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Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

  • Summary: While on duty in a remote area of space, a nearby sun suddenly erupts releasing a deadly blast that damages your ship, kills your Captain and threatens nearby colonists. Now you must take control of your ship and lead your crew to solve the mystery. Your mission is clear -- discover the cause of the devastating explosion and prevent it from happening again. During the race you will battle the Cardassians, ally with the Klingons, investigate the unpredictable Romulans and reveal a secret plot that threatens the Federation itself. [Activision] Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 24
  2. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. In addition to a great story line, the attempt to stay true to the series pays off with a solid space simulator accurately portraying these massive ships in both movement and tactics.
  2. The game really has the Trek flavour pegged...Bridge Commander's sore spot is that mission structure is not nearly as open-ended as it could be.
  3. The voice acting and the musical score is top-notch and that it should help you greatly to get in the Trek spirit. The graphics on the other hand are a mixed bag of blessings.
  4. The one design flaw I can't forgive is the lack of in-mission saves. [May 2002, p.65]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. JeanM.
    10
    It is the best game I have played in a long time, I find myself stuck to the quick battle mode all of the time.
  2. MichaelS.
    8
    This game is pretty cool. I have always been a Trekkie to the core, and have played many of the Trek titles out there. My favorite was Star Trek 25th Anniversary. Mainly because of the ship to ship combat in it. However, this game blew it out of the water for starship combat. Graphics were decent, as well as sound. A few down side are that it was pretty liner and a few things where out of place from the Trek universe. So in all a good, game. Well worth a score of 8. Expand
  3. SteveK.
    5
    I bought this game very quickly after it came out having heard many good reports about it but was sad to find that it lacked any real depth and that the gameplay was boring. At the start the story seemed interesting but the gameplay was so boring that I never finished the story as the game was back at the shop in the next couple of days. After that it was straight back to Klingon Academy. If you want a starship simulator get a copy of Klingon Academy, it will be difficult to find now but it's a far better game than Bridge Commander. BC will beat KA in one area and that is graphics but aside from that KA wins hands down in all areas and with all the new available mods KA's graphics are pretty much as good as BC's now. Expand
  4. Sam
    0
    This game sucks.

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