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Captain/Fleet command suggestion

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illuzian

(@illuzian)

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Hi All,

Awesome to find a site dedicated to this little niche. Can anyone suggest a game where you can captain a ship or fleet that has enough depth to keep one interested and a learning curve that wont give one a heart attack while walking up the steep hill....

I have previously played X2 X3 and X3TC all of which I thoroughly enjoyed, one of my favorite games of this type though was star trek bridge commander, is there anything recentish that's similar to this?(Unfortunately I have a strong bias towards space games with good graphics)

Thanks All 🙂

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Topic starter Posted : November 1, 2009 16:57

Shingen

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The only one I can think of - off hand is Universal Combat.

It does have a learning curve, but it isn't that hard once you get used to the controls. However, you have to earn fleet status in the game, so you start as captian of one lone battlecrusier, then as you Rank, you move to fleet operations.

Besides, the game is free, without restictions. 😀

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Posted : November 1, 2009 18:45

DarkOne

(@sscadmin)

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Welcome to SSC

It's not out yet but you might be interested in keeping an eye on Star Trek: Excalibur - http://www.stexcalibur.com/

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Posted : November 1, 2009 19:59

illuzian

(@illuzian)

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Thanks for the replies guys.

@Darkone

Definitely interested in anything that improves on Star Trek BC.. that was by far one of my favorite games of all time. After the last Star Trek movie destroyed Star Trek lore and took away a lot what made Star Trek.. Star Trek(ie thought provoking, intellectual and frequent ethical dilemmas) I'm sold on anything that carries on the original Star Trek(STO etc). I'll definitely keep an eye on this.

@Shingen

I used to play Millenium back in the days and recently purchased Universal Combat but I'm not sold on it, it seems overkill and lacks depth in simple areas(AI Interaction, Subsystem Control, UI, etc) I'm just not totally sold on it(if I can be convinced to put the effort in so be it 🙂 )

X3 really did it for me for a while(fleets and capitol ships etc) but as I refused to use mods/cheats it just became an economical micromanagement game as this is what I lean towards given the option(it's less risky).

I've looked at evochron but that looks to be more of a fighter sim and I just can't find anything else, I'm definitely open to new suggestions though.

Off topic/rant...

But I must say this.... with a *sigh* why have games become so simple, and are the promising games so plagued with bugs etc.... Remember the days of Janes sims, Deus Ex and Homeworld...

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Topic starter Posted : November 2, 2009 03:30