Did we mention that these things were big?

The BattleTech science fiction world has spawned 38 novels thus far. Never heard of it? Tsh. It's a world populated by huge BattleMech robots with human pilots that love nothing better than fighting other BattleMechs. Wanna go?
Andy Smith

BattleMechs? They sound a bit dangerous.
You certainly wouldn't want to get trodden on by one. They're as big as houses and weigh enough tons to sink a battleship. Or something. They can't half shift too when they've got a mind to, so running away's not usually an option.

Sounds like my number's up already.
Don't despair. You'll be given one of your very own BattleMechs to play around with. These monsters are piloted by real human people see, just like in Power Rangers.

Power Rangers? So I'm fighting some evil witch from another dimension?
Not quite. You're fighting against a bunch of evil types though, through 20 increasingly tough missions across four scenarios. And if you're playing multiplayer, well, imagine Quake in big robots.

Everyone running about like headless chickens loosing rockets off at each other?
That kind of thing, but not quite as manic as you might think. Your 'Mech's firing system (and you can have up to 33 weapons) is governed by a cooling system that does tend to overheat if you're too trigger happy. And if you overheat badly you shut down for a couple of minutes to cool off and become the world's biggest sitting duck.