Starfleet Command

Enkidu · Post by **Enkidu** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:24 pm

Anybody here played the now rather old Starfleet Command games?

Azrael · Post by **Azrael** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:38 am

i have the third one.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:06 am

I played the first and third ones, but I find Bridge Commander to be superior in most aspects.

Azrael · Post by **Azrael** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:31 am

I agree, but BC is very buggy.. however the kobayashi maru mod, makes it soooo fun. ^^

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:38 am

It's really buggy once you start screwing around with the code and making your own ships and weapons.

And I think the kobyashi maru mod is the way the game should've shipped. It rocks.

Granitehewer · Post by **Granitehewer** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:20 pm

STC- i love the Hydrans, but found the game too slow in its mechanics to hold my flitting attention

Enkidu · Post by **Enkidu** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:48 pm

I have the second one, (and the expansion pack) and the third one. For those unfamiliar with them, the second one, set in the TOS Movie Era has a very involved combat system based around an old PNP wargame. There are a number of races, both canon, semi-canon, and those from it's PNP ancestor, with very different styles of play. The third one came out (rushed out) about the time of Nemesis and is set in that era. It dumbed down the game mechanics a lot and seems half finished, with only a handful of random mission types, and very few random ships beyond the mere four playable races. (I believe the standard US version shipped with just three.) It is however, (and it needs to be) mod friendly, with a fairly active community.
I wish with hindsight I'd bought Bridge Commander. The community seems to be doing a very good job at keeping it current.

Azrael · Post by **Azrael** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:28 pm

Bridge commander is a blast. but it only becomes epic, once you get the KBYMRU mod for it, however some of the ships are vastly overpowered in the mod.

The Prometheus class, is like near impossible to beat, and the Neghvar can cripple any ship with a few good shots from it's main disrupters.. the dominion ships are fun though:

JudgeKing · Post by **JudgeKing** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:58 am

Azrael wrote:Bridge commander is a blast. but it only becomes epic, once you get the KBYMRU mod for it, however some of the ships are vastly overpowered in the mod.

The Prometheus class, is like near impossible to beat, and the Neghvar can cripple any ship with a few good shots from it's main disrupters.. the dominion ships are fun though:

you can also play as Stargate Ships on the game.