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Great game for any Trek fan

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: October 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I picked up this game on Oct 4th. My first impressions are pretty good. The graphics are good for a PS2 game. The music is very well done and gives you the Star Trek feel. The game spans the 40 years of Star Trek and it includes all the TV shows of Trek. The game is narrated by non other than William Shatner. The episode mode starts off in the Enterprise era where you have to take the ship on training missions before you proceed in the game. The further you go along in the game, the more ships and arenas (ie DS9 backdrop, Jupiter Station scene) from other shows you unlock. There is also a skirmish mode where you can fight one on one with the computer or another player. This is an arcade style shoot em up game which can be challenging at times. I recommend this game for any Trek fan or anyone who like shoot em up games.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Would be good if I could play this

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: October 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I actually purchased this twice and had to return it twice. I could not get it to play on my unit. I checked on Bethesda website I found several posts in there discussions section about the same thing. It apparently has something to do with it being on a blue disk instead of a dvd so the company could save money.

If anyone else out there has had the same problem let us know.

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).

SCF - Arcade Style

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Bethesda Softworks provided a huge variety of starships to choose from and fight against, and the game appears to have extended playability, meaning that even if you beat the solo player modes, you can come back for more.
I picked this title up and I have gotten past the `Enterprise' era. The controls of this game are rough and awkward, with missions requiring that you do multiple things at one time. Steering while using sensors, steering while using sensors to find the enemy to shoot. Steering while using sensors and trying to fumble for the weapons toggle. I guess my only gripe for this game that there is too much reliance on sensors in the game. The developers packed as much realism in to the game as they could, including a limited 3D playing surface requiring you to pilot your starship above and below some objects.

The game includes a dynamic camera system that zooms in and out depending on the action and the extent of your ship's sensor range. While this can be nice in the effect that it gives you a greater field of view, it can turn in to a pain in the buttisimo as your ship can be hard to see.
The only voice talent we see provided in this game is William Shatner, lending his famous voice for cut-scenes with what seems to be half-hearted script readings. The game would have benefited more from having era-Captains (Archer, Kirk, Picard, Sisko, and Janeway) reading their own parts. At the very least, it would have improved the atmosphere of an already good game.

One other improvement I would have included, had I been on the development team, would have been a two player cooperative mode, allowing for one person to control the movement of the ship & power allocation, and the other to control sensors and weapons.

I recommend this game for Star Trek fans. Non-fans may or may not enjoy this offering from the Star Trek Universe.

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