Title: I'll never read Battletech again
Review: Battletech used to be dumb, with futuristic weapons that couldn't be aimed, air support that couldn't be used, and the crappiest artillery ever invented. But, hey, it was about Mechs, and it was getting better, so we tolerated it.Sure, there were some rough points (Far Country, anyone?), but both the concept and the writing improved. And life was good.Then WizKids got their hands on it, and everything is dumb again. Does Stackpole really expect us to believe that whole planet could be conquered by terrorists in a single city? Or the planetary militia could be overcome by only a handful of Mechs? Or that two more would turn the tide of battle?The main character just annoyed me. He was so macho, and so tough, and so perfect. If he was any more two dimensional he'd rupture a singularity in the space time continuum. Maybe it was meant to be youth fiction.Read David R. Lusk instead.
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