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Boldly to go where no one should go...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: December 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game has taught me a lesson I will never forget: WAIT FOR THE REVIEWS BEFORE BUYING. As a huge Trek fan, I made the cardinal sin of purchasing this game the day it came out. Man, did I get snookered.

I thought I would be taking the helm of Federation star ships and engaging in complex, immersive battles that would make me feel I was in the Trek universe. Instead, I get simplistic space combat and voice acting from Scott Bakula that sounds like he's reading directly from cue cards. You can't even configure your own keys! I hope you like the way Bethesda set up the commands, because there's no changing them. As for the graphics, they're certainly not next-gen. I maxed-out the settings, and nebulae and other space objects still looked pixelated. This game is not fit for a ferengi.

Sorely overrated

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

I am a huge Star Trek plan and love playing any and all PC games I can get my hands on. I was so disappointed with this title. My biggest complaint are the controls.

The way they are laid out is very counter-intuitive and when you're holding down "Ctrl" to fire your phasers, at least on my new laptop, the ship stops turning. Apparently, it can't handle more than one command concurrently. (Holding down 'A' to turn and 'Ctrl' to fire.)

There are other problems, including an interface, where during combat, as your left hand is steering the ship on the keyboard, and trying to fire, you have to manually target a ship with the mouse using your right hand, when it is in your crosshairs, click and hold 'F', then use your mouse to choose an option - all this while navigating in battle. Not only is the interface horrible, you can't customize it.

I could handle the recycled, albeit cool, Armada graphics if I could customize the interface, or even use a gamepad.

I will never buy another game with out waiting for reviews. What a waste of money.

I can't beleive Bethesda put their name on this.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: December 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This has to be one of the most pathetic ports from the 360 that I've ever encountered. The manual and tutorial still reference buttons from the 360 controller (anyone know what key on the keyboard LS happens to be?), and even once you figure out the commands, you're 50/50 on getting them to actually work. I've had the game tell me hundreds of times that I have an ideal phaser lock on the enemy, but never let me actually fire at them. Torpedos are an even greater problem, as their targeting arc seems totally unrelated to the physical locations of the launchers on the ship (for those that are actually fans, this can be really confusing.) The storyline is shallow, an excuse to put your ship into combat with other ships and nothing more.

Graphics on the highest settings are similar to Microsoft's Freelancer, with most of its frills turned off. Most of the ships are fairly well modeled, but the textures on them don't always stick like they should, particularly on cloaked/recently uncloaked ships. Overall, the graphics look like they would have fit in better four or five years ago, and I can't rationalize the high system specs.

This doesn't feel like Star Trek to me, this title had a lot of potential, but they just didn't take it far enough. This is a clear example of why games should not be ported from the consoles, but rather to them instead.

sigh

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: December 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have to agree, what irked me the most about this game are the controls. It is very difficult to try and maneuver your ship using the wasd keys and the mouse. I couldn't tell where my targets were. Yuck.

Half Baked, Half Finished, Beta Version at Best

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: January 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As so many other reviews have commented, this game is a complete waste of your money. From non-functioning multiplayer, music/sound skips, cut story lines, no introductions, all video scenes removed, notes in the gaming code from developers and abysmal keyboard controls that dont work correctly, non-working software with systems that meet the minimum requirements...All of these culminate into a game that was rushed out the door with too little time and too many budget cuts, by a company that borrowed heavily from it's aged Armada II graphics engine to save time, money, and investment...and it shows! In an age where a company's survival is dependant on customer satisfaction, this title indeed puts Bethesda Softworks and Mad Doc Software in the hot seat.

PWeeeew!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: December 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm a big trek fan... my god... I will NEVER make the mistake of buying a Bethesda (and yes, I will watch to find out what you change your name to when it happens) game without waiting a good 6 months for reviews... This game is BAD... I have a good PC 3.4G 2G ram 5700 Nvidia and on the lowest settings the game is laaaaag city... and im not talking multiplayer... I'm talking single player!!!
And in general the story is weak and the game play booooring...

Sorry... this ones a stinker!... seeya on Ebay for my copy...

A VERY poor addition to the Star Trek Games

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: April 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I will not go into to much detail but over all here are my views

1. Ship movement, very poor, you can't use the mouse or the arrow keys you move the mouse it move the camera but not the ship. Over all very poor.

2. Game Play, ZERO depth. Your better off with Armada, Starfleet Command 3, or Bridge Commander

3. Graphics, They are nice but to much in some cases, I would rather have seen a better interface and control set up then lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of nebulas, asteriods and such that have no impact on gameplay. In other words not many bells not enough whistles

4. Sound, The sound is really the only possitive thing about this game. Good sound and voice overs.

Over all AVOID! Money can be better spent elsewhere.

What a let down

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Why can't they make anymore decent trek games. I had high hopes for this one based on the screenshots but it is about the most poorly put together game I have played. It actually hurts my feelings I had my hopes that high. The screenshots are still decent but this game is worthless

awful

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game plays so slow, and has some issues with lag time.
I have a top of the line PC and graphics card, and it's almost impossible to play, and this is in single player, I don't dare play the multi-player mode.

Make sure you read and exceed the minimum hardware requirements

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My wife bought this game for our son, who loves Trek games. However, she was unaware of the hardware requirements - which on the box do not match the Amazon description. Our PC is several years old with a 2.8GHz P4, 512 Megs RAM, Nvidia FX 5500 with 256 Meg RAM and it runs horribly slow. Not going to buy a new PC yet just for a game.

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