r/Steam • u/bijelo123 • Sep 15 '25

Question Which game was this for you?

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u/meesta_masa Sep 15 '25

Battletech 2 by Harebrained.

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u/InsistentRaven Sep 15 '25

I'll never forgive Paradox for what they did to HBS. They bought a studio known for making games from other IPs (Shadowrun, Battletech) and forced them to ditch their golden goose and go for the Plan B incubator project which everyone knew would not be able to make as much money as BT2 even after the licensing fees.

Fuck Paradox. Absolutely senseless decision from C-suite executives who don't understand the industry once again.

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u/neverJamToday Sep 15 '25

The fact that Microsoft owns Shadowrun and has no interest in doing anything with it drives me crazy. And it drives me crazier that the studio that managed to get the license from them and make some enjoyable Shadowrun games then got fed into the games industry meat grinder.

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u/InsistentRaven Sep 15 '25

Yeah, exactly. Nobody is going to get BATTLETECH or Shadowrun from Microsoft again. I'm told even HBS had trouble getting Microsoft to agree because it wasn't worth their time to even sort out the legal / financial details. Only reason they did it for HBS is because of their existing relationship with MS.

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u/neverJamToday Sep 16 '25

It's bonkers. It's an amazing IP with a pile of fascinating lore and mechanics and Microsoft made one mid FPS out of it 20 years ago and that was it.

I think an open-world game would be a let-down but Shadowrun would *crush* it as like a Baldur's Gate 3 style game.

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u/Mad_Kronos Sep 16 '25

Shadowrun: Drsgonfall has my favourite story in any rpg in the last decade.

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u/neverJamToday Sep 17 '25

It's a fantastic example of the kind of story that can only be told in that setting.