
Meanwhile, mortars bring some additional area-of-effect options to the table, while Inferno Missiles let you deal valuable heat damage from a distance. Gitelman claims it turns the Flea - a paper-thin Olympic sprinter - into the "star of the show", letting it Usain Bolt around the map before blasting the arms off some poor bugger. Lighter mechs have been given some extra oomph with a new Coil Beam weapon, a nippy wee bugger that hits harder the faster you travel before firing. I'm just glad they don't reflect the atrocious quality of old metal BattleTech miniatures. Like the Bullshark, each comes with a unique piece of kit that "reflects the flavour and lore of the original board game". The DLC also comes with 7 classic mechs, ranging from the unassuming Flea to the rubber-necked Annihilator. The Bullshark even comes loaded with a special Thumper cannon, one of Heavy Metal's new area-of-effect weapons, using it to politely redraw a town map. “Once you leave your ego at the door and embrace the lore, rather than try and fight it, you realise you can do a lot of creative stuff without disrespecting anyone who’s contributed to this shared universe".Īs for why it's a whopping 95 tons? Art director Marco Mazzoni wanted it to be 95 tons "because there aren’t many 95 ton mechs in this part of the setting". The Bullshark is an absolute unit, a 95-ton Assault with a rugby player's build packing more autocannons than I can count.Īt PDXCon, producer Mitch Gitelman told our Nate that the team were very respectful of the 35-year history of the setting when designing a new mech. Heavy Metal lets Harebrained Schemes live my personal dream, leaving a permanent mark on BattleTech canon by creating their own bespoke mech. Might as well throw out the scales on this one - Heavy Metal's income roster includes some proper beefcakes to blast apart. BattleTech's third (and final, for now) DLC drops with seven classics alongside the bespoke new Bullshark, accompanied by enough new lasers, missiles and mortars to turn even the biggest steel titan into a smoking scrapheap. Flashpoint brought in new multi-stage missions and Urban Warfare took the fighting to city streets, but this week's Heavy Metal DLC is all about those mechs. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.BattleTech's expansions have been a little light on new murderbots. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.

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