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Battletech is back and in kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/webeharebrained/battletech?ref=hero_thanks Turn-based tactical 'Mech combat set in the classic 3025 era of the BattleTech Universe. From the creators of the Shadowrun Series!   personally I trust them and their concept better than Star Citizen's concept ships and the developer has a proven track record like Shadowrun games! EminusSleepus fucked around with this message at 01:53 on Sep 30, 2015 |
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Shouldn't this be posted in the kickstarter thread? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3473379
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Sep 30, 2015 02:03
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Yeah, but it's mother-loving Battletech. And I'm not saying that sarcastically.
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Sep 30, 2015 02:15
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Just found out about this. gently caress yes.
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Oct 9, 2015 04:12
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flight jackets and military caps? heck yes
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Oct 9, 2015 04:21
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Is this thread really not getting more love? Wow. Surprised given how many people seem to love this old franchise. I'm in for at least $35, and might go for $50 depending on how things look over the next three weeks.
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Oct 11, 2015 22:12
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Hell to the loving no, there have been too many failed Battletech games recently. Will wait until its finished. This dev did make Shadowrun though and that is very positive, but still, no. This franchise is cursed.
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Oct 11, 2015 22:14
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dat jacket tho
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Oct 12, 2015 00:32
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BadAstronaut posted:Is this thread really not getting more love? Wow. Surprised given how many people seem to love this old franchise. I'm in for at least $35, and might go for $50 depending on how things look over the next three weeks. We don't want to admit the shame of throwing into the kickstarter, because I said come in! posted:This franchise is cursed.  still owe me a game.
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Oct 12, 2015 22:34
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AMA on Reddit if any of you are interested https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3p0i7m/hi_im_mike_mccain_a_creative_director_at/
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Oct 16, 2015 18:43
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BadAstronaut posted:Is this thread really not getting more love? Wow. Surprised given how many people seem to love this old franchise. I'm in for at least $35, and might go for $50 depending on how things look over the next three weeks. There was more discussion in the MWO thread, but yes.
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Oct 18, 2015 05:09
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BadAstronaut posted:Is this thread really not getting more love? Wow. Surprised given how many people seem to love this old franchise. I'm in for at least $35, and might go for $50 depending on how things look over the next three weeks. Worth 40 bux. But not a penny more after how underwhelming Wasteland & MWO are. Old Skool tabletop does not age well, and this game was already tried with MW:Tatics, which was a horrible failswarm.
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Oct 18, 2015 05:40
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Hal_2005 posted:Worth 40 bux. But not a penny more after how underwhelming Wasteland & MWO are. Old Skool tabletop does not age well, and this game was already tried with MW:Tatics, which was a horrible failswarm. From what was said, it's been acknowledged that the original system was very, very, very outdated and that this game will be updating things because, who knew, a 25+ table top system is badly balanced for a video game! Which was what MW:Tactics kinda stuck to, if I recall. Then again, I just played it, like, once.
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Oct 18, 2015 06:32
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Cosmic Afro posted:From what was said, it's been acknowledged that the original system was very, very, very outdated and that this game will be updating things because, who knew, a 25+ table top system is badly balanced for a video game! Which was what MW:Tactics kinda stuck to, if I recall. Was going to post here to point that out as well, and add that Harebrained did retool the Shadowrun system. So it's not as if they're a bunch of Grognards who will get their collective chest hair tangled if something that needs balancing gets adjusted. They're pretty cool like that. Oh and: 27,752 backers $1,817,324 pledged of $250,000 goal 16 days to go I've plunked down my C-Bills. 
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Oct 18, 2015 07:01
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I hope this is wildly successful so they keep making expansions. I need me some: 
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Oct 18, 2015 07:20
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Hal_2005 posted:Worth 40 bux. But not a penny more after how underwhelming Wasteland & MWO are. Old Skool tabletop does not age well, and this game was already tried with MW:Tatics, which was a horrible failswarm. HBS has release 3 games already; a good one with Shadowrun Returns, a great one with Dragonfall, and a phenomenal one with Hong Kong. If there is any company I trust to resurrect dead franchises it's them
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Oct 18, 2015 07:23
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The Shadowrun games loving owned and this game will probably own too
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Oct 18, 2015 07:30
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Fart Car '97 posted:The Shadowrun games loving owned and this game will probably own too Yeah, I'm retroactively planning to check out the SR games based on what I've heard since backing bt.
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Oct 18, 2015 07:32
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Fart Car '97 posted:The Shadowrun games loving owned and this game will probably own too My only hope is that they add the pvp stuff as an expansion later on, but I rarely buy video games but I bought all the shadowrun and I'll have to hurl money at this too. Hopefully with some kind of blood bowl level progression system for pilots and your lance.
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Oct 18, 2015 07:35
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Error 404 posted:Yeah, I'm retroactively planning to check out the SR games based on what I've heard since backing bt. You could skip the first one, but DragonFall and Hong Kong are great. They're not linear or anything.
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Oct 18, 2015 07:40
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Fart Car '97 posted:You could skip the first one, but DragonFall and Hong Kong are great. They're not linear or anything. The first is only 15 bux, That's far enough below my shits and giggles threshold that even if it sucked out loud I'd be ok with it.
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Oct 18, 2015 07:43
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homerlaw posted:HBS has release 3 games already; a good one with Shadowrun Returns, a great one with Dragonfall, and a phenomenal one with Hong Kong. If there is any company I trust to resurrect dead franchises it's them I can only hope they do Crimson Skies once they're done making 3-4 Battletech games.  Why stop at two old FASA franchises/darlings?
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Oct 18, 2015 08:43
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Galaga Galaxian posted:I can only hope they do Crimson Skies once they're done making 3-4 Battletech games. You are not wrong, I can't wait to see the battletech trilogy first tho!
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Oct 18, 2015 09:30
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The original Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter campaign was great because backing that at any tier got you Dragonfall for free, and then owning Dragonfall got you the improved Director's Cut for free. That's pretty drat good for $15. The only Battletech thing I've spent any real amount of time with is MechWarrior 2 which is obviously completely different from this, but at this point I'm ready to buy pretty much anything Harebrained decides to do.
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Oct 18, 2015 11:48
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Error 404 posted:The first is only 15 bux, That's far enough below my shits and giggles threshold that even if it sucked out loud I'd be ok with it. It's not bad, just very standard and the sequels improved it so much. Dragonfall is also 15 bucks and is a lot better.
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Oct 18, 2015 14:53
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Sharkopath posted:It's not bad, just very standard and the sequels improved it so much. Definintely getting all of them, just don't see any reason not to be completionist about it.
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Oct 18, 2015 15:21
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They go on sale pretty regularly and you can pick them up pretty cheap if you look around a bit. I'm keen for this. Likely need to just put it out of mind for 18-24 months while they are working on it. I have faith in this dev team. If they can produce anything like the old Westwood classic Battletech: the Crescent Hawks Inception I'd be very happy just to play a remake of that...
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Oct 18, 2015 16:05
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BadAstronaut posted:They go on sale pretty regularly and you can pick them up pretty cheap if you look around a bit. IIRC they made a few callbacks to it so far, but I wouldn't expect anything in common except some easter eggs.
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Oct 18, 2015 17:51
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Stretchgoals for dropship customisation and Legendary Mechs / recruitable Legendary Mechwarriors released. I hope to god that they add Paingod / Rooster / Claymore / Steel and such in. That'd be awesome.
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Oct 18, 2015 18:02
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They should add all the previous merc captains to the legendary list. I want spectre.
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Oct 18, 2015 18:39
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i cant wait for this to spectacularly fail
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Oct 18, 2015 18:44
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Why would it? PGI ain't running this show.
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Oct 18, 2015 18:47
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Yeah this company has a proven track record of blowing forecasts out of the water and then delivering product on time.
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Oct 18, 2015 18:50
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Eonwe posted:i cant wait for this to spectacularly fail For a normally chill poster that is a mean and unnecessary thing to say!
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Oct 18, 2015 18:51
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Eonwe posted:i cant wait for this to spectacularly fail
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Oct 18, 2015 18:51
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Internet Explorer posted:For a normally chill poster that is a mean and unnecessary thing to say! 
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Oct 18, 2015 18:51
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Is there a good online primer for Battletech lore/history? I've played most of the games but have never delved into the p&p stuff or the novels, and I would like to read more. I know I could just go to the wiki but I'm hoping it exists in a more concise form somewhere.
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Oct 18, 2015 18:54
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"everything is bad, future edition" arguably PoptartNinja's long-running Battletech LP thread is a good choice here at SA because even though he's running an alt-universe campaign a lot of people (PTN included) know how to condense reams of bullshit BT lore into comprehensible sentences, so it's a good read on many levels.
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Oct 18, 2015 19:01
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Hakkesshu posted:Is there a good online primer for Battletech lore/history? I've played most of the games but have never delved into the p&p stuff or the novels, and I would like to read more. I know I could just go to the wiki but I'm hoping it exists in a more concise form somewhere. Oh man. A third of the battletech experience is all about losing yourself in the bullshit lore, another third is all the bullshit mechs and memorizing stats and spending hours tuning a build, and then only the last third is actually playing the loving game. E: seriously, arguing with neckbeards about who would win in a fight Kurita or Davion, is part of the fun. This poo poo's just lord of the rings for mil sci fi dorks. Error 404 fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Oct 18, 2015 |
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Error 404 posted:Oh man. A third of the battletech experience is all about losing yourself in the bullshit lore, another third is all the bullshit mechs and memorizing stats and spending hours tuning a build, and then only the last third is actually playing the loving game. I'd argue it's actually in quarters: lore, bullshit mechs/stats out the rear end, playing the game, and finally the "No-poo poo-there-I-was" stories and tall tales with fellow Grognards.   
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