Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

If you likes the TV show this game will mean more to you. It can be a bit of a grind some times. I think its best enjoyed in short session. Overall a good game.

Only thing I really dislike is how authors recycle character names from the show set 4O years in the future. Other than that it is fun, interesting, good looking game with great sound desing.

Just started a couple days ago. Still Learning...However, eventhough I was U.S. Army (11B) I know about Point Defence on navel ships. I would be nice to have additional fighters per carrier as well as additional turrents on each ship for point defence. The PD rurrents do not have to hit 100% of enemy fighters and incoming missles...20 to 30% would help. Well, just saying.

Contra: Boring battles less tatical than for example Homeworld / Gothic Armada Worse control scheme than Homworld. To give a move order you have to click the ship, then select map top-down map loctation, then height and then left and right heading of the ship. Especially the left-right alignment of the ship often needs correted. When you move multiple ships at once this works only well with units having the same speed. Ohterwise the will soonner or later collide. However when a collision is threatening the game will display a warning and a confirmation dialogue Pro:If you can live with annoying controls and some grind: its not a terrible game just slightly below average.

I own this game on Steam and I "eventually" enjoyed it. Background: Mankind is at war with its own creation, the AI known as Cylons. Mankind consists of 12 planetary colonies, similar to the US colonies. You are put in command of Colonial Fleet, which is the equivalent of the Continental US Army of the War of Independence. You are basically George Washington "IN SPAAAAAACE". (God, it felt good to write this!) Anyway, support for your fleet, in the form of resources, has to be earned by protecting the colonies with your multiple fleets that you will eventually have. Gamplay: on the strategic level you organize and move your fleets, build new ships, pointlessly upgrade your captains etc. and on the tactical level you fight the battles in a pretty neat and easy to use simulation. While the simulation system itself offers a lot of options and tactics that makes for fun and interesting gameplay, there are limiting factors: 1) The campaign takes FAR too long. For about 2/3 of the campaign I was stuck with low- and mid-tier ships because you need more fleets rather than few powerful fleets in order to earn more resources. 2) Low- and mid-tier ships mainly use broadside weaponry, which means that you'll stack 3-4 frigattes above one another to maximise firepower. That is what you do for 2/3 of the campaign, meaning dozens of battles, each taking about 10-15 mins. 3) Weapon and ship designs are tied to story missions, 1 per mission, meaning the very best ships only see combat in the last 1 or 2 story missions. However, once you have the cool stuff: best Battlestars, Bombers, Nukes, supply ships, the game becomes incredibly good. My advice: Power through as many story missions as your fleet can handle as early as possible. So, early campaign 2/5, late campaign (incl. generous auto-resolve) 4/5. And for heaven's sake, check where the guns are on each ship. The top of a Battlestar is the Grim Reaper personified! If you like naval combat or the theme, go for it.