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(More customer reviews)I've played SFC1 and 2 for many years... SFB for almost 15, SFC 3 is a total let down in what was becoming a somewhat prestigious legacy.
I'll try to provide direct gameplay examples in mentioning what is good and bad.
Strategy...
"Slide and Shoot"- there's your strategy. Slide a slider here and shoot your weapons there. Anything more complicated is likely to bore you to death before you actually destroy your opponent.
Turn rates, firing times? forget them. Indistinct and made irrelavent by poor performance.
On the aesthetic side- This interface is scarcely better than an amatuer window-blinds skin, adding to that arcade feeling.
Manual, where are weapons and ship stats, numbers, details... the important math info not some description about "whatsa'voorcha?"
You can't implement as deep a level of control over energy management as SFC1-2. This alone weakens it's strategy element. If I want to take down life support or whatever for that extra bit of energy even for a minute to achieve a goal then let me. Not here in this game.
Explosions, graphics stuff- I have a geforce4... it's not my card, these graphics are worse than some sfc MODS I've seen by "amatuers". Explosions are undetailed and splotchy.
New Ships- okay that's a little better, but like I said there are MODS out there that are better than what Taldren did.
Weak gameplay AI... no kidding. Shields down and flinging my phasers at warbirds, you think even one would fire on me? Yea, after 3 dozen shots I get a pastyt little pfffzzz back from one of them. A few more later... have yet to see one luanch a shuttle.
I don't think the developement team attached to this game really had any clear idea of what this task entailed. They dumbed down the controls and capabilities. Compare the manuals for SFC1 and 2 to SFC3... SFC3 is scarcely as in depth or informational. Case made.
Plus side? If you liked armada for its RTS factor and are a diehard TNG fan then you will feel compelled to own SFC 3.
If you played SFC 1 or 2 or SFB for its "make me think like a commander on a starship" level of detail, then look elsewhere, this is not hte place.
Arcade gameplay
Arcade strategy
Arcade appearance
Arcade Garbage.
Rated
2 stars for the idea but nothing else.
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