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1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: June 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was looking forward to getting a chance to play the game. When I first played it it was alright. I then noticed bugs. There are so many of them. When you save a game it sometimes loads instead of saving and locks the game up. Also you always have to keep a savefile when you are selecting your crew and ships. The reason for this is after you start your mission there is no way to go back and change your crew or your ship selection. I also found out that you can't control your ships fire. The computer atomatialy controls it unlike kilgon acdemy in, which you basicaly control everything. I was very disappointed about this game and I don't recomend it to anyone.

Where do I begin?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: July 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is no fun at all. The camera allows you only to view the POV of the first starship that you enlist. All other action is far away represtned by cheesy little icons. Or else they are viewed on an inset window covered by status reports on the ship's systems. Ships just bash at each other off camera until shields collapse. Part of the fin of a role playing game is collecting sufficent inteligence to formulate a strategy. That is not poosible here.The maps are unclear. Find Romulan Space? Come on, the only way you could find anything in this game would be if you actually graduated Star Fleet Academy in the 24th Century. And once you've passed beyond the Launch Fleet screen there is no way to check the map to refresh your memory. The sesnro scan function makes an authentic sound but it doesn't seem to do much else.Furthermore it is next to impossible to save a game and come back to it because the game is buggy as hell and needs to be re-installed each time you play. And these compliants are just the tip of a very big iceberg. I wanted to like this game because I was a very big fan of the Dominion War segment of Star Trek Deep Space 9. But this game captured none of the flavor of that. They should have gone for a Command & Conquer model or-- at the very lesat-- a first person shooter. What this is is just cashing in on the name of a lucrative franchise.

Not worth a dime!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: July 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have purchased every Star Trek video game there is. This one is by far the worst. First, it is very unstable. I have the most recent patches installed but the damn thing will still not stay running. Second, the documentation is very poor. You are left on your own trying to figure out how to play. Third, tech support from the developers is non-existent.

I wish I could return it and get my money back.

This game stinks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: April 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because it was Star Trek. Also, it CLAIMED that it would work right on Windows 98. But, NO, when I first played it, it crashed, then when I went to XP, it worked but the cursor was slow as heck. Then, I went looking for the patch I needed, and it wasn't there, however there were what looked like dozens of other patches there. It was obsolete, they said. Well I guess I bought the game too late to get the patch then huh? Other than that, it's a good game (if it would work).
If you want to try it, go right ahead.

buggy, buggy, buggy! gives "Star Trek" a bad name

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: February 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm sure all of you who think it's fun to play actually got the stupid thing to LOAD on your computer, as I did - but every time I tried to launch a game, the darn thing would shut down on me! I didn't even get to play it. It got trashed real quick. Don't waste your money on this buggy game. Don't you think they'd work all the bugs out BEFORE they put a game on the market???? I guess the name "Star Trek" sells itself!

Bugs everywhere

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought the game about a week ago and it has been cool for the most part. The game had way too many bugs though. There are so many that you cannot count them all. Also, for anyone with a ATI Mobility video card you cannot play the game. I have this card and I had too download a different driver that makes the game work, but it slows it down by 50%. I do not recommend this game to anyone. Maybe in a few months they will release a better version than this one. I am very angry that this game was not as good as it could have been.

A dog.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Just a terrible game. I've played Starfleet Command, which I like (but it is not perfect). Starfleet offers great tactical control but really poor strategic control. This game lacks both. I've won and lost missions not knowing why. One really does not feel any control over ships. The user interface is clumsy, limiited, and totally unexplained. The game comes with no manual, and the readme lacks any explinations either. The game has a tutorial, much like sitting in a class that explains how to use a computer without letting you turn one on--i.e., the tutorial is a "sit and watch" as opposed to an interactive "do". (In my book Freespace has the very best tutorial). The graphics don't cut it, being very unpolished in feel. They are second rate. The music is boring. The story is well, boring too. Finally, the game has absolutely no strategy. I'm not a big RTS fan, but I'd like some strategy. The only strategic aspect is that you pick out your ships and captains prior to a mission, after you hear the mission objectives. Big deal. If you lose a mission, its game over. A real strategy game gives you consequences to failure and rewards to success; here your reward is to get to play another mission, and the consequence of failure is to start the game over. It's too bad, the story had so much potential having been told on TV. Wait for Bridge Commander is my suggestion. I sure wish I had. I really wish I had never bought it.

This game was horrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: November 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I got this game as when it came out and was very dissapointed. The graphics are fine but the gameplay is awful you can't control
your ship and you can't figure out what to do.

ABYSMAL

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: May 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I will only say that I've never played a worse game in my life. I'm a huge ST fan but this software creation (if that's what it can be called) is a smack across the face. To be more specific...
Highly unstable with countless software glitches, the game isn't even ripe for a beta test. Crashes, so-called patch releases that don't address problems (or vaguely so), and nearly nonexistent customer service shows that the developers were entirely money-oriented and tried to sell the title rather than to publish a product worthy of adulation. As far as content, game's simplicity is intolerably cruel. A deceiving 3D but in reality a 2D space is a major flaw, not to mention the by far imperfect adherence to the cannon starship specifications and in-game texturing. All you'll do as a "captain" is give one simple order and then sit back and relax while watching your ship(s) make repetitive and boring semi-circular motions which are supposed to be strategic maneuvers. Essentially, you do nothing and the game nearly plays itself.
Do yourself a favor and forget ordering it. You'll save yourself a great deal of frustration.

Man Cant Star Trek Get a break?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: June 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I got this game yesterday. I must admit I was blown away by the grafics at first. Then I tried to play it for a while. It has a large amount of bugs. The load/save problem is rediculus. Especially when Your on mission four trying to blow up the sensor array. And allready hard mission made much worse when you have to restart the whole thing every time. Plus the interface is booring. I really was Quite upset. I'm returning the game this evening. I just wonder if the'll ever be a good Star Trek video game.

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