Is This The Battlestar Galactica Video Game Fans Have Been Waiting For?

9 responses to “Is This The Battlestar Galactica Video Game Fans Have Been Waiting For?”

1. 

   Peter Richards

   January 25, 2011 at 10:40 am

   The ship combat looks promising, but the lighting is horrible on the characters.

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2. 

   Korwin

   January 25, 2011 at 11:38 am

   Battlestar fans were not waiting for a Battlestar video game as Battlestar fan’s know that any game put out would in all likely hood suck.

   Why hope for something that will never meet expectations.

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3. 

   Brenny

   January 25, 2011 at 1:51 pm

   I’ve been playing for 2 weeks in beta and it’s very buggy understandably. Its fun for a bit but becomes such a grind searching for resources. I’d say the fighting other players is quite fun and you can buy all sorts of weapons and computers plus upgrade each many times. This gives you a sense of strategy. I just hated the gathering of resources as you have to scan about 30 different asteroids to find anything of value. Do that 1000 times and it gets boring fast.

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4. 

   Barry

   January 25, 2011 at 2:03 pm

   This article isn’t quite true as I’ve been playing the beta a little bit and I’m in Brisbane. The lag isn’t as bad as I thought it would be and the creators have tried their best to make a good Battlestar game but it falls very short for me. At the moment it’s limited but this could be because it’s beta still.

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5. 

   Steven Janjic

   January 25, 2011 at 9:15 pm

   The way the trailer cuts from the human running to the cylon running makes it look like they did not even try to give the races unique movement.

   Its sad to see THAT is the only animation for character movement (I know 90% of the time you should be in the cockpit, but still…)

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6. 

   Steve0410

   January 25, 2011 at 11:06 pm

   Battlestar Galactica has ample material to make a game adaption. If you’re hoping for a great one, wait a few years, because this is not it.

   It’s made by a tiny studio on a shoestring budget as a free-to-play browser game. It’ll be buggy, unplayable, with low server population etc.

   My ideal BSG game is a sort of Rogue Squadron-style action game made by Factor 5 with this current generation’s power. One can dream though.

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7. 

   TokyoDude

   January 26, 2011 at 3:37 am

   I’ve also been playing in the beta, and yes, it’s very grindy. Of course they are hoping that the microtransaction model will work (you can either endlessly grind for fuel or pay for the resources with real cash).

   And just as you accumulate a little stash, there’s a patch, and everyone’s reset back to the start.

   The battles are fun, though.

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8. 

   Reoh

   January 26, 2011 at 1:02 pm

   Ship combat looked good, but the human animations, lighting, and possibly models need work. Fortunately the robotic movement kinda works for the cylons. 😛

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9. 

   Mefusta

   January 26, 2011 at 8:02 pm

   Wait a minute. If you’re playing as a human, that’s all well and good. You’re versatile, you can fly, run around, whatever. That’s fine.

   But how the flying hell can you be a centurion and fly a Raider? Cylon ships don’t have pilots, Cylon ships ARE Cylons!

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