Battletech's cut scenes feature a hand-drawn art style that resembles beautiful concept art.

Battletech features extensive customization options for your character. Besides their appearance, you can change their previous occupation, where they hail from, and even their preferred pronoun.

The Argo serves as your base of operations, serving as your hub for the majority of the campaign. From here you can manage your roster, maintain your 'Mechs and negotiate new contracts with potential employers.

The full arsenal of Battletech weapons are on display here, from particle projectors to autocannons. They let you maim and destroy to your heart's content.

If precision is a must, you can order your Mechwarriors to target specific areas, crippling the enemy rather than destroying them wholesale.

While you generally have an arsenal of weapons at your disposal, a swift punch to the gut is always a viable option.

Rather than having universal health bars, 'Mechs have component gauges with individual values attached to them.

While discretion can sometimes yield more loot, occasionally the solution to a 50-ton problem is turning the enemy into a smoking crater.

Each mission concludes with a summary of the damage that's been incurred on your forces, as well as the enemy. This lets you take stock of your losses and apprise performance.

Ammunition and replacement parts don't come cheap, thankfully every contract has a clause that lets you keep a small portion of what you destroyed, giving you an opportunity to salvage 'Mech parts or premium components.

Every 'Mech and its variants are customizable, allowing you to swap out weapons, armor, and other components.

While entirely optional, you'll have the chance to chat with your crew between missions. This is mostly just flavor text, but does a great job making your crew feel like real characters.

Upon gaining access to the Argo, the Battletech universe is yours to explore, with a wealth of different systems, missions, and stories.

Keep your Mechwarriors alive and you'll see them slowly transform from a company of rookies to battle-hardened veterans.

Each non-story mission is presented as a contract negotiation, forcing you to trade off between salvage rights, cash, or simple goodwill with your employer.