Battletech: A Game of Armored Combat for Genesis

Review #4054

Battletech: A Game of Armored Combat

Desert Strike in a mech

Genesis 1994 Extreme Simulation Simulation › Tank/mech
Battletech: A Game of Armored Combat screenshot for Genesis
Screenshot used for review/reference purposes.
3 / 5

Gameplay

Isometric view isn't my favorite but works ok here. The controls take some getting used to and like most isometric games it's hard to aim properly. You have limited ammo and very little health so you're gonna die a lot.
Use passwords to turn on invincibility and unlimited ammo. The game is impossible without the cheats since it's not possible to avoid getting hit.
Could've been great

3 / 5

Level Design

Only 5 levels according to the gamefaqs cheat listI found.
I dunno I couldn't beat a single level without the cheats.
They seem to just be a square map with a ton of repetitive assets.

4 / 5

Theme

Huge mechs. Gotta love it

4 / 5

Art Style

Amazing animation and detail of your mech. The other sprites look ok but are far less detailed. The environment looks ok but with a lot of sameness. It would be impossible to navigate without the radar map on the pause screen because there are no landmarks or other interesting visuals.

2 / 5

Audio

No music during gameplay. You instead get to listen to your mech's every footstep.

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