Customer Reviews

Star Trek: Starship Creator Deluxe

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

When I first heard of the idea for this game, i thought it would be interesting. What I didn't relize is there is no "cross-bredding" of ships. You can't have a Galaxy Saucer with an Akira body with Defiant Nacelles. Also, they have four presets for each part, and not a way for you to design a totally new saucer. As aforementioned, since there is no cross bredding, you cannot make a new class. And, one of the true low points of the game is, since you are an admiral, not a captian, you just send the ship out and your "capable" crew does the rest. No Control, no nothing.

I did a minimum amount of research before buying this game, so there were really no unpleasent surprises. It works just as the promotional information says it does.

I was aware that the game was out for a while before I got it. The newest version, "Warp II", is already out, but it doesn't offer as many ships, so I decided on the older version.

I am an on-line gamer, too, and a big Star Trek fan, but I bought this mostly for the "make your own starship" aspect and not the "gaming" aspect. As far as I am concerned, the starship creation part rocks and the gaming portion is a bonus way to see how your ship performs. If you buy, though, don't forget to get the patch on-line.

This version of the game allows you to import a digital picture of anyone you want and create a character out of them to crew your ships. That is very cool, and the only thing I really would want out of the new "Warp II" version is the ability to edit those pictures so that your subject appears to be in a Starfleet uniform -- if it works well. Not enough to make me want to run out and get it, so in the meantime I will enjoy "Creator Deluxe" and wait for "Warp II" to go to the bargain bin.

The only reason I did not give this game 5 stars is because I thought the producers could have put a little more into the graphics and animation. Maybe even a little more than "a little more", but all in all, I really liked it.

This game is a stinking pile of crap. The best part about this game is the name it doesn't deserve- Starship Creator Deluxe. And the fun pretty much ends there. This CD features what Simon and Schuster call customisation options (an add-on disk that is a re-rendering of ships that you wouldn't care to see anyway), which also wastes your time creating variations of 10 ships that are not that much different (or any more fun) than what's already in the game. While you can supposedly interact with your customisable crew (um...well by selecting them from a list), and design the most heavily armed ship in starfleet (keep in mind, you choose all of this from a very limited list of parts and it is more like an interactive encyclopedia than anything creative), your choices are controlled by a budget (which completely ignores the ST universe). Then participate in missions with your new ship to see what it feels like to pay good money just to find out you're an idiot for buying this game. It begins with an insult to the name "Star Trek" featuring a graphic display that is NOT 3D, NOT 2D, NOT REALTIME, NOT CONTROLLED, AND NOT FUN!!! I urge any and all individuals who have possession of this game to burn it at their first opportunity. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it a -1. If you are a gaming masochist, then by all means, be my guest and observe what has to be the worst ST game/simulator I have ever seen. I've downloaded free ST games that were better than this worthless piece of trash. Please heed my words, "SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!" I would rate this game with "0" Stars but the rating system doesn't allow that. This game sucks.

This game is BAAAAD. I gave it one star because it is somewhat entertaining building your ship, but after that what do you really do with it? The missions are a joke, they look like a really crappy Flash website.

Truth be told, this game is terrible. It might sound interesting to design your own star trek ships, but this game doesn't the worst job. There is no action after you design your ships -- that is, you can't really do anything with them. To shorten this up: Don't waste your money on this cheap program.

Jeez, I couldn't even get the pictures to show after i had created the ship. The computer lets the ship run through and see how many problems it can run into. No interaction. A few bugs, no fun. Don't buy it guys.

When I first heard about this I thought it would be the best ST software out there. We could make our own ships? Create crews and even go on missions. I thought that would kick a$$. I had grown board of the relativley dull games that don't let you actually eperience trek.

I put it on my wish list for my birthday which was a few days after it first came out.

I got it and installed it and thought it was great. two hours later I was surfing the web. It's boring. That simple, BOOOORING. The designers came up with a great concept, but the configurations are not interesting and the mission mode is just stupid.

If you have money to throw away, you could get it. It might be better with 3 more classes of ships, but not that much better.

Half of the game was entertaining but the missions were boring because, you the player, DOES NOTHING WHATSOEVER in missions.

I bought this game thinking it would be cool, Design your own ships and take em out for a spin, Not the case! I could do a better job using MS Paint, Major Dispointment! Dont waste your money here, If you looking for a Star Trek game try Starfleet Command, It rocks.

As with most of the other reviewers, I too thought this game to be a great concept, and, as with most of the other reviewers, I too was wrong. Sure, you can design your own star ship, but you are unable to take the saucer from the Enterprise and put it on the Voyager. You can't take the Defiant and put some HUGE nacells on it just so that it can go fast. Really, the thing you get to customize most is the interior. You see, you build the ship, name it, and, because you're the Admiral, pick your crew and send her on a mission. The mission is completely automated. Another downside is that the mission very nearly take real-time. So, a mission could take you all day to work through, meanwhile, you're just sitting their watching the logs pop up saying they arrived at coordinates such-and-such without giving them your input usually. Anyway, you wina mission, get more money, and buy new lasers, or torpedoes, or shields. You just buy them, you don't even place them internally. Also, certain ships have certain systems and available crews. For example, build the Voyager and you can't put the original Enterprise crew on her. Another example would be to build the original Enterprise and can't put Holodecks on it. It's easy to cheat in the game too. All you need to do to cheat is export your ship to somewhere in your computer(the game has the ability to export and import ships), and import it then sell it for money. Repeat until you have all the money you want. Then go and make the perfect ship. If you tried to play through the missions to get the money, you'd be there for YEARS. You get maybe, maybe, a good amount on a mission, but now your ships is damaged and you need to purchase repairs. Bye-bye money. Really the game is not worth it. If you have your heart set on it, go ahead and buy it. But if you're unsure, don't bother, it's a waste. This game is a waste of time, money, and memory on the computer.