3000 AD Battlecruiser Millenium Simulation Review

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 1 of 5

Value Rating
 0 of 5

Visitors rate this review
3.17 of 5,
6 votes

Price Paid:  $5.00 from EB

Summary:
I love space simulations, especially those that give you choices. This game gives you a lot of choices, several tens and hundreds of thousands of choices. Unfortunately this game is an example of why games can't give you everything.

The box promises you a lot and the egotistical creator Derek Smart proudly displays his name on the front. What you get however is something that barely seems to qualify as a video game.

What the game leads you to believe is that it's a game where you can do almost anything in a sci-fi setting. From being the captain of an enormous space vessel, one of its fighter pilots, or even a marine. What the game gives you however is mediocre everything.

To make things even worse the control system is insanely complicated and the manual does NOTHING to make any sense at all out of this game. If you're not a certified genius you will have no idea how to figure this game out. I have a working theory that there are only about five or six people on the planet who actually understand how to play this game.

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 1 of 5

Value Rating
 0 of 5

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
2 votes

Price Paid:  $2.00 from EBX

Summary:
I fully agree with Jason' review on the game, BCM is just terrible one of the worst games i've ever played, its pure suckage.

NEVER BUY THIS GAME, not even for $2. I'm getting my money back thats how bad this game really is.

It has insane bugs that included terminal bugs like CTDs, your ship when damaged can take literally hours to repair in realtime, driving around on the surface can take hours and days also!

Combat is hopeless, I don't need to say more as the entire game is hopeless.

At worst, it needs some form of time advance and thats just for starters. I agree though that the scope of the game is good, just terrible execution.

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
2 votes

Price Paid:  $7.00 from Bargain

Summary:
Being a Sci-Fi fan I was waiting for years for a space-sim game to come out. I heard about the Battlecruiser series and with difficulty was able to find it (it's not the new hot title).
I really wanted the game to run, so I applyed the latest patch (1.09) and read the long manual about piloting, Galaxy history, etc. After that I decided to get my feet wet and suddenly the bugs started to come out in numbers.
Before you read further I'd like to say that it's a pity that such a great idea was ruined by this faulty release.

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Visitors rate this review
2.60 of 5,
5 votes

Summary:
Absolutely......GREAT, i hvae no idea why people call the game so much????ok a few bad points but you bring a game to me which IS perfect!

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 1 of 5

Visitors rate this review
2.67 of 5,
3 votes

Price Paid:  $30.00 from CompUSA

Summary:
This is a game that had a good deal of potential. Unfortunately, the authors screwed it up so horribly that I have to wonder if they were high on drugs at the time. I'm fitfully sorry that I spent $30 on this this afternoon. Software like this is why I really think there needs to be a mandatory return law, where stores have to refund your money under an implied warranty or a "lemon law."

In fact, this experience, and other like it to a far lesser degree, I think WILL prompt me to write my legislators suggesting just such legislation.