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EXCELLENT FOR BATTLESTAR FANS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

ITS A MUST FOR ALL BATTLESTAR GALACTICA FANS, IT RUNS ON XBOX 360 SMOOTHLY, ITS A MUST IF YOU LOVE THE OLD AND NEW SERIES, THE GAME ITS A LITTLE BIT HARD BUT AFTER A FEW HOURS YOULL GET THROUGH THE MISSIONS.

I DO RECOMMEND IT, FROM AMAZON??? BETTER!!!!

I like the game it reminds me of the old tv. show in some ways

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I would tell people if they liked the old and new show.Buy this game its fun and hard not easy but you will like.

Heyyy!! Where's the sequel ?? Is there a sequel out there??

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game was loads of fun. Some people said that it's too hard, but, I didn't find it hard at all. Actually it was kind of easy. I think car racing games are much more difficult (too much traffic to deal with on the ground), but flying games are easy (not much traffic to deal with in the air). However, in both driving and flying types games you have to do things at an incredibly high rate of speed. So, my advice is that when you play this game, just get used to thinking and doing things very quickly.

Oh yeah, one more thing, don't forget to make sure that you fly that stupid Viper like you just stole it and the cops are after you.

battlestar galactica

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

will not work on xbox 360 even though we down loaded the fix for it and xbox 360 says it should work

Great game for outer space shoot'em up junkies and fans of the series alike.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is flat out awesome, and it get's even better once you master all the controls. There are a ton to get used to, but they are set so that once you get the hang of them you can pull off all the cool little jukes and rolls effortlessly. I love the instant u-turn manuver, it's great for evading and retaliating. 1 problem I do have however are the stupid battlestar missions where you get stuck manning the turrets of BSG. You have no control over the ship at all, just the cannons (which you can switch back and forth from) but there is one in particular where you have no viper support at all and it seems like it's up to you and only you to take out an entire psylon fleet along with a space station they have which completely dwarfs the battlestar galactica. I died so many times here it was driving me insane. When I finally did make it through though, instead of letting me just go until the blasted thing was destroyed in made 2 passes and then I got a message about how we failed and have no choice but to retreat. It was extremely aggravating to say the least. I still haven't managed to beat the thing, but I do enjoy popping the game in to blast though some of the other levels again.
I'd give the game a 5 star rating, but the difficulty curve is just too dramatic, and the pacing isn't all that great either. One level will be a breeze to plow through, and the next will have you needing to retry over and over because it'll be just too demanding, then it's back to walking through the park. Still despite it's few flaws it is a pretty solid game, and the graphics and controls are awesome.

terrible game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game's levels are impossible to beat without replaying them 10- 30 times each, sometimes 50 times. If you enjoy repeating and repeating the same actions until you are destroyed at the same spot on a level, this game is for you.

It's A Go...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was intrigued by the degree of the reviews of this game and being a Galactica fan myself when it first aired, curiosity got the best of me. I give it a big thumbs up.

It is true, the skies are literally crawling with Cylons, your fellow pilots are begging for help, your wingmen need managing, your missile system needs tailoring for the current task, all while being shot at and tracked by enemy missiles with the goal of the mission just a hair's breath away from being a missed opportunity. To top that, you have only one chance at it without having to start the level over. So, it is not for the faint of heart and not the kind of game that would cater to a broader audience. My only experience prior to a similar game where you fly missions to earn metals is the Star Wars Rogue Squadron series and I usually find a way to win by taking unfair advantage of the A.I. Not so easily done in BSG. There are some rare opportunities that make themselves evident, but getting out alive and advancing in the game really rests on how you use the Viper to your advantage. It takes plenty of practice and timing to master evasive maneuvers found in the flight manual, but will make a big difference in not getting hit. Your ship also sports a way to recharge weapons and repair damage and finding time to take advantage of this is also crucial.

As you progress and unlock new material, you will find the game to be a little multimedia center for things Galactica. You can run ingame movies, play DVD ads of the old and new series, see voiceover outtakes with Dirk Benedict, look at Ralph McQuarrie concept paintings, and view ingame models of the ships that you can rotate and examine. The graphics and sound (with an exception to a few voiceovers) truly runs parallel with the series, both old and new. I do agree with other reviews that this game could use a tutorial or training mission. Winning missions is based on how well you survive and with that in mind, it wouldn't hurt to get a hands-on test of the various ships before being thrown literally into a maelstrom without some notion on how to use that ship's abilities. My only other beef would be with replay. It's a short fifteen missions with very distinct goals. It would be great to have a few more missions thrown in or an open ended endurance level where you do nothing, but practice buzzing around the Galactica or baseship and shoot down Cylons until you are picked off. That alone keeps the game from being perfect. However, despite that detail, it's worth it if you like heavy doses of action and nerve wracking sudden death, do or die gameplay.

Brilliant, except for the much-mentioned lack of savegame ability

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Visually beautiful, awesome physics (about halfway between real world and the TV series, usually in your favor), perfect soundtrack and voice acting. Story and technology is a seamless blend of old and new series ideas, and the viper is the most fun-to-fly vehicle in any game I've played.

It's worth persisting. Learn to use the 'smart' missiles; eventually you'll be turboing toward the next target long before they hit, confident that they'll find their mark.

The lack of a save option is absolutely insane, especially when you're in one of those @#$% "protect rather suicidal AI teammate" modes, but it's the only thing wrong with the game, hence the 3 ovarall and 5 for fun.

Who designed this lame game???

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: January 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is ridiculously difficult....I couldn't do anything but roam around space and look at the pretty stars. I guess the designers pushed this thing on the market REALLY quick, in time for the SCI-FI Galactica series, so they could rake in lots of dough...Plus, I hate being able to just play the game from the cockpit view...Thank God I got this as a gift....[...] ARGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

X-wing 2000

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 17 / 19
Date: February 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

After reading several of the reviews, I decided to wait until the price dropped below $30. Within a few hours, I had completed the first 3 missions, and had not experienced the emotional frustration everyone else is talking about.
First of all, the game is very, very similar to the old X-wing game. With X-wing, there was about 30 keyboard-based commands which had to be learned throughout the game in order to be successful. With Battlestar, as long as you read the directions, you can get it down to about 10 necessary buttons....no where nearly as complicated as X-wing, and you don't have to take your eyes off the screen to hit W, S, +, or -.
One advantage to the game is that it actually requires some sort of skill. The new Star Wars games seem to incorporate the theory that the person who can hit the fire button the most times wins. With Battlestar, there is an energy level that does not allow you to just hold down turbo and fire the entire time. Also, your movements and time delay have a direct impact on finishing the mission.
As stated in every review, there is no "autosave" button to store progress in the middle of the mission. But then again, there are many games that are like this (Mechassault, Nightfire (007), XIII, Clone Wars, just to name a few). If you liked X-wing, and you like the concept of Battlestar, this is a great game.

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