Games where you command a starship

**The_Doctor** · 07-02-2005, 11:35

I feel like playing a game where you are in command of a starship.

But not Starfleet Command, because I have all of them.

**Fragony** · 07-02-2005, 11:47

I-War comes to mind, pretty good game if you like that sort of thing.

**lars573** · 07-02-2005, 14:53

Startrek bridge commander, and the battlecrusier series. Those are the only ones I can think of right now.

**Forward Observer** · 07-02-2005, 19:24

If you can find a copy, there is also Klingon Academy. This game is all about training for starship command and combat. The control is just how you would expect with lots of sub-commands for the various aspects of a capitol ship.

The game comes with a huge manual and is on 6 disks. The extra disks were needed to contain all the live filmed footage including Christopher Plummer as the Klingon academy instructor.

The ship to ship combat is filled lots of attention to control of sub-systems but the actual combat is a bit disappointing since the physics engine seems to be closely related to that of a carnival bumper car ride---meaning that you have to spend a lot of time avoiding collisions, and when you do collide, the two ships bounce off each other with no damage.

Can you imagine two capitol ships colliding at speed in outer space--I'm no physics expert, but I think that even if their shields prevented external ship damage, everything and everybody inside would be turned to mush.

Still, it's not a terrible game.

**The_Doctor** · 07-02-2005, 19:34

-I-War. It is 11 years old.
-Star Trek bridge commander. I played a demo of it and did not like it.
-battlecrusier series. I have not played it, but it looks needlessly complicated.
-Klingon Academy. I once tried to download the demo, only to have my sister to press the "X" about 99%.