I have played the tabletop game like crazy for about ten years from the mid 1980s to the mid 90s before getting totally into the video game versions on the Amiga and intel pcs. So for me everything comes across very intuitively as if my brain is hardwired for BATTLETECH. Battles have a eloquent sense of randomness where they can be brutal and challenging one minute and then on another mission it can be a cake walk with some decent income and a bit of salvage.

Add in the economic system where you have to budget employee costs, supply logistics, upkeep, ship and battlemech repairs, battle injuries, negotiating merc contracts, training mechwarriors, interpersonal relationship issues with the crew that may come up etc etc and you have a whole lot of separate interesting game components which come together to immerse yourself in.

For fans who have played the tabletop game fanatically like i have its a dream come true and to have it thirty plus years makes it even more of a treat.

Graphics are stunning with the amazing combat cam its like zooming down on the tabletop version and seeing the varied planetary environments which look like gorgeous science fiction artwork from the 1970s magazine STARLOG pop out into chaotic metal mayhem gaming life.Battlemechs have the deep detail and intricate paint schemes of masterfully crafted minitures as if done by Ral Partha himself. Battlemechs rage alive with limited ammo ballistics and heat inducing energy weapons fire devastating landscape and foe alike. Seeing arms blasted off as myomar bundles and actuators sparkle with electricity dangling from now laser seared orifices is a sensual satisfying sight like no other to behold.

Graphical options include being able to choose your mercenary companies banner of which there are many to choose from. You can also choose different camouflage patterns along with painting your Battlemechs giving a nice personal tabletop minitures touch.

Graphics even have footprints on the ground when the Battlemechs move. Buildings collapse into a dust bowl of rubble as monstrous metal gods crash into them like some GODZILLA mass destruction movie. Battlemechs jump jet across the darkness of night time forests lighting up their paths like some nightmarish Halloween scene of black clad witches on fiery brooms.

Heat buildup and keeping one's Battlemechs standing as a inferno of screaming metal conflict flows all around one is all important as heat can cause internal damage to the Mechwarrior and Battlemech where eventually it can lead to a shutdown where one is a easy target for enemy fire and vice versa if an enemy Battlemech shuts down.

Sound effects are earth shaking devastating as LRM missiles soar across the battlefield ripping into ground vehicle armor like shredded paper. PPC fire is chunky and thumpy hitting with impactful might doing all sorts of havoc on the target's systems. Autocannons fire thunderously shattering Battlemech armor like a wrecking ball into a brick building. Mechwarriors grunt and howl in agony from shrapnel hits as their cockpits take a head shot garanteeing a stay in the med bay if they survive the mission contract. Then there are the many times Mechwarriors will shout in inspiring tones motivating all to fight on improving battlefield moral.

Music is emotionally moving and epic capturing the tone of the BATTLETECH universe with all its political intrigue, treachery and unimaginable bloodshed perfectly with a mix of classical GAME OF THRONES drama and David Van Tiegham futurism.

Nice tutorial where anybody who has played the tabletop game will intuitively know what to do as it plays out.

The game credits are also really well done with plenty of great photos of the Dev team during development of BATTLETECH.

BATTLETECH a stunning dreamy masterpiece of gaming artistic creation. A happy time for BATTLETECH fans is here for all to enjoy.

Thank you very much Jordan Weisman and HBS along with PARADOX for making this dream come true possible as well as all the fans who financially backed this masterpiece during the Kickstarter period.

BATTLETECH, In The 31st Century Life Is Cheap But Battlemechs Are'nt.

BATTLETECH URBAN WARFARE a devastating senses shattering euphoria inducing masterpiece of combat.

Graphics- Mesmerizing city views thick with layers of depth and urban life as streets are clogged with abandoned vehicles from pedestrians having fled in heart attack horror from the incoming military titans while sexy neon advertising flashes from the building heights.

Battlemech goliaths stalk the snakelike winding streets dodging in and out of cover devastating the landscape of steel and reflecting glass towers with energy weapons and missile salvos galore as concrete mountains come crashing down like some divine natural disaster punishing those who would dare to oppose their godlike successor lords.

Angles! Angles! From alleyways to twenty story rooftops on high everyone's got an angle like a tangent paradise where a deadly cockpit hit can come screaming in from anywhere or a death from above manoeuvre with jump jets BLASTING! ROARING! can lay you out flat like a napping bum with too much rum.

Camera work is a delight to the eyes with wide vast city vistas to enjoy from far off on high before zooming in to see detailed park areas with fountains of wavy water and advertisement covered buses that EXPLODE!!! at the multi ton weight of warring Battlemechs.

Streets are decorated with all sorts of different vehicles, traffic signs and road symbols as well as traffic lights etc. Truly a tabletop experience enhanced for a new age of gaming where the game fights you and not just another human as detailed military miniatures give you the fear of realism the escape of fantasy!

Never has a sight been as grim and gorgeous then seeing Battlemech lances laying waste to a city as a metal storm of modifiers come alive in decimating deliciousness deciding which missiles strike metal plating and which annihilates a city office showering all below with glass and concrete with a enemy Battlemech included for extra measure if your lucky. Its like a Einstürzende Neubauten song come to life from their 2 X 4 COLLAPSING BUILDING and Strategies Against Architecture '80–'83 albums. Truly all out arnarchy.

Missions are varied from attack and defend oriented goals to straight up wiping out a enemy unit where you may be joined by your employer's units in the field to support your own making for some huge visually and tactics intense battles. At last we have company size units on the battlefield even though we cant control them yet we are getting there. Maybe come the HEAVY METAL DLC things will go full tilt SCREAMING METAL!!! :)

On my i7 8700, 16gb ram, Geforce RTX 2060 6gb vram performance is excellent with no lag or other issues. Framerates are slick as two oiled up wrestling combatants dealing out the smooth moves.

BATTLETECH URBAN WARFARE a masterpiece painting of city environments awaiting all out gargantuan Battlemech annihilation! BUY IT! PLAY IT! Dance among the streets unleashing metal mayhem as your mind drools in awe at the spectacle of it all.