Customer Reviews

Star Trek: Invasion

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I was excited when I heard that there was going to be a Playstation game with a Star Trek theme and that excitement has not decreased over the past few days that I have been actually playing the game. If any of you have played the Playstation game Colony Wars you will recognize the influences of that game in Star Trek:Invasion. The gameplay is more or less the same as Colony Wars but with a Star Trek theme. You are given mission objectives such as engaging a Borg cube or protecting the Bajoran transport from the aliens bent on destroying it and that is just to name a few of the many missions in the game. Controlling your ship does take a little getting used to as the analog stick does have a 'hairy trigger' so to speak. But once you get past that little annoyance the game sucks you in and won't let you go. You will spend many sleepless nights trying to save your Federation freighters from the barage of phaser fire emitting from the banks of the enemy's ship.

Well let's start with the basics. Very good graphics for a Playstation game. The game play gets a little tedious after a while. It's just flying through space and blowing things up, over and over and over and over again. The music is so repetitious that I kept flying my Valkyrie into things just to die. But then again it can be fun if you're looking for a game with explosions and sometimes extremely difficult missions. For the most part the game is entertaining, but if you get stuck in a mission, you'll be stabbing pencils in your ears to get away from the musical scores in this game.

As a Star Trek fan I will admit a certain amount of bias in writing a review of this game but I can honestly say it was well worth the wait! I have been waiting for a long time for Playstation to market a Star Trek fighter game and I am very satisfied with Invasion. Manuverability and the realistic detail to ships and hazards are outstanding. Plus the cameos of Patrick Stewart and Michael Dorn (Capt. Picard and Commander Worf) were excellent additions to this game. All of the enimies proved challanging and versitile. I would definetly give this game 4 1/2-5 stars.

If you are a Trekkie or just a casual fan you will love this game. It is hard to get used to the controls (I'm used to Colony Wars)and the missions can be very hard but they are NOT impossible. As with most of the best games on the market this one is difficult and will take time to complete all the missions. You will have to have some dedication (like all 3 Colony Wars or any Tomb Raider game) to complete the game. But, if you liked Star Trek TNG you will love it when you attack the Borg and hear "Resistance is Futile, you will be Assimulated". The special effects, mission line, and voice and music score is very good. It is hard to make a PS1 game as good as a PC game. But, I think Activision did a really good job!

When a Federation science vessel, the U.S.S. Discovery, builds a probe in Klingon Space, it is then destroyed by a large Borg fleet. The U.S.S. Discovery then sends the telemetry from the probe before it was destroyed to Starfleet Command. When Starfleet realizes that the Borg is coming, they send Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E, to investigate. Also aboard is Lieutenant Commander Worf of station Deep Space Nine, where Picard gives him a carrier starship, the U.S.S. Typhon, to compensate with the upcoming Borg invasion. He then recruits twenty ensigns from the U.S.S. Enterprise. You will soon realize that the Borg are not here to fight the Federation, but it is even more. Captain Brennan of the U.S.S. Sentinel NCC-1703-B has been defying Starfleet orders and is becoming allies with some gross-looking aliens. The game takes place two years after Star Trek: Insurrection, and has two aliens, one which the Klingons know, the Hur'q, they aren't mentioned until the U.S.S. Discovery is attacked by them and leaves them adrift in the Scorpion Nebula. And also a sort of insect-like creature, the Kam'Jahtae is thrown into the story in the beginning of the game's fourth mission. Voice talents of Patrick Stewart as the U.S.S. Enterprise-E's captain, Jean-Luc Picard, and Michael Dorn from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Worf are in it. Survive 30+ missions via big cheat, that unlocks all weapons, missions and the option you can't die.

I hate to say this, but this game was even more fun than the Shattered Universe game for PS2. I am totally addicted to it. This game is also therapy, because when I'm frustrated and upset, I play this game and I vent it all on the Romulans or the Borg and I feel 100% better afterwards.

They usually make Star Trek games for computers, I'm glad they made this one for PS1. It's a great fighter pilot type game. It's also cool how they included the voices of Patrick Stewart and Michael Dorn!

The visuals are excellent. The graphics look like they were painted onto your screen.
This is easily one of my top 10 favorite games of all time.

I am not much of a simulator fan of games. I bought it more becasue i am a trek fan and play several of thier computer games. Activision company gmaes I tried on the computer I liked so went with this. Have not really played it enough since i found out it was more of a simulator than strategy simulator like Starfleet command series games. More computer efficient than playstation efficient in gaming knowledge. I play it on my Playstation 2 and still trying to figure out hte controls (tells you how much I dont play the game :P)

Hard to tell it's Star Trek. Kept my 6yo boy entertained for a few hours, but was too frustrating to really enjoy, and lame overall. Bleah. If you want to do Star Trek ship fighting, get Star Fleet Command!