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Posted October 18, 2019
over the last few year the Battletech universe has seen a revival.
my introduction to this game world was in '91 with The Crescent hawk's revenge on a 386. Then a huge gap till the first Mechwarrior 2 game in '95/6 and the 'real' Battletech game in '96, miniatures and all.

Ignoring the console games there is a healthy back catalogue of games that I believe would be right in GOG's perveue.
Obviously there is the current 2018 Battletech game here already and Mechwarrior 5 - Mercs will be an exclusive on Epic store till the end of next year but let's not get into that shit show. What I think a lot of people want to see is a GOG revival of Battletech's past glory days. So in chronological order here's what games should be in everyone's list for a GOG revival:
1988 Battletech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception
1989 MechWarrior
1990 Battletech: The Crescent Hawk's Revenge
1995 Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
1996 Mechwarrior 2: Mercs
1998 MechCommander
1999 Mechwarrior 3
2000 Mechwarrior 4: Vengence
2001 Mechcommander 2
2002 Mechwarrior 4: Mercs

I understand that not all are realistic but I feel that everything '95 on wards is doable.and within the scope of GOG.
There have been a few Battletech request threads here in the past but it is only recently that there has been enough general public interest in the franchise. Does anyone else think now is the best time there has been to expand Battletech on GOG?
Posted October 18, 2019
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ozdp: over the last few year the Battletech universe has seen a revival.
my introduction to this game world was in '91 with The Crescent hawk's revenge on a 386. Then a huge gap till the first Mechwarrior 2 game in '95/6 and the 'real' Battletech game in '96, miniatures and all.

Ignoring the console games there is a healthy back catalogue of games that I believe would be right in GOG's perveue.
Obviously there is the current 2018 Battletech game here already and Mechwarrior 5 - Mercs will be an exclusive on Epic store till the end of next year but let's not get into that shit show. What I think a lot of people want to see is a GOG revival of Battletech's past glory days. So in chronological order here's what games should be in everyone's list for a GOG revival:
1988 Battletech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception
1989 MechWarrior
1990 Battletech: The Crescent Hawk's Revenge
1995 Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
1996 Mechwarrior 2: Mercs
1998 MechCommander
1999 Mechwarrior 3
2000 Mechwarrior 4: Vengence
2001 Mechcommander 2
2002 Mechwarrior 4: Mercs

I understand that not all are realistic but I feel that everything '95 on wards is doable.and within the scope of GOG.
There have been a few Battletech request threads here in the past but it is only recently that there has been enough general public interest in the franchise. Does anyone else think now is the best time there has been to expand Battletech on GOG?
The problem is that everything after 95 isnt as easy as you think it is, I have heard some very strong and reliable reports that since MW2 was developed by Activision, they technically still have some rights involved same with 4 and on with Microsoft, so until these questions get legally resolved, a GOG release is unlikely anytime soon, unless there is movement behind the scenes that we arent aware of yet, but I dream that hopefully battletech will make itself more at home here.


Sooner or later time will tell.
Post edited October 18, 2019 by Lord_Kane
Posted October 19, 2019
Doesn't Harmony Gold still pop in and threaten to sue if anyone uses "the unseen"? If so, that's probably another reason for not releasing anything before MW2 Mercenaries.
Posted October 19, 2019
You can absolutely forget Battletech now and for ever.
AFAIK the original creator bought all the rights but became ULTRA SJW (or just revealed himself), then sold everything again to Paradox.
A swedish hardcore leftist publisher.

It´s all now trannies, POCs and "diversity" (aka. anti white male) for all eternity.
Posted October 20, 2019
can't remember his name and too lazy to look it up right now as it's dinner time
but he formed hare brained schemes and got the 2018 Battletech game up and running, paradox are only the distributor, but HBS is very small they may not of had much choice with who they went with
Posted October 20, 2019
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ozdp: can't remember his name and too lazy to look it up right now
but he formed hare brained schemes
That would be Jordan Weisman (or Mitch Gitelman).
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