Star Trek: Starfleet Command
by Interplay
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Video Game Reviews of Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Customer Review: 3D Combat on a 2D Plane
Summary: 3 Stars
While this game does provide very nice graphics, it doesn't offer much else. One annoying 'feature' is that the Klingon interface is in Klingon, the Gorn interface is in Gorn, etc. which may be fine for Trek Heads but most of us humans will only be able to read the Federation interface. Once you get accustomed to which controls are where and/or you learn the keyboard shortcuts the gameplay is smooth and easy, but it takes time to just to learn the interface.The multiplayer game setup interface is also quite awkward to utilize. Unlike other games which have one player click "host" and then the others simply join that game, this product has one player hit "select" then "host" then "announce" while the other players click "select", "setup", "join" - why are other players "setting up" a game! While this isn't a show stopper, it is annoying.
Another critical failing of this game is that the ships can only fly in two dimensions! This *IS* space, right? Granted, the game is modeled after the board game which only allowed two dimensions, but why not allow the computer to do what it does best and add the third dimension?
Besides the above, the game does have excellent graphics and offers great multiplayer action (especially which each player taking a different race). Star Trek fans will love it and I suspect the board gamers will like it. However, it falls short of its potential.
Customer Review: PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!
Summary: 1 Stars
This is the worst game ever! They make up weapons and races to try to make a stupid game interesting. It has no relation to The Star Trek Series. The missions are boring, take forever, and then you loose. If you are able to stay awake through a mission the rewards are rather lame. This game is sorry.Customer Review: Playtester wishes it was better
Summary: 3 Stars
I was a late addition playtester for this game, winning a spot via a writing contest. Star Fleet Command is based heavily on Star Fleet Battles, a strategic board game put out by Amarillo Design Bureau. I myself am more of an SFB fanatic than a Trekker, and like most SFB players, have been wanting a SFB based computer game for more than 10 years. Star Fleet Command was a noble effort, but it falls short. For myself, I feel it was due to a "rush to market" attitude within the leadership of Interplay. They didn't seem to take the comments of us playtesters seriously, and let most of the bugs we had found and had been screaming about go right into production. It left something of a sour taste in my mouth. As much as I'd like to say this game is the end-all be-all for both Trek fans and SFB fanatics like myself, I can't. It's a mediocre game, falling far short of what it had the potential to be, and by all rights what it should have been. It's OK, but not great.Customer Review: Interesting Game
Summary: 4 Stars
I thought that this was a pretty exciting game. It has lots of races and ships to choose from and it has really good graphics(if you has the reccomended system requirements. If you only have the basic requiments if runs slow and the graphic are really not as good.) The game ends pretty short if you win about 10 missions in a row. There are also lots of good cheats for this game. You can had lots of power so that you can have everything on your ship up to full. I would recomend it if you like Star Trek.Customer Review: An update...
Summary: 3 Stars
You may have read my other review giving this game a wonderful review. Well, to be honest, after about a week this game gets very old. The battles become predictable, as does the AI. Now that I have had this title for a while, I think it was a wast of my money. I do love Star Trek, but this game get old really fast, so beware of spending the money for this game, and don't just buy it for the cool graphics, either.