Star Fleet Command II: Empires at War Review

By Chris Hudak



Balance of Error.

You gotta hand it to Interplay, 14 Degrees East and Taldren – in many ways, the

Starfleet Command experience gets the Star Trek brand of naval starship

combat down cold. You may well wonder what the hell the phrase ‘naval starship

combat’ means; basically, it means giving starships the kinetic respect they deserve.

These aren’t zippy little T.I.E. Fighters whining…

  • Excellent naval starship combat
  • Slobberingly beautiful graphics
  • Respectable translation of
  • Sloppy strategic/campaign implementation
  • Buggier than a Klendathu picnic in high summer
  • Still no frickin' playable Tholians
  • Corners cut everywhere on a detailed game

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Chris Hudak
Chris Hudak

Chris Hudak is a writer, former San Francisco Zoo penguin recorder, frequent-flyer junkie, self-proclaimed lucid dream expert, poolshark-in-minnow’s-clothing, “student” of all things Japanese, borderline alcoholic (see “writer”), video-gamer-with-a-life, and moonlighting, kinda-sorta actor in his copious spare time.  He writes weird fiction, and contributes articles to Playboy, Wired, The Toronto Star, and whoever else has money.  Chris is the protagonist of the Harlan Ellison short story “Keyboard”—no, really—and someday wants a house in Walt Disney World.

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