Based around a first-person view, you are either the first officer, Captain or Admiral aboard a Galaxy-class ship called the Dauntless. But just because it is first-person doesn't mean that you will be gun's-a-blazing and running from deck to deck like Star Trek Voyager; as the title suggests you will have your bum firmly planted in the chair as you command others, in your spaceship's moment of need.

Based across 25 in-depth levels, you are slowly thrown into the melee, learning the systems--with the help of Jean Luc Picard--as you ferry him to another spaceport. Boredom or a quick completion are unlikely. The game also boasts a quick-battle arena where you can set a number of parameters and fight up to 16 other computer or human controlled craft across a LAN or the Internet.

If you've ever fancied taking control of the Enterprise, but up until now were afraid of all the tactical RTS-style games such as Star Trek Armada 2, this is a perfect opportunity to earn your wings.--Jason Denwood

For Trekkies it's nice. I only hope they'll create Bridge Commander two. The only fault I see is your character is only in the big chair. Using the mouse you can look all the way round and up and down. You can't move around inside ship or there's no real skill at slipping the ship into space dock. Docking can only be done by asking navigation to do it.

The nice part is doing online game is you've got the choice of your ship and you can slip into a game that's playing and go straight into combat.

I've given it 3 stars due to the limited appeal of the actions. You can charge the power levels, control the green,yellow and red alert and power levels on phasers and the damage to be repaired first. Target ships manually. Get PC to attack anything close.

It's a very good try. The only thing is, it doesn't have the feeling of command you expect. There's plenty in it. I would say buy if your into Star Trek. Easy to use system. Worth 25 for the experience but don't expect to be playing it for over a 6 months. You'll like it but it's too limited to have a real lasting impact.

Try Downloading the Demo first to see.