anyone played bridge commander yet?

[flashbacck]

Think the title says it all. Looks cool, just don't want to waste $40 if it's not.

 

[flashbacck]

^

no one has it yet?

 

[Comp625]

Very awesome game!

You may want to go to http://www.3dactionplanet.com/bridgecommander and check out their Forums. Most people seem to be happy with the retail full ver of the game. The only common negative feedback that I've heard is that the storylines are too linear and some of the graphics here and there are not well done (eg. the damaged ship textures and the bridgecrew model animations).

If you still are unsure, check out the Bridge Commander demo. Quick Battle is quite fun

 

[Wade]

I'm loving Bridge Commander for the most part, but critically speaking (hehe, I never learned how to speak "Critical") it ain't without warts.

On the bridge & screen character graphics are pretty lame... especially lip synching - I've seen better lip synching on a low budget kungfu flick. Also, like many Trek games, if you're not already a Trek fan, it won't be as enjoyable, as there are a lot of little "in" references to those who are familiar with the various series'.

There is NO in-mission save game... so, you play one particular "episode" for 20-30 minutes, do something dumb and blow up your ship, and you have to start over again... really unacceptable gaming practice if you ask me... what, am I playing a Nintendo or something?

Finally.... SPOILER BELOW...

<SPOILER>
They compromise standard Trek common sense in order to advance the plot... a short way into the game they move you from the USS Dauntless, a Galaxy-class ship (like Enterprise-D in series) to the USS Sovereign, a Sovereign-class ship (like the Enterprise-E in the last two movies)... WELL (and here's my trekkie-ness coming to fore) there is no way they would take an as-yet unseasoned captain, first officer & crew and put them in a flagship-type starship like the Sovereign when their existing ship was still in one happy little piece. Basically, the game designers told the writers to create some plot device to allow the player to get a neat new ship at this point in the game, and the writers instead of working on a plausible situation, just shrugged their shoulders and didn't bother... too bad... they could have at least found some way of destroying the Dauntless in some sort of heroic catastrophic way (like that's been done three times already in Trek lore, but at least we're familiar with the plot device) to give us some indication as to why this inexperienced crew is being moved as a unit to a brand new top of the line cruiser!</SPOILER>

SO... despite all of the b*tching above, I'm still enjoying the game.... BUT, I am a pretty die-hard Trekkie... I even liked Voyager.

Cheers,
Wade

 

[Deceiver]

I like the game as well.

<spoiler>
I'm currently stuck trying to protect the Kravis (Ferengi Maurauder) from two Cardasian ships. I hate not being able to save the game. I can disable the Kravis no problem, but I find it difficult to protect it.
</spoiler>

I'm a die-hard Trek fan for all the shows, and I'm glad they finally made something like this. They should do add-on packs and purchase to the license to voyager and ds9, so we can see the Intrepid and Defiant class ship. It would be cool to see and use other classes of starships.

What would really be awesome is create a game like this, except 4-10 people can control a starship online in some sort of massive multiplayer online game. That would totally rock.

 

[Ewu]

I beat the game after two days of playing and I played for a very long time. So far this is the best star trek game I've played so far in which I didn't come out feeling slightly disappointing or quit in disgust, ex.) Dominion Wars. As far as trek-based games goes I have to say this is one of the better ones out there and if you like star trek you won't be that disappointed since there's a lot more good than bad in this game.

As for the mission to protect the kravis from the cardassians, I forgot what I did exactly to beat that one, but if it's like any of the other missions, I usually set my weapons on max and a little extra on the engines and had my tactical officer target their warp core. If you see one of the two ships getting too close to the Kravis, just have your tactical officer target that ship instead and have them target at you. Don't put too much extra power to shields, since it takes forever to recharge and usually the enemy is pounding on you faster than you can recharge it.

 

[Milkyman]

im stuck on mission 5, i just cant get close enough to the damn planets, the damn sensor dude wont let me go in am i suposed to blow up the satelites?

 

[James2k]

On Episode 6, Mission 5, where you have to protect the USS Khitomer, how long does it take at Tezzle 1? I've let the battle progress for over a half hour, and they still don't complete the invasion/completion of the mission.

 

[Deceiver]

I'd like to know too. I'm at the same point. I usually end up getting killed, but I've played the mission probably for at least a half an hour. The mission fails and they have to get the people off the planet, but it seems to go on and on and the Khitomer doesn't do a thing.