If you didn't, you've missed some of the best space-sims ever made. If you played any of those two, you'll know exactly what I mean. The missions are very linear and their structure reminded me, at times, of the types of missions found in titles like TIE Figther or X-Wing Alliance. In the grand scheme of things, you can't choose what to do, but you can choose how to do it. You might be the Captain, but you're still the 'yessir' guy of an Admiral. Specially during the second half of the game, where the story picks up and things start to come together, I never saw, heard or felt that something didn't belong when compared to a ST episode.So what do you have to do? Basically following orders.
The story, which progresses via cutscenes and personal logs of several crew members, is well crafted and its attention to the details of the Star Trek universe is very high (*coughcouchunlikedominionwarscoughcough*).It starts up slow (like any ST episode worthy of its name) and it ends strong (like any ST episode worthy of its name). The story, specially during the second half of the game, feels a lot like a story arc right out of DS9's final season. more power to weapons! Qapla'!"?ST:BC's single player portion plays very much like a Star Trek episode. The bridge is yours and you make the calls.Do we hail them in search of a peaceful resolution or do we blast them out of the sky? Do we stand our ground or do we retreat? Do we boost power to the engines, at the expense of other systems, in an attempt to outrun them? Or do we go the Klingon Way, a.k.a "Screw sensors.
Anyway, whatever style you admire, ST:BC can accomodate it. I'm sure she had a distinctive quality somewhere. I know I have.Whether you admire Kirk's brash, daring and shirt-ripping style, or Picard's intellectual approach, baldly going where no one has gone before, or Sisko's cut-the-crap-and-let's-get-this-done attitude. After all, we all dreamed of sitting on the captain's chair, toss orders around, meet deadly threats in the cold void of space and teach alien babes how to love (Kirk style). how's that for a novel concept, uh?Warning: If you're not a Star Trek fan, abandon ship right now.Star Trek: Bridge Commander might very well be a Star Trek geek's wet dream come true. Unlike some 'professional' reviewers, I actually finished the game before sitting down to write a review. Well, I though I'd offer the community my review.
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