Summary
A classic that spawned an entire family of games!
The Good
The actual ability to be a mercenary unit, which was re-lived quite successfully in
Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries.
It made for a less linear storyline (unlike
Mechwarrior 2)
The Bad
The combat engine did leave much to be desired at times. In the later missions, put your lancemates in Battlemasters and drive a Locust around the battlefield. 9 times out of 10, the enemies will ignore you for the larger targets and you can walk right up to them and machine gun their legs to scrap.
I remember the tenth time I tried it ... wandered up toward a Battlemaster as I am wont to do, when he suddenly turned and blasted my Locust into oblivion with a single PPC shot. Ugly. :)
The Bottom Line
Classic Battlemech carnage at your fingertips.
