TIGSource: GSB: New Gameplay Video

GSB: New Gameplay Video

Derek Yu — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:37:00 +0000

Here’s a new preview trailer of Positech’s upcoming strategy game, Gratuitous Space Battles. Man, this looks so beautiful. But I can’t help but feel like the opening tagline, “Imagine tower-defense with space fleets,” is doing a bit of disservice to the concept…?

(Source: Steve Swink, via his Twitter)

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Sparky

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:55:39 +0000

This looks really appealing. I don’t know why I haven’t heard of this…

Count me in.

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by skaldicpoet9

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:59:52 +0000

Wow, I don’t know how I missed this one but I am sold for sure. Day one purchase (if I have the money :D) when it comes out.

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Ezuku

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:09:43 +0000

After reading through the description on a website, the “tower defence in space” title definitely suitts it.

Your ships are entirely autonomous (maybe some intial directions?) and the focus on the game is on your ship design and wwhere you place your turrets. Sound familiar?

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Eleven

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:18:10 +0000

Ho-lee shiiiit! This is an indie game??

Ahem

Awesome stuff.

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Jotaf

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:16:59 +0000

The TD analogy is to keep the casual gamer from thinking it’s controlled in real-time, which would be pretty daunting. Saying it’s strategy would set up the wrong kind of expectations!

Anyway this is extremely cool! And maybe releasing a GSB 2 with empire building on top of this wouldn’t be a bad idea at all. But the gratuitousness of setting up a battle just because is one of the strong points of the game IMO :D

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Firesword

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:57:16 +0000

I think this game ‘s gameplay is (should be) similar to siltherine’s Legion, where through a campaign you set up your legion (fleet-turrets-upgrade) give them orders (fleet maneuvers) then watch battle..

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Firesword

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:48:12 +0000

Yes i meant Master of Orion 2, i said rts cause in Gratiutios Space Battle the fleet fights in real time and not turn-based as mo2. So basically a mo4 should be turn based during empire building and rts during battles.

Ok? lol

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Ezuku

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:15:04 +0000

Space RTS… what is this MO2 you speak of? I’m assuming you don’t mean MoO2…?

Anyway, anyone know when it’s coming out? Or is this a “when it’s done” kind of deal?

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Alex May

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:50:35 +0000

day 1

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Foppy

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:47:31 +0000

How about “space ship defence”.

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Flamebait

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:39:30 +0000

^ I was thinking along similar lines. avoidobject mentioned the word “strategy”, which made me want this with some kind of strategic wrapper. Not even 4x in space, just a war-focused empire building game.

Hopefully in the sequel?

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Firesword

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:35:48 +0000

The only similar games (in battles) to this one that i can think of are Star Trek Armada and Conquest Frontier Wars, but probably there are some few more..

If they implemented some space empire building this could have been a master of Orion 4, and probably one of the best space rts ever made since mo2 and HomeWorld.

Still a great game, with cutting edge graphic and probably very entertaining.

An mmo with a model like guild wars would have been cool too..

Farewell Terrans.

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Al3xand3r

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:56:20 +0000

Was my comment deleted or something?

I said my interest went DOWNHILL with the tower defense comparison (and no, you can’t move your units around in this game avoidobject, you only set your army beforehand, and it’s play by e-mail for multiplayer, so it’s all about pre-battle tactics).

And I was syaing it looks like a large scale combat based version of shrapnel games Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space, but since it’s nothing like it after all it’s not so appealing to me.

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/DigitalEel/WW/WWpage.html

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Ezuku

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:37:33 +0000

It seems to me that you don’t do much in the way of control after you give your ships their initial orders. In that way, it’s sorta like a tower defence…

And I’m guessing that turret placement on your ship will be a big thing?… dunno

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Paul Eres

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:58:41 +0000

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a game in this style so well thought out.”

battleships forever?

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Dynamite

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:25:59 +0000

This should have an online feature, wait, it might already have one. This game is epic!

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Al3xand3r

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:13:58 +0000

Tower Defense? Interest went from over 9000 to -10. I would have preffered a larger scale, prettier, Return to Infinite Space as it seemed to be at first. Focused on the combat aspect only of course. It even has a similar interface for outfitting weapons and gear to your ships.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pKmpqiz9ak

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/DigitalEel/WW/WWpage.html

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Juhkystar

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:49:51 +0000

Tower Defence? Please. This game needs a genre of it’s own. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a game in this style so well thought out.

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by avoidobject

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:50:04 +0000

Tower Defense is where you place stationary guns that fire at moving targets in order to prevent them from getting to a certain point in the map.

The TD label doesn’t seem accurate for this game at all. You can move your ships around and it doesn’t look like you’re just standing around trying to prevent weaker enemies from getting past your defenses. Hell, both sides are on offense attacking each other.

Calling this a strategy game would have been a better idea. There are plenty of games where you upgrade your weapons systems. That alone doesn’t make it TD.

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Adam Atomic

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:49:39 +0000

alternate taglines:

“AAAaaah! HOLY SHIT”

“Fucking OMG, did you see that shit”

“OH SHIT”

“LASERS!!!1”

“FUckin it’s giant spaceships versus GIANT SPACESHIPS buy it motherfucker”

Definitely agreed that “tower defense with spaceships!” is just casual namby-pamby. This game deserves curse words.

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Ezuku

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:55:44 +0000

Hah, now missing a unique game like this, that I would be sulking about

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by nihilocrat

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:17:44 +0000

I’m more hyped about this game than I am about Fez :o

Might be the first game I’ve bought on release day since I was a kid.

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Paul Eres

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:40:43 +0000

it’s interesting to see what cliffski can do what he makes non-casual games again (his kudos and democracy games went on so long, but his first game was also a space-shootey game).

i don’t think comparing a game to a TD game cheapens it, there are plenty of great TD games (ahem, ahem)! and if that’s what the gameplay is like, the comparison is warranted. but if he wants to avoid the negative connotations in the mind of some people, he could just call it an RTS game (TD games are basically RTS games with immobile rather than mobile troops)

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by Craig Stern

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:59:33 +0000

Looked beautiful last time–still looks beautiful. :) The tower defense in space thing sounds like marketing to casual gamers to me, but hey, maybe he’s just being honest about his game having limited strategic possibilities.

"GSB: New Gameplay Video" by hanzo

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:26:50 +0000

This looks really amazing. It’s one of those games I have always wanted to see made by somebody, and now it’s becoming reality! This is great! It’s Xenon II meets RTS meets TD meets robotwars all on steroids :)