You start off with a weak ship and three lives, as does your opponent (computer-controlled or another player). Federation ships have no cloak, but all-around good weapons and shields, along with reasonable maneuverability.Īside from single missions, campaigns and on-line play, there's also an interesting skirmish mode. Romulan ships have lower-powered weapons, but the advantage of quick and nimble ships and a powerful cloaking device for hit-and-run attacks. Klingons are all brute force - heavy ships, heavy shields and heavy weapons, along with a rudimentary cloak. The ships mirror the technology and strengths of each empire. You can play in single-player mode as captain of a Federation, Klingon or Romulan ship, taking on individual combat missions or fighting a campaign with various missions against the different empires (along with the occasional scrap with a Ferengi or pirate cruiser, and a mysterious alien race).
The $49.99 (U.S.) game takes place in the timeframe of
Instead, it's a tactical starship combat simulation that fires you straight into the action aboard one of the ships from the This game doesn't have the refined story lines of the television series.
Star Trek Starfleet Command III for Windows PCs. Star Trek - at least the epic battle bits - you're in for a treat with Activision's If you've ever daydreamed about living out an episode of Go to red alert - shields up and ready photon torpedoes!
The Bad: Navigation only supports movement on one plane, so you can't move up or down technical glitch means that out-of-box software can't recognize DirectX editions above version 8.1, so you'll need to install a patch if your machine uses a more recent edition of DirectX some scenarios lack challenge or become repetitions.The Good: Reasonably detailed graphics tons of battle scenarios for virtually unlimited replayability several game modes including on-line play excellent sound effects with voiceovers from.