Cool Site of the Week: Battlestar Galactica Online

Posted 04/08/2011 at 1:31pm | by Seamus Bellamy

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Feel like fragging a fraking toaster? Of course you do. You could wait for the inevitable Cylon uprising (this has all happened before, after all), or you can suit up grab a Viper and get you some with Battlestar Galactica Online, our Cool Site of the Week.

Currently in open beta, Battlestar Galactica Online is a browser-based 3D tactical space shooter with content pulled from everyone’s favorite space opera of the past few years. Players can take on the role of either a Colonial or Cylon fighter pilot. At the time we tried this bad boy out, the game’s developers--Bigpoint--were rewarding players who rolled a Cylon with 50% additional experience for ten days. Now there’s some social commentary for you: Even in a world as messed up as this one is, overwhelming numbers of fighter jockeys still want to fly for the good guys. After selecting a faction (we chose to flight for the Colonials, extra experience be damned), you’ll be sent on a brief training missing, which see you quickly move from taking down a few target dummies to participating in a full blown fire fight.

As you progress through the game, you’ll encounter a number of familiar faces from the TV series, be sent on a wide variety of combat missions and be given the opportunity to make microtransactions to improve your character’s combat capabilities. Not too shabby for a free browser-based application.

Be sure to check back every Friday for another edition of Cool Site of the Week.