Star Trek: New Worlds

by Interplay

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• ASIN: B00002EPYX
• Item Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: August 30, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,969 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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Star Trek: New Worlds presents the Star Trek universe as never seen before. Set in the 23rd century--the year 2292--the game chronicles the challenges and adventures of a small group of colonial officers on the surfaces of new alien worlds. Choosing to play as the Federation, Klingons, or the Romulans, the player must meet a series of challenges that take the form of mission objectives. These contain primary, secondary, and even tertiary objectives. The main mission objective must be met to complete the mission, while the secondary and tertiary objectives enable the player to finish the mission with a higher score and rank. Playing as a different race not only provides a new complement of buildings and vehicles, all with their own graphical styles, but also allows the player to experience a new style of gameplay. The Federation players must act in accordance with StarFleet protocol, and their actions must conform to certain ethical constraints. The Klingon player, however, can enjoy a much more aggressive lifestyle but is still bound by Klingon "honor" codes. For example, shooting down an unarmed shuttle ferrying civilians provides the warrior with no honor and will bring shame on the family name. The Romulans provide the player with a wild-card style of play. As long as mission objectives are met, they are free--to a certain extent--to act as they see fit.

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They've added the ultimate feature to real-timestrategy...Star Trek.Product InformationThe first Star Trek title to take place on volatile planet surfaces Star Trek:New Worlds lets the player colonize mine resources research and defend andprotect the frontier and it's colonists resulting in an unequaled up-close andpersonal gaming experience.Created in real 3D Star Trek: New Worlds combines cutting edge technology andtotal interaction with a uniquely immersive gaming experience. The player maychoose to play as an honorable member of the Federation as one of the KlingonImperial Task Force or amongst the regiments of the Romulan Star Empire anddevelop or destroy the frontier in over 25 unique missions.Star Trek: New Worlds presents the Star Trek universe as never seen before. Setin the 23rd Century - the year 2292 - the game chronicles the challenges andadventures of a small group of colonial officers on the surfaces of new alienworlds.Choosing to play as the Federation Klingons or the Romulans the player mustmeet a series of challenges that take the form of mission objectives. Thesecontain main Primary objectives Secondary and even Tertiary objectives. Themain mission objective must be met to complete the mission while the secondaryand tertiary objectives enable the player to finish the mission with a higherscore and rank.Playing as a different race not only provides a new complement of buildings andvehicles all with their own graphical styles but also allows the player toexperience a new style of game play. The Federation player must act inaccordance with StarFleet protocol and their actions must conform to certainethical constraints. The Klingon player however can enjoy a much moreaggressive life-style but is still bound by their honor codes. (For exampleshooting down an unarmed shuttle ferrying civilians provides the warrior with nohonor and will bring shame on the family name). The Romulans provide the playerwith

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Oh, so close!, March 24, 2001

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Brian A. Wolters (Cabot, Arkansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek: New Worlds (CD-ROM)

Star Trek New Worlds gave us the promise of "Starcraft meets Star Trek." When starting the game, you believe you are going to get this, but then things go wrong...very wrong.

First of all, there doesn't seem to be any logical method to what you need to build. Sure, you need power and mining, but every other required building's function seems to be very vague.

Next, the missions seem very difficult to complete. You build the required buildings and go on the missions, but it sometimes takes up to an hour to really get going.

All of this is made even more frustrating because of a lack of a Save Game feature. If this game had one, it would make it so much better. You play for an hour or so and then loose. It is a horrible experience.

The most positive aspects of the game lie in the story and graphics. The opening movie and continuing story are excellent and very much in the spirit of "Star Trek." The graphics are also top notch and are really detailed.

Overall, I cannot recommend this game. If it had a save game feature, you could overlook the other flaws and have a good time.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Star Trek, When oh when will you learn?, September 24, 2000

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S. Chappell "S" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek: New Worlds (CD-ROM)

I have played every Star Trek game that has been released. Wait- Did I say play or beta test? Same difference with most of them. Nearly every Star Trek game has been an immense let-down...

Star Trek, New Worlds was certainly a let down to me. Is my objective to play the game or to try and see something preferably before it blows up? Unfortunately, The view controls are extremely complex and don't make a whole lot of sense. You can use the number pad keys to rotate the view (That's right, no simple hold down the right mouse and move to rotate) but, of course, that is depending what view you are in.

Are you in First Person view? Are you in Birds Eye view? Do you control-left click, or shift-left click to zoom? If you double-click something, will it bring up stats on the building, or lock your view on it? When you zoom, is it zooming to where your curser is pointing or to the center of the screen? You would think it would be pretty obvious what First Person view vs Birds Eye view would be, but depending on how you zoom and tilt the camera, both of these views could look exactly the same... Does this sound confusing? It was to me too.

A typical game session:

Okay. Great. There is my base. Okay. lets build stuff.

Clickity Click.

Hmm... Is that a group of ten transport APC's or are those science vessels. They all look like ants to me, is that a tree or a rock? I guess I could click on each one... Nah, I don't want to do that, I just need to look at them.. Okay.. Zoom... Hmm, That would be number 8. Okay, AGH, I didn't want to zoom there!!!

That's an awfully big tree....

I see a Red dot on my radar! I don't see it... I should see the bad guy.. Maybe it's just really small... Okay, I can zoom, I remember how to do that.

That's an awfully big dilithium crystal.....

Uh oh, What is that sound of shooting? I don't see anything... What just blew up? Oh, Wait a minute, I have to hit F1 then hit the number pad 2...

Mastering the view controls the majority of the game. And after you mess with control-this and shift-that and hold this down and double-click that only after pressing F-1 and then F-2 you may be close to yelling F-U and proceed to take out vengeance upon the mouse and the keyboard, which makes you feel like it is taunting you the entire time...

For those that do not know, New Worlds is a RTS (Real-Time Strategy) game akin to a mixture of Command & Conquer, Age of Empires and the increasing line of RTS games.

The graphics are certainly good and you can't really complain about the sound, but the game does have a steep usability curve. However, sooner or later you will realize to stay mostly in the same view and just use the Tab to switch between Tricorder views (Oh boy, I didn't even mention that in the above equation, phew) At times, You will be tempted to just leave it in Tricorder view, reverting this game into something from the 70's... Which brings me to another problem.

In most RTS games there is usually a close up display (the main screen) and then a smaller map that covers a wider area (radar/map screen). ST:NW is the same way. Normally, if you want to jump to another place on the main display, you just click what you want to see on the map. Not in this game, You use a hot key (That's right, Control-this, shift-that) or scroll all the way there, slowly I might add.

After playing it for some time, looking through the manual and re-visiting the Tutorial (and I'm a person that normally says "What is this Tutorial you speak of?" when it comes to games, but with this its a necessity)

The game has it's moments, but most likely you will be in the wrong view to see them.

If you are a Star Trek fan, Like I am, save your money on this game and spend it on a game that deserves it.

Star Trek - Elite Force is one of the best games I have played in a while, Especially for a Star Trek game. Elite Force is a First Person Shooter using the Quake3 engine.

Alternatively, You could go with Star Trek - Armada for a Real Time Strategy game if you really wanted a Star Trek RTS.

Either of these games will give you an enjoyable experience and at the same time satisfy your Star Trek fix.. but I certainly don't recommend this one.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Quite possibly the worse game I have ever played., October 3, 2000

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This review is from: Star Trek: New Worlds (CD-ROM)

It is certainly the worst strategy game ever. Not only was it a HUGE dissapointment, it was just an all-around bad game. Besides from slow units & a horrible interface to work with, the game was plagued with many problems. Some of the bigger ones are that there isn't a costum game mode, and you can't save your games ever! I read some PC magazine reviews that called it "Star Trek meets StarCraft", well this isn't true at all. Each race only has about 3 units that are combat-related, one of wich doesn't even has weapons! Don't buy this game if you're expecting a Star Trek based strategy game with lots of awesome battle units. You get the exact opposite.