i agree. it looks like a "freemium" MMO except they want you to pay 39.90 on top of it. AFAIK from other forums, it's also pay to win. the "free" mechs are just no good, unless your enemy players really suck.

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Oh and play Mechwarrior: Living Legends if you really want online giant mecha battles. It doesn't require Crysis 3 or whatever anymore.
mechlivinglegends.net
Mirrors: mechlivinglegends.net/download/MWLL-Installer.exe , shadowlegion.us.to/mwll/MWLL-Installer.exe

I am an avid follower of the Battletech and Mechwarrior games. I have been on the fence about this though. I have my doubts about this game and have decided to pursue it no further. From what I have read and what I have gleaned, I believe this is not going to go well for us GOG users. The BETA being Steam Only is a big indicator. It tells me they really don't care to support our demographic, but will certainly take our money for a "limited" product.

I almost purchased Battletech two months ago and then again last month I considered it. I think their forum is going to explode with hatred like Mechwarrior Online did. That ruined the franchise(s) for me. I did Beta test that, and was left frustrated at each "key" release. Unknowns and developers not coming forward with information is a recipe for a frustrating game. I think I will pass on this, at least until it's been played by people who have already invested in it.

-- There is a problem with only having the Beta on Steam. You must get a Steam account. The reason I am on GOG is because Steam is not wanted, requested or tolerated on my system. So, Yea, there is a problem. Force to get multiple accounts to re-play a 35 year old game... no thanks.

I think you may be mistaking this game with a completely different one. Battletech isn't anything like an MMO, and isn't pay-to-win. You may be thinking of Mechwarrior Online, but I'm not certain about that, since I don't know much about that game at all. This one's a turn-based strategy with a singleplayer campaign, skirmishes, and multiplayer.


I'm pretty sure the reason developers do betas on Steam only is because it gives them a lot more control. They can see who's playing and (depending on how they have it set up) how people are playing so they can use that information to tweak the game. If people are just downloading a beta and playing it completely independently of any kind of feedback system, it's of no use to them unless those people also write up well thought out criticism somewhere the devs are looking, which is going to be a very small percentage of players. It's just easier and more helpful to lock the beta down.

This doesn't mean that they're going to be perfectly supportive of the GOG version, but writing them off on the basis of the beta being Steam-only seems a bit silly. The best thing to do if you're on the fence is wait and see.

I can only judge them by what they put out to the genre enthusiasts. There is not a lot of information. Perhaps you are right about writing it off early, but so far, I see no reason to think otherwise. I hope I am wrong.

The GoG BATTLETECH version is coming out at release (April 24th). And Cohh Carnage has been streaming the GoG beta for the past couple of days on Twitch and posting his videos on YouTube. Go check it out.

- Eck

It sounds like you're unable to distinguish this game from Mechwarrior Online (which, as a matter of fact, is quite far from P2W - someone fed you a line of bull when they claimed that).
They're set in the same universe (which goes back to the tabletop Battletech which started back in the 80s) and Battletech licensed assets from MWO. Beyond that, they're completely different games produced by completely separate companies. You realize that the people interested in Battletech are interested in it because they want a turn-based strategy? MWLL is a shooter, completely different appeal. It's equivalent to saying "You like chess? Then go play football!"

I see retards are just as much on GOG as on steam *SIGH*

Screw Steam, Screw Valve and especially Jabba the Hutt

Couldn't disagree more if I wanted to.... These devs did an amazing, wonderful job with Shadowrun games, especially Dragonfall and Hong Kong, simply amazing rpgs and some of the best of this gaming generation imo.

Necropolis wasn't that great but so what? Does that make them crap now? Even though they also made 2 classic shadowrun rpgs?

Not to mention the devs made it so people could get refunds for Necropolis and it was corrected for day 1 release. Not sure the big deal here, seems you have some kind of personal grudge against them. Also next time maybe wait and see about a game the day it comes out.

Multiplayer is already available for Battletech. Doesn't make sense that no one should play Battletech because of what happened with Necropolis.

More to the point, I'm not exactly sure this game was ready for primetime. The camera is caked with dirt (read: ugly filter) and there's a plethora of other strange problems, such as trees falling part when stepped on a la lego.

Camera looks good to me, I don't see any ugly filter on it. Also trees are supposed to fall apart when you step on them.

If I step on trees with a 45 ton mech and the trees take no damage, I think I might want to try building a mech from those trees.

But trees do take damage, they get destroyed. I don't see your point.

Right. He was complaining about trees falling apart. I'm saying if they can resist that much weight on them then you should use those as construction materials instead. :)

My take aways from this thread... Eisberg77 REALLY likes Battletech.