98 Macworld • February 2022MAC GAMING
conventional strategy game. (All you
can do is to set the path that your
squad will follow and then leave them
to blast everything in their sights
while you use a number of ‘abilities’ to
assist your squad and protect them
from enemy attacks.)
For the money, Anomaly 2 is an
affordable and enjoyable tower-
attack game.- Battletech
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There haven’t been many ‘mech’
games released for the Mac, so we
were pleased to see the giant-robot
action of BattleTech arriving on the
Mac alongside the PC version of
the game.
BattleTech isn’t a fast-paced
shooter, like
the PC-only
Titanfall, so
you don’t get
to go stomping
around inside
your giant
‘mech robot
suit, crushing
scenery and
enemies
galore. Instead,
BattleTech
offers a more
tactical, turn-based approach to
combat – a bit like the excellent
X-Com, but with more giant robots.
Set in the year 3025, you start the
game as bodyguard to Lady Arano,
heir to the House Of Arano, which
rules over a region of space known as
the Aurigan Reach. Mankind doesn’t
seem to have progressed much in the
future, so daily life is a constant battle
between rival noble Houses spread
around the galaxy. However, Lady
Arano also has to deal with political
in-fighting at home, so your job is to
protect her against enemies on all
sides. And, as the game progresses,
you rise through the ranks until you
can lead the Arano forces into full-
scale battle with your crack team of
stompy mech-warriors.47.