Star Trek Fleet Command

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Overwhelming dislike- based on 22 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 19 out of 22
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  1. KenoReviews
    Apr 13, 2019
    1
    Star Trek Fleet Command is a bad game.
    It's not Star Trek-y. It's not fleet-y. It's not even command-y!
    Star Trek is about exploring strange new worlds and boldly going where no man has gone before. Star Trek Fleet Command is about going to uniformed places where most players and all NPCs currently reside. The only differences are the name of the star, the level of NPCs, the color of    Star Trek Fleet Command is a bad game.
    It's not Star Trek-y. It's not fleet-y. It's not even command-y!

    Star Trek is about exploring strange new worlds and boldly going where no man has gone before.
    Star Trek Fleet Command is about going to uniformed places where most players and all NPCs currently reside.
    The only differences are the name of the star, the level of NPCs, the color of the nebula in the background, and maybe there'll be different resources to mine and die.

    Star Trek Fleet Command has two connections to Star Trek.
    It has "Star Trek" in the name, and the characters have the same name and similar appearances to the movie counterparts. Other than those three things, the game is not Star Trek-y.

    But whatever, so it's not Star Trek-y. What matters in a game is the gameplay.
    Unfortunately, Star Trek Fleet Command fails there, too.
    All progress in the game take a long time, so it's not a good game to take out while you're waiting for a bus or for food. You can start upgrading a building, and then put your phone down for 26 hours and then check on your game again for 15 seconds, and you will have missed nothing.
    My most successful strategy has been to check in every 6 hours to collect resources. And if a research or building project finished, then I'll start another. So I could do well by spending two minutes in 24 hours.
    I call it "successful" because if I venture outside, I will get killed.
    If you go mining, a player will kill you.
    If you send a ship to go fulfill a mission or kill some NPCs, then your ship may need 5 minutes to get there. So you turn your game off for 5 minutes.
    When you try to load the game up again after 5 minutes, the game takes time to register that your ship arrived.
    But the game will take less time for other players to see and kill you.
    I am not exaggerating. My game said my ship was still warping and had an ETA of 00 seconds.
    And then a player would kill me in that time. It's happened multiple times.

    You could spend time fighting NPCs and players. This would require you to watch your phone for more than a minute.
    But it is a lot of watching and less action.
    You click on the ship you want to move, you click on the ship you want to attack.
    You wait 20 seconds, then watch a combat animation. And that's it.
    Fighting is shallow, too. If you attack a player with a lower power level than you, you win.
    If you attack someone with a higher power level, you lose.
    There is no strategy or tactics. There are no skilled players in this game. Only dedicated players.

    Your ships and crew level up. But instead of destroying a ship and getting 50XP, XP comes like loot or treasure.
    If you destroy another ship, there's maybe a 33% chance that you'll get loot.
    There's maybe a 25% chance that the loot will contain 300 XP.
    You'll need 5,000 XP to level up one crew member.
    Or, there's a 33% chance that the loot you get is 3 interceptor parts.
    You'll need 210 interceptor parts to upgrade part of your ship.
    It's a horrible grind.

    And it is so unbalanced. Because there's no skill or strategy to the game, you are at the mercy of people in a higher level.
    If you're at Level 20, there is nothing you can do to defeat, avoid, or deter a Level 26. They can just walk into your space station and attack you 17 times in 3 minutes.
    They don't just attack you one time and then it's over. No, they attack you 17 times.
    First, their 65k shield and 118k hull ship attacks your 26k shield and 29k hull starbase.
    Then, they bring in a fresh cargo ship with 60k shield and 70k hull to attack your 27k shield and 6 hull. Shocker, they win against your 6 hull.
    But then, they use the ship again and attack you. Maybe you have 3 hull this time.
    The cycle continues.
    It's because each attack only takes some of your resources. They should just have it take as much resources as an attacker can hold, because otherwise, why subject a player from having 17 defeats?
    Now, if there were some skill or tactic or something that the defender could do, then there might be a reason for multiple attacks. But there isn't.
    And there's no penalty for attacking players. No bounty for players or NPC ships to hunt you. No exclusion from any of the game's factions (not that that would hurt).
    In fact, the logical thing to do is to attack other players. You get resources and maybe XP or ship parts, and there's absolutely no penalty.
    This game not only enables griefing, it encourages it.
    In conclusion, There isn't much connection to Star Trek for fans to appreciate. There's not much for you to do to pass time. The things you can do that could occupy you for more than 20 seconds, like hunting NPCs or players, are boring and mindless. There's a lot that can frustrate you because it's beyond your power. Playing this game will make you feel worse. It's hard for me to understand how anyone could actually say, "I'm happy I played that."    … Expand
  2. jcarrieres
    Feb 11, 2019
    1
    This is a mining game, not a Star Trek game. While the initial experience is enjoyable, you (very quickly) get confronted with the obligation to land your ship on mining spots and leave them there for hours while they sloooowly mine the resources you need to continue playing. You need these resources to improve your ships and station, but so many mining spots are defective (or there simplyThis is a mining game, not a Star Trek game. While the initial experience is enjoyable, you (very quickly) get confronted with the obligation to land your ship on mining spots and leave them there for hours while they sloooowly mine the resources you need to continue playing. You need these resources to improve your ships and station, but so many mining spots are defective (or there simply aren't enough of them) that your ships get destroyed by stronger players. You return hours later, only to find out that your ship has mined 50 Tritanium out of the 25,000 you need.

    In the end, this is little more than a bully game where might makes right, and there's very little of the spirit of Star Trek. The graphics and characters are nice enough, but the essence of Trek is skin deep here. This should have been called "War of the Space Miners."

    Don't bother.    … Expand
  3. ALEE2468
    May 7, 2020
    0
    I played this game out of COVID-19 boredom and my experiences are follows (this is in detail):

    1 You can only play this game for several weeks before you must spend your money. 2 The game crashes on a frequent basis, I have IPHONE XR. 3 Some of the red rogues, non-member ships, remain alive even after you have killed the! 4 You have achieved on your station often appears lower than    I played this game out of COVID-19 boredom and my experiences are follows (this is in detail):

    1 You can only play this game for several weeks before you must spend your money.
    2 The game crashes on a frequent basis, I have IPHONE XR.
    3 Some of the red rogues, non-member ships, remain alive even after you have killed the!
    4 You have achieved on your station often appears lower than it actually is.
    5 There is no evidence of discipline, ethics or governance of its members and rudeness and insults could be harmful. If your child is dyslexic do not play this game, they will be bullied off it.
    6 The admirals have this system called RoE (rules of engagement) but no one communicates it until you complain about your mining ships having been destroyed. If this keeps happening, which it does, you can’t build unless you invest more of your own money!
    7 The RoE apparently requires you to not have over cargo, not to leave your mining ships on an empty mine or they will be free to attack you. The truth is, most of them are pirates and will attack regardless and deny it.
    8 If you have an issue you can go to this thing called discord 167, or something like that, but no one tells you about that either. The chances of success at this discord are low, as the bigger players want it that way.
    9 The discord wants proof and I been asked in the game to produce screenshots as evidence but unless you record your own game, there is no means of audit trail!
    10 Granted you are protected initially in the game but this is a means of allowing you just enough time to have invested your money £60.00+120.00, would be an average here i rekon.
    11 You will only hear from the game administrators if there is planned maintenance, otherwise nothing, can’t see where and how I can communicate with them. I would not be at all surprised if they were the admirals of the larger alliances, well it does make commercial sense!
    12 The help section and FAQs are lacking in tuition.
    13 There is no guide for the admirals of alliance they have to lean by way of punishment, aka....loosing your ships.
    A translation function is required, as communication is messy, be prepared to be coping and pasting to and from google translate (Good old goggle).
    14 Don't join this game for peaceful building!
    15 There is no point in investing your own money in this game, because once you increase your level you just end up getting bigger foes!
    16 The patches come out and they introduce even more hurdles, because you will never be totally prepared!
    17 They offer packages, which are provide you with currency and resources for the game e.g. gas, ore etc, but these are overpriced (from 19.99 - 100) and what you get given free is laughable.
    18 In my opinion you can grow to about level 19/20 before you realise “I’ve invested my money and think, this game is pointless”, by that time it’s too late.
    19 This game is only suitable if you are in lock-down, it is simply not a practical to play it and do a full time job, which is not good news if you are a job seeker, as you don't have any money either, which is is an unwritten prerequisite.
    20 Might be worth doing an audit here consumer watchdog!
    21 This game is no better than a pyramid scheme and should be renamed Kobayashi Maru!!!!!    … Expand
  4. CashBacsi
    Jan 14, 2019
    7
    Régóta vártunk már valami hasonlóra.

    2009-ben a ma már filmes legendának számító J.J. Abrams kitalált valami egyészen egyedi és eredeti módszert arra vajon hogyan lehetne nyomni egy resetet a Star Trek történeten mindeközben mégis hűnek maradni az eredetihez. Mi mással oldhatta volna ezt meg, mint már a Lostban is bevált jó öreg időutazással, hatalmas csavarok, remek karakterek, sok-sok    Régóta vártunk már valami hasonlóra.

    2009-ben a ma már filmes legendának számító J.J. Abrams kitalált valami egyészen egyedi és eredeti módszert arra vajon hogyan lehetne nyomni egy resetet a Star Trek történeten mindeközben mégis hűnek maradni az eredetihez. Mi mással oldhatta volna ezt meg, mint már a Lostban is bevált jó öreg időutazással, hatalmas csavarok, remek karakterek, sok-sok humor és íme; a Star Trek újjászületett, megfiatalodott és ezúttal olyan kalandok várnak hőseinkre amikkel eddig mér sose találkoztak. Az első rész egészen egyszerűen zseniálisra sikeredett, a folytatások minősége már megkérdőjelezhető, nem véletlen hogy a harmadikhoz már nem is adta a nevét J.J.

    Megszámolni se lehet mennyi játékadaptáció készült a Star Trek alapján, de valahogy egyik se sikerült olyan jóra hogy még évek múlva is emlékezzünk rájuk. Én legalábbis nem sok olyan címet tudnék felhozni amire büszke lehetne a cím. A Star Trek Fleet Command a bemutató alapján ígéretesnek tűnt, lássuk hát milyen lett a végeredmény.

    Az legújabb mobilos Star Trek természetesen az új univerzumban játszódik, a feladatunk az lenne, hogy felépítsünk egy erős és legyőzhetetlen bázist és klántársainkkal vállvetve harcolva, uraljuk az egész galaxist. Persze ez több mint lehetetlen, de ha már elérjük hogy a mi klánunk legyen az első az is nagy dolognak számít. Ehhez első körben szükségünk lesz egy hajóra, egy kapitányra, egy erős legénységre és sok-sok megnyert csatára. Mire várunk még?

    A Fleet Command egy eléggé komplex MMO RPG játék, eleinte talán el is leszünk veszve abban a sok mindenben amit csinálni lehet. A készítők célja az volt hogy minden típusú játékos megtalálja a számításait. Ha csak laza casual gamerek vagyunk, akkor megtehetjük hogy csak naponta párszor fellépve, szépen nyugiban építgetjük a bázisunkat, teljesítve közben pár küldetést. Ha valamivel elhivatottabban vagyunk, akkor céltudatosan haladunk előre a fejlődés útján és alaposan átgondoljuk mikor mit fejlesztünk. A profi fanatikusok meg teljesítik minden nap a napi kihívásokat, bekapcsolják az értesítést, hogy mindig képben legyenek mikor mi készült el mi áll készenlétben, folyamatosan fejlesztik a bázist, a hajókat, a legénységet és persze soha nem hagynak ki egy lehetőséget sem a csatázásra.

    Folytatása itt:
    https://hasznaltalma.hu/hirek/alkalmazasok-jatekok/2019/01/14/star-trek-fleet-commandtesztlabor    … Expand
  5. Trifouillax
    Dec 11, 2018
    5
    Good : Variety of missions, activity
    Bad : Graphics, smoothness
    Ugly : Bugs, Prices, documentation
  6. johnkck
    Feb 8, 2019
    7
    I've long been a fan of 4X strategy games and couldn't resist the chance to try one that runs entirely on my phone and has some decent reviews.

    To summarise my opinion of it: it does the 4X pretty well, but there's hardly any strategy! You get to explore a very impressive-looking universe with your spaceships, expand your production facilities and follow a research tree; exploit    I've long been a fan of 4X strategy games and couldn't resist the chance to try one that runs entirely on my phone and has some decent reviews.

    To summarise my opinion of it: it does the 4X pretty well, but there's hardly any strategy! You get to explore a very impressive-looking universe with your spaceships, expand your production facilities and follow a research tree; exploit resources by mining them; and exterminate NPCs or other players. All of that works well, with a very good user interface and almost no program glitches.

    However, when it comes to making strategic decisions, there are very few. Your starships can basically do three things: shoot other ships, mine resources, or carry out missions that reward you with resources. The missions are the same for every player though the order in which they happen depends on which planets you visit. And with very few exceptions, the missions require you to do one of three things: shoot ships; visit a location; or give away resources.

    The makers of the game have done their best to cover up the lack of strategic decisions with some tweaks. One is that your ships are crewed by characters from the various Star Trek series; a ship's abilities will differ slightly depending on its combination of crew. (Everyone has access to the same characters but the rate at which they appear is a bit of a lottery). Another is the idea that you can eventually join one of the Federation, Romulans or Klingons and settle in their parts of the universe. A third is that occasionally you are called on to make "moral decisions" -- for example, having captured a fugitive, do you hand him over to the guy seeking his head? Finally there's the standard MMORPG alliance system - being in an alliance grants you benefits when your allies get benefits, and also gives you access to a special shop where you can get stuff you can't get elsewhere.

    Ah, yes. The shop. Like most commercial MMORPG games, you are given the opportunity to spend real money to improve your chances. Rather than complain about this as exploitation, these days I just try to figure out how long the game can be played for free before non-payment becomes a real disadvantage. In this case, I'd estimate it at two weeks, because by that time you should have reached the point where you can attack other players;' base stations and vice versa, and so you will be severely handicapped if your resource production, defences or research fall behind. The game offers options in the research tree to give major boosts to several such abilities by spending real money. You can probably afford one of these boosts using freely collected in-game currency, which extends playability by a few days, but not the whole lot.

    For folk who are captivated by being part of the Star Trek Universe, or who want to set their own goals (e.g. research and build the Enterprise) it's a great game that will keep you occupied for a very long time. For fans of strategy games, look elsewhere.    … Expand
  7. SIPPIO
    Jan 20, 2019
    0
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  8. kstebbins
    Dec 16, 2018
    0
    This game is trash, should just rename it Credit Card since the only way you will ever be able to do anything is by dumping thousands into this game. The game favors those who spend money, it's ridiculous. Someone who is 6 levels higher than me can sit there and farm my base, yet I cant even attack someone 4 levels lower. I'm lvl 17 and a level 23 pay to win douche moves in next to me andThis game is trash, should just rename it Credit Card since the only way you will ever be able to do anything is by dumping thousands into this game. The game favors those who spend money, it's ridiculous. Someone who is 6 levels higher than me can sit there and farm my base, yet I cant even attack someone 4 levels lower. I'm lvl 17 and a level 23 pay to win douche moves in next to me and took half my resources (500k) in 12 minutes. They want to force you into spending money to stand a chance against the pay to win people who drop thousands In this game. Don't play this game at all if you're looking for something enjoyable to play. Without dropping thousands of $$$ into the game it will take you days upon days to upgrade anything, and by the time you think hey I'm getting somewhere some pay to win doucher will just steal everything you worked for and destroy your mining ship every 5 seconds. This is one of the most pay to win games I have ever played in my 30 years of living. Seriously I have never seen people get more screwed over for not dropping money into a game! So unless you feel like maxing your credit cards, and draining your bank account then don't play this game 100% not enjoyable!… Expand
  9. mzumbo122
    Aug 26, 2019
    0
    an absolute pay to win trash con job of the star trek license, you will not succeed in this game unless you dumps hours into it or dump thousands of dollars into it. you will always find a mission where you hit the "pay wall" where the difficulty gets jacked up tenfold and the devs try to con you into spending money to proceed further into the game. just because it has good graphics andan absolute pay to win trash con job of the star trek license, you will not succeed in this game unless you dumps hours into it or dump thousands of dollars into it. you will always find a mission where you hit the "pay wall" where the difficulty gets jacked up tenfold and the devs try to con you into spending money to proceed further into the game. just because it has good graphics and characters doesnt mean its a good game. the worst part about this crappy game is that researching new ships doesnt mean you unlock them permanently, you only get to build that new ship once and then you have to find the blueprints randomly by destroy hostile computer ships in different star systems.

    on top of that, like all crappy mining games, this game is full of bullies who exert their fragile egos on you with their overlyspent ships by destroying all your hard work. dont even think about choosing a faction early on, oh no, the only way you can get to choose a faction and do their missions is by dumping thousands of dollars into the game to try to get to the level required to even have a chance at doing the faction missions.

    everything is designed to be so far out of reach to try and force you to spend money in this game that im shocked the company that made this crappy game hasnt found themselves in court for predatory gambling practices. stay away from this game    … Expand
  10. DarylKing
    Feb 17, 2019
    0
    A typical "collect resources and Player vrs Player" game based on Star Trek. When it's working, it can be a fun game to play but it's often plagued with bugs such as options that turn off, an inability to handle a momentary loss of internet connection in that it forces a full reboot of the game instead of picking up from its last state, and resource mines that show up on display but can'tA typical "collect resources and Player vrs Player" game based on Star Trek. When it's working, it can be a fun game to play but it's often plagued with bugs such as options that turn off, an inability to handle a momentary loss of internet connection in that it forces a full reboot of the game instead of picking up from its last state, and resource mines that show up on display but can't be 'found', Some of the features make for difficult play such as the need for uncommon resources for advancement that are obtained by random luck, the inability to protect certain resources, (vaults don't protect nearly enough) and the player vrs player limitations are based on level and not by strength, allowing players with considerably more powerful ships to attack weaker players who have no hope of defending themselves.

    The game is fun at the beginning but when you advance to the point where player vrs player is permitted and uncommon resources are needed to advance, it becomes drudgery.    … Expand
  11. dsousa
    Jan 22, 2020
    4
    The idea is acceptable, but the game has to many flaws
    The biggest flaw is actually on one of the most important mechanic in the game for player evolution. The mining concept is so bad, that players give it up playing.The ones that keep playing had to arrange between them selves a kind of "gentlemen agreement" to mine. This is how bad things are with this game. Most of the players hate    The idea is acceptable, but the game has to many flaws
    The biggest flaw is actually on one of the most important mechanic in the game for player evolution. The mining concept is so bad, that players give it up playing.The ones that keep playing had to arrange between them selves a kind of "gentlemen agreement" to mine. This is how bad things are with this game. Most of the players hate the mining game play.
    Also the list of bugs and the lack of essential features in this kind o game makes this game at some point quite annoying. There really big issues with the game play concept    … Expand
  12. lpg
    Feb 5, 2020
    0
    This is a money sink intended game. Aside from introducing bugs at every update seems like that makes this game frustrating, It is intended to make you sink money daily. There is no balance in the PvP side. The only way to actually survive in this game and progress is spend money. Just a big scheme of draining cards.
  13. CaptTinkles
    Mar 11, 2020
    0
    Game Is Just Bad And A Bore. Event Rewards Are To Low You Cant Progress. And Lately They Been Behind A Paywall. Notifications Dont Work Half The Time. And Customer Support Blames You For Game Glitches. Lose Resources Due To Game Bug Well To Bad It Your Fault. Power Banding Is A Mess. I Cant Hit Anybody Lower Then Five Levels But I Can Get Hit By Someone That 10 Levels Above Me. ThisGame Is Just Bad And A Bore. Event Rewards Are To Low You Cant Progress. And Lately They Been Behind A Paywall. Notifications Dont Work Half The Time. And Customer Support Blames You For Game Glitches. Lose Resources Due To Game Bug Well To Bad It Your Fault. Power Banding Is A Mess. I Cant Hit Anybody Lower Then Five Levels But I Can Get Hit By Someone That 10 Levels Above Me. This Game Need To Die.… Expand
  14. TimCardassian
    May 27, 2020
    2
    Cynical and over-priced. This game could not be more removed from the spirit of Star Trek. Glitchy game play and shifting goal-posts make play frustrating. Plenty of cash is required to make any meaningful progress. STFC is very expensive. You will need very deep pockets indeed as it will require feeding daily. Essentially, STFC is a Tamagotchi for grown men. Pathetic.
  15. Falcon0170
    Jul 4, 2020
    0
    STFC is about Scopely boldly going into your wallet like no game has before, that is if you want to progress beyond mid level.
    Free play just means you need to commit 10 hours a day to progress and you will still just be cannon fodder for pay to win players.
    A level 34 ship will cost you $1000U.S to buy, or 6 months of grinding. Then, once you have it $3k - $4k to level it up. Thats    STFC is about Scopely boldly going into your wallet like no game has before, that is if you want to progress beyond mid level.
    Free play just means you need to commit 10 hours a day to progress and you will still just be cannon fodder for pay to win players.
    A level 34 ship will cost you $1000U.S to buy, or 6 months of grinding. Then, once you have it $3k - $4k to level it up. Thats just one ship, you need, three to four level current ships to be competitive.
    Allow three hours a day to do your daily quests and around 8 hours playing per day to be productive, but be warned, VERY little rewards for alot of work is what you'll receive in return for sacrificing most of your waking hours and if you are not very disciplined with your base shields, other players will clean you out of all your hard work
    Oh and prepare for bugs, lots of bugs.
    One more thing, Don't bother asking for game support, you'll just get copy/paste replies about how it's unfair to other players to help you.
    Other than that, enjoy.    … Expand
  16. Bobby032648
    Nov 12, 2020
    3
    This game will be better How I'll give example Power level 21 can kill 25,26 and 27 They should fix that Because they have way bigger ships is no way defend yourself I could see 3 levels higher than you
  17. BalboaHawk
    Feb 4, 2021
    0
    Its was a good game...However its should be renamed Mine and Grind....Its a slavery game, they never payout and if you do spend money for boosts or upgrades....they do not work. The cost is roughly $15K per year and 8 hours a day of play to compete.

    Stay away......I made it to a high level...its a scam.
  18. slakis
    Jul 12, 2021
    0
    You don't get to do anything but build and wait. It's a total money grab. The developers are con artists and should be banned.

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Multiplayer.it
    Dec 13, 2018
    82
    Maybe is more enjoyable on a PC than on a smartphone, but Star Trek: Fleet Command is anyway, and finally, a good game based on the beloved franchise also on mobile platforms.
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  2. Gamezebo
    Dec 6, 2018
    80
    Between these two interlocking gameplay hemispheres, Star Trek: Fleet Command has a huge amount to offer. Fans of the series should enjoy the game’s sense of exploration and its idiosyncratic cast of characters, while fans of strategy-MMORPGs in general should appreciate this novel take on the genre. If you choose to boldly go, you won’t be disappointed.
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  3. Pocket Gamer UK
    Dec 5, 2018
    90
    How well this will scale over the coming weeks and months is hard to predict, of course. But in its initial incarnation, Fleet Command that most rare of games: a deep mobile MMOG that combines its licence, metagame and gameplay in a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging manner.
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