The Fleet Reviews

The best couple of dollars I've spent on a game. Short enough to play through a coffee or two, diverse enough you'll want to play it more times. Excellent writing and great choices that genuinely lead to unique endings.

Battlestar Galactica? Well, this game is almost like Battlestar Galactica, except in a written format. The aliens take over the Earth (it's like in the first few pages, including the demo, so this isn't a spoiler), just like in Battlestar Galactica. I won't ruin it for you but it was still worth the read. This is not an easy game, because I didn't get the ending I wanted the first two times, and in the end I finally won. If you're wondering what the difference between The Fleet and Choice of the Star Captain is, The Fleet has you managing a squadron of large capital ships, battleships, etc. You have to manage how the military and the civilians feel about you, as well as maintain your defenses and resources so you can fight upcoming battles, as well as maintain an Alliance, or not. These are all many things to juggle, putting you right in the mindset of a Commander. On the other hand, in Choice of the Star Captain you only pilot your own ship. I liked both games, so give them a try if you like science fiction.

An early choose-your-own adventure game from "Choice of Games", this is a decent read, that laid the foundation for later games... not least in adding features missing in this tale. (Others of their games allow for the choice of gender, orientation, and is a bit clearer on what you are doing. Also achievements.) Worth a try, though I would suggest getting it on discount.

The story reminded me BattleStar Galactica at first, but as the story went on it turned into strange episodes with no logic in them, decisions that feel like they are not effecting the plot pretty much at all, the story line is always the same no matter what choices you do, except effecting your role at this stage or other stage (pro-allience or anti-allience). There was a stage where i had to drift with my dieing fleet through unknown secotrs and it was very confusing, when i got under attack i couldnt understand what it was, and i just almost randomly clicked just to try and understand what the hell is going on, and then it suddnley ended and the end of it had nothing to do with what i did or didnt do. I love the other books but this one is written in a very poor way, also it is EXTREMLEY short (2 hours with coffee brakes?)

I played through the game once trying to model a Starfleet officer type character. The game generally allowed for that. As others have noted, it's a relatively short game which is both good and bad. It make subsequent playthroughs to try different strategies less onerous but, at the same time, makes it difficult to develop a lot of depth in either the story or the characters within that story. Overall, for the price, it isn't bad. Just don't expect it to be the best CYOA novel out there.

I expected a CYOA-style novel similar to others of this kind that i purchased and enjoyed quite a bit. unfortunately this story is not only significantly shorter, it also feels incomplete. choices are not clear as to what they are based on, what their chances are, or what the consequences are. several stats are never actually used, as far as i can tell (mining support integrity, military & civilian support), or if they are used then only once in the entire story making their existence basically pointless clutter (them going up or down doesn't matter if they never actually do anything). then the actual plot you meet a lot of ppl and species without any real description of them or without them ever mattering in more than a scene or two. that creates a lack of investment and doesn't allow one to relate to or bond with any of them. The only exception is your second in command and even there its only 3 or so scenes instead of 1-2. the story is fast paced to the point of being rushed. things seem to happen with little rhyme or reason and the sequence of events (other than that alliance stuff) feels janky heck, the entire alliance thing is set up as if it was your only hope yet in the end only your combat stats determine the outcome -.-' while i did somewhat enjoy the first playthrough, it was too short and the replay value is nigh nil past the 2nd or so playthrough. I ended up requesting a refund.

Don't get me wrong. I think this is an excellent story and well told. It hit the right buttons but missed on button in partuclar. There seems to be no social aspect to the game, in terms of friendship, romance, or comradery. While I very much enjoyed the game I felt it missed this element, and since this is the most important element for me in a game, I cannot recommend it.

I don't normally write reviews but figured I would for this one, since it's kinda odd. I enjoyed my time with the game, all 74 minutes of it. I played through two contrasting strategy types to finish, getting varied endings and the choices I made actually having impact, at least politically and with the world. Decent little CYOA, in my mind, but super short. Super.

It seemed that regardless of which choice you made about... well... anything, that the author didn't want you to make just immediately turned out badly. Most decisions amounted to "Well, I see what you were doing, and while that technically would work.... unfortunately, it didn't... so yeah, it went mad. M'kay?" I'm pretty frustrated that I just wasted my time reading through a story that short and frustrating. I'm giving this a 3/10.

I'm a big sci-fi fan, I really wanted this to be good. Unfortunately it isn't, have a look: -Short and fast paced. -No character development and too many characters. I had no attachments to anyone. -Half a dozen alien races, poorly described. Again no attachment to anyone. -Battles have no consequences and are way too easy. For example: aggressive tactics or passive tactics, fighters or cannons. You have 4 options, but you just pick your highest stat and win easily. No twists or surprises, no repercussions. -The story itself is bland and predictable. -There's alot of choices where it asks how do you feel about your choice, what do you think others think of you. It adds nothing to the story or your stats. -It doesn't challenge you to try to get a good ending. You just decide what ending you want. Overall: -I think you should skip this one. It needed to be longer and do more.