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I don't know...I hoped for better. It's not completely bad, but there is absolutely nothing ground breaking or unique here.

I'm a fan of the 2009 JJ flick, I'm a huge Trek fan overall, and a casual gamer. I was really looking forward to this. In fact, I've been waiting quite a long time (as many of us have) for a really great Star Trek game...especially given we've had to endure the likes of Shattered Universe, Legacy, Conquest, and games of that nature for so long. Having the current regime involved in the creation of this game really did give me hope.

Right off the bat, I can say that I enjoyed the first "Elite Force" MUCH more than this, overall.

The good: Plot/story, voice casting

The not-so-good: Pretty much everything else, lol...sorry. Graphics/CG are not really at a high level here. It's sort of high end PS2/low end PS3 quality. Controls and combat are clunky. There are a fair amount of software glitches (Gorn aliens stuck in a wall, Spock kinda walking above the ground, that kind of thing). I guess after putting so much time into Drake's Fortune/Red Dead Redemption and games of this nature that are very immersive as far as gameplay and graphics, this game really comes off flat to me. And a part of me is annoyed that this was allowed to happen and get released like this, especially given the anticipation surrounding the next movie.

And yet, I can't say it's completely "awful". It's not. I fully admit that having these characters, voiced by the real actors, makes it kinda sorta playable. It mainly involves shooting, combined with puzzle solving involving your tricorder. So...to each his/her own, I guess. In hindsight, I might have waited for more reviews and not spent $60 on this as a new release. Not worth it. So, the wait for a truly great ST game continues for me.

Perhaps LEGO Star Trek swoops in to save us? I actually think that might be the way to go moving ahead. Say what you will, but the Lego games are an awesome format. I think it would work.

Anyway--have fun, everyone. FWIW

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The game was quite a bit of fun. After finishing it, I do plan to play it again at least 1 more time. I was also surprised that the game was as long as it is. I do feel like I got my money's worth out of it considering I payed $60 on it. I see no reason for a Star Trek fan not to buy this for only $40 now.

I enjoyed reading the items you can find in game, and hunting for audio logs is addictive. The writing for the audio logs are quite dull and don't really add anything new to the game, but the information about race traits and weaponry is interesting enough, since they are written in a creative way. I also caught myself with a smile on my face from time to time during some of the more exciting missions.

The cover system works enough to use it, however moving from location to location under cover is a bit too awkward to use the way it was intended. I found myself just using "stealth" to move around and using cover only when there were quite a bit of enemies directly in front of me.

Enemy AI had enough variety in it to add variety to encounters. Some mobs would hide and take pot shots, others would just lumber towards you spraying their weapons, while others would try to rush you while your under cover.

I have 3 gripes with the game: Firt, I wish they could have made the tricorder give more misc. data about things in the world. Right off the bat I wanted to scan Spock's harp or check out some things in the environment. However, the tricorder seemed a bit too limited (Trekkies especially love their random anecdotes). My second gripe is the lack of an instruction manual. When I looked it up on line, it was only 2 or 3 pages long. I don't see why a manual that small could not be included in a game that cost me $60. My last gripe is the biggest one. The texture detail in the game is very low for a PS3. I realized that all of my games with the 3D icon on front have very poor texture detail. I don't believe that a game should look bad for the sake of the vast minority of gamers that utilize a 3D monitor. From now on, I will think twice about any game with 3D support for that very reason.

I should say that I did not run into any bugs in game, for which I am extremely grateful. Namco Bandai seems to be doing pretty good with releasing working games. I did have an AI issue playing solo. Spock continued to walk face first into the same wall until I restarted from the last save point. However, in this day and age of buggy games, I don't consider this 1 small issue worth complaining about.

I would be very excited if the game had DLC sometime in the future. I get a feeling that that will not happen, but I would be very happy if I were proven wrong.

Although I enjoyed the game solo, I can only expect the game to be an even better experience if you have a friend over who enjoys the genre too.

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I was really looking forward for this game. I was hoping you would be able to sit in the captains chair and command the Enterprise in battle. There is one battle scene and its short. The graphics are ok. The voices of the characters done by the actors from the movie is a plus. If it wasnt Star Trek I would probably have rated it much lower. Im also tired of games you finish in a day. Hopefully the next installment will use the Enterprise more. Who doesnt want to sit in the Captains chair and order photon torpedoes? I guess I would rate this 2 and 1/2 stars. If you are a Star Trek fan there is enough to keep you interested. If not dont bother.

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I was skeptical about this game. I rented it for a day and decided I'd find out if it was a bomb or a win. Well, I started playing it at 3 pm and finished around 7 am. I was able to complete it in that time and I wasn't forcing myself to play, I was hooked (though the initial levels were def. the least fun, the game builds momentum).

For me, it was a story and I had to see what would happen and how it would end. Controls seemed unimpressive at first, but by midnight . . . everything was second nature.

Pros:

1) It really felt like a mini movie or a TV episode or something. I like both classic and Abrams Trek. I want more of the Chris Pine cast and this was a little bonus beyond the 2 movies that have been made. I am really impressed with how some effort was made to include a ref. from this game into the new movie. It makes the game feel more "real."

2) Like the new movies, this game takes from the old show and alters it but at the same time pays homage to the basics. Some loyalists to classic trek may complain, but I love these moments where something is similar and different at the same time.

3) I felt the game made good use of star trek technology and science. I liked how the tricorder functioned (its very similar to Batman's "detective mode" from the Arkham games). I liked collecting samples of fauna, alien dna, etc. I think it's good that they remember that Trek is about exploring (and studying what is found).

4) I'd read that the A.I. is bad. I didn't find that to be the case. It seemed like some of the best A.I. I've ever played around. I played as Kirk and Spock was an A.I. partner. Spock wasn't in my way, which is what I dread most about A.I. in games. He was good at avoiding getting shot at and he even blasted quite a few enemies for me (that really impressed me, I am used to the computer character basically being dead weight, not the case here, this computer makes the effort).

Cons:

1) Stuff does get repetitive. You can expect to "pry doors" a lot with the same lines exchanged between characters over and over. The good news is that these sort of things make it easy to "summon" your partner when he is off somewhere else.

2) The dialogue is a bit rough at times, but it's good at times too. But hey, it's a video game. It's just cool that they have all the actual actors in this!

3) Maybe the graphics aren't quite top of the line. But I did catch myself thinking, at times, that things looked a lot like one of the movies during moments where I was in control of the character.

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When I got this one I wasn't sure to expect. I had seen some reviews that said the game was ok (actual reviews, not the ones faked by the dev team), and others that put this on the board as yet another terrible movie tie in game. When I started playing I actually found myself enjoying the game. I wasn't plagued by some of the bad AI problems that some people were complaining, though there were a couple times when the AI controlled character didn't help me shoot some of the enemies as much as I wanted it to. The Enemy AI is ok if a little basic (it's a bit improved on the hard difficulty), usually sticking to finding a piece of cover and shooting at you from that cover the whole time never changing positions, trying to flank you, or rushing headlong into you. I did find that the controls to interact with certain objects did feel clunky at times, but overall handle fairly well. The definite saving grace was that I actually thought the story was fairly well written, and it was nice to have all the main actors from the movies come back to voice their characters, and actually deliver some enjoyable performances. Furthermore it is a new and unique story meant to take place between the reboot film and the new Into Darkness. I will say that the short segment where you control the Enterprise was disappointing and graphics aren't as good on the console versions as they are on PC. I recommend buying this at $40 or under.