Post by andie on Jan 14, 2019 15:02:37 GMT
Starfleet Command
Fleet Cover.jpg
Cover art
Developer(s) Interplay Entertainment
Publisher(s) Interplay Entertainment
Designer(s) Erik Bethke
Composer(s) Ron Jones
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
NA: August 11, 1999
EU: 1999
Genre(s) Space flight simulator game, Real-time tactics
Mode(s) Singleplayer and Multiplayer
Star Trek: Starfleet Command is a computer game based on the table-top wargame Star Fleet Battles. It simulates starship operations, ship-to-ship combat, and fleet warfare in the Star Trek universe.
Gameplay
Starfleet battlecruiser in open space.
Gameplay consists of maneuvering one's ship to approach enemy ships and assault them in the areas where various systems and ship's shields are vulnerable. It also consists of achieving various other objectives specified in mission assignment, which are provided at the beginning of each scenario. Depending on the specific assignment, this can include interacting with various ships, aliens, planetary bodies, and other objects in space.
Plot
Though the game has no central story-mode campaign, players may play as a member of one of six stellar powers, each one having at least one elite organization that, when joined, will trigger special missions that tell various stories. Though having unique stories, each race's special missions all contribute expository information on the fate of a race known as the Organians and the effect that their departure from known space has since caused.
Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
Aggregator Score
GameRankings 83%
Review scores
Publication Score
AllGame 4.5/5 stars
CGSP 4/5 stars
CGW 4.5/5 stars
GameFan 86%[5]
Game Informer 8.5/10
Game Revolution A−
GameSpot 7.5/10
GameZone 8.1/10
IGN 8.3/10[10]
PC Gamer (UK) 79%
The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.
According to Erik Bethke, sales of Starfleet Command surpassed 350,000 copies after a year on shelves "without counting the Gold Edition and the Neutral Zone expansion." It was Interplay's best-selling game through direct sales, above Baldur's Gate.
The editors of Computer Games Strategy Plus nominated Starfleet Command for their 1999 "Real-Time Strategy Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. They wrote that Starfleet Command "avoided the curse of the Star Trek game and produced a game of remarkable depth coupled with simple mechanics."