Battlestar Galactica (2003) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Battlestar Galactica

The war between man and machine rages on as the mechanical Cylons return to wipe out the human race. Begin your heroic journey through the Battlestar Galactica universe as the fearless, young Adama, and help…

33 19 November 2003

What Battlestar Galactica is

Battlestar Galactica is a shooter game developed by VU Games and released in 2003. It was published by Universal Interactive Studios. It is available on PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The war between man and machine rages on as the mechanical Cylons return to wipe out the human race. Begin your heroic journey through the Battlestar Galactica universe as the fearless, young Adama, and help lead the fleet of Colonials to survival. Choose from a wide array of ships, from sleek Vipers to heavy Bombers, and engage various classes of Cylon vessels, including Raiders and Marauders.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Battlestar Galactica series

Battlestar Galactica is the first of 17 entries we hold in the Battlestar Galactica series. The next entry was Battlestar Galactica in 2007. Its critic score of 33 is 31 points below the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Pinball FX VR at 80.

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How it was received

Battlestar Galactica holds a critic score of 33 out of 100. That places it above 3% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 36 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Battlestar Galactica launched on 19 November 2003, within three weeks of Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom.

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