I wonder if there's much hype for this. If Battletech is going to come roaring back this is the year (between this and MW:5).
Battletech |KS| Turn-based tactical mech combat, Harebrained Schemes, Spring 2018
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I'd say it's a bit more complicated than either, but on the upside there are lots of pretty lights.
It's the only preorder inside Steam Global Top 15, so things are looking good so far.
Bought a copy for my old man and myself off Newegg. I gotta get him a steam account now but that’s fine.
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So I'm not allowed to make the OT after all, due to political differences with some admins of this site. I hope someone else can take over instead of me and use the title "Battletech |OT| Kill the meat, save the metal” which both is a quote from MW2 Mercenaries game and pretty much incapsulates both the universe and the gameplay of this one. But I'm okay if something else is chosen. Sorry about the short notice and take care.
I do like pretty lights.
I think I'm going to take advantage of Steam's refund policy to try it out. My biggest concern is being able to read all the text while playing on my living room TV, and being able to efficiently play with a controller. If it can do those two things, I could see myself getting really into it.
It should work fine with a Steam Controller, if you've got one. Dunno about other controllers, though.
I hope you enjoy it!
Kinda surprised this only has five pages still. Pre-release streams look superb, and it's in the top 10 global sellers on Steam now.
No. No mod support per se but the game should be relarively easy to mod.
It's a slow burn like most CRPG-s. Also knowing Harebrained, I'm sure plenty of people are also happy to wait for the final-final version.
I can confirm that Lime's claim to the OT is still listed today in https://www.resetera.com/posts/48352/
There is no reason at all that political difference should matter since they should really collaborate with Lime instead of hijacking the OT.
I'd like an admin to come in here to either refute or confirm this fact since it doesn't reflect well upon the admin team if Lime's claim is proven to be true.
I'll have to get around to playing this later. But I'm looking forward to it. I regret not backing this one (missed it), but I bought it in the end either way.
Why does your political facing have anything to do with the OT... I'm sure people would still collaborate with you either way. Making good OT's by yourself is too much work anyway. Well... I had a habit of making mega OT's so maybe that's why. But still.
I'm so excited for this game. SRPG-esque combat, it seems, and with mechs?! I don't now much about the universe though, but that's OK.
I'm still slowly working my way through Yakuza 0, but it will have to be on the back burner. Going to commit time to this game.
Lime was juniored in January after a series of low quality threads and not as the result of any "political differences" with administrators. This was a decision made with broad agreement among the staff. Since then Lime has repeatedly and publicly misrepresented the nature of her communications with us and been reprimanded each time, to the point where we no longer believe this poster is acting in good faith.
This morning I explained to Lime that she was not yet eligible to regain her thread posting privileges as it has only been four months. Lime’s decision to once again lie about this means the junioring will now be permanent.
This morning I explained to Lime that she was not yet eligible to regain her thread posting privileges as it has only been four months. Lime’s decision to once again lie about this means the junioring will now be permanent.
Oh well, there it is. Thanks for the clarification, SweetNicole.
So now, who's up for making the OT? I could make it but I'm not experienced in making a fabulous OT.
So now, who's up for making the OT? I could make it but I'm not experienced in making a fabulous OT.
(I’m keeping my nose out of any disciplinary matters, but this looks to be within the bounds of the rules and it does seem like it would be a shame for Lime not to be able to post the OT to which they were very clearly looking forward.)
Just now noticed the ban. Whoops.
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Yeah, if Lime has already prepared the OT, anyone can make it and mention the original creator accordingly. However, I'm not sure if you can make a contact with a banned user, as I haven't been banned here (yet). But back in the old place, you can't do anything if you're banned. Not even sending a PM.
Well, that was unfortunate. Thanks for the thorough explanation, SweetNicole.
I could help with the graphics (although I'm far from expert-level), if you like. I'm in the Steam Discord if you want to collaborate.
Probably a safe assumption here as well.
Making a fresh OT in four days seems like a tough prospect.
Once you learn the mechanics it’s like second nature. You shouldn’t have any problem. Just spend a few hours on the game first and learn the mechanics, then eat away. It’s really absorbing if you get into it.
I would say it is like a more manageable, more forgiving Xcom.
I am happy for a real Battletech game after the disaster that was/is MWO.
I just served a two day ban recently, so I can confirm it works the same.
There's nothing to say. Waiting patiently since the Kickstarter goal was met.
Paradox's marketing for this game has been superb, though. New let's play videos every week, lots of keys given to streamers, banner highlights in Humble/GOG etc.
I think it's good strategy for this kind of SRPG.
I think it's good strategy for this kind of SRPG.
This is the type of game I hope gets the Paradox treatment aka tons of post release content and patches. There's so much in the Battletech world to cover. I hope it does well on Steam.
The paradox business guys have a podcast they do intermittently. They've stated in the past they're unlikely to approve pitches that don't have post launch monetization opportunities lines up from the get go. Exceptions exist like PoE1 where the game was basically funded and they were just shopping for a distributor, which might be a similar situation here as this was already kickstarted.
It seems like a prime candidate for an expansion, but I wouldn't bet on 5 years of PDS style living game development. HBS probably doesn't want to just become a support studio for one game.
I think HBS devs have stated in the past that they do want to work on new content, but they’d rather that be in the form of full expansions and sequels, rather than mini-DLC.
The universe certainly supplies an absolute wealth of lore to work with, so it’s not hard to imagine.
That's annoying, Shadowrun Returns series had workshop support for all 3 games iirc.
Anyway what are the recommended specs like for this? Wondering if my laptop is gonna be able to run this...
The one aspect that I'm skeptical about is it seems like environments don't factor in to combat too much and there seems to just be wide open areas for combat and nothing else. I want cramped city maps too :(
Thanks for the clarification. There's always more to the picture.
Who's heading up the OT now then?
That might be an entirely separate game, since you'd need to have mechanics to compensate for the whole bargaining thing.
I don’t believe we’ve chosen a new First Lord. Let the Succession ERA begin.
You guys are killing me.
How are the leveling elements? Is it similar to XCOM where you really feel your soldiers progressing and improving, or is it more about being able to buy better mech parts?
I will try to make this my last question: I have a friend who is really into the Star Wars tabletop game. He goes to tournaments, has a whole group of friends who love the game, built his own gaming table (actually did legit carpentry, it's a really nice table). Would this game be an easy sell? I'm trying to get him to play more video games because he lives about 2 hours away.
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