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 - SCF - Arcade StyleBethesda Softworks provided a huge variety of starships to choose from and fight against, and the game appears to have extended playability, meaning that even if you beat the solo player modes, you can come back for more. I picked this title up and I have gotten past the `Enterprise' era. The controls of this game are rough and awkward, with missions requiring that you do multiple things at one time. Steering while using sensors, steering while using sensors to find the enemy to shoot. Steering while using sensors and trying to fumble for the weapons toggle. I guess my only gripe for this game that there is too much reliance on sensors in the game. The developers packed as much realism in to the game as they could, including a limited 3D playing surface requiring you to pilot your starship above and below some objects. The game includes a dynamic camera system that zooms in and out depending on the action and the extent of your ship's sensor range. While this can be nice in the effect that it gives you a greater field of view, it can turn in to a pain in the buttisimo as your ship can be hard to see. The only voice talent we see provided in this game is William Shatner, lending his famous voice for cut-scenes with what seems to be half-hearted script readings. The game would have benefited more from having era-Captains (Archer, Kirk, Picard, Sisko, and Janeway) reading their own parts. At the very least, it would have improved the atmosphere of an already good game. One other improvement I would have included, had I been on the development team, would have been a two player cooperative mode, allowing for one person to control the movement of the ship & power allocation, and the other to control sensors and weapons. I recommend this game for Star Trek fans. Non-fans may or may not enjoy this offering from the Star Trek Universe. Rating:  - The Days of StarTrek Games Being Second Rate are Over!Great game from the music to the graphics. The 3 multiplayer modes were surprisingly fun to play (Yes, three). First is called head-to-head meaning one ship vs one ship with frag limits you set. Second battle mode is (Three different classes of ships) vs (Three different classes of ships) first one to destroy all three ships wins. You unlock ships from playing the episodes (Ex. ships from Federation, Romulan, Cardasian, Klingon, Xindi & More). Third Mode is to see how many waves of ships can you survive against until you die. The Episodes are well done and don't let the word arcade scare you even Grand Tourismo 3A had an arcade mode. WOW! This game has been fun. Now, that the Glowing endorsement is done the negatives. One the transporting is difficult and sometimes impossible to due to the camera angles causing a person to fail a mission time and time again while waiting for the game to cycle to Away Team. There is a learning curve like with flying and firing weapons but given practice this game becomes fun quickly (even flying the Defiant is fun I got the chance to blow up a Romulan war bird with it, what fun). Rating: - What a pleasant surprise!I'm not entirely blown away, but for the price it was just perfect. I had my doubts when I first bought it, but when I started playing, the experience of flying a starship was awesome. The learning curve is a little steep and I would of liked maybe a map of the sector that I was in, but hey that's okay. It is easily forgivable considering the price. Ol' Captian Kirk lends in his voice to narrate, but to me he doesn't sound too motivated, as if he was reading out of a book to himself. I would of love to be able to explore stars and nebulas more as well as blow other ships up, and that sort of happens, but not to the extent that I would of like it to be. Overall, I am pleased with the outcome of the game, the price is outstanding because I believe we have gotten more than we actually paid for, and this is a perfect game for any Star Trek fan. If this is what we get for the Playstation 2, I can't wait for Star Trek: Legacy to come out on PC and Xbox 360. Trust me, you will not be disappointed with this game. Rating: - Fun Game For Trek Fans!For the price, it is definitely worth getting. I'm a fan of Enterprise, so I wish they had more than three levels of it. It is really cool to see all of the ships we have grown to love in Trek appear on screen, especially to see the NX-01 make its video game debut! The game can also be challenging, which is good that it is not too easy. The controls are excellent. The flying controls are so smooth; it really does feel like the ship is flying. Shatner lends his voice at the beginnings of each level, which is pretty cool. Sadly, you can't skip the story if you lose which becomes just a little annoying if you lose a lot. Overall, this is definitely worth having if you have a PS2. For the price, it is really amazing and I'm really looking forward to Star Trek: Legacy on X-Box 360! Rating: - star trek encounters Good game. Fun. Although I am stuck already trying to follow Zindi warp trails.
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