Posted on: October 22, 2018
georg2357
Games: 87 Reviews: 12
Slow burner
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.
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