BattleTech
BattleTech is a turn-based tactical 'Mech combat set in the classic 3025 era of the BattleTech Universe. From the creators of the Shadowrun Series!
BattleTech is an adventure developed by Harebrained Schemes, released 24 April 2018 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $9.99 at GOG. The main story takes about 47 hrs to finish.
What BattleTech is
BattleTech is an adventure game developed by Harebrained Schemes and released in 2018. It was published by Paradox Interactive. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
BattleTech is a mech turn-based strategy video game developed by Harebrained Schemes and published by Paradox Interactive. It was released on macOS and Windows on April 24, 2018, with a Linux release on November 27, 2018. The developers set aside US$1 million to create the game, and turned to Kickstarter to secure funding for additional features, including a single player campaign, an expansion of that campaign, and a player versus player multiplayer mode.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 128 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
BattleTech holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 47 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $9.99, that works out to about $0.21 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ i3-2105 or AMD® Phenom™ II X3 720, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 560 Ti or AMD® ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 (1 GB VRAM). An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 35GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $9.99 at GOG, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
BattleTech launched on 24 April 2018, within three weeks of God of War, God of War (2018), Frostpunk and The Forest. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: God of War, God of War (2018), Frostpunk, The Forest.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for BattleTech yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Dlc
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