It is deep, challenging and for the truly dedicated strategy gamer will be a source of repeated fun as you make your way through the campaigns for each of the six races. Just be prepared for a complicated game. This is not a simple flight sim or your run of the mill real time strategy game. You control every little aspect of your ship in combat, and it can be overwhelming if you aren't willing to take the extended time required to figure everything out. Playing With Actual Humans Mplayer servers as the multiplayer matchmaking service for Starfleet Command .
Game play with up to six players was mostly very smooth over the Internet.
There are a variety of game play options including free for all and team play. Altogether it all works as you'd expect and there is enough variety and depth in the various races, ships, etc. that it doesn't get old too quickly. In fact, it is quite possible that this game will develop a very strong online following. The only problem with multiplayer is that game speed is fixed at the start of play and you cannot pause. Graphically Starfleet Command is usually a treat.