MechWarrior: Tactical Command Reviews

Very poor game!

Eriptron

Poor unit control. Why is everything so small. Essentially can’t hide because you usually can’t even get that close to the vegetation let alone take cover near some. My teammate gets killed and they keep talking even though they’re dead. We were discovered so mission 2 should gave been a failure but it wasn’t. You fail to suspend disbelief. The game hold no interest. This is not Battle Tech nor Mech Warrior. Wasted $8. Should have paid attention to the 1 and 2 star reviews. This is Battle Tech in name only. The good reviews are likely from under 40 year olds. My BattleTech PC game on 3 1/2” floppy disks (even) from mid 1980s was better than this.

Good

TuckerMan2006

Good game I like the story but it could be longer

ulgh

d___a

glitches everywhere. cannot hold on a building to capture, etc. poor craftsmanship in my opinion.

Waste of time

JcLrd

Terrible interface. Mutilates the entire Mechwarrior story. Game is nearly unplayable. AVOID AT ALL COST!!!!!!!

So what?

huzzah5656

This is a solid game. Does it have bugs? Some. So what? Is the game fun? You bet it is. And it sticks to Canon. You haters out there...I dunno...go watch some dragon ball Z or something.

Outstanding foray into the BattleTech universe!

High School Physics Teacher

As a fan of BattleTech/Mechwarrior games since the 1980's "BattleTech:Crescent Hawks Inception" (a very good game) and the original 1990 "Mechwarrior" (one of my all time favorites), it has been a LONG time since anyone has done anything great with the BattleTech universe. That day has finally come. I played all the way through the game on an iPad 2. Yes, there are lagging issues that will teleport one of your mechs into an unplayable location that cause you to have to restart the mission. Yes, the game occasionally crashes. However, these do not detract from the fact that this is the best iOS game I have ever played. The game itself is brilliant. Here's why: STORY The story in Mechwarrior: Tactical Command doesn't quite reach the level of tear-jerking drama of "Crescent Hawk's Inception", but it comes close. As you play you realize that even when you win a battle you are still losing the war, and you will do everything you can to preserve your home and way of life. MECH LAB Mechwarrior: Tactical Command wisely adapted the buy/sell/upgrade facilities from the "Mechwarrior" computer game series. Although it doesn't allow the unlimited freedom of jumping from star system to star system to trade mechs for money like the original Mechwarrior, it does allow you to substantially modify your mechs' weapons load out to account for different tactics. On more than one occasion I found that I could only win a battle by reconfiguring my mechs. INTERFACE Ever since the iPad came out, I have wondered how someone would do a proper mech interface for the iPad. Mechwarrior games typically need a combination of twist-control joystick and lots of buttons to deal with multiple weapons combinations. Mechwarrior: Tactical Command's solution, a top-down interface, is very intuitive. My only gripe is that I wish I had the ability to see what was going on with a particular mech, a la the BattleTech games, but this would probably require a turn-based strategy game instead. Perhaps a pause menu? In any case, this isn't a huge deal as the fundamentals are great. In all this a GREAT game. To the developers, please consider making more missions, or even a random scenario generator like in the original Mechwarrior game. I would gladly pay $20 for this. The world doesn't need more "twitch"-style first person shooters. It needs Mechs. Big ones. With lots of autocannons and PPCs that can lose their left arm and blast back with the right. For now, I am basking in the glow of running a victorious mech lance through 21 missions. I can't wait for more.

Need more

Vanny34

Game was really good, very similar to the old PC version. Game did freeze on me a few times, but I was able to work thru it. Only issue I have is that it was not long enough. Got at third planet, and no updates. I would gladly pay a few more bucks to get a few planets added, maybe even be able to play other houses?

Great game

Steveo116233

Great little war game. Follows the MechWarrior original game and is pretty much a recreation of the old MechCommander series for PC. Works just fine on iPhone, 0 bugs or crashes so far!

Waste of money

frustrated mom!

My son loaded this on his iTouch 4th gen (which it clearly stated was supported). Muddled through learning how to use it and was happily playing with friends when two days later he is suddenly unable to play with a message that states his device is "not supported". Seriously????? DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY unless you are someone who is constantly upgrading to the newest devices.

Bad game

Steve Boesen

Crashes constantly. Your mechs disappear and you can't use them. Very slow loading. Don't buy.

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