Especially the late game phase gets boring because of a balancing problem. That occurs If you have 20 ships up to level 8 and one or two repair bots (which you will have after about half the battels). Then you are nearly invincible and the game gets useless. But prior to that bad ending phase the upgrading, leveling, money and research points gathering system works quit well as it is motivating to see everything come together.
A better battel system would help the game a great deal as the battels either requires no user interaction at all or just the clicking of one button in the right time. Other than that the 90 seconds "battel-pause" system is well thought out and something new as I have not come across other games that use this system. Unfortunately also here no real brainpower is needed (which is but acceptable as it is only the technical money collecting part of the game). But all together that leads to a game with no tactical depth what so ever and the easiest straight forward tactic will win the game for you.
Another thing I have to point out is the unnecessary extra units. Instate of creating them the game developers could have used the time to make the normal ships change their appearance if they level up or give the game more unit variety. That would have at least resulted in better looking battels. While we are on the point, after the 3rd battel the battels just look awfully crowded and therefore ugly. A bigger window, smaller units or a different camera angel that also shows depths would have been easy solutions to solve this problem. Praise should be given to the beautifully drawn units as it is seen that the developers put time and work into creating this assets of the game.
The game also lacks in scope. Only 4 stories on each tower and just 20 vehicles are too few in my opinion. Also same more battel would not be that bad.
In conclusion this game is nothing special. Some attempts of creating new systems for the (in browser games) already often used battel and upgrade system were made but they are not nearly enough to make the game at least a bit interesting. What is left is about 1 hour of normal browser game fun and that is generally what is looked fore in browser games.
Play it on: http://armorgames.com/play/17727/awesome-seaquest
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