GameZebo: Despite my repeated requests each holiday season, my parents never came through and provided me with my very own BattleMech. I had to content myself with the BattleTech series of tabletop and computer games to know what unleashing the power of a giant walking tank would feel like. Personae Studios and Smith & Tinker are doing their best to help repair my wounds by releasing MechWarrior: Tactical Command for iOS devices, a real time strategy game that kind of, sort of scratches the itch.
Pocket Gamer: The MechWarrior series is renowned for bringing visceral simulator-like mechanics to a sci-fi world filled with hulking suits of mechanical armour.
Opting to zoom-out to a bird's-eye view and grant you command over a squad - or lance - of these walking tanks, then, would seem like a bit of a backward step.
Personae Studios has announced that MechWarrior: Tactical Command is now available for most iOS devices, including the new touch models.
MechWarrior: Tactical Command is a real-time strategy game by Personae Studios based on the popular BattleTech franchise. It contains some of the best looking cutscenes I’ve seen on the iPad and unlike previous MechWarrior games, actually comes with a full cast of characters and a detailed narrative...
[Ashley Wilkinson, Thunderbolt]
