Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes

The visuals are strangely satisfying being lightly pixelated. Music is spot on. I enjoy the general decision making, and the new cylon units really match what I would expect a cylon ship might look like.

Fun game set in the modern version Battlestar Galactica universe. Great value for the price point.

Well, I wouldn't play 99% of all games on steam, even for free...and I willingly bought this one, so I suppose it makes it top 1% (yeaaah, maybe not)? The music is nice, the audio-visual feedback makes me feel something, but I'm not blown away by either mechanics, nor the economy management. It's a solid 6/10. The events are happening too often to the point it makes it quite tedious to deal with. I like the idea of balancing relationships between factions, but it seems to be not worth to push any faction at a cost of worsening relationships with another faction - from my experience, it's just best to balance each faction to remain neutral, which kinda defeats the purpose. I would like to go all in on one faction to experiment, but the other factions just get too angry and constantly throw negative events at me - nah, I don't bother. I wish I could zoom in on ships in combat (or change camera angle), I would like some more QoL such as the auto-pause having options under which it triggers, advanced commands to control ships (attack move, hold e.t.c., just what you would expect from a modern RTS) or not having to completely reset whole meta-progression to re-assign one point (basically there is only addition, if you want to slightly tweak it, you have to reset completely). I suppose I could give it a 7/10 if the events, QoL and more options to build your army/economy are introduced. I give this game a positive review because I think it deserves it, however, I think it's unacceptable that some of the mentioned QoL/features aren't included as a baseline in a modern game.

Vorabbemerkung: Wer Kampfstern Galactica noch kennt, wird hier einige Nostalgie Momente haben. Um was geht es in dem Spiel: Übernimm eine kleine Flotte überlebender und versuche vor den Zylonen zu fliehen. Dafür springst du von System zu System, bei dem du eine deiner Ressourcen (Schrott, Güter, Atomraketen, Treibstoff) wieder aufstocken kannst, neue Gegenstände/Raumschiffe oder Personen findest. Damit es nicht zu einfach wird hast du in jedem System ein paar Runden zeit bis dich die Zylonen einholen und du weiter springen musst. Als wäre das nicht schon schwer genug gibt es drei Fraktionen in deiner Flotte um deren Zufriedenheit man sich kümmern muss (Arbeiter, Militär, Unterwelt). Zusätzlich gibt es in jedem System kleine Mini-Events/Krisen/Chancen, die dem Spiel eine weitere würze geben. Das Spiel ist ein aufbauendes Spiel - die ersten Runden wird man nicht weit kommen, erhält aber nach jedem Spiel Schicksalspunkte, die man für den nächsten Durchgang in seine Flotte investieren darf. Mit diesen kann man sich z.B. mehr Ressourcen zum Start sichern. Meinung: Ein spannendes Spiel. Etwas sich wiederholend, da man immer wieder von System zu System springt und Krisen löst. Zum Glück sind Systeme und Krisen randomisiert, womit der Wiederspielwert erhalten bleibt. Man sollte jedoch unbedingt die notwendige Frustrationstoleranz mitbringen, wenn man es mal wieder nicht geschafft hat, sondern es als zusätzliche Motivation betrachten! In diesem Sinn: Alles wird wieder geschehen! (für die Insider ;))

ММММ ♥♥♥♥♥

As is evident in my playtime, big fan of the game. It released with quite a few bugs, but they're addressed now. The devs have made a few balance changes (the community provides feedback in the discord), but I grinded out the game to my satisfaction before anything was fixed. I'm a huge fan of the series and they did well to capture its tone within a roguelite. With the format naturally comes a level of formula to the narrative events and crises, but once you've seen an event, you have the option to skip dialogue and go straight to the crisis decision. The devs are still fixing the balance of faction influences and maintenance/healthcare levels and, with enough interest, have shown openness to adding more content for us franchise diehards (say, more narrative paths, fleets, powers, rewards). The core gameplay loop is fulfilling and varied. As with any game, once you've invested the amount of time I have, you'll be able to construct a tier list of weak and strong options. This is part of the fun of discovering and figuring things out. True, dodgers are insanely annoying and unfair -- deal with it. Accept the loss of your ships and damage you could have avoided and roleplay being the fleet in the show. Use the tactical pause to know that you need to optimize for your weapon cooldowns and reroll for the best traits and abilities. As to people complaining about the game being difficult, treasure that! Soon you'll be complaining it's too easy.

An immersive, story-driven, roguelite adventure that is an excellent twist on the FTL formula. I find it amazing how fast you can get attached to characters within just a few minutes on every run. It's a very challenging experience the first time around, but with a little luck and some knowledge, you can wreck those toaster hordes! Well-done!