalty" stuff ("Remember your place, Mercenary...") bugged me a little, but it's whatever. Still fun. My 1000+ hours are due to the mod "RogueTech" ; it doesn't add plot or story... wish it did; but the base game was fun.

Игрок 1379·Рекомендует·158 ч в игре

Battletech presents an authentic and engrossing interpretation of the Battletech universe in a turn-based game. It is set early in the 31st century, which gives some of the older mechs and technologies a chance to shine in an era without the clans and recovered Star League technology. The campaign leans into themes of decay and hardship, which is reinforced by how the gameplay mechanics force the player to rely on preserving their Battlemechs and salvaging upgrades to the battlefield, sometimes to the point that you need to take additional risks to increase your chances of salvaging a useful Battlemech and, sometimes, you’d rather lose the pilot than their Battlemech, which fits in with the grim theme of the early era. In terms of gameplay, I think the game still holds up well after all these years. The maps aren’t dynamically generated, but there is enough variation in the individual maps, orientation changes, doodad placement, etc., that most maps don’t feel particularly repetitive, even during the mercenary campaign mode. The action remains visceral and thrill of watching your Battlemechs blow huge chunks off of your enemies is matched only by the agony of watching your enemies return the favor. The time-honored RNG aspect of Battletech shows up just often enough to matter, with lucky (or unlucky) critical hits radically changing the flow a mission or, sometimes, even a campaign playthrough. The salvage and Mechlab systems work provide a high level of customization while respecting the distinctiveness of individual Battlemech variants – you can freely adjust a Catapult’s payload by changing the types of missiles or energy weapons it fields, but you can’t turn an LRM Catapult into the PPC Catapult or vice versa. Salvage is based on how your enemies are defeated, with cockpit kills resulting in more salvage than destroying the center torso. It’s also worth noting that the game still has a healthy mod scene. I haven’t tried out the mods yet, but there are several very ambitious mods that extend the timeline and add a wide range of gameplay elements while retaining the core excellence of the game and remaining true to the nature of the setting. Thus, the game retains substantial replay value even after finishing the story mode and career mode campaigns.

Игрок 8193·Рекомендует·357 ч в игре

I played around 150hours base game over a few years and quite enjoyed it, now when I installed the bta 3062 mod set, I have added about 200 more hours of playing, in a couple of months(sadly I have to work and earn money or the number would no doubt be higher) I highly recommend it if you like battletech or mechwarrior

Игрок 7442·Рекомендует·523 ч в игре

Very good game, great introduction to the series. Base game is worth the money as it stands, mods are plentiful and can take it to really spectacular territory. DLC is a more questionable, get it on sale or don't bother. Post-story faffing about is a lot of fun

Игрок 8019·Рекомендует·280 ч в игре

I like everything about this game. Music, artwork. story... Still playing it like it came out yesturday. Only downside is bad optimization. Actually they chose wrong engine for this game for the level of optimization they done... Mods extend fun for additional years to come...

Игрок 2696·Рекомендует·321 ч в игре

This game has cost me weeks of my life where I could have been doing useful things. Whether that is good or bad is up to you, but I can tell you it's a ton of fun. Battletech is somewhere in my top 5 TBS, probably top 3...maybe top 1... The system for getting new mechs has this great risk/reward aspect, where a big scary appearing on the board is also an opportunity to really up your game for cheap with a good headshot. I sure would love a sequel...