BSGO has never been very popular, probably because it's a low quality game. It looked great at first: Xbox/playstation quality in a browser game. On the surface, the graphics look pretty good: lots of detail. The problem is for a game they're terrible, you can't tell how far away things are, like asteroids, when you're turning with an enemy you can't tell if you're turning inside orBSGO has never been very popular, probably because it's a low quality game. It looked great at first: Xbox/playstation quality in a browser game. On the surface, the graphics look pretty good: lots of detail. The problem is for a game they're terrible, you can't tell how far away things are, like asteroids, when you're turning with an enemy you can't tell if you're turning inside or outside. Stuff like that. The other problem is all of the bugs. They were so bad some game features couldn't be accessed and caused players' computers to crash. And Bigpoint wouldn't fix the problems for weeks or even months. The other problem is cheating. When you buy a product you expect to get your money's worth. When people cheat, it's pointless. Many people get confused and think the cheaters are 'wallet warriors,' it's simply not the case. There are YouTube videos of players getting over 150 points of damage with strike guns, or hitting for 50,70, 80, 60 points consecutively. It's impossible in BSGO to do that without cheating. No amount of money will get you that. The videos even show up now and then on BSGO forums, and BP doesn't do anything about it, even when their own servers are apparently being hacked.
I could put up with the problems, but like a lot of people said, the game gets very stale after a time. The ships have huge firing arcs and there isn't much skill needed to hit something. Most strike pilots use the slide, which winds up being a test of who cheats the most or has the most level 15 (max level) gear. Either that, or they cheat and out turn you even if you have about five level 15 gyros. There aren't really any skills that can be developed there, and you hardly get a chance to try something new, and if you get a chance, it can help only so much. I've tried almost every combination of equipment, all at max level, which took a huge commitment of game time, and no matter what, I was getting clobbered all the time by players that looked like total losers. It's because of all of the cheats.
The other problem is the repetitiveness of the game and the fact to get level 15 junk for even the smallest ship can take about a year of playing every day for at least 4 hours a day. Part of the problem is you'll need multiple, different set ups for each ship. So either add a few hours a day, or a few years, your choice. Of course you can always pay, but this game is very expensive, You'll need max level gear to be competitive and to buy it costs at least $1000 for the smallest ship.
The last, and very important thing, is with so much hacking involved, I stopped playing because I was concerned about the safety of my computer. Since starting to play BSGO, I've had to buy 5 computers, that is if I wanted to continue playing. Since I quit playing BSGO, I've had far fewer computer problems. I think there might be a connection there. I'm not alone in this experience.
I would suggest that you might have fun trying the game, but unless you want to keep buying computers and being frustrated all the time, that you should play another game.… Expand
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