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Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

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.

9 gamers found this review helpful
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

UI, AI & clunkiness kill the fun.

I played through this game when I was 14. I loved it back then. I tried to play it again in 2018. I managed 14 hours before I just gave up 80 or 90 % through the game. There are games that would really benefit from a remake and this is definitely one of them. The story itself is good. Personally I find the underlying theme and its exploration excellent. The main characters are interesting and believable, considering the "fantasy" setting of vampires. The game controls are incredibly clunky. You click to attack. However, if something is in the way or you have small enemies, misclicking occurs often. And that leads to death regularly (full party wipe that is). The companion AI is pretty horrible, not least of which are pathing issues. In a game that is not super easy, it is incredibly annoying to rush into a room with 4 enemies and get hacked to pieces while your 3 companions squabble at the door about who goes in next. Mission design is simplistic. Each room contains a set number of enemies, mostly 3-4. Once you enter the room, the fight is on. So you attack the nearest enemy and your companions stand behind you and pathing issues mean that you are fighting at the head of a conga line of imbeciles who can get around you. If you give them ranged weapons, they'll pump the expensive ammo into walls and corners mostly. Each floor has a number of rooms and most dungeons (yes, this is mainly a dungeon crawler) have 4 levels, conveniently number Dungeon 1, Dungeon 2, etc.. This mission layout doesn't change. Each dungeon contains variations of 2 or 3 monster types. A dungeon takes about 1+ hours to clear. The mission design would be bearable but the brain-dead companions, pathing issues and incredibly clunky interface suck the fun out of something as simple as dungeon crawling. And it is a shame, because the game offers a story that, IMHO, is really worth telling. But it is not worth the incredibly frustrating grind. Better watch it on youtube.

12 gamers found this review helpful