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AVOID THIS AT ALL COSTS!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 73
Date: December 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Go take a look at the reviews for the PC version, which I own. This game is an aboslute travesty.

It has no depth, no strategy, zero replay value. It's buggy, controls are worthless, graphics are not up to snuff, there is no upgrading of systems or selection of captains, no ability to use Star Trek systems like tractor beams or transporters, no 3D manuevering - you can't even customize the skirmish mode by selecting your own enemies! The game does it for you. No in-game save, you can only save one mission at a time... need I go on?

Avoid it at ALL COSTS!

Best game I ever played!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Great graphics. Amazing gameplay. Tons of ships to choose from. The best game I have ever played. The 360 version is well worth it. The controls are a little tough to get used to but once you do the game is fun.

This game is good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: December 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Star trek legacy
They have done A great job on this game. Graphics are awsome. Game play is different from any other game out there. So it takes time to get use to controls.
Any one who has played all the other ship to ship star trek combat games will love this game.
I just got this game the other day havent stop playing it since. I think the learning curve on it is taking me some time but Im getting the hang of ship controls. Theres nothing more exciteing to be launching photon topedoes at romulons. Not sure how the pc is but the Xbox 360 is right on. I had to change the difficuty settings to easy until I get the hang of it.

Amazing! and extremely fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: December 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I finally got this game for the xbox 360, and I have to say its a little different than what I expected(the controls take a good few minutes to work out), in fact its better!!!!

The online multiplayer games are so much fun.

There are a few glitches here and there with graphics. But other than that It looks great.

Love it.

P.S. Dont listen to PC owners. If you have a 360 buy this game. Its just awesome.

I really wanted to love this game.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: December 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've really been looking forward to this game. First, the good news: the graphics, despite some glitchiness including slow texture draws and freezes during cutscenes, are generally excellent. The music's fantastic, and the voice acting is better than average

The controls are a little difficult to get used to and fairly flaky at times--"full impulse power" doesn't always mean full impulse power, for instance.

The HUD is generally unobtrusive, which can be good except that in this case, it's unobtrusive to the extent that it tends to leave out important information. (For example, jumping to warp drive while you have an enemy ship targeted removes that ship's reticle from the HUD, which is a pain in the butt when you're trying to figure out how long you need to stay in warp to close on the ship.)

The biggest problem I've found--and it's a doozy--is that your allied ships' AI is completely unreliable. Ships stop, veer off on courses to nowhere, and alternately disengage from fights they should stay in and get their butts kicked in fights they should disengage from. On the last mission I played, I was tasked with towing a captured ship out of a system while fighting a running battle against pursuing ships. The best method for this would have been to aim the ship with the captured Klingon in tow (the Enterprise) at the destination starbase, and then to alternate among the other three ships to take down the chasers. The problem was that any time I switched from Enterprise to one of my other ships, Enterprise changed course, veering back into the battle. In effect, this turned what could have been a fun tactical combat challenge into a not-fun-at-all tactical tow-truck simulation.

In short, this portion of the game is a mess, and I hope Bethesda plans a patch, because, as usual in any group-tactics simulation, the missions you're tasked with completing rely heavily on your allies behaving like they have a clue. Very, very frustrating.

There are a lot of other small problems with the game--niggling things that are more a symptom of rushed, poorly thought-out design than anything else. (For example, the selected item title in a menu displays in nearly-illegible black. Who thought THAT was a good idea?) None of these are show-stoppers, but added up, they detract from the experience.

Not for single players

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 16 / 21
Date: December 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This review relates only to the single player options. If you're an online multiplayer fan, I've read positive reviews. Like another reviewer, I really wanted to like this game. I bought it based on my blind faith in Bethesda, and was hoping for an open architecture gaming universe like Oblivion, but I couldn't have been more disappointed.

The single player campaign is a tightly choreographed, scripted series of linear missions. No deviations from the missions are allowed, you cannot explore the universe, and you cannot truly customize your fleet. Yes, you can buy & sell different types of vessels for your fleet of 4, but you cannot customize your ships (with extra shields or weapons, etc), you cannot choose captains based on their style, and you can't even rename your ships (if that's something thats important to you).

The graphics are beautiful, and the controls are fine with practice, but the single player campaign is about 70% cinematics and 30% gameplay. Sure, it's entertaining to watch once, hearing the original captains voices is a plus, but gameplay is constantly interrupted during and in between missions with long cinematic sequences.

The game is fun, but it's not great. I was hoping for Oblivion in space, where I could go off on my own to explore and pick up various assignments and achievements in a non-linear, open end gaming experience. Sadly, the single player game is essentially warp, fight, repair, warp, fight, repair, with some special objectives thrown in for variety.

Bethesda really let me down on this one. If you're a single player enthusiast like me, you'll only want to rent this game. Once through the campaign is enough.

Engage!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: December 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I just got this game today and played it for about 4 straight hours. The graphics are really good if you have an HDTV. As already mentioned, the controls will take you a little while, maybe about a half hour or so to get used too, just for the fact that there are so many control options and it can be confusing when you first play. You can transfer more power to either shields, weapons, or engines. Tell your crew to concentrate repairs on certain damaged sections on the ship before others. Command others in your fleet, and change over to other ships in your fleet mid-mission. Also, you can control your Warp drive at anytime during the game as long as it's fully charged. Warp comes in handy if your being beaten badly in a fight and need to make a quick jump to warp to gain some distance in order to make some quick repairs before heading back into battle. Just make sure you don't wait too long and get too damaged. The first mission on the single player mode is a bit boring, but thats mainly so that you can get used to the controls and don't get killed as soon as you start playing. What makes it the most fun is playing against others on Xbox Live. The main reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because the weapon and targeting system could have been a bit better and sometimes don't seem responsive enough. Overall, if your a Star Trek fan, I'd highly recommend getting this game

Worth the wait in my opinion

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: December 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This review specifically details the Xbox 360 version of this game, I know it got butchered in the PC version and I want everyone to know I have played this game on the 360, waiting for each successive delay.

Graphically, this game is very interesting, HUGE detailed backgrounds and particle effects, coupled with explosions make for a very interesting visual. I'd say graphically this game rocks.

I was very impressed with what they did with the 3d mapping as far as determining how to locate other planets/ships/etc. Too often when a game ends up in 3 dimensions it's TERRIBLE to navigate, they used a very innovative approach in order to remedy this problem.

The fact that this game has both online and offline play just adds to it's fun, I have yet to play involved games online but from what I saw, and all of the insane amounts of ship options, it looks pretty dang good to me.

Not "Star Trek" Worthy

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: December 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are really nice, but the game storyline is simplistic and does not require any thought on the part of the player. I would suggest renting it or waiting to buy it used from people like me who will toss it out soon.

It's no BC but still a great game.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game and I would buy it again. I still think that Bridge Commander is the best StarTrek game out.

The Good
This game has great graphics and some great voice talent. The game play is fun and has some great multiplayer and single player options.

The Bad
The subsystem targeting is there but is very poor and hard to pull off. If there was a better subsystem targeting then there might be a better ship repair system as well. The controls on the 360 are a bit hard but ok for this type of game. I think the controls will hold back the game a bit.

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