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A solid chunk of DLC, but I do think it is on the high side. Purchase it during a sale.

With the recent changes to this game (security update) the devs have spoken and told the community that they do not desire to support the modding scene. This is a non-competitive title. So creation, ease of use and accessibility matter most. Instead of proving users with the tools that they need before turning on EAC, they have done the opposite. Hanging their user base out to dry. Now the other two VRChat like titles have the opportunity to poach users more easily from VRChat. All they have to do is support modding and users will flock to them. Even ancient non-VR titles like Second Life are a better alternative now.

Do not download this title. Cancel your premium subs. Vote with your wallets and voice your opposition to this stupidity.

This honestly makes everything about the base game more enjoyable. I strongly suggest you buy it along with the base game. Even more so now that the base game price has been reduced due to its release on Steam.

Now that the title has matured and has its first DLC, I feel like it is in a good place. I hope they continue to develop it and I hope we see a clan invasion expansion at some point.

I play mostly in the career mode. Which is a nice sandbox experience. All of the mechs and weapon systems feel great. Both in terms of their performance and look/sound. The graphics are solid, but not amazing. The soundtrack feels like MW2 Mercs and that is good in my book. I use a keyboard and mouse setup and I've had zero issues with finding a control set that suits me.

The AI can be a bit hit or miss, but do yourself a favor and experiment with different load-outs for them. For example some of the pilots are amazing dead-eyes at long range. They can tackle a lot of air units before they get into firing range. Make sure you manage them with the commands available. Don't let them pick their own targets and things will go better for you.

The only thing the game is -really- lacking IMO is some urban maps. I'm not sure how well the engine can handle that, but it would be a welcome addition.

Going to keep enjoying this one. I suspect I will be playing it for a very long time. Keep a lookout for upcoming mods. The Mechwarrior Living Legends team is already working on some pretty amazing stuff for MW5.

Update...

12/28/22

The modding selection continues to expand. There are so many options on Steam and Nexus. Better mechlabs, more mechs, expanded weapon systems, better AI, better pilots, expanded mission types and even a large select of mission Biomes. I am thankful that the game is open to modding and that the community is so active. It really gives the title a lot more bang for the buck.

Cheers.

Original 2020 Review

Sticking this one on the shelf for now. I've not encountered a triple-A game with such lackluster keybindings in a very long time.

If you use non-standard layout. Like ESDF or left handed configs, you are going to run into problems. You are not going to be able to set things up the way you want to.

I will revise this if they correct it, but for now I won't even attempt to play it.

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New 2022 (Dec) Review

I don't know what happened to all the promised features and story elements from earlier footage but after 2 years this game is missing all sorts of things. It seems that with the inclusion of Keanu that they rewrote the entire game around that character. While completely eliminating other promised features and characters that were planned before.

This is an RPG on rails. Real choices are few and far between and most choices still lead to the same outcome. Ultimately they ran out of time to clean up the core game due to the need to rework so much of the story to fit more Keanu in (per his request).

I hate sitting back seat to him through the entire game. It is more about his story than the story of my V character. Worse still the narrative of the main quest conflicts with everything else you want to do in the game. The main quests says you are dying and will die quickly. Yet most of us want to explore, level up and do side quests. Naturally we can still do these things, but it throws off the entire tone of the game.

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Also you can not enjoy the game even after you complete the main quest. Because it throws you back into a point in the game -before- you complete said quest. The exact opposite of what an RPG like Skyrim would do. So I can't even hurry through the part I hate and then go enjoy other things in the game without him.

Also 95% of what you see in this game may as well be cardboard. The vast majority of the city is nothing more than props. The only time you roam is on the street. There are very few buildings that can be entered. A grand illusion.

I still do not suggest this game as it is not the immersive experience that we were promised.

I am about 10 hours into this mod and I feel that I am ready to shelve it for awhile. The narrative seems good, but I find the gameplay to be a step back from the standard Skyrim formula. Everything is designed to be harder, but not based on my skill as a player. Instead it has been made more difficult by adding in tedious features and time sinks.

First and foremost eating food (slow healing) is preferred over healing magic or potions. As you are punished for using magic/potions. That in and of itself would not be enough to deter me. However, after I go through an entire dungeon of bandits and find not one scrap of food... That upsets me. To make matters worse I can kill entire legions of wolves (in search of meat) and am presented with empty corpse after empty corpse. Apparently most of the wolves in Enderal are simply a figment of my imagination.

Second is the early game difficulty curve. I am not sure if I need to be doing more side quests or what - but running into 8 wolves in a single pack as a level 5 is a bit much for me to handle. Even more so when presented with the earlier restrictions mentioned. Lack of food and the fact that all of those 8 wolves have nothing on them.

It is a beautiful and stunning game world. It just lacks a fun pacing for me.

I am having a wonderful time with the campaign in this game. The story is fun and compelling. The soundtrack is top notch and the best one I have heard in years. The combat is complex enough that I am still learning new strategies 50 hours in. I can already see replay value in both the campaign mode and the career mode. The only area I have not tread so far is multiplayer, so no comment on that particular front.

All in all the only real issue I had with this title is the lack of tutorials. Turn based strategy of this nature is not a genre I frequent often, so I did have to spend a little bit of time online learning about some of the finer nuances. All my exposure to BattleTech had been of the simulation variety, until now.

I look forward to future content and titles. For those big into BT, keep in mind that this is set well before the Clan Invasion. So the tech you have access to is going to be a bit limited. LosTech is rare.

Enjoy.

Several times now I have attempted to enjoy this game. People say that it is a hard game, but I just find it to be tedious. Everything in this game can be overcome with time and grinding. After awhile the grinding portion just gets to me. I do not find it entertaining to frequent the same locations over and over in an effort to raise skills and gold. A game can be hard, without being repeditive.

I don't recall where I first saw this quote, but it certainly applies to this game.

"As wide as an ocean, as deep as a puddle" - That sums up Elite Dangerous. A game that has no respect for your time.

Want to participate in what the game has to offer? Well then I hope you like travel.

Combat, travel.
Mining, travel.
Exploring, duh travel.
FPS ground combat, travel and fight bots.

Everything you do in this game is wrapped up in mind numbing amounts of travel. Learning the game is a pita. The tutorials do enough to scratch the surface, but even they fail to go over much of what you need to be successful. So head on over to YT and watch a dozen fan made videos on how to play this game. All with varying levels of quality. Many of which are missing details just like the in game tutorials.

Gathered millions of credits in an evening and died? Lose it all, start over. Travel more. Gathered millions of credits in data in an evening and died? Lose it all, start over. Travel more.

They like to talk about how they simulated the milkway, they did but without any of the interesting stuff that a real milkway would have... Namely OTHER LIFE. Enjoy going frozen rock to frozen rock. Where you scan bacteria. Then you scan more bacteria. Then after you scanned a few dozen bacteria you go back to the space dock and they give you money for it! Yippie! Travel travel travel!

All of the planets that are earth-like, forget it. Off limits. Simulating the galaxy is kinda trash when your galaxy is boring and devoid of life. Oh wait, they added in -one- NPC species for you to go fight. But you need to go travel a bunch more and grind up your engineering skill if you want to fight them.

So hop on board and get started with the ultimate travel simulator, that pushes you back days for mistakes that you make. Don't worry that the trash game never bothered to explain much of anything. You learn by dying and loses days of progress in Elite Dangerous!

A solid title. A lot of freedom to approach quests as you see fit and decent replay value due to how the game generates Captains and Warchiefs. I also like how the story fits and works without messing up the extablished timeline. One of the better titles I have played this year.