Starbase Gunship

It's OK but a bit basic. Vulcan and Missiles are too unreliable to use, could use some graphical enhancement - new effects when upgrading weapons. Diverting for a few hours.

A simple little game that hearkens back to old 90's games. Control a turret, shoot the enemies, upgrade your stuff. I like it.

Starbase gunship is basically the old Beachhead game in space. :) You can even call it "stationary FPS". As a gunship that must defend the starbase under assault by a drone fleet until the starbase can be evacuated, you alone must hold back the tide when a variety of ships, from scouts to fighters, from torpedoes to cruisers, assault your position, seeking to either shoot or kamikaze into the starbase. Fortunately, you can take the points you gain during the previous attempt as amount of cash to spend to improve your ship to better your chances for your next attempt. You have up to 4 weapons available: laser, mass driver, missile, gatling. Laser has the best range, but is weak (relatively) compared to other weapons. Mass driver has good range and does huge damage, but requires a bit of a lead. missile requires lock-on and may not turn fast enough to intercept when launched close to target. Finally, gatling gun requires a LOT of lead, but it puts enough volume of fire to saturate an area. However, its range is very low. You need to unlock weapons other than laser, as level 1 laser comes with the ship. You can also buy additional armor for the starbase, as well as a repair kit …

Playing for 15 hours? No just no. I have been playing for about 2 hours. The game is an arcade shooter somewhat like a cross between Galaga and Tower defense. Simple, you're assigned to gun turret and need to protect the space station. Wave after wave attack the ship. As you play you accumulate points which can be turned in for upgrades. I think the game is arcade fun like Atari 2800 fun. Graphics are meh for today. Accessible but not much more than that. On sale it is worth 3 Starbucks grande latte's. (my rating system a Grande Latte cost $3.65). So on value it punches a little above it's weight. Will this be a play again and again? No it won't Will this game be a play and forget? Probably. For now it is fun and I will see where it goes from here.

Normally i like these "Tower defense" games, but here, the weapons are so unbalanced, the vulcan and the railgun are essentially the same you have to add lead to the shot, but both weapons cannot be used anymore if the enemy is very close, then only the laser works. This was only 2 bucks, but the weapons should have been more balanced and more accurate, this is just firing in the dark, you don't even have some kind of aiming assist for the railgun and vulcan, nothing, which i would expect in a sci fi gunship, like in i don't know ANY space combat game in existence? Requested a refund. Avoid.