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HighFleet (2021)

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The mystique of war is enchanting. The small prophecies, choosing how to translate them to others. The fact that you don't know where anyone really is. The lack of scouting. The constant glitching, weather effects, analogue UI, primitive detection devices. It all kind of brings it together in this vile, difficult sort of way. War is never pretty and boy does this game show it.

So I'm guessing it's constantly 1 v 3 for balancing reasons. As the AI isn't that smart, then having AI companions in combat would be disastrous. I'm starting to get it a little bit. Dodging and shooting full volleys seem to be the basics. Just got to practice a lot, to get accurate with hitting those moving targets.

I think it would've been a better game, if the combat was more strategic. 3 v 3, where you don't get to control them directly. As is the game is still fine, it's just a little unfair, if the enemy bombards you with missiles, rocket and large caliber rounds on 3 sides, while you try to dodge it to no avail. Seeking missiles are probably the worst in this regard: you don't have enough flares, or anti missile rockets to handle them, so you have to spend a lot of time just dodging them, while getting hit by other stuff. It's of paramount importance to use the ships in such a way as to avoid damaging them. But how do I do that consistently? I'd like to be able to see the whole battle area for once, the AI can shoot me off screen but I can't cuz don't know where to shoot. I'd like the AI not to shoot me when I spawn straight away, no way to dodge it when I don't have my bearings down even. Like a 5 second head start or something? Just a wee bit clunky.

On the other hand the good parts of this game are definitely the customizability and being able to think outside the box. I wonder if making a large maneuverable ship might cause AI to crash himself on the ground?

Contemplating doing the first run on easy, just to get most of the story. Definitely there is a large strategy layer to this game, but the battles seem to mess me up so badly that currently it doesn't matter, how well I plan ahead.

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