Improvising 最近的评测

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BEAUTIFUL, CRAZILY CREATIVE, NOSTALGIA-INDUCING IN THE VEIN OF PLANESCAPE BUT ALSO FEELS FRESH.

A breath of fresh air. Absolutely lovely game with some of the best art I've ever seen in an isometric RPG. Great stuff... and it's only $20? If you like games like Planescape: Torment or even the Mystlike games, buy it.

It's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ great

Deep, amazing writing, classic obsidian.

At about 100 hours in to Battletech, I am fully convinced it is HBS's best game. Broad in scope, deep and nuanced in execution, occasionally frustrating but surprisingly addictive in a "I'll just have one more potato chip" way, it is one of the best strategy titles I've played in years. The core gameplay takes a while to fully grasp for someone not familiar with Battletech like me but there is a definite sense of acheivement rare among games today that comes when you do. While the ancillary parts of the game (the "overworld" mechanics primarily, e.g. what you do between battles) may lack a little polish and depth, the core gameplay mechanics of salvaging, customizing and battling mechs are *perfectly* executed and perfect is not an adjective I use lightly.

Battletech's bread-and-butter gameplay-- pitting custom mechs against the AI and other players-- is just so well executed that it redeems nearly any other complaint I could bring up. The variation and number of mechs make the relatively limited number of mission types very replayable. (Eight replayable contract types across eight biomes with two different maps per biome for each type of contract comes out with a total of 124 replayable maps in single-player, but it feels like less as some are far more common than others) Campaign pacing is perhaps a little off for its relative length, but the story is written very, very well (particularly for a strategy game. I can't remember the last time I gave a ♥♥♥♥ about what happened the characters in a strategy game.) and story missions balance challenge with enjoyment enough that by the time I finished with them I wished there were ten more.

If you like strategy games (turn-based or otherwise) or "tactics" RPGs, Battletech might just be your game of the year.