Battletech
Battletech is a turn-based strategy game developed by Harebrained Schemes, which is led by Jordan Weisman and Mitch Gitelman. Weisman created the Battletech franchise with the board game Classic Battletech, while Gitelman was a producer for MechCommander and MechAssault. Needless to say, the studio has a lot of history with mechs.
The PC-only game has you control a group of four mechs as you fight an interstellar civil war. There is a deep system of customization by changing up each mech’s armor and weapons down to smaller parts that can adjust the turning radius of the hulking machines. The game might be a slow start with brutal pacing and obtuse mechanics, according to our review, but offers rewarding combat and a compelling story for those who stick with it.
