I'm loving Bridge Commander for the most part, but critically speaking (hehe, I never learned how to speak "Critical") it ain't without warts.
On the bridge & screen character graphics are pretty lame... especially lip synching - I've seen better lip synching on a low budget kungfu flick. Also, like many Trek games, if you're not already a Trek fan, it won't be as enjoyable, as there are a lot of little "in" references to those who are familiar with the various series'.
There is NO in-mission save game... so, you play one particular "episode" for 20-30 minutes, do something dumb and blow up your ship, and you have to start over again... really unacceptable gaming practice if you ask me... what, am I playing a Nintendo or something?
Finally.... SPOILER BELOW...
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They compromise standard Trek common sense in order to advance the plot... a short way into the game they move you from the USS Dauntless, a Galaxy-class ship (like Enterprise-D in series) to the USS Sovereign, a Sovereign-class ship (like the Enterprise-E in the last two movies)... WELL (and here's my trekkie-ness coming to fore) there is no way they would take an as-yet unseasoned captain, first officer & crew and put them in a flagship-type starship like the Sovereign when their existing ship was still in one happy little piece. Basically, the game designers told the writers to create some plot device to allow the player to get a neat new ship at this point in the game, and the writers instead of working on a plausible situation, just shrugged their shoulders and didn't bother... too bad... they could have at least found some way of destroying the Dauntless in some sort of heroic catastrophic way (like that's been done three times already in Trek lore, but at least we're familiar with the plot device) to give us some indication as to why this inexperienced crew is being moved as a unit to a brand new top of the line cruiser!</SPOILER>
SO... despite all of the b*tching above, I'm still enjoying the game.... BUT, I am a pretty die-hard Trekkie... I even liked Voyager.
Cheers,
Wade