Originally Posted by KirstenS

Probably not. The Live interface is still bad, so you'll get dropped often. You can't join friends' games after they've started. You have to place a nice little game of Simon button mashing to stop "neuro hacking" right when you're in the middle of a big battle. You can't choose your mech in this game, and after your first death, you really have to struggle to find another mech. The controls are not customizable.

If you can't tell, I'm really disappointed with this game. MA1 is one of my favorites, and I feel like Day 1 really dropped the ball with this one. I'm taking it back tomorrow.