StarSmashers

This can be a fun and tense game, but the tutorial section and half of the 1st zone REALLY let it down. You can find 40 minutes of gameplay with commentary here: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOGItoYBL_E] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOGItoYBL_E [/url] StarSmashers is a turn based space combat game. Where you progress through each zone fighting a range of AI starships. So far it has always been 1v1 with the player or AI taking tuns targeting different components of the ship. As I mentioned, when I first played the tutorial I regretted paying for the game, battle with the initial weak ships are uneventful and it is not until half way through the 2nd zone (1st being tutorial) that the game gets interesting. Where the game shines is the pressure of repairing your ship, targeting components of the enemy ship and taking defensive measures during a very limited turn countdown. Close battles can be very fun, but steamrolling the AI at times has the opposite effect. There is no p...

This game is horrible. It seems at first like it's kind of okay. But it turns very quickly into a fight for clicking the weapon you want to use then trying to beat the timer to select a target for it. I am near the last ship on the second map and CAN NOT beat it. I get to fire once, mabey twice, but then the enemy reapirs it's hull (IF you manage to do ANY damge to it at all) VERY rapidly while attacking you anywhere from 3 to 5 times. This says it is a turn based game. While it is, it's also a click as fast you can, but don't missclick! I don't care if it's cheap. DON'T BUY THIS CRAP! The shop is a joke, to buy another weapon I need 25,000 credits. I have 2,400 but you can't replay missions to earn any money to upgrade. Once you have bought something, that's it...no return. No way to grind to get enough to advance. Looking at the disccusions shows me the devs have never responded to anything and this game was nothing more than a quick cash grab and run.

Yeah no... [list] [*]Camera is insufferable with its jump cuts all around. [*]Text is practically unreadable, since it's tightly packed and the font is really hard to read fast especially since the text never stays on the screen longer than a second or so. [*]Controls feels like this title should be played on a tablet. [*]Audio settings are not saved when restarting [*]Splash screens when starting game are not fps capped and makes my GPU go crazy. 1000fps is not ok!!!!! [/list] While I did not play the game for long, I can instantly say this game is definitely not for me. I do have to say that the game runs well and seems to be ok in other ways. I just can't shrug the feeling of a mobile game ported to PC. Overall the game feels lackluster. These are not necessarily things that would make the game bad. So even though I do not enjoy the title, I still do recommend this game, since it's a working and well running title especially for its price point. Maybe wait f...

The gameplay is fun enough, but the UI is total mess...most broken thing in the game. Not only does it change your setup whenever you die but you have no indication of what you have installed in the first place...AI is subpar and unless I am missing something cheats like crazy on the later levels. Cannot recommend

Fun concept, but it wasn't what I expected when it said turn based. So much comes down to if you can simply click fast enough. There were a few roadblocks I've hit. I overcame them by having to restart and be smarter with what upgrades I purchased. That gets tiring after the 2nd or 3rd time doing it. If it wasn't so twitch based, it would get multiple thumbs up from me. As it stands now, it's worth the price on sale. I wouldn't pay much more for it though.

Just not fun, and for a lot of reasons. For starters, it is a space game, you control a single ship, and you home system is attacked, you seem to be on a mission of vengeance, though everyone seems to be attacking you so maybe you are just defending yourself, hard to tell. The game play however has no real feel to it, no sense that you are 'in space'. You and your single foe take turns shooting at each other, targeting one of five systems. Damage is split over the shields, the targeted system, and the hull. Once you get the hull to zero, you win. I defeated the first three pretty easy, mostly targeting the weapons, though even when they are 'down' they seem to be able to shoot back. Go figger.... There is no maneuvering, just a yawn of a slugfest. Between missions you can spend money on upgrades, and occasionally you level and get to spend skill points. They don't really seem to mean much though, and things are hard to understand. There is certainly no sense that I can see my ship an...

I gave this game all the chances I could, and I don't even remember why I bought it, but it's way overpriced for quality. I wouldn't mind if it were linear, I wasn't even entirely against the timing aspect of the abilities and weapons. I can see how to win and not have much trouble. But it doesn't save choices except at the end of fights, and never saves settings. This means I have to fix the volume EVERY TIME I open it, and if I change my weapon loadout, I need to change it EVERY TIME I go into a battle if I don't win with that loadout. I'm all for supporting the little guy, but they need to pay attention to details.

Too hard and frustrating as is. But I do like the "rock, paper, scissors" space fights. Kinda like "Infinite Space" for the Nintendo DS. Now that game was beatable. LOL

Really looks, feels and plays like a mobile game. Everything you think this game is from the screen shots and description... is wrong. "High octane space combat – epic battles that demand tactical decision making and quick reflexes…" Sure, if you think choosing to attak or repair against a timer, while waiting for other timers (your weapons, etc) is "High octane..." "Ship upgrades and augments – loot new technologies and upgrade the Space Beagle. Pick the right weapons for maximum damage, and the right shields to keep the enemy at bay…" Can;t speak to "loot" as I didn't encounter any, but upgrades, sure you can make your existing weapons and stats 'slightly' higher when you have enough cash and experience... "Epic encounters – huge variety of alien races and ships, all inspired by classic 1970s Chris Fosse artwork…" Epic...EPIC, Hahahahaahahaha... Each turn you move one space along a linear track to the next encounter. There you will fight, one enemy. Then you may upgra...