When comparing GLBasic vs uScript + Unity3D, the Slant community recommends GLBasic for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D game engines?” GLBasic is ranked 76th while uScript + Unity3D is ranked 97th. The most important reason people chose GLBasic is:
Language is easy to use, with a fast compiler.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Easy to develop with
Language is easy to use, with a fast compiler.
Pro Fast 2D
Pro Easy to learn
Pro Support
Forum support is great. No advertising in program or forums. Company has been going for over 10 years.
Pro 3D
Unlike most multi-platform development systems, 3D is available across most of them.
Pro Multi-platform
Code can be written once and will work on supported platforms with very little modification.
Pro No hidden fees
PC version is free.
Full Multi-platform version requires one-off very reasonable price, and all further updates are free, however you can run a watermarked demo on your chosen platform with the free demo version.
Pro C/C++ support
C/C++ code can be included inline or as a DLL/.o/dylib file.
Pro HTML 5 compiling is now faster and works better
Pro Default GUI system works fine, and has all the needed widgets needed
Only problem is position is based on position of previous widget.
Pro Compiler is fast and produces efficient code
Pro Free for home development
Create apps for non commercial 2D programs running on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. The extension to create programs for other platforms, 3D or network applications requires a license key. Otherwise the "Premium" programs are limited to 10 min runtime for test purposes. There is no trial limit for the development environment.
Pro Networking
Easy-to-use networking system with either TCP or UDP.
Pro Books
Programmers reference guide, user guide and various others are free.

Pro Gaming related functions
Viewports, sprites, rotating/animating and zooming sprites, collision detection and pathfinding.

Pro Automatically generates nodes for third-party script assets
uScript's nodes are a visual representation of actual code blocks, and it takes advantage of C#'s reflection capabilities to automatically create nodes for any scripts it finds in your project, regardless of the source. This makes it inherently compatible with pretty much everything.
Custom nodes can also be created by hand, for cases where the automatically created ones contain more elements than they actually need.

Pro Versatile flow diagram script model
Modeled after UDK's Kismet (the predecessor to UE4's Blueprint), uScript's scripts resemble flowcharts where each box represents a function or value, with connections between them representing program flow. This provides a better at-a-glance indication of game logic than a simple list of events, and makes complex behaviors easier to accomplish.

Pro Generates C# source code
Nodes are translated directly to C# files in your project. This is great for learning to code, and also for advanced users who can use uScript for fast prototyping and then further optimize the scripts if necessary.
Cons
Con Command set has hardly changed or been updated/improved over the years
Con Poor 2d collision detection with rotated sprites
2d sprite rotation with collision detection isn't present and requires some annoying run-arounds to achieve what is a staple of other game engines.
Con No multi-platform editor
Whilst Linux and Mac IDE's were started, they were never completed.
Con No clear way to monetize apps
It's impossible to place ads. There is a third party in-app purchase library hidden somewhere deep within the forums which hasn't been updated for years.
Con Issues don't get fixed
The Blender exporter and the 3D converter have been broken and remain unfixed for years.
Con Only supports .ddd 3D format
This format does not support bones and only keyframe animation. 3d files will become extremely large if there are animations in models.
Con HTML 5
HTML 5 compiling is rather slow, and doesn't allow all GLBasic features
Con Poor GUI creation library
Its library for GUI creation is abysmal and not acceptable.
Con Poor documentation
There is next to no documentation on using OpenGL commands in GLBasic.

Con Not that easy to use
It's a lot more complicated compared to something like Playmaker. Same tasks take a lot more time.
