Battletech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception - Amiga - Gaming Memories And Review

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Published on April 7, 2018 9:48:27 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSi248Tpvvg

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BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception (1988)

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The first computer game to feature a license for the Battletech franchise. A mixture of CRPG and Adventure game, it is extraordinarily unique. Perhaps a perfect game for those who've never played a CRPG to come to first. It was indeed the first RPG I ever put much time into, and I owe my long term of love of the genre to this game right here. My review for an absolute classic of a game, played here on the Commodore Amiga. It is an American NTSC Amiga game best shown in a 4:3 aspect ratio.

My written review for Battletech: http://shot97retro.blogspot.com/2018/04/battletech-in-depth-written-amiga.html

Gaming Jay's playthrough of Battletech: The Crescent Hawk's Revenge: https://youtu.be/ecdJ-4VRyjc
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00:00 - Showtime
01:00 - Introduction
02:25 - Love for western RPGs/Walking through town
03:05 - The Crescent Hawk's Revenge
05:00 - Shoutout to Gaming Jay
06:22 - Infocom/Westwood Associates
09:35 - Text Adventure meets RPG/First training mission
10:16 - Looking at the manual
11:27 - Intentionally losing missions/Stock market
12:33 - Welcome from the manual
14:11 - History from the manual
16:05 - Tactical Combat
19:35 - Your 'mech's systems/copy protection
20:11 - Not much variety in combat
20:56 - It's a big world/World map
22:50 - The game takes a big turn/Star Port
24:12 - Review from Amiga World
25:26 - Beta build?
27:47 - Cover/Review from Computer Gaming World
33:59 - Non-linear game (despite what CGW thinks)
36:46 - Made for teenagers?
38:40 - It's about the story, not the combat
40:49 - A perfect marriage of CRPG/JRPG
41:46 - Breaking into the mayors house (my favorite scene)
42:58 - Memories from my past, loved it as a kid, still love it now
44:53 - A short game does not necessary make a bad game
46:13 - Entering the Star Cache/Final Area/Top selling games
47:09 - These games deserve more attention today
49:27 - Map of the galaxy puzzle/I recommend this game to everyone
50:41 - One last bit of copy protection from the manual
51:19 - European budget release was impossible to defeat
51:46 - Don't use walkthroughs for this game/Dad?
52:33 - End scene
55:00 - EGA? :O
55:22 - Not a lazy port
56:24 - NSlate
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