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Old Enemies Make Dangerous Friends...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Simply, this game is awesome. There are many different approaches to winning this game. You can become a powerful alliance with everyone, send sabatuers in to destroy your enemy interally, or you can use the sheer force of your fleet of ships to win over all the empires. This game is a crowd pleaser: Star Trek fans and turn based strategy fans alike would love this title to be in their computer software library!

Good, but . . .

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Don't get me wrong, I like this game. I've only played it in it's pre-patch form, but I rather enjoyed the slow pace of expanding and fighting. The major flaw this game has, is the Borg. Regardless of the race I play and how powerful I am, the Borg are virtually invincible. If by some miracle you can beat the ship they send to your homeworld, they send two ships, and so on. They are so persistent and make the Antarans of MOOII look like sissies who don't try hard enough. If you could turn off the Borg, or if a patch makes them less godlike then buy this game, if not, look elsewhere.

Good,but not a real interactive battle game..

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is a pretty good game if you want to learn a little bit more about other species/races, or if you want to see how much territory you can acquire...or see how long you can keep your empire's morale up. But if you're looking for a game with extremely interactive fights, this is not your game. *Opinion: If you want to fight, buy Star Trek: Starfleet Command. It's a great game!!! And there are a lot of surprises..*But I'm not here to talk about that one, am I?

Very Good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the best i have played yet. It is very addictive. However i must agree with earlier statements that this game is very complicated, way to complicated as a matter of fact but it still gets my five(5) stars.

Tough to get the hang of

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I received this game as a second-hand gift from a friend, who told me he was having too much trouble understanding it. I was able to figure it out, but I've played Civs 2 and 3, so I'm used to this game format. Overall, it's a fun game, though I have yet to actually win. Also, some of the technilogical advancements are pretty bland, with level increases being denoted by number (automated farms 6 as opposed to automated farms 5, etc.) Ship level increases are similarly uncreative (increased with the "II" denominator). Not a bad game, but I'm told it's expensive.

good game for trekkers

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is very good for Star Trek fans. the multiplayer abilities make this game something special. One drawback is the micromanagement and slow speed for larger galaxies. Overall a very good strategy game.

Great Turn Based Game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Awesome game. If you're into turn based games and Star Trek then this is the ultimate game for you.
The only reason I didn't give five stars was due to the ship design. This is partially because I'm a Star Trek fanatic and so I know these things...for example.
The Galaxy Class ship is a 'short range' ship with limited sensors. Obviously, if you know Star Trek, this is far from true. I just feel the ship specs could've been based more on the show and still maintained a balance for the game. However, I should point out that this can be easily remedied by downloading ship editors online, it's just alot of work.

Game has some bugs...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Yes, the game is fun if you like TNG. But, what many people are not saying, the game has a few bugs in it. One of the bigger ones is a "memory leak" which makes the game run extremely slow and sometimes crash after you get to the later turns in the game.
Combat is very uncreative, and could use a little better sequences.
The only way to win diplomatically is to pay races in credits, which by the TNG Era money was not necessary to Earth or the federation, so the credits are not something that should be in the game.

Star Trek Birth of the Federation

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: May 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

For those who have never heard of Star Trek: Birth of the Federation, don't worry. Your not missing much at all. But just so you know more about the game, I'll tell you a little more about it. In the game, you can take command of five different species. These species include the Federation of Planets, Klingon Empire, Romulan Star Empire, Ferengi Alliance, and the Cardassian Union. Along with these major species to start off with, their are many minor races which you may remember if you watch any of the Star Trek tv shows or movies. These minor races can build ships, declare war on you, join your faction, or many other things, which are all controlled by the AI.

With all turn based strategies, this one comes with no story line at all. This is of course because your supposed to play, and the story is created as you go along, giving you a different experience every time you play. Sounds good, but with this game, that's NOT the case at all. And trust me, you won't be impressed by the turn based Starship battles. It has some nice features, like choosing an attack sequence, and the replay, but quickly becomes boring fast, and one of the main reasons people like Star Trek is because things blow up, right? I was very frustrated at first, because of how confusing the game was. So I thought "Maybe I should load the tutorial" (I was thinking load, because sadly they didn't write one in the instruction manual.) So I loaded the first tutorial, and their was just a normal game. So I pushed a lot of buttons, screwed around for a couple hours, and finally got the hang of it. And was the time spent worth it? Not a chance. Then I read what it said in the instruction manual, I had to print the tutorial out. I would think after spending 50 dollars, they would be able to print out a couple pages, rather then tell me I needed to do it. Once you finally get to learn the game, and play it, in about 50 game turns, the game gets so repetitive it's very boring. This gives you 30-60 minuets of partial fun and enjoyment. The only real good part about the game is that it has just about everything you'll remember from the many Star Trek series and movies. Infact all of the minor races are seen in the Star Trek tv shows. From the Bolian's to the Vulcan's, they weren't made up during game production, but all from before. With a poor interface, bad ship battles, and a quickly boring game, this might not be the best game in the world. I did find some enjoyment by forcing the other species to pay me tribute, and conquering minor racers however.

Not without flaws...but good none the less.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Although this game could have been better in many ways, I spent hours playing it and enjoyed it quite thouroughly. I would definitally buy any kind of a sequal, add-on, or similar Star Trek game.

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