Interview Mitch Gitelman and Mike McCain talk about BattleTech at Sarna.net

[imweasel]

3D is perfectly fine and preferable if they create good models and the backgrounds have a lot of detailed props.

Not sure if that is possible with fucking Unity though, because a lot of Unity games have performance problems. Even SR:HK. They should use Unreal 4 or The Cry Engine instead of Unity IMO.

 

[ZoddGuts]

Any idiot can use UE4, not exactly much they have to learn in order to use it. Even the Japs are jumping on board because of how easy and simple it is to use.

 

[Infinitron]

Bullshit lmao. Specially if it's to the same scope as features are generally implemented in HBS games.

I wasn't aware there was a universal standard for "HBS games".

Here's the relevant portion from the interview:

Nic: Is it going to be based on any of the Shadowrun engine at all, or are you starting from scratch?

Mike: No, for the most part it’s from scratch. ‘Mech combat is such a different beast. Shadowrun is hide behind cover, ‘Mechs is not so much.

Mitch: I think the experience is more destroy cover. That’s one of the things I loved about MechCommander. You could just blow stuff up.

Mike: That was definitely something on the art direction side of things I want to make sure we’re able to make ‘Mechs look really big, and have that kind of weight and power about them. Expect lots of things to step on and explode.

 

[Jaesun]

What I think most people are *hoping* for is something along the lines of complex Jagged Alliance 2 type of tactical combat (that fits the BattleTech PnP system). The amount of money needed to pull that off is not anywhere near what HBS will be getting.

So we will probably be getting something in the vein of a lite tactical combat system, in the same vein of the current Shadowrun games. And to be honest, i'm OK with that. It would be *nice* if they suddenly got MEELIONS for this KS, but I don't see that happening.

 

[Crooked Bee]

So we will probably be getting something in the vein of a lite tactical combat system, in the same vein of the current Shadowrun games. And to be honest, i'm OK with that.

I dunno. None of the Shadowrun games had any challenge whatsoever. So, that makes them non-tactical, rather than tactical-lite.

I like Hong Kong well enough for the atmosphere and writing to forgive that and enjoy it as a passable RPG lite, but Battletech is a different thing altogether.

 

[Kem0sabe]

What I think most people are *hoping* for is something along the lines of complex Jagged Alliance 2 type of tactical combat (that fits the BattleTech PnP system). The amount of money needed to pull that off is not anywhere near what HBS will be getting.

So we will probably be getting something in the vein of a lite tactical combat system, in the same vein of the current Shadowrun games. And to be honest, i'm OK with that. It would be *nice* if they suddenly got MEELIONS for this KS, but I don't see that happening.

Shit I hope not.

I would be really dissapointed with a battletech game with combat and ai similar to the shadowrun games... bang head against the wall kind of dissapointment

 

[Athelas]

Well, I assume the combat system willl be somewhat different from their Shadowrun games, if only because having giant mechs hide behind chest-high walls doesn't seem feasible.

 

[Burning Bridges]

Will never give these guys money again.

They should change their name to Kickstarter Inc.