Battletech: Flashpoint

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BATTLETECH's first-ever expansion adds new gameplay, depth, and over 30 hours of new content to your mercenary experience. Introducing Flashpoints: high-stakes, branching short stories that link together mercenary missions, crew conversations, special events, critical choices, and rare bonus rewards to take BATTLETECH's endgame and Career-Mode gameplay to the next level.

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Developer:
Harebrained Schemes
Publisher:
Paradox Entertainment
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
27 November 2018
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mixed (246)

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BATTLETECH's first-ever expansion adds new gameplay, depth, and over 30 hours of new content to your mercenary experience. Introducing Flashpoints: high-stakes, branching short stories that link together mercenary missions, crew conversations, special events, critical choices, and rare bonus rewards to take BATTLETECH's endgame and Career-Mode gameplay to the next level.

Flashpoints embroil you in the feuds and machinations of the various Great Houses of the Inner Sphere, and are designed to keep even the most hardened mercenary commanders on their toes. In addition to narrative twists and turns, some Flashpoint stories feature consecutive deployments in which players can’t repair or heal between missions, while others feature infiltration contracts that restrict the tonnage of deployable BattleMechs.

Beyond adding over 30 hours of exciting Flashpoints to BATTLETECH, this expansion comes complete with three new ‘Mechs (including the highly anticipated Hatchetman), a challenging new mission type, and a new tropical biome for the biggest and most challenging BATTLETECH experience yet.

FLASHPOINTS

Here's just a few examples of the many new stories and challenges you'll face as a mercenary commander in Flashpoint:

Extracurricular Activities
The petty squabbling of political rivals takes a deadly turn when civilians are caught in the crossfire. Will you escort them to safety at the risk of your MechWarriors and their 'Mechs… even if they can't pay?

Criminal Minds
The routine capture of a criminal syndicate’s warehouse uncovers the resting place of an ancient BattleMech. Will you share this information with your employer or keep the ‘Mech for yourself?

Headhunting
The Zhao twins are a thorn in the side of your employer and it’s time to terminate their command. But when their forces are routed and the siblings flee in two directions you’ll need to choose which commander - and which unique salvage - you’ll pursue.

NEW BATTLEMECHS

Expand your 'Mech arsenal with the armor-chopping power of the Hatchetman, the speed and versatility of the Crab, and the battle-computer-equipped Cyclops.

NEW ENCOUNTER

Target Acquisition is an exciting new mission type that challenges you to put your light and medium 'Mechs to the test. Take control of three locations to triangulate fire on an enemy installation before time runs out.

NEW BIOME

Take the fight to all-new lush, tropical environments - but watch out for the spore clouds (or use them to your advantage!)

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
64-bit Windows 7 or Higher
Processor:
Intel® Core™ i3-2105 or AMD® Phenom™ II X3 720
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 560 Ti or AMD® ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 (1 GB VRAM)
DirectX:
Version 11
Network:
Broadband Internet connection
Storage:
35 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX 9 sound device
Additional Notes:
Multiplayer is compatible between Windows, Mac and Linux versions.

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
64-bit Windows 7 or Higher
Processor:
Intel® Core™ i5-4460 or AMD® FX-4300
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 670 or AMD® Radeon™ R9 285 (2 GB VRAM)
DirectX:
Version 11
Network:
Broadband Internet connection
Storage:
35 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX 9 sound device
Additional Notes:
Multiplayer is compatible between Windows, Mac and Linux versions.

User reviews

Ten Wild Badgers
Not recommended | 16 Jun 2023

This would be a neutral review if I had the option. The content isn't bad , it is in fact the only thing that kept me playing this game after I beat the main campaign, and I do like the addition of more battlemechs,

Helpful: 19
RalphST
Not recommended | 31 Aug 2022

The content itself is not worth the full price. No wonder it gets 50% discount every now and then. The added stories are just flavour text with no impact in the game whatsoever. You fight unreasonably difficult,

Helpful: 19
Zero Honour
Not recommended | 23 May 2021

The weakest of the DLC and badly overpriced at £15. I didn't find any of the flashpoints especially enjoyable. One to get on a deep sale only.

Helpful: 20
Coin
Not recommended | 20 Dec 2020

Nice little missions, but like all Battletech DLCs it is not worth the money. If you get it for a very low price, go for it as it will entertain you for a while. I do not understand why the developers do not release a

Helpful: 15
Ogre
Not recommended | 24 Oct 2024

Overpriced as hell, not really worth paying that much. Wait for a sale, or see if you can get it for cheaper elsewhere. At the absolute most, you should be paying half the price. I haven't personally engaged with much

Helpful: 10
sbszine
Recommended | 04 Mar 2021

Adds a handful of new mechs and a new biome, all of which are cool. But the big draw is the flashpoints. These are little mini campaigns of linked missions that really make the career mode feel like a proper game. You

Helpful: 10