Is this related to Robotech?

[Eoin Lynne]

I loved that game...

[Nasarog]

No, but they came out around the same time. Also, Robotech is an americanized version of a show that combined multiple mecha anime series from the 80's.

[manceres]

Yes and No, Its a muddle mix of Licensing agreements. Alot of the Mechs from Robotech series were in the Original Battletech but Universe wise they are two seperat things.

[Marksthecylon]

It shares some mech designs with robotech (over which there has been legal problems for years now) But other than that no BATTLETECH is it's own thing.

[Nekonoaijin]

Tngentially. The original game was very clearly inspired by "mecha anime", including the different series that became "Robotech" in the USA. It was also, pretty clearly, trading on the popularity of Robotech, especially.

Furthermore, many of the original 'Mech designs were licenced from "Robotech", others from different anime and many of the rest were commissioned with an anime art style.

The setting itself was never at all similar and the 'Mechs behave quite differently, have a different role, etc. These facts are the reason there is an ongoing legal battle, even now (and have been legal disputes for decades).

[Eoin Lynne]

Alright...well tell me this then, so I know if I want to buy the game or not. Do they atleast change forms like in Robotech? Like in Robotech Battlecry how they had a jet, mech, and jet/mech hybrid form?

[desrtfox071]

Originally posted by Eoin Lynne ϕ:

Alright...well tell me this then, so I know if I want to buy the game or not. Do they atleast change forms like in Robotech? Like in Robotech Battlecry how they had a jet, mech, and jet/mech hybrid form?

In this game they do not. There is a type of mech that is canon to Battletech that changes form called the land-air mech, but these aren't in any modern Battletech franchise game.

[Watchman]

Optional rules exist for them, though.

Practically speaking those things make first-rate deep echelon raiders.

[Evol_Prodigy]

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[Eoin Lynne]

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[aevansjr35]

Now I want a Robotech mod.

[Eoin Lynne]

Originally posted by aevansjr35:

Now I want a Robotech mod.

Yes you do, Robotech was awesome!

[Drain]

This has nothing to do with robotech. As for changing forms, mechs in battletech don't do this. Technically land air mechs exist, which can fly, but I've never seen a game use them, or even mention they exist in the universe. It's lore that was thrown away. Another thing thrown away was cloaking devices.

[Pherdnut]

Are you a semi-obvious troll who was probably born no later than the seventies?

[desrtfox071]

Originally posted by Drain:

This has nothing to do with robotech. As for changing forms, mechs in battletech don't do this. Technically land air mechs exist, which can fly, but I've never seen a game use them, or even mention they exist in the universe. It's lore that was thrown away. Another thing thrown away was cloaking devices.

Drain, Battletech does owe quite a bit to Robotech/Macross. First and foremost, many of the original Battletech mechs use the same designs as Robetech equipment. Land-Air mechs can be in all three modes, just as the Robotech fighters - airplane, battlemech, and hybrid. Also, they aren't so much as "thrown away" as part of the unseen, and therefore legally gray.

[Eoin Lynne]

Originally posted by Pherdnut:

Are you a semi-obvious troll who was probably born no later than the seventies?

If you are refering to me then no. I never heard of Battletech until I made this post. Battletech and Robotech have similar names so I thought they might be related. Someone said they had similar mech so I thought there might be multiforms like in Robotech.