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| From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Rating:  16 reviews
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: sci-fi-strategy-games
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: Video Game
Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 3307210241528
ASIN: B000K86C86
Release Date: December 20, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Excellent graphics, takes some skill though. December 21, 2006
Stephen Salt (United Kingdom)
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
I didn't give this game the full 5 stars becuase there is one thing I find really difficult, the control of the star ships is tricky. Being set in space you are able to move in 3 dimension, this makes it difficult when trying to target an enemy ship (and there are a lot of them), I also only found out after a while of going from full stop to full impulse that you could select speeds inbetween allowing the ship to me more manouverable. Its fun to go to warp though and see all the stars fly by.
The graphics are incredible, the ships themselves are highly detailed, especially the effect of the shields, the stars and planets move how you would expect, though I have not seen any signs that they move in orbit. All the sounds seem authentic to the TV shows, the voices of the captains are provided by the actors themselves adding a greater level of realism.
This game is a must for anyone who like Star Trek or Sci-Fi in general (being the only sci-fi game currently available) most watchers of star trek have dreamed of being the captain of the enterprise, and now you can, through three generations!!
Charging all power to phasers captain! April 8, 2007
Viva La Jam (?)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I myself am not a trekkie, i used to watch the shows when i was younger (voyager being my favourite)but when that had finished didn't really care for the new Series. But when i heard that this was coming out on 360 it brought back all my childhood dreams of taken on the borg in voyager. So anyway back to the game,it is very very awesome. flying all your favourite ships from all the shows and more. When they said that it has 60 ships they weren't kidding, although you may like myself find that you will play as the federation during skirmish. Graphically it isn't as next next-gen as other games out and i think that the xbox would have been able to handle this, but it still looks very authentic. It has all the voices from the captains are in here, although the first captain in the campaign sounds like his just reading the lines of the script, not really putting any drama into it, but still spot on. As for the SFX these don't dissapoint with the sound of your engines coming online or powering up the phasers and of cause warpping, although there is a problem, i'm not sure if it was just my copy or all of them but theres a gilch where when you are in a dogfight and the enemy ship is destroyed or if you warp away as it's doing then the phaser sound keeps on going on one ship until it fires again.
I haven't really played the campaign that much but from what i've played it seems alright but not really a challange for the average gamer. as for the skirmish this is very cool. The best moment i've had was when i first played it i didn't really know what i was doing so i started moving towards a nebula and as i was moving i saw a cube shapped object come towards me out of the nebula.
So what do i give it:
GRAPHIC: 8.5/10 not really next-gen but still impressive.
SOUND: 8.0/10 got every spot on although the sound proble and the
archer voice drops it
LIFE-SPAN: 8.9/10 I can see myself playing this for a while
GAME-PLAY: 8.1/10 The controls take some getting used to and after each
skirmish/multiplayer match you have to change all the
settings again which gets annoying
CLOSING COMMENT: if you wanted to always fly the ships seen in the show
then this is a game deffo for you, but i would buy it
cheap. If they also made the maps bigger and had more
players in the skirmish/multiplayer then this game may
have doninated xbox Live.
FINAL SCORE:8.7/10
ok at best, but not the worst December 27, 2006
Ck Rautenbach (South Africa)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
first off, i'm a trekker, so trek games always excite me when i hear a new one is coming out. this game had a lot of hype, so i expected something huge when i first put the disc into my console.
now, the pc version has been slammed pretty hard, thats why i opted for the console version, it sounded like the safer option, since i had a terrible let down for the PS2 Encounters game ( i have a review about how bad it was, if anyone is interested) and couldn't handle two bad trek games in one week.
this game is the best console trek game i have played ever. yes, i know it has a few flaws, but overall, i'm impressed. the graphics are good, the sound fx are authentic and i like the voice overs of the captains.
the downside is that the camera IS very tricky to get used to, like the previous reviewer mentioned. all it takes is practice though.
also, the ships do handle a bit sluggish, but come on people, these are starships 500+ meters in length. huge things should FEEL huge, no? this isn't shuttle craft wars after all.
i can understand why the PC guys feel cheated. without a good pad, this game will be unplayable it think. the joysticks are essential.
overall, though, i like this, and since there are hordes of FPS games out there and on the horizon, this game is a nice refreshing alternative. besides, if you really think this game is complicated, try Starfleet Acadamy on the pc. now THAT is a tough game to play.
 Only Good In Parts December 27, 2006
Mr. S. Townsley (UK)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This game should really be a bargain basement game. Although the ships are graphically rich and detailed. The good elements are the ships, the AI and the presence of original actors voiceovers. However that is it. The game joins the well worn trend of trek games that dont quite get there. The game play is somewhat pedestrian going through a storyline of all generations involving a vulcan scientist where you face waves of Romulan attackers - often 50 plus at a time.
The problems first start with the fact you only have one game save file and no in-mission save or checkpoint system. This means you can get 99% through a mission and fail. Given a mission can take up to an hour it is tedious repeating the same bits time and time again. Poor design.
Then there is the question of scale. Planets are small in comparison to ships even when you are practically walking on them. Worse still is space itself - not at all vast in each map. All the maps seem to have huge colourful nebulae.
The collision algorithm needs some work. If you crash into an ship you simply bounce off taking no damage. Repair controls are fiddly at best - as is the fleet (4 ships) command mode. When you take damage the graphic representation is poor and out of proportion to the damage indicator. The cinematic sequences dont always gel with play and look unfinshed.
If you want a quick battle there is skirmish mode. No option to save preferences or set-up classic conflicts like Kirk versus Khan in Star Trek II. Instead a limited set of options that have to be set each time.
Multi-user is at the heart of the Xbox 360. It's a shame it disappoints in this game. No option to preset you fleet choices with saved configurations. Only two simple options of Deathmatch or Co-op. The co-op mode is simply defending against wave after wave of AI attackers. No options to develop custom scenarios or extra maps. All in all not playing to one of the Xbox strengths as a console.
So if you want to pay above the odds for an average shoot-em game and you are Star Trek fan then this is for you. Otherwise I would wait until it reaches tescos 9.99 bargin bin.
Star Trek battles at their greatest December 24, 2006
G. N. Davies
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This game is one of the best star trek games. It is 'similar' to Dominion Wars but a hell of a lot better! Each story is an original story therefore no historical battles but it's still damn good fun. Every captain in the series has their own voice overs which in some cases can be hiliarious such as William Shatner as he does Capt Kirk. One of the good extras that is included in the game is the origin of the Borg and I must say - WELL DONE!!! I just hope it is deemed canon.
Anyone who is a trekkie must buy this game!
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