Galactic Battles
- January 31, 2018
- Dmitriy Uvarov
Get on SteamGalactic Battles is a complex 2D top-down space shooter in which you have to fight with alien invaders.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game is relatively cheap, making it accessible for players on a budget.
- Some players found the music to be catchy and enjoyable.
- The gameplay can be easy to get used to after overcoming initial challenges.
- Achievements do not work, leading to frustration among players.
- Controls are clunky and unresponsive, making gameplay tiresome and irritating.
- The game is criticized for being a low-effort asset flip with poor graphics and design.
- gameplay10 mentions
- 10 % positive mentions
- 60 % neutral mentions
- 30 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by clunky controls and a challenging start, but it quickly becomes easy due to a lack of enemy difficulty scaling and an abundance of power-ups. Reviewers criticize the game for its basic design and lack of originality, labeling it as tiresome and irritating, ultimately deeming it as low-quality shovelware.
“Gameplay starts hard, and avoiding certain attacks may be tricky given the clunky controls, but there are plenty of power-ups, and the enemy difficulty does not seem to scale up as you progress, so as you power up, the game becomes incredibly easy.”
“This is an extremely basic 2D retro pixel shoot 'em up, with clunky gameplay, zero imaginative game design, asset flipped spaceships... it's just shovelware garbage.”
“Gameplay starts hard, and avoiding certain attacks may be tricky given the clunky controls, but there are plenty of power-ups and the enemy difficulty does not seem to scale up as you progress, so as you power up, the game becomes incredibly easy.”
“Mechanics = borderline irritating.”
- graphics8 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are described as decent but generic, utilizing outdated retro pixel art instead of modern visuals. Players have no options to adjust resolution or customize graphics settings, leaving them unable to enhance the low-quality visuals.
“The graphics are decent, albeit generic, which fits the vertical space shooter genre well.”
“The game features retro pixel art that gives it a nostalgic feel, though it may not appeal to everyone.”
“The visuals are straightforward and serve their purpose, but they lack customization options.”
“A choice was made to use obsolete, decades-old retro pixel 'art' as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
“There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customize the graphics settings.”
“There's no way for gamers to try to improve the low-quality graphics.”
- monetization8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy of certain developers has been criticized as exploitative, with accusations of creating low-effort, asset-flipped games that serve primarily as cash grabs. These games often utilize pre-made templates and assets, leading to a perception of unethical practices and a lack of originality, with some developers allegedly engaging in coordinated efforts to promote their products through fake reviews. Overall, the monetization approach is viewed as detrimental to the gaming community, contributing to a landscape filled with shovelware.
“Trying to get paid for someone else's game templates and assets... at best, this is shovelware; at worst, it's a scam/cash grab.”
“Dmitriy Uvarov, Droid Riot, and Indielip have shown a repeat pattern of unethically dumping other people's work onto Steam as a cheap, nasty cash grab, through this account or through closely linked/alternate accounts.”
“They're all written in either Russian or broken English, appear at almost exactly the same time, very shortly after the game launched on Steam, all have a direct Steam purchase of the game, and the accounts are used consistently to write fake reviews for asset flips and other cash grabs/scams.”
- music6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 17 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's music is described as catchy but generic, contributing to a decent soundtrack overall. However, a significant drawback is the lack of proper audio controls, forcing players to use external methods to mute the background music.
“The music is lowkey catchy.”
“The soundtrack adds a decent vibe to the gameplay.”
“Bewilderingly, the game doesn't include proper audio controls, so you can't turn off the annoying background music; you'll need to alt+tab out and stop the music using the Windows sound mixer.”
“Vertical space shooter with zero story, decent albeit generic graphics and soundtrack.”
“At least the game is somewhat working and the music is lowkey catchy.”
- story4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game features no story, which has contributed to a lack of player interest, alongside its decent but generic graphics and soundtrack. Overall, the absence of a narrative has left it feeling uninspired and unengaging.
“Vertical space shooter with zero story, decent albeit generic graphics and soundtrack.”
“Hardly a success story; gamers just weren't all that interested in the game.”
