Posted October 12, 2021
I quit Star Trek: Bridge commander. And actually got a refund for it, the first time I did so for a game bought on Gog that I had already downloaded and played. Didn't enjoy the game at all. I disliked how heavily scripted it felt, there was very little in the way of real choices. Even Starfleet academy, which had plenty of flaws and was also heavily focused on combat, offered more in this regard, at least there you could occasionally choose between dialogue options (sometimes with real effect). And the combat was just atrocious. I guess I was doing something wrong, but controls felt unresponsive to me and there was little feedback to your actions. I got until early in episode 2 where you have to disable a Ferengi freighter...which I tried three times, but failed to do, even though it ought to have been a trivial task. I tried disabling its warp engines, but often seemed to do no damage at all to the ship, despite scoring hits on it (and trying to keep up continuous fire by manouevering my ship around, so phaser bays could be re-charged). Or at least I thought I was hitting it, difficult to tell given the lack of clear feedback. In any case a pretty frustrating experience.
imo this game is only good for hardcore Star Trek fans who are fine with heavily scripted and quite restrictive gameplay, as long as the game is set in the Star Trek universe. If you're at most a casual Trek fan, better look elsewhere. I've enjoyed various Star Trek games in the past (really like 25th anniversary and Judgement rites, have also had fun with Starfleet academy and the Elite forces), but this one wasn't for me.
imo this game is only good for hardcore Star Trek fans who are fine with heavily scripted and quite restrictive gameplay, as long as the game is set in the Star Trek universe. If you're at most a casual Trek fan, better look elsewhere. I've enjoyed various Star Trek games in the past (really like 25th anniversary and Judgement rites, have also had fun with Starfleet academy and the Elite forces), but this one wasn't for me.
Post edited October 12, 2021 by morolf