I didn't say "all," I said "some."

And there's really a lot of room between "quieter" and "adrenaline pumping." Sitting for 10 minutes while a battle plays itself out, on 4x speed nonetheless, isn't really just "quieter." Especially when the battle isn't particularly interesting to watch and doesn't give any overly useful feedback to warrant such a lengthy time investment.

I didn't complain that I wanted my money back, I complained that I didn't get the value I spent.

Had I downloaded the demo I'd complain that I didn't get any fun out of the hour or two I put into the game.
Then what'd your snappy response be?

The only thing I really learn from watching battles is that I have no clue how to stop my fighters from immediately zipping across space and getting blown to crap before other ships come in and take out shields.

No, it's because it's fun. Obviously there will be people who dislike games which don't get the adrenaline pumping through their veins at lightspeed, but for those who can appreciate a quieter game it's great.

Next time try the long forgotten technique of playing the demo.

I think a lot of the love for this game here is homerism, as cliffski posts here, is their friend, and they love it for that reason.

Didn't get my $5 worth.

cliffski wrote on Aug 19, 2010, 05:39:
There seems to be this impression that the game did not sell. the game sells very well. Its the best selling game I've ever made, and I live from the royalties.
I think its silly that people assume that if you ask 'why did the people who didn't buy GSB, not buy it?" people assume it did not sell.
It sold fine, but I'd like it to sell better, and I'd like it to be the best game it could be.

World of Warcraft sells well, but would blizzard benefit from knowing the reasoning behind those people who have not bought WoW? Of course they would.

I have never said the game didn't sell well, i am very pleased with it's sales. Some people never get past the headline and automatically go into 'bash-developer' mode, and accuse them of 'whining' just because they ask a question of gamers.

...and I'd like it to be the best game it could be.

hmm I dunno about this whole thing, sure this guy's an indie but this is a turn-based type of game correct?

Obviously I am not expecting to be blown away, but there are far older 16-bit games that look better.

Not a fan

Some things I had problems with. I found that even setting my fighters caution to 99% they'd still die before returning to a repair module. Increasing the number of fighters didn't seem to fix this. I messed around with Frigates a bit but ended up not bothering with them. I also found myself wanting more and unique modules. I also found myself sticking with the hulls with the most modules and hard points regardless of hull bonuses.