[Janos]

Originally posted by .::Tin Can::.
"Derek Smarts Desktop Commander"

WEEEEEEEE!

        "How does he do it?
Easy!
         He's powered by the
souls of the damned!"

Edit: If one doesn't know, that was a prank which can be found here in SA..

[Tiara]

I've played both (came in a bundle). While the idea around it was pretty good and great potential, the implementation was simply awefull. The learning curve was... long. Once you got used to it was semi-ok but still not very user friendly.  The non-linearity was a good thing as well, but again, it was very poorly implemented.

The initial retail version was buggy as hell and crashed on me every hour or so. Not to mention the difficulty I had installing the damned thing. And even after that it wasn't over with the problems; I had to edit my registry keys to make it work properly after finally getting it installed.

The online support was also minimal at best. I asked a qustion on a few of the fan community boards 9very small ones at that) and all I got was "Shut up, n00b." while I was just asking for hlp in a normal manner.

Overall both games were in my opinion bad to mediocre but hanging more on the 'bad' side. No more no less. It can't even begin to compete with classics such as Freespace.

[Ace]

Tiara's experience is pretty close to my own. I bought BC in a bargain bin, returned by someone else. It was in good shape and was cheap so I said to myself why not. Got it to run, the basic idea is good but the implimentation of it was lacking. The GUI was unintuitive, it crashed, etc. However I avoided the forums after hearing horror stories.

It's a mediocre game leaning on the bad side. It can not compete with WingCommander, FreeSpace, or Independence War.

Someone could take the overall concept behind Battlecruiser and make a classic.

[Flipside]

I owned BC once, many moons ago. I can't comment on whether it was good or bad, because I don't actually remember it. I can't say whether I just never got it installed or whether the learning curve put me off though

I suppose that is an opinion in itself.

[HeX]

I own the original Battlecruiser. Played BCM. And own Universal Combat.

Personally I didn't mind UC. Really. I got it running, no problems, and had a bit of fun with it. Though the CD is misplaced since I moved into my new appartment.

Then again, Like I've said before, I play games like Lock On where you need 50 buttons to initiate take off (well not litterally but it feels like it )

[Nico]

I own BC3000AD. As far as I remember, I had no problem installing it, but honestly, I had even less problems uninstalling it one hour later
I don't mind complicated games if there's that thing that makes me want toreally try. But it was an ugly package of impersonal menus and ugly 3D. So bubye the boring thing.