The simplicity of the mechanics shifts the focus for beginner players from learning which buttons to press and instead to good positioning, fleet composition, and timing all elements of leadership. The reason why BSG:D is likely the best space combat strategy game on the market is the complexity in decision-making. Objectives themselves are simple and usually affect the tactical level of the game in minor ways.
The campaign also reflects this mechanical simplicity as the only things to pay attention to are fleet positions on the strategic map, resource availability, mission locations, Cylon fleets disrupting your resources, and ship construction. Squadrons have a functional AI, which sets them on auto-behavior if the player does not give explicit orders.Īll these simple mechanics streamline the game and make it very easy to get into the flow of tactical battles. Ships can also individually have their postures set for defense or offense, which increases damage reduction or increases accuracy and range respectively. Individual ships also are not overly complicated to command, as ships generally need to move, fire at the closest enemy, and launch fighters and ordnance if the ship in question has them in the first place. On a basic level, all the player needs to with their ships and squadrons is to point and click where they would like to go and program their targets. Simple in Mechanics, Complex in Decision-making Once a battle finishes, all phases can be watched in a seamless cinematic replay mode to enjoy the spectacle. Turns are split into a planning phase, where players commit their orders such as moving ships and squadrons, focusing fire, and launching ordnance and a simulation phase where committed orders are executed in short real-time segments.
Tactically, the player commands fleets in fully realized 3D maps to complete various objectives, usually involving the destruction of the enemy fleet to an extent. The main mechanics of the game for the strategic layer sees the player build fleets using the resource Tylium, which doubles as fuel, send them on missions and research new fighter squadrons, ordnance, and capital ships to counter the growing Cylon threat. There is also a skirmish mode for single player and multiplayer where players craft fleets with a point limit and battle it out in 1v1 matches or in co-op against the AI. The story centers around the exploits of the embattled Colonial Fleet as the player must appease the Twelve Colonies for resources, fend off Colonial separatists and fight off waves of roaming Cylon fleets. The main mode of the game is the story-driven campaign, which combines a strategic layer illustrating the Cyrannus system and a tactical layer where individual fleets engage in missions to complete objectives. Players will discover new lore and participate in pivotal events of this unexplored conflict. The game’s story takes place during the First Cylon War where the human Colonials face an ever growing rebellion from their mechanical servants, the Cylons. Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock (BSG:D) is a turn-based strategy game set in the reimagined universe of the 2003 Battlestar Galactica.
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