Another person who's the loudest voice of this great choir of Battletech is of course Tex of the Black Pants Legion. Virtually everyone is in agreement that he is the main voice of the lore and his videos are among some of the best on TH-cam
Never looked into this universe before but I appreciate how much it wears its influences proudly on its sleeve. Almost every fictional setting is a blending of other aspects from other settings, what's important is how they use those inspirations to make something new. From what I have seen so far, it looks like Battletech makes effort to iterate creatively. I might get more interested in the mecha genre because of this!
This game is a true gem of the genre and I'm sad there won't be a 2nd one. But I'm glad there are a lot of mods to keep the game fresh. And hard as nails.
I love this game. You really can feel the Battletech theme while playing. It also captures Battletech stress curve in each mission pretty well, with the weight of your decisions increasing as your mechs are damaged and increase heat. Love it.
Glad this game still receive praises even today. While MechWarrior games are the most known and popular, HBS BattleTech truly is a great video game by bringing to life what it looks like to play the actual board wargame. And the mods are great.
Gandam leans more into the sci fi thing while battletech really leans into the gears of industry. Its gritty, its heavy, and i love it Also rougetech and battletech advanced 3062 are awesome
There was this one mission I did which was located on an ice planet. The Lance group I was in charge of was stationed on top of the mountain. Let's just say, I had the high ground and laid waste to the enemy without suffering too much damage.
I was massively dissapointed in MW5 being an unplayable POS without tons of mods and then I tried battletech. And it was fantastic. If BT is ignored and MW5 is praised despite being about as good as Morbeius, then no wonder gamers get fleeced left and right. Anyway Battletech got me into battletech and I have heaps of fun playing both AS and classic.
Not only is it a great introduction to Battletech as a whole, for those of us already familiar with the setting, it can be a gateway to appreciating 'mechs you never would've considered using before. I'm an ardent supporter of the Blackjack, the Jagermech, and the Vindicator almost wholly due to HBS Battletech. I salvaged the first Jagermech I encountered because my Centurion did a melee attack and hit it right in the head. Not a scratch on it otherwise. Salvaged all three parts at the end of the mission, and used it almost to the end of the campaign.
Fun fact about the 80's cartoon: It's canon. That is to say, it's canonically an *in-universe* cartoon series produced in the Lyran Commonwealth. The Clan commander that is the main bad guy in it also tried suing them for defamation. The real fun bit of the game is that it's literally a somewhat adapted and rebalanced version of the tabletop game rules.
The intro cinematic was made for Battletech fans. It tells the story of this universe from Project Deimos, to the Exodus, to the formation of the Star League, to the unification wars, and ended with the Amaris Civil War that ended the Star League.
Can confirm, HBS Battletech is how I came yo know of the existence of the universe and the 3062 Advanced mod is what got me actually interested in the universe. Finding out about all the politicks is what got me playing tabletop lol.
This rpg game perfectly handles mech martial arts when I have to deal with just rock em sock em in the actual pilot game. The only problem I have with this is you can see where they've been limited by a budget because I want more.
A related but early adaptation of Battletech-style gameplay but for a competing setting is the first Cyberstorm game. Much less work on story and mission variety but much more actual technological advancement happening. Up until HBS BT hit I think it was about the only hexmap turn-based mech game out there.
I do really enjoy this game but there are some baffling decisions HBS made like how they implemented flamers in game basically makes them pretty much useless because for some reason they decided to give flamers 4 ammo included with the weapon, but you CAN NOT buy/install additional flamer ammo so flamers can only get off 4 shots per battle. Also the way they implemented reputation with factions but by the time the game introduces the black market, most players will probably have very low rep with the pirate faction and trying to improve your rep with them at that point is a major grind because your low rep locks you out of contracts that award decent rep.
You definitely need to download the Roguetech mod. -OG tabletop gamer who's been playing since 1985. (I missed the launch by a year being overseas as a military dependent.) I've played every variation and the Roguetech mod for Battletech is about as close to true tabletop as one can get on a computer.
I really like the Battletech pc game, but I'd suggest playing on Easy, the campaign ramps up and you'll go from "man this is a cakewalk" to "how is this one enemy destroying me off the screen" only to get their mech after a hard fought battle and find it's actually garbage.
3:33 ah, yep that's what I was afraid of, the warp has claimed another one. But seriously that is an amazing channel and I've watched probably hundreds of hours of it
Another person who's the loudest voice of this great choir of Battletech is of course Tex of the Black Pants Legion. Virtually everyone is in agreement that he is the main voice of the lore and his videos are among some of the best on TH-cam
Yeah really enjoyed his Kerensky vs Amaris vid.
Never looked into this universe before but I appreciate how much it wears its influences proudly on its sleeve. Almost every fictional setting is a blending of other aspects from other settings, what's important is how they use those inspirations to make something new. From what I have seen so far, it looks like Battletech makes effort to iterate creatively. I might get more interested in the mecha genre because of this!
This game is a true gem of the genre and I'm sad there won't be a 2nd one. But I'm glad there are a lot of mods to keep the game fresh. And hard as nails.
It's a great example of a game using a limited budget well. And clearly loving it's source material.
I love this game. You really can feel the Battletech theme while playing.
It also captures Battletech stress curve in each mission pretty well, with the weight of your decisions increasing as your mechs are damaged and increase heat. Love it.
Glad this game still receive praises even today. While MechWarrior games are the most known and popular, HBS BattleTech truly is a great video game by bringing to life what it looks like to play the actual board wargame. And the mods are great.
Gandam leans more into the sci fi thing while battletech really leans into the gears of industry. Its gritty, its heavy, and i love it
Also rougetech and battletech advanced 3062 are awesome
There was this one mission I did which was located on an ice planet. The Lance group I was in charge of was stationed on top of the mountain. Let's just say, I had the high ground and laid waste to the enemy without suffering too much damage.
These guys also made Shadowrun games. Hong Kong and Dragonfall are amazing.
For the grim mercenary of the far future, there is only war.
I was massively dissapointed in MW5 being an unplayable POS without tons of mods and then I tried battletech. And it was fantastic. If BT is ignored and MW5 is praised despite being about as good as Morbeius, then no wonder gamers get fleeced left and right.
Anyway Battletech got me into battletech and I have heaps of fun playing both AS and classic.
Not only is it a great introduction to Battletech as a whole, for those of us already familiar with the setting, it can be a gateway to appreciating 'mechs you never would've considered using before. I'm an ardent supporter of the Blackjack, the Jagermech, and the Vindicator almost wholly due to HBS Battletech.
I salvaged the first Jagermech I encountered because my Centurion did a melee attack and hit it right in the head. Not a scratch on it otherwise. Salvaged all three parts at the end of the mission, and used it almost to the end of the campaign.
Fun fact about the 80's cartoon: It's canon. That is to say, it's canonically an *in-universe* cartoon series produced in the Lyran Commonwealth. The Clan commander that is the main bad guy in it also tried suing them for defamation.
The real fun bit of the game is that it's literally a somewhat adapted and rebalanced version of the tabletop game rules.
The Urbie is a trashCAN not a trash cannot. Don't mock the greatest urban defense mech in existence. It is mighty! And very cute.
Also don't forget that there is a spicy version of the trash can where it can become a little bit of a theater wide problem
It's not the greatest urban defense mech in existence. It's the cheapest. And as the saying goes, quantity is a quality all its own.
Ive been playing battletech since the the kickstartwr, and i love the game. Ive also been a fan of the setting since 95'
Great video! This seems like a really cool setting.
Also that tiny little snippet from the Mechanicus soundtrack had me all excited 🤣
Thanks Early. glad you liked the Mechanicus bit was hoping that reference would land lol.
The intro cinematic was made for Battletech fans. It tells the story of this universe from Project Deimos, to the Exodus, to the formation of the Star League, to the unification wars, and ended with the Amaris Civil War that ended the Star League.
Can confirm, HBS Battletech is how I came yo know of the existence of the universe and the 3062 Advanced mod is what got me actually interested in the universe. Finding out about all the politicks is what got me playing tabletop lol.
I don’t know anything about this setting but this video was an enjoyable watch
this is the best review for the game on TH-cam
Thanks :)
Fantastic video! I played a lot of mods since doing the story, it was especially nice to remember just how enjoyable the story was!
This rpg game perfectly handles mech martial arts when I have to deal with just rock em sock em in the actual pilot game.
The only problem I have with this is you can see where they've been limited by a budget because I want more.
A related but early adaptation of Battletech-style gameplay but for a competing setting is the first Cyberstorm game. Much less work on story and mission variety but much more actual technological advancement happening. Up until HBS BT hit I think it was about the only hexmap turn-based mech game out there.
Good review peaked my interest
If you loved the standard game, the mods will keep you interested for a long long time. This game is my most played game on steam because of BTA3062.
For me it's BEX-CE ... clocked about 3000 hours in that mod by now, 3730 with the game. Still not tired of it
I do really enjoy this game but there are some baffling decisions HBS made like how they implemented flamers in game basically makes them pretty much useless because for some reason they decided to give flamers 4 ammo included with the weapon, but you CAN NOT buy/install additional flamer ammo so flamers can only get off 4 shots per battle. Also the way they implemented reputation with factions but by the time the game introduces the black market, most players will probably have very low rep with the pirate faction and trying to improve your rep with them at that point is a major grind because your low rep locks you out of contracts that award decent rep.
Imagine if the only perception of humans the Aliens have is through Steam games.
Battleships, mechs, super soldiers, starships and anime. The horror.
Great vid mate
You definitely need to download the Roguetech mod.
-OG tabletop gamer who's been playing since 1985. (I missed the launch by a year being overseas as a military dependent.) I've played every variation and the Roguetech mod for Battletech is about as close to true tabletop as one can get on a computer.
I really like the Battletech pc game, but I'd suggest playing on Easy, the campaign ramps up and you'll go from "man this is a cakewalk" to "how is this one enemy destroying me off the screen" only to get their mech after a hard fought battle and find it's actually garbage.
Yeah, it felt super hard on release. Once you get used to the systems, you shred any and all opposition without breaking a sweat
3:33 ah, yep that's what I was afraid of, the warp has claimed another one. But seriously that is an amazing channel and I've watched probably hundreds of hours of it
His channel is pretty easy to lose lots of hours to lol.
Another South African! Great to see you're covering this game, I really enjoyed playing it when it came out, but always wanted to give it another go!
Howzit Boet 👋
53:12 Adam Jensen spotted
You should look up TheBlackPantsLegion and listen to the tex talks battletech series if you haven't already
Have watched his vids they are pretty fun
my biggest problem with battletech is the unrealistic weapons(balanced) -a 120 mm cannon with a range of 900 meters???? no thx.
While caliber rises barrel length stays the same. Might explain it