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Awsome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: February 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game was on of the best of all time! I really enjoyed it and reccomend it to others.

Good choice for gaming Trek fans

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: February 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I think this game is better than most reviews would have you believe. I am a Trek fan, and I applaud the choice to use the original series' "Mirror, Mirror" episode as a basis for the game. Contrary to some really negative reviews I've read online, such as Gamespot's, I think the presentation and graphics are very good. The entire game has a Trek feel, the music is very good, and each mission has a name that is very much in keeping with the series' tone ("Fire & Ice", "Tyranny of Numbers", etc.) I thought it was great when the M5 unit (from the original episode "The Ultimate Computer") showed up in an early mission. If you are a Trek fan wondering if that type of detail is present in this game, the answer is "yes". Now I am not very good at space-shooting games, and I bought this in spite of that fact because it's Star Trek. And I am managing to get through the missions, although I'm on Easy mode. The one serious flaw, and I agree with the rest of the gaming universe on this point, is the lack of in-mission saves or checkpoints. Longer missions can take 20-30 minutes to complete, and if you miss just one of the objectives or your ship gets destroyed at the last second, you've got to replay the mission again from the beginning. This is quite frustrating and it's inexplicable, from a design standpoint. I think this one facet of the game design is going to turn a lot of people off, and it probably fuels most of the bad reviews the game is getting. But while the game is challenging enough for me, someone who's an old hand at Rogue Squadron-type games will probably have a much easier time of it. There is no multiplayer and no Xbox Live component, so the game has to stand on its single-player experience only. I think the ideal player is a Star Trek fan who's been looking for a good action game based on the license. Aside from the original STV: Elite Force, it's been slim pickings in recent years. And this will probably be the last new Trek game for a while..so pick it up and enjoy. (To the reviewer who is waiting for some cheat codes: I used my Xbox Action Replay to download a saved game that has all levels and ships available. I'm still playing the missions strictly in order, but getting through "Tyranny of Numbers" was MUCH easier with the Klingon Bird of Prey. Hey, it's only a game.)

A GOOD STARSHIP DOG FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 20
Date: November 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have been looking for a good Star Trek video game since the 1980's when the Star Trek arcade game was out. I saw the traler for it and it looks great.

I say get the X-box verson of this game. The look of the game will be a lot better than PS2...

You have to be a Star Trek Fan

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love this game but, you have to be a Star Trek fan. I got the X-Box version of this game. It is a shooter game a little hard to handle at first but if you love Star Trek this game will make you feel like you are in Star Trek defending the Federation.

An innovating and suprisingly fun game, but not without flaw

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Truth be told, this game is the first "fighter" game of it's type.

The premis of the game is simple. The USS Excelsior, commanded by Captain Hikaru Sulu responds to a distress call from two federation ships, one being the USS Enterprise..oddly..under the command of Pavel Chekov. Somehow, the Excelsior is pulled into the alternate universe, and runs right into the ISS Enterprise, commanded by an evil Pavel Chekov. Chaos ensues for nearly 20 missions.

This game has many good points. The graphics, sound and music as well as the story line are all top notch, and deserve praise. Many Original Series moments are duplicated in the mirror universe in top form, and the capital ships are very difficult to destroy with a fighter, as they should be.
However....

The games flaws keep it from gaining a 5 star rating. The game is insanely difficult even on easy. the Imperial Fleet seems to be made up of only three classes of ships, the Refit Constitution Class, the Miranda class and an unamed Destroyer class. In all the missions, the capital ships never slug it out, you never see photon torpedos and phasers being fired between the Excelsior and the enemy ships, the only thing they do is take random pot shots at fighters.

Both Sulu and Chekov are voiced by the actors that played them, a big, big plus.

I would recommend this game for any trek fan, but be aware of it's errors before you simply jump in head first without thinking.

Fun with a few flaws

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

After missing its initial ship date of November 2003, SHATTERED UNIVERSE has finally shipped. I grabbed it the other day and have been playing it along with my son. I do not find the game exceptionally difficult but it is more of a challenge at some points. But the "Easy" level should be a lot easier than it is.

All the reviewers' points are valid, especially the mention of save points. This is a great looking, great sounding game, with a few flaws that mar it from being a 5-star must-own, Trek fan or not.

PROS

* Great graphics
* Great audio
* Good soundtrack & story line

CONS

* Levels need more save points
* Doesn't allow targeting/damaging of individual ship systems a la CRIMSON SKIES

Here's hoping the makers of this game take the environment and engine they've created and do some more Trek games in a different theme. There's a lot of uncharted space in the time between STAR TREK VI and the start of THE NEXT GENERATION.

Here's hoping some cheat codes come along soon offering level hopping, all fighters, and invulnerability. In the meantime, I've purchased at least a couple more copies as gift for Trek-fan friends.

(As for the reviewer's comments about the big capital ship vs capital ship game, I'm right there with you -- but I don't think that will work on a console/controller kind of setup.)

So lame it should qualify for disability!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is not only the worst star trek game since "APPLE TREK" (on Apple 2 E computer,,,anyone remember that??) but also the worst x-box game ever to foul my laser!!!! You dont get to control the big ships!! What you are given is a lame shuttlecraft that weakly blasts the big starships with a laughable phaser and torpedo effect!! WHY DID THEY EVEN BOTHER to make this game!!!
Like many I was hoping this would be similar to the old SNES star trek academy game where you could choose a starship and go against other ships from the tv and movie series!! NOW THAT WAS A GAME!!! You could play against another person as well which rocked!! Imagine the fun of a cloaking shield!!! Then out of the dark you materialise behind the enemy and blow him away !!

BUT THIS!!!! THIS TRAVESTY is the saddest effort I have ever seen!!! PLEASE DONT BUY THIS GAME AND TEACH THE DEVELOPERS A LESSON!!
P.S. the tech tv series X-PLAY gave it 1 out of 5 as well haha!!

Not bad, not bad at all

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Okay

So this isn't Halo, but it isn't half bad, I bought it on an impulse, I was really going for a sports game, but it turned to be a good desicion, Sulu can be annoying but all in all the action isn't bad, and for people who actually like Star Trek it is fun. I like the Wraith fighters, and the unpredictable objectives.
All in all it ain't bad.
Thx

The true voice

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I found that this game was very enjoyable. It was original in the world of star trek. The controlls could have been better but were acceptable. It also could have benifited from a co-op mode, but overall it was a great game.

TREK FANS ONLY!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

What can I say as a part time/non-hard core gamer about STSU? Well, it's sort of dull and kind of easy. There aren't a really great variety of ships to use at any given time. Having the authentic voices of original series cast members helps and the graphics for PS2 and X-Box are pretty decent. Personally, it gives me some satisfaction as a 29 year Trekkie (since I was 4..that dates me...), I get a kick out of piloting the Klingon Bird of Prey against larger Starfleet ships like the Miranda and Constitution classes. Overall, the game will be a snore-fest for non STAR TREK fans, a little fun for people who like it and some good, distracting fun for those of us who live, eat and breathe STAR TREK.

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