Like Warhammer lore is digestible because it’s very self aware that it’s ridiculous.

Battletech unfortunately is really self serious. The different houses of the Inner Sphere are basically a rough sketch of what a redditor thinks America, Europe, Russia, and China are and Japan.

Then you have the clans who are basically exiled nazis with a handful of quirky social progressive quirks.

This. Is a shame because Battletech and MechWarrior are really cool.

But the understanding of states of any stripe is basically what a redditor thinks if they were also from the 80s.

I think I would appreciate sci fi that werent blisteringly inaccurate and vulgar appropriations of real modern day states. God damn.

  • @Shrike502
    3•1 year ago

    But the understanding of states of any stripe is basically what a redditor thinks if they were also from the 80s.

    I mean, that’s pretty much what it is. It was created by liberal Yankee weebs.

    Then you have the clans who are basically exiled nazis with a handful of quirky social progressive quirks.

    And are lead by Kerensky, and also clan Wolf’s emblem is a bright red wolf’s head with golden stars on it. Yeah.

    • @GloriousDoubleKOP
      3•1 year ago

      Yeah. It’s ridiculous. My complaint I guess is why do all that nonsense when one could have just really made up some fresh lore instead of cobbling together dog shit memes? Oh well.