Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes Review
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock was a moderately well-received naval strategy game that was unfortunately delisted last year. No official reason was given for the delisting but the general assumption is that the rights expired and either the rights holders or the developers didn’t choose to renew. The lack of communication about exactly what happened plus the recent release of Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes has led many in the BSG community to turn their ire on Scattered Hopes and its developer Alt Shift of Crying Suns fame, saying that Deadlock died for “a cheap, shallow, ugly mobile game.” This is unfair for numerous reasons, least of all calling something a “mobile game” just because they’re not informed enough to know what stylized graphics from an indie developer look like. As such I’m writing this to give a more nuanced take on Scattered Hopes as both a fan of the show and my…
REPLACED Review
REPLACED wasn’t a game that was on my radar to a point that I was surprised to see a number of people online actively talking about it. As near as I can tell this is driven by a general lack of great Bladerunner-esque games and some sort of enmity towards another similar game project that everyone assumes is never coming out. But as you can probably tell I haven’t done much research on the subject. What I do know is this: the game came out a month ago and I got enticed by its $20 price point, detailed pixel animations, and the promise of “brutal combat that emphasizes impact.” Combine this with a break in my schedule for new games (when I started writing this review literally every game I’m waiting for had an unknown release date) and here we are. In alternate universe 1984 (you can tell we’re off…