Gratuitous Space Battles (PC) (2009)

Overview: Use funds to purchase and arrange your space fleet against the enemy space fleet in a variety of scenarios. Challenge yourself to use as few funds as possible.

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20240105 Snapshot:
I acquired a copy of this game as part of the Humble Indie Bundle 4 and paying at least the average price - this was way back when Humble Bundle bundles were a great deal. In any case, I recall having fun with the game, and was thinking of setting it aside but I think I'll tinker around with it a little.

Steam Game Time: 28.4 hours (cumulative game time)
Last Played: 20140519

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20240105:
I played the game today for the first time in a long time. I loaded up my old save file but I was just seeing if I could play the Tutorial Scenario. It was difficult and required iteration. Actually, the session was short and I didn't beat it.

Setup: The game froze at the launch screen. I tried various fixes: verify the integrity, restart Steam, delete the game's settings folder. In the end, the game worked after restarting my computer.

Steam Game Time: 28.5 hours (cumulative game time)
Game Time: 0.5 hours (session game time); I had played for about 27 minutes but Steam didn't seem to register it.

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20240105:
Today I played just a little bit more to beat that first Tutorial Scenario. I decided, however, that I don't want to invest my time into the game, because I can see that it just has so much depth, which is a great feature for players looking for a game with depth.

Steam game Time: 28.8 hours (cumulative game time) / 19 minutes (session game time)

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Thoughts:
Pros:
+ Depth: build custom ships with different modules, hulls, etc. Use different races
+ Range of difficulty: use the full alloted funds and pilots to more easily defeat a level, use less for more of a challenge and gain bragging rights
+ Fun to watch: after setting the placement of the ships, sit back and watch the battle with a variety of details

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Summary:
None at this time

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Gratuitous Space Battles (PC) (2009)

Relevant Links:
Gratuitous Space Battles (Wikipedia.org)
Gratuitous Space Battles (PC) (MetaCritic.com)
Gratuitous Space Battles (steamdb.info)
Gratuitous Space Battles (Steam Store Page)