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A true experience in colonization

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 18
Date: December 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I can appreciate the reviewers who have given this game a low, or negative, star-rating. They must have made their purchase on the misguided assumption that Star Trek games are created for electronic hedonists in pursuit of yet another distraction from the cruel world outside. Such has never been the case. Those disaffected gamers would do well to remember that to enjoy a true Trek experience in the context of New Worlds, they must avail themselves of the unique opportunity it presents to experience (in plodding real-time, no less) one of the more accurate virtual depictions of the hardships of pioneering class-M planets in uncharted space. Like actual soldiers on an expedition of conquest - which will read as "non-interference" to all the brainwashed Federation apologists - STNW forces us to stumble around in the dark as gutsy adventurers embracing the peril of an unknown land. Armchair Indiana Jones types seeking to douse that flaming passion to actually go outside and feel the rigors of an unforgiving ecosystem would do well to spend hours in this game, figuring out how to best navigate its puzzling user-hostile interface, whilst trying to avoid being consumed by the game's most dangerous elements: boredom, fatigue, and atrophy brought on by the mind-numbing stupor of trying to challenge the left brain in a place as predictable as a hundred miles of Texas Interstate highway . . . Watch out for the armadillo!

New world

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 58
Date: June 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome! Cool graphics! it is an rpg.

The coolest game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

When I got the demo CD with this game on it i rushed to my computer to try it out. I tried it out and I immediately fell in love with it. It is a combination of StarCraft (one of my all-time favorites) and StarTrek. The weapon effects and explosions are exquisite and all the units are so cool. But there is one setback to the game. There is no in-game options menu, and therefore you can't save it in-game. That is one thing I would like to change. Other than that, it is the coolest RTS game I have ever seen.

In the year 2292,a game with deep strategy and policy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 10
Date: December 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

New Worlds is a not an ordinary game this game is a game created for Real Strategy on ground,and the player stands as an officer of each one of these Star Empires,New Worlds game is about the importance of a star system named Tabula Rasa Anomalies,this system has been appeared because of a Romulan Test,that put the whole region on the map(of all star Empires known to eachother)
there is no good or bad in this Game,and if you stand and fight is for the good of your goverment,this region has a very strategical importance for all 3 star empires,first we must know that these anomalies appeared in the Neutral zone,M-Class Planets,new Races,and the rich Dilithium Planets that are far richer than a ordinary dilithium planet are the reasons of its importance,of course all the goverments are on the rush to have these systems,the Federation and Romulan Star Empire,look at this situation as a oppertunity to uphold their strength,but due to the loss of Praxis(Klingon Moon)the klingons look at the sitiuation as a golden oppertunity to escape the peace treaty
that is going to be negotiated with the federation,and uphold the honor and strength of their Empire,
This Game was Created in 1999 and due to that time here are the ratings i give to it,
Graphics 9/10
Story 10/10
Sound and Music 10/10
Gameplay Control 8/10
Overall:9/10
You have the oppertunity to play as each of the Goverments and
help the goverments to hold the upper hand in Economy and Border Strength(dont forget the neutral zone),and also this game is a very deep game,and you cant win too soon,it will take a lot of time for every misson,and a you need to have a real strategy and plan for this game,you also get promotion after having success in several missons,and if you really are a man of strategy go and have it.
i hope success for you Lieutenant Commander

Not bad, so far. A vacation from the ordinary space combat!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: September 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I just got this two days ago, and so far it's pretty good. I need to spend some time reading the book on it so I can build and colonize, but the graphics are good. It's well worth it. I'll let you all know as time goes on how great it really is.

Good game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: August 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

While I don't have the game yet.. it is on order. I have played the demo and have watched the progress of this game over the last year. I sincerely, think it will be great game and can't wait till I get it. However, I don't agree with last review which said it was "An RPG". It's a real time strategy game.

A good game, but time consuming

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have really enjoyed this game but it takes a lot of time to play. It took one hour to complete the first mission. there's about a half hour learning streak. No saving feature, but other than that it's an awsome game

Another almost.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: September 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

As with the other Star Trek games, New Worlds provides some interesting game play. It however does not provide any new or unusual twists. In this game, the player builds and manages one-colony base and generates ground vehicles for mining, exploring and destroying other enemies. Oh by the way, it really doesn't have the feel of an RPG, you can assign "personnel" to accomplish certain tasks but you cannot give the personnel any attributes or personality.

very well made.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Overall, I liked this game. good smooth graphics speaking since it doesn't require high-end expensive graphics card. Only thing i hated was I can click tricorder map and go directly to the spot, i have to scroll slowly to the spot. There is no cheats to this game either unlike most games out there. You cant save games during missions, only between them. I don't mind this but you might. I have AMD K6-2 500mhz computer and It hasn't crashed on me yet. It seems pretty stable to me.

Looking much better with age

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

After playing and completing this game some years ago, then re-installing and running it from the Gamefest package recently, I was absolutely stunned by how good the game looks to me now, compared with the original reviews.

Granted, young first-person-shooter twitch-gamer-consolers will find this game far above their heads, but for more sophisticated trekkers who can handle an intelligent interface by reading the manual and the Unofficial Strategy Guide by Stratos Group, the game brings a fascinating Star Trek scenario to life.

It's strange, but the opening movie, mission briefing sequences, unique command interface, admittedly somewhat dated 3D graphics, and simulation-style action all give an actually authentic, immersive, engaging, intelligent level of computer gameplay that is not seen in current real-time-strategy games.

Despite somewhat fragile game stability, this game reminds one of the promise that computer games held for creating new worlds to live in and explore, deep, rich, constructive, and with a sophisticated plotline requiring strategic planning. This game itself cannot quite live up to that ideal, of course, but gives you that idea of where computer games could have headed, instead of the MMORPG's and same old now incredibly boring, dumb, first-person-shooter based games that require absolutely zero intelligence to play with nothing but high-end graphics and no lasting value whatsoever.

Star Trek New Worlds shows where we could have gone, and seems to provide just a glimmer that maybe there's still hope for an intelligent future in RTS gaming after all.

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