Reception
Battlecruiser 3000AD, was covered extensively in gaming magazines during the development process, including a 1992 cover story in Computer Games Strategy Plus. The game was marketed as "The last thing you'll ever desire" in pre-release ads that ran in computer gaming magazines.
Battlecruiser 3000AD was released against the wishes of its main designer, Derek Smart, as it was still incomplete and buggy – although even in this state it was able to collect some positive reviews and revenue.
Battlecruiser Millennium received 65% and 68% at aggregate review sites Game Rankings and Metacritic respectively. According to some reviews of the game, it was as encompassing and strategically pleasing as the developer had set out to make, but lacked in user interface design friendliness and atmosphere. In 2003 Gamespy named it the 19th most overrated game of all time due to the hype Derek produced with his extremely ambitious game play promises that he would ultimately be unable to fulfill.
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