The Captain is Dead

Game is awesome, it's a shame this doesn't have higher ratings. I can talk to you about how I like the board game, but I feel like this version brings it to a whole new level. The music is great, I was thinking of running it during physical playthroughs of this game, it also adapts a little to the events happening. There's also animations on what's happening, aliens teleporting and shooting, small vessels being destroyed, it definitely feels more alive than the board game. Let me also mention the different quotes and personalities for each crew member, they interact and talk to each other, I enjoy and adore the many star trek quotes. Finally, if you manage to survive, instead of a "You Win!" screen, there's an epic final sequence, totally unnecessary, but very cool and appreciated. So the board game is solid, you need to know if you like it, it's a cooperative crisis management kind of deal, but all the bells and whistles added by this digital version, man, I can't imagine a better adaptation. EDIT: Hey there, it's awesome to see a developer appear here! It is no trouble at all, you guys deserve the praise, I can see a lot of love was put into this. It might not be my favourite board game, but I think it's my favourite digital adaptation, I have no problem in saying this. Also, thanks for the suggestion, I'm checking out Occams Laser and there's some groovy stuff in there! As for the fun fact, do you mean the computer voice telling you what is recommended and the general status of the ship? Yeah, that is actually quite useful and cool! I'll also take this review a step further: the major complaint I saw was the GUI being hard to navigate, read or being in general unintuitive, which I disagree with. It's fairly elegant, the icons are clear, concise, have different colors related to status, all the important info is displayed and if you need further details just hold your left mouse button on the appropriate system. Also, the undo button is a life saver for people learning the game or trying to make that perfect turn work (even justified by our personal Q overseeing us, hah!). Last but not least, the game is pretty stylish in my taste, but that's personal. I can't wait for the new content and I would gladly even buy DLCs if you're planning to port Episode 2 and 3! Thanks again, guys, stay awesome! EDIT 2: Nominating this for Best Soundtrack in Steam awards 2021. EDIT 3: These people just added Jon St. John (Duke Nukem) as the Janitor, you have made an ally for life.

This game is EXTREMELY fun and very challenging! I love the effectiveness of the UI and the game look is very appealing. There is a LOT going on with multiple difficulty settings so replayability is HUGE! HIGHLY RECOMMEND! edit: Having never played the board game I was overwhelmed at first. The tutorial gives you the absolute basics and NOTHING MORE! There is a LOT more that you need to learn if you want and hope of winning the game on even normal. After using more of the characters and understanding their special abilities and the abilities given by the ship itself I am a lot more comfortable playing it. I have now won on normal difficulty several times and will try the insane difficulty soon. In my opinion this game should be played by every TBS enthusiast. Kudos devs!

[ENG] This is such a wonderful game! I worked in localizing the game to Spanish, the music is fabulous (Occams Laser work... I highly recommend his music if you are into synthwave), the game is entertaining (yet rock solid! At least for my tiny little human sized brain...) and.. I think that's all you need to know... as of right now. If you are a sci-fi fan / fast-paced strategy game enthusiast you're loving it I'll tell you! It has some gorgeous voice acting from both Kevan Brightning and Elias Toufexis. [ESP] Este es un juego maravilloso! Traduje este juego al español, la música es fantástica (es de Occams Laser!), y el juego es muy divertido(Aunque creo que es un poco difícil para mi primitivo cerebro pequeño...) Y... creo que eso es todo lo que necesitas saber... Si sos un fan de la ciencia ficción y de los juegos de estrategia vas a amar el juego. Verdaderamente agradezco haber podido trabajar en este juego tan entretenido y fascinante. En él actúan Kevan Brightning y Elias Toufexis también!

I think this game is great! If you like board games and Star Trek... or any type of captain simulator, I think you will like this. It runs great on my 2017 potato with no graphics card. Wonderful presentation, pace and atmosphere.

its a really cool game it screams retro visual and music. i hope the add the rest of the crew and the expansions, i'd buy it. i hope they make more board game adaptations into video games, My friends dont play board games and this is the only way, best way too.

An extremely good adaptation of the board game. Fun to play. If only it was multiplayer. I hope one day for the game expansions for the board game to be made. I'd certainly buy them.

I play a lot of board games, and was considering getting this the physical game but this is just too cluttered. EVERYTHING is on fire which is funny, but unhelpful when surveying your ship and deciding what to do. Lots of other design choices that I didn't like, mentioned in other comments. And hard, I mean REAL hard on even on COWARD mode - I've played it like 10 times (4 hours) and I haven't beaten it yet. The difficulty has put me off the board game now :( If you do get it then go to the options and turn off the extra animations that slow the game pace down and add nothing after you have seen them once.

This game is extremely poorly balanced. Even on normal difficulty, it is impossible to win. There is no excuse for this poor of balancing. This is not a case of strategy, just poor planning. Its like playing Russian roulette with a AR15. No matter what you do, you will lose.

This is a great version of the board game with the same name. (I wish more digital versions of board games would take advantage of the medium like this game does. It really goes above and beyond what most digital board games do.) If you've ever played the classic board game Pandemic, then you've got the basics for this one. Each player is a character with a unique ability and each has a hand of cards that must be used for various reasons in various places on the ship. At the end of each player's turn a bad thing will happen that will require the players to consider dealing with it while still trying to focus on the game winning goal of repairing the warp core so the ship can escape from an unstoppable alien force. Despite Pandemic's popularity, I think this is a much better design, with better player agency and more for the players to do. The digital version is absolutely great, but does have some minor flaws. It controls great and has all of the important information on the screen at almost all times; however, the screen is pretty cluttered and not intuitive to read for beginners. If you can handle a short learning curve, though, then you'll really appreciate all of that visual noise for how useful it turns out to be. The graphics are great and fun with a tongue in cheek sense of humor, but there are some small details I really don't like. Such as how there might be fires burning in rooms that don't need any repairs, or how the too bright color scheme can wash out some details. I think it would have really improved readability if the crew, aliens, and other things had black outlines to help them stand out against the background. The sound is absolutely spot on. Great voices for each and every character. It is really impressive for a digital board game especially. The one thing I would like an option to change is the CPU's voice. It has a reverb that makes it hard for me to understand sometimes. That same voice is just fine in the trailers...