If there's somehow another early unlock it will probably be for the Battletech DLC, possibly the season pass. I think the bundle will probably sell good enough with just Battletech though.

On another note I REALLY hope there's no early reveals in a few weeks cause that's a bad sign for several reasons. Also if the early reveal turns out to be the Battletech DLC HB marketing will more than likely consider that as one of the remaining games.

I agree, but it's only worth it (to me) if I am already prepared to pay $12 on the early reveal(s), otherwise it's just a gamble. Some months I've paused and regretted it, some I've not and still regretted it! GroupBuys often helps with the former (and could also with the latter, but I can never be bothered to sell - which is why I'm here).

Yes, different people have different opinions on "worth", I suppose. Mine have certainly changed with all these cheap games around. But I agree about the HB monthly; I'm just annoyed with myself for not starting earlier. I ended up paying far more for Ark: Survival Evolved than that whole month would have cost me way back when the monthly started. I've had a couple of disappointing months since then -- not because they were bad, but more because I already owned the games I wanted from them -- but it seems to be pretty good value most of the time.

I'm an old tabletop RPG and wargame nerd and I've always enjoyed playing BATTLETECH, so I'm probably biased. I also already knew how the game worked -- the development team includes the tabletop game's original designer and sticks pretty closely to the original rules -- so all I needed to start was a brief refresher and to learn was the interface, which I found fairly intuitive for the most part.

The tutorial covers the basics of combat and the interface. The follow-on first campagin mission does set the scene for the rest of the game pretty well: most of the time you'll be out manned and outgunned, since you're only allowed to field a maximum of a single lance (four 'mechs), while the enemy often has two or three times that. In some ways it gets easier as you progress, as your pilots earn useful skills as well as their incremental ability increases, but in other ways it gets more difficult, as you fight more skilled enemies at the same time.

Ultimately I think if you don't enjoy the first mission you probably won't like the rest of the game much, but personally I find it very rewarding and would recommend you try again. It's not perfect and there are still some things I'd love to see, but it gets better with each update and DLC, and it's my second-most-played game on Steam, after all (though that does include the two DLC released so far as well).

You can find my original review of it here if you're interested: https://steamcommunity.com/id/genkipro/recommended/637090/ .

Hmm. That's an interesting point of view. It seems a much better early unlock than many of the monthlies in that timeframe to me, but obviously our opinions on the matter are entirely subjective.

As far as sales go, the only place I know of to get even approximate figures for Steam sales is steamspy, but I don't know how accurate that is, particularly after the profile privacy changes (last year?). Anyway, for BATTLETECH it says this:

Owners: 500,000 .. 1,000,000

That seems pretty high for what is essentially a niche game, though I suppose it may be low for a Paradox title. The only others that came to mind while writing this were Stellaris and Surviving Mars. Stellaris says much more -- 2m - 5m -- whereas Surviving Mars is the same as BATTLETECH. My guess would be that it's at the low end of Paradox titles, but it seems about right for FASA game conversions. :)

It also says this regarding the rating, but I'm not sure I trust that as an indication of what players really think of it either. I suppose it's probably as good as anything; I don't know how easy the "Metascore" is to review bomb.

Old userscore: 74% Metascore: 78%

Personally I suspect Humble will add another early unlock, but I still think this is a good one as it is.

email ,and 1 time bought monthly sub , from what i gathered active subs wont get discount

The same. I am too loyal I guess (did not got any such promotion yo be honest :) ) :P.

Thanks , i have decided to skip , its not worth the gamble.