Space Trade Fleet 1.5

I bought this game as a joke (although originally thought there might be something worthwhile) - graphics are oversized and designed for mainly a enormous 37 inch flat screen, i'll assume that when the game is full screened to 4k HD resolution, the entire game won't look like some kiddy's playtoy getting shoved into a game! - options & game options etc aren't available at the first screen, instead you need to start a game to access the proper menu system (most likely the developer has little or no understanding of game design & layout) beware that due to the second point mentioned, the game will blare out the atrocious soundtrack that can't be turned off until you get into a saved game etc, make sure you do not have your sound system turned on or up high!

Space Trade Fleet 1.5 is an unusual entry on Steam. It's a strange hybrid business tycoon space trader/"tower defense" game. Spend your money planning on buying ship hulls and fitting them out with armour, weapons, generators, engines and so on, then embark on a wave survival/tower defense as your ships blast waves of attacking enemies while you move from planet to planet. Great concept for a game, it's a compelling idea, the problem is in the implementation. Locked resolution, web browser/Flash tier interface, and MS-Paint graphics make this look like something from 1990, not 2019. If the implementation was better, and there was a tutorial, this might even be a "maybe" simply because of the strong concept. Unfortunately, games don't exist in a vacuum. The $5 USD price tag here is more expensive than games like X3, and almost the same price as Elite: Dangerous when that's on sale. And those games let you do space trading as well as having expansive universes, dogfighting, and huge depth and scale. Kudos to the developers for a great concept, it's a shame about the low quality implementation.