I thought about not even writing about this game. Here's the short version. I love Battletech. I don't love this new video game. To examine that statement with a bit more nuance... I'll just give you my impressions of the game. Take them as you will. I've put about 20 hours into the game and …
The newest Battletech videogame, from Harebrained Schemes is now officially released, so it seemed like a good time to return to Battletech. In my previous post I mentioned that there were two significant debates I see crop up about Battletech and that they were both somewhat intertwined. The first was about why Battletech never achieved the …
...why we can't have nice things. That last part isn't entirely true. Battletech has enjoyed a solid run from roughly 1984 to present. It's still going. Fiction is still being published, video games are coming out, there are two distinct product lines that tabletop players can choose from, and the game is still fairly close …
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