That said, it’s hidden away in the huge career mode and it’s possible you won’t even come across it or be in a position to partake so it’s very precarious in terms of whether it’s a worthwhile addition or not if you experience it it’s okay but you probably won’t care if you miss out. This weapon can be an excellent tool for a very fast mech like a Vulcan or Phoenix Hawke.Ĭareer mode benefits most from the new additions, not only in the new gear adding much needed variety to the 1200 day slog but also in the new Flashpoint mini-campaign in which you’ll meet the Bounty Hunter and Black Widow (two legendary characters from Battletech lore) and be rewarded with a variant of the aforementioned Bull Shark upon completion. The non-canon COIL gun is another new weapons that deals damage multiplied by the number of evasion charges you have. The new weapons don’t do much to shake up the flow of battle but do provide some more of the canon equipment: LBX autocannons, Inferno missiles, and torso-mounted mortars all improve your damage dealing capabilities quite nicely and make excellent options for diversifying your lance. The expansion also suffers from not being able to equip the new guns and equipment in the Skirmish mech lab too, relegating a lot of the fun stuff to campaign or career modes. To use it you have to play in unlimited funds mode and it just doesn’t live up to the price tag overall. The non-canon Bull Shark is a competent assault mech that can easily go toe to toe with an Atlas but costs 30.18M C-Bills to field in Skirmish mode. That’s not to say the other mechs aren’t useful the Flea can be an excellent scout and the Rifleman is a more than competent sniper unit thanks to its range enhancing equipment but they don’t provide any new tactical opportunities. Standout additions include the Assassin which can ignore a few evasion charges on a target thanks to its interception system, the Vulcan which is basically a Firestarter that can brawl, Phoenix Hawke which brings immense jump jet manoeuvrability to your lance, and the Annihilator which packs a huge amount of firepower and armour into a single mech. First though – the mechs – sadly most of them just don’t leave that much of an impression but all come with built-in enhancement modules. In addition to the mechs there’s new equipment and weapons the COIL gun which becomes more powerful the more evasion charges you have is the standout addition but Inferno missiles and a torso-mounted mortar also make good showings. Heavy Metal‘s main selling point is the new mechs added to the game: The Flea, Assassin, Vulcan, Phoenix Hawke, Annihilator, Archer, Rifleman, and Bull Shark (an entirely new non-canon mech just for this game).
Is a few new machines worth the door price though? Keep reading to find out. If you’ve ever played any of the Mechwarrior games you’ll know what to expect from the majority of the new content in Heavy Metal: big stompy mechs and big guns. Heavy Metal is the third DLC for Battletech, Harebrained Schemes turn-based take on the venerable tabletop game.
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