Gratuitous Space Battles

K. Fields
2021-11-24T12:40:50-05:00
Video Games

I haven't been playing a lot of video games recently. What little time I've spent has been on Gratuitous Space Battles. The title is pretty descriptive. There isn't a story; it's all about the battles. You design ships, buy ships, and form fleets of ships. Then you send them into battle and watch the combat unfold. Ships are divided into three classes: cruisers, frigates, and fighters. There is a vast amount of possible configurations given the large number of available components (engines, armor, weapons, shields, etc.). I designed several ships and played through all of the battle scenarios. There was also a campaign but I gave up on it due to frequent crashes. All in all, it was a fun little diversion but I'm ready to move on to another game.