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BSG (Bad Sadistic Game)

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 21
Date: September 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm a die-hard gamer. But this game is very, very frustrating. What's the matter with the game designers? Don't they realize gamers have a life also. You can't expect to play for an hour (or two), then get shot down and have to play the mission from the beginning again. This game really wastes precious time that could be spent fixing dinner, playing with your kids, eating, etc. I'm up to the mission where you have to fly in formation with the Cylons. I get all the way up to the structure you need to shoot or enter, and when you break formation, you get shot down, and that could take you about 10-15 minutes to get to that point only to have to start over again. The game is so crazed that you don't even get a chance to check out the scenery. These game designers must have been sadists. This game is great after a hard day at work and you still feel the need to get more STRESSED. A few people gave me advice that you should play on expert mode & that should make the game more enjoyable. Expert mode - oh yeah. If I'm having problems in normal mode I can just imagine how crazy the game would be in expert mode. Try harder next time Warthog. Before I purchase another game, I'm going to check out what reviewers have said about a game. One good thing I have to say about this game is it only cost a fraction of what it was originally because I bought it a year after it came out, so I don't feel like I wasted my money (or as the younger generation says - ripped off).

DONT BUY

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: November 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I am a big fan of Battlestar Galactica however this game is absolutely terrible it is so rediculasly hard that it is a complete waste of money. If you happen to rent this game you have spent to much. I am actually mad at what a disappointment this game is.

Do not buy this game.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: December 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I don't care how good the graphics are, or how great the sound is, the game is just unplayable. You don't have the ability to save the game when you need it. I'm stuck on the first level, with a stupid mission to protect the other viper pilots. I only have about 30 seconds to save them, before they die. And then I have to start the entire first level again. This happens about a half hour into the game. Play 20-30 minutes, then have 30 seconds to figure out what is going on... Yeah, good idea.

I've warned you... don't waste your money. I sure wish that I hadn't.

Very Difficult To Control

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: August 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was not pleased with this game. Although I am a major fan of the both the original and remade Battlestar Galactica this game was very difficult to control and track the cylons right from mission 1. Unless you are already an ace at working the controllers and have every button's location memorized like your hand, you'll spend most of your time trying to even find a cylon (even though they are all over you and the Galactica). Part two of mission 1 is almost impossible to beat and you have to start the game over from the very start every time. Stick with just the TV shows.

DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have been a big BSG fan since the 70's and I love the new series, but this game totally blows! It is too hard to play. I got through the first mission pretty easy, but as the missions progress they get harder and harder. After playing the level where you have to fly in the Cylon formation for what seems like forever and then getting killed over and over and over and over again, I finally gave up and sold this horrible game! I will never buy another game from this company until I read the reviews and then I will try to buy it as cheap as possible.

Frustrating and anger-inducing waste of time...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: September 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

As a gamer since age 9 (when I first saw Asteroids in an arcade) I have played and beaten hundreds of games. Battlestar Galactica is so frustrating that I put it away after 9 attempts to get through level 1! Yes, LEVEL 1! I just stopped caring. Any game that forces you play through the SAME 15 minutes of gameplay every time you die towards the end of a level is a waste of my time. No save points. No mid-mission saves. I could be out making money, or going on a date or playing something that's actually fun and rewarding. What makes me so mad about Galactica is the fact that the graphics/sounds are really well done...that and the fact that I have waited 29 years to fly a Viper in a video game and when I finally do, I want to forget the name Battlestar Galactica altogether. Strictly for the sadists out there. I just finished the game BLACK and found it to be a walk in the park compared to this game....Look for my copy used online.

Not exactly?!?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Potentially fun flight game, controls not as easy as could be,vague at times with objectives and direction.

Aggrivating first mission, but the rest is a joy.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: January 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I think we all now agree the first mission is rediculously difficult... so Im not going to repeat what others said. I will however offer another hint: If you target the "cylon leaders" and kill the leaders only.... the rest of the cylons will bugger off. So.... learn how to use missles and learn how to target.... and it will be a breeze.

Now... for the rest. This game has some beautiful cut scenes and great acting for a video game. The in flight graphics are fantastic as well... from the vast beauty in space, to the debree, to the planets, right down to the fighters and explosions they cause when you destroy them. If you are a fan of the wing commander series and the freelancer game (on PC).... these graphics match that quality beautifully.

Flight controls are simple, although they may seem a bit intimidating at first (almost every button has a secondary function as well). After about 1.5 hours.... I had the nack of it (thats how long it took me to beat the first mission).

All in all.... after the first mission.... the game is simply awesome. I almost gave up on the game when I couldnt beat the first mission. Im defintily glad I didnt.

PROS: Graphics, Flight control, Cut-Scenes, Bonus Material, Story line and "did I mention" Graphics.

CONS: First mission is much too difficult and frustrating and save areas are few and far between causing alot of repeat play (but the game is only 15 missions long... they had to make it last somehow). If it wasnt for these two CONS, the game would be a "5".

All in all... expect to be aggrivated by the first mission. But dont give up... you will be glad you didnt.

You Must Be Kidding!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: December 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The Graphics of this game are awsome, sound also, but playability is just rediculous, even getting the hang of the game you are frustrated, they could have done it more realistic, it's a sad state when the troop carriers have more armor than a Basestar. Over all if your a fan of the show you will like it, however replay value is another story when or if you get through the frustration of getting through the 15 levels you will be happy to get rid of the game.

great graphics but not for 1st-time PS2 gamers

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: September 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

For those of you like me, who were raised on PONG and Atari 2600, this is probably not the best game to start your PS2 experience. Egads. I got so frustrated with it, I tore it out of the unit and threw it across the room. When I get around to prying it out of the drywall, I might try it again. First of all, what the Frac is the objective ? It is not clear what you need to do to get past the first level. The controls are impossible--there's too much on the HUD, the controls are too sensitive and the targets, for the most part, might as well be a parsec away because you hardly ever actually see them. Now, if you are familiar to experienced with ACE Combat or other 'flight simiulator' type games, then, this is probably more your element. Me, I'm a racing gamer; if it has a car in it, I've probably played it. Personally, I'm not impressed with this game and am glad I got it used for practically nothing. Although the graphics are indeed awesome, I'll stick to four tires and a road and will probably unload this game on some other, unsuspecting schmuck at my next garage sale.

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