Have you seen Gratuitous Space Battles? http://positech.co.uk/gratuitousspacebattles/index.html (http://positech.co.uk/gratuitousspacebattles/index.html) http://store.steampowered.com/app/41800/ (http://store.steampowered.com/app/41800/)
It's an indie game that looks like an RTS but plays more like a deep Tower Defense. Has upgradable ships etc, lots of attention to detail. You have an equip & planning stage where you hand out orders, then you hit the play button and watch the battle unfold.
Fun stuff - I brought it at the end of last year and had a blast with it. Perhaps some of you were lucky enough to get it in one of the humble bundles when it was dirt cheap.
Anyway there is a demo for PC & Mac - if you buy direct from the author it is DRM free and all that. There is a steam version too.
(http://positech.co.uk/gratuitousspacebattles/content-img/full9.jpg)
Looks like a blast - literally! :)
I got this game with the Humble Indie Bundle. Its pretty much a set-the-board and then press go and sit back game, BUT, its a good game to get from what I've played so far. Very very very geeky kind of game. :)
King
Quote from: KingIsaacLinksr on January 09, 2012, 02:21:05 PM
... Very very very geeky kind of game. :)
King
Very true :0) The fact you can zoom in to the ships and see exactly *where* your shields, guns and missiles are and that placement actually makes some kind of difference (rather than just a stat) means you can spend tons of time just on ship design.
The ship building is a bit like a more constrained Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (EDIT: about 1:52 in starts talking about that system can't seem to do the time index trick on the forum) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxxortEBb8c#t=1m52 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxxortEBb8c#t=1m52)
(If you have a 360 and like(d) building Lego vehicles - I bet you could pick this gem up pretty cheap now)