![]() He put on his VR helmet – for real – and he sculpted it in VR. He’s such a BattleTech nerd that he designed the Mech, the Mech loadout, everything. “Actually, it was almost completely created by our Art Director, who used to do BattleTech cover art and stuff, so he’s perfect for this job too. something old, Mitch stated, “It’s actually easier to create a Bull Shark, to go, ‘You know there aren’t a lot of 95 tonne BattleMechs, let’s make one!’ It’s an entirely new creation for the game that is one of the largest and heaviest in the game. Of the new inductees into the roster, one Mech stands out from the crowd though, the Bull Shark. “That’s been a major request from fans It’s been like that for 35 years!” “It keeps the useful in the game for longer, right?” Mitch said. You can only harvest energy to attack with during a particular turn, meaning that these weapons are uniquely suited to the fast-moving lighter Mechs, and they can output a prodigious amount of heat when used, making them a bit of a glass cannon. Think of the COIL like the KERS of a Formula 1 car or a hybrid road car, but with a much more hazardous usage. But what if they can take that speed and turn it to their advantage? Given how you’ll so often be battling against the odds, with a dozen enemies against your lance of four, a light, easily killed Mech is going to get squished all too easily, pushing you to select ever-bigger and more ponderous loadouts. There’s also a suite of new weapons, with the Coil a unique and new creation, geared specifically for lighter, faster Mechs to keep them more relevant deeper into the game. The Warhammer has increased energy damage, while the Matador’s Lance Command Module reduces incoming damage for the entire lance. You will at least have two of these Mechs, even if you don’t buy the DLC. Without mods, though, do they become too much of an advantage over the other Mechs in the game? It’s difficult to say, since you’ll always want to take the battle ahead of you into account and may want more general purpose Mechs, but if you’re gearing your outfit toward specific roles and have a particular plan of attack in mind, these specialisations will certainly come in handy. ![]() People are already doing shit like that, so why don’t we give them tools to do it? We’ve exposed hooks in there for everybody to do what they want and go back to update everything if they want.” I mean, we’re a reasonably small team and there’s plenty to do.” However, at the same time, “That’s exactly why this was the right time to support modding. It might be hard to justify if you’ve already stripped the game clean of everything to do, but if you’re a new player or still have some stories to conquer, then dropping ten new mechs and eight new devastating weapons to your arsenal is just what the doctor ordered.It’s a shame, but none of the existing Mechs in the game will be upgraded in similar ways, Mitch citing “Time and expense and stuff like that. ![]() Overall, Heavy Metal is an impressive DLC update. Mech variety is already well appreciated, but the added suite of weapons is icing on the cake. The COIL beam, meanwhile, is an addictive new gun that deals more damage the further the attacker moves, charging up kinetic energy before firing it at the end of their turn. The ‘Mech Mortar, for example, is a destructive AoE weapon that can destroy multiple units at once. There are eight brand new weapon types introduced in the DLC that add a nice amount of variety to your toolkit. It also gave me a chance to try out some of the new weapon systems introduced in Heavy Metal. It’s a brisk, but satisfying campaign, and I’m glad it was included so that I had a bit more incentive to dive back in and try out the brand new mechs. Your team and will skirmish with them over a mysterious cargo ship that drifted into the Periphery out of deep space. Heavy Metal introduces a new Flashpoint campaign that has players encounter the iconic Bounty Hunter and Black Widow of the Wolf’s Dragoons. Still, existing players won’t be entirely starved of new story content to test their new mechs out in. There are plenty of constantly-rotating side adventures available in a mercenary career to take these new mechs out on a spin in, but I imagine brand new players grabbing the game and season pass together will get the most out of this stimulus package of additional robots. For die-hard fans, if you’ve already completed most of the content in the game, it might be hard to justify hopping back in to experience these new mechs. This is the one mech of the entire squad of additions that isn’t a classic MechWarrior favourite, but rather an entirely new design cooked up by the team at Harebrained Schemes.Īll of that said, it does feel a little bit too late to be dropping a mech-focused expansion like this. One of the most notable members of the lineup is the Bull Shark, though.
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