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Excellent star trek game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: October 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I wasn't sure about this game, but after playing and beating it, i'm glad i bought it. You start from the enterprise era, and work your way through the show, and at the very end you play the sovereign era. For 2 player, you can do head to head, battlefest, which you select 3 ships from a pre-arranged group and select the enemies ships, then battle it out through all three ships. You can also do an onslaught where you face off against all the ships in the game in increasing waves. For arenas, it was very colorful, and had a wide variety of planets and nebulas. The ship combat was very well designed, you can play a huge variety of federation, klingon, romulan, xindi, dominion, cardassian, and even borg ships in two player. The narration by william shatner (captain kirk) was a nice bonus to the gameplay. All together, it was a very well put together game, and even though it was a arcade style shoot em' up, it gave a nice storyline with a great finsish at the last mission.

Super

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: October 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I like Star Trek and I was looking for some out-of-the-box entertainment. So I picked this one. I am very pleased with it. It will be great to play and watch at a big screen with high resolution. It is a lot of fun and even my girlfriend liked it. There are so many star ships, worlds, characters, etc. that every fan will have great time with it. Enjoy.

ARCADE STYLE, FAST ACTION!, Trek Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: January 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Play this game at the start with ONSLAUGHT mode
single player, and score above 500,000 points.
Even though you'll only have the NX-01 Enterprise, it can be done. When it's time to put your name, put in "4jstudios" in lowercase,
all ships and all mission levels will be unlocked, score one more time above 500,000 points, (pick voyager ship, fastest, small, long firing phasers) and when you enter your name a second time put "bethesda" this will give you all the character cards for ship powerups. Then you can play any level and any ship, without having to do the missions, (which some are tough). The secret to this game is to remember to use your L1 and L2 buttons which raise and lower your ship while fighting this makes it harder for enemies to lock on to you while you can lock on to them. Use your phasers to detonate the torpedoes that come at you, collect the "energy"powerups to last longer in battle. You can PLAY CO-OP
with a buddy. Use "4jstudios" and "bethesda" in LOWERCASE, I tried capital letters like the "net" sites show but it doesn't work.
For arcade style action shoot 'em up game with
a star trek theme this is a great game esp using the 2 codes to easily unlock everything
for only $14.99. Sometimes the music gets
irritating so put on a cd of something you like. ("star trek cd with a battle song works well!") This game doesn't have horrible glitches, it runs smoothly, only on a mission or two, was the camera angle a problem and you can manuever your ship a little and then it's ok again. If you can play Super Smash Melee type games etc, then you can play this game. I am a casual ordinary player, and always wanted a fun trek game, and esp with the 2 codes, I am amazed how much fun I'm having with this 2d top down view game, that has a limited 3d by
using the all important L1 & L2 buttons for up
and down. The secret to the chase mission "rings" is to fly using L1 or L2 flying high or low and hitting the rings at 10 o'clock or 2 0'clock positions.

Fun Game For Trek Fans!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

For the price, it is definitely worth getting. I'm a fan of Enterprise, so I wish they had more than three levels of it. It is really cool to see all of the ships we have grown to love in Trek appear on screen, especially to see the NX-01 make its video game debut! The game can also be challenging, which is good that it is not too easy. The controls are excellent. The flying controls are so smooth; it really does feel like the ship is flying. Shatner lends his voice at the beginnings of each level, which is pretty cool. Sadly, you can't skip the story if you lose which becomes just a little annoying if you lose a lot. Overall, this is definitely worth having if you have a PS2. For the price, it is really amazing and I'm really looking forward to Star Trek: Legacy on X-Box 360!

The Days of StarTrek Games Being Second Rate are Over!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Great game from the music to the graphics. The 3 multiplayer modes were surprisingly fun to play (Yes, three). First is called head-to-head meaning one ship vs one ship with frag limits you set. Second battle mode is (Three different classes of ships) vs (Three different classes of ships) first one to destroy all three ships wins. You unlock ships from playing the episodes (Ex. ships from Federation, Romulan, Cardasian, Klingon, Xindi & More). Third Mode is to see how many waves of ships can you survive against until you die. The Episodes are well done and don't let the word arcade scare you even Grand Tourismo 3A had an arcade mode. WOW! This game has been fun. Now, that the Glowing endorsement is done the negatives. One the transporting is difficult and sometimes impossible to due to the camera angles causing a person to fail a mission time and time again while waiting for the game to cycle to Away Team. There is a learning curve like with flying and firing weapons but given practice this game becomes fun quickly (even flying the Defiant is fun I got the chance to blow up a Romulan war bird with it, what fun).

Best Bang for the Buck I've bought in ages

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Yes, I hate the rings, I hate the races. But it's only really intolerable in one level, "The Chase" in the Voyager section. It's also slow to load.

But other than that, this was a huge bargain for $15! I felt it really captured the spirit of Trek, and I found most of the missions very enjoyable. I've put a lot of hours into the regular "story" levels, and there's still so much replay value with the different types of skirmishes. It's MORE than enough for this 41 year old Trek fan and casual gamer.

That said, if it wasn't Trek, if they weren't Trek ships, I probably would not have enjoyed it nearly as much, and I'm sure I would have walked away after 2 hours of trying to beat "The Chase". Life is short. But I really want to play the Next Gen Movies "Sovereign" class levels, so I kept at it.

If there's a sequel (unlikely), I'll buy it. It's certainly NOT "Starfleet Command", but it just about captures that feeling for me from the comfort of my couch rather than my PC.

One star off of "Fun" for.... "THE CHASE"!!! ugh!

What a pleasant surprise!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm not entirely blown away, but for the price it was just perfect. I had my doubts when I first bought it, but when I started playing, the experience of flying a starship was awesome. The learning curve is a little steep and I would of liked maybe a map of the sector that I was in, but hey that's okay. It is easily forgivable considering the price. Ol' Captian Kirk lends in his voice to narrate, but to me he doesn't sound too motivated, as if he was reading out of a book to himself. I would of love to be able to explore stars and nebulas more as well as blow other ships up, and that sort of happens, but not to the extent that I would of like it to be. Overall, I am pleased with the outcome of the game, the price is outstanding because I believe we have gotten more than we actually paid for, and this is a perfect game for any Star Trek fan. If this is what we get for the Playstation 2, I can't wait for Star Trek: Legacy to come out on PC and Xbox 360. Trust me, you will not be disappointed with this game.

Response to the game not loading...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

To all those people having problems of the game not loading with the "disc read error": It is your PS2, not the game! The "blue" discs are in regular CD-ROM format; The "silver" discs are in DVD-ROM format. The Playstation 2 has a known fault of not reading a certain format over extended use of the system or improper shut down procedures. For instance, do not switch off the main power before holding the reset button to go into standby mode: It is the most common cause of the system not reading certain formats if it is not shut down properly. Since "blue" discs are rarely made anymore, most consumers choose to ignore the problem. It can be fixed, however, with a few tweaks of the laser or a laser replacement, but it can be costly (and probably not practical because you can buy a new PS2 for the price of the repair). Trust me, I used to repair these same problems for a living. It was one of the PS2's major faults that was never resolved because of SONY's greediness. They want you to give them money for the repair to make up for the losses made during manufacturing of the PS2 and now the PS3. Anyway, I've gone on long enough. Before returning the game to the store, try it in someone else's PS2 to see if it works. If it doesn't, then that other PS2 is bad too. Like I said, very common problem! Hope this answers some concerns.

Oh, the game is pretty cool.

star trek encounters

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Good game. Fun. Although I am stuck already trying to follow Zindi warp trails.

Good Star Trek diversion till 'Legacy' comes out

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: October 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was a little disappointed when I heard that the PS2 exclusive game 'Encounters' was going to be just a shoot-em-up. I was hoping for more of a Trek experiance, but I have to say that it's been enjoyable so far.

The gameplay is a top-down perspective on the battles, with each mission being a chapter in a much larger campaign. Missions include objectives such as destroy all enemy, recon missions, escort and rescue missions. Each campaign takes place in a different Trek era, from 'Enterprise' all the way to 'Voyager' (and the mysterious 'Soverign' campaign). You get a choice of two different weapons, 2 alternate functions (such as tractor beam, mines) and the ability to switch power around, diverting energy from one system to another, such as weapons, shields and engines. All the enemies from each series are present, from the Xindi to the ever-fave Klingons.

As far as graphics go, the effects are pretty but the scenery is bland. Since its a space-battle game only, the locales are pretty much all the same - some changes like nebula fields and debris strewn space mix it up a bit, but the battles and areas get repetitive and for some very tedious. However, once you get past the idea that the whole point of the game is simply space shooting (the story elements are tacked on) it can be pretty fun. The best part still remains the narration by William Shatner, even though he sounds like he's bored out of his mind.

At the budget price it's definitely one to pick up if your a Trekkie waiting for a good, fun Trek game.

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