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star drek encounters

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Hard to see obstacles. Hard to maneuver ships. Very difficult to pass entry level tests, and when you fail, you have to really go far back to get back to where you started. My 10 year old son and I give this a big fat F.

2 thumbs way down

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is just a horrible game. Just manuevering the ship is next to impossible, targeting and firing is frustrating and very annoying.

I'm glad I didn't spend my money on it (got it as a gift)

Free advice, rent it, and regret losing the $3 rather than losing out $20.

Arcade Fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Star Trek: Encounters is a good game if you realize what you are paying for. Ringing in at just under $20, this video game is worth what you pay for. If it were much higher than that, the enjoyment factor would not outweigh a heavy price tag. There is little story line, controls can take several missions to get used to, and the arcade style of the video game can be a little aggravating at times since it is all top down camera angles. There are also a few hair pulling missions where you have to out race the Genesis wave, our run a borg ship and race a Kazon ship. These missions were definitely the most bothersome, but after several tries, you should be able to get passed them. Of course there is also good to the game as well; there are a few missions that are enjoyable, skirmish mode is a blast, and Shatner's narration is a welcome addition.

Overall, if you realize that you are only paying $20 for the game instead of $60 like most "next-gen." games, then you will realize you are coming out on top even if the game leaves you a little frustrated.

nothing special

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Was looking for another game and this was suggested. Looked alright. Was fun for a week but too easy, not much fighting, and you do the same thing over and over in each mission. Didn't do much multiplayer.

bad game, wait for the next star trek game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Many review sites rate this game as a "licensed failure". That is my opinion as well. The game fails at so many levels, it is not worth the bandwidth wasted to attempt to even somewhat glorify this game as fun. The gameplay itself is either very boring or extreamly frustrating. With the horrible ship navigation you would think they would stick to one-plane navigation. You will get carpal tunnel from all the buttons you have to hold down and the fact the some objects are either above or below you ship to give some 3D depth to the game, doesn't work because of the horible control scheme. I got to the third episode and am sick of it already. It is hard to destroy 20 ships coming at you from all angles and aiming with the right analog and steering with the left analog. Then you have to cycle weapons with the x button and fire with R1. If a ship is above or below you you have to hold L1 to go higher or l2 to go lower. But the cruisers seem to roam whereever they feel like and you have to attempt to fire while they still on your 3D plane. Annoying at best. Game is worth about $2.50 and that is only for the 2 player skirmish mode.

Game didn't work well

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: May 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game froze up all the time. All of my other games on PS2 work just fine.

Cheap game but good reason for that

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is cheap so you can't expect anything too flashy. The ship you control is very small and controls are not intuitive. Can be fun in skirmish mode but if you do the missions its a bit of a chore. There is a stupid section at the start where you fly through rings which is almost impossible. Overall not recommended.

Somewhat Entertaining

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I read some of the reviews and agree that the music could have been better. Some of the levels are extremely difficult (in my opinion). But they are doable.

Star Trek Naval Fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Single player isn't fun. Very little fighting and a lot of ship following.
What does make this game worth while is the multiplayer modes.
Whether against friends or computeres, if you want a starship slug fest its worth the 20.
There is also a code to unlock all ships, which was a life saver because I did not want to work my way through the single player to unlock them all.

The worst Star Trek game created to date

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

So I owned this game for a few days and I returned it to the store because I disliked it so much. The in-game play is terrible and it does not give you the feel of controlling the ship and the challenges is too hard to complete and Star Trek 25th Anniversary (1980)-ISH was a better game than this one.

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