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Star Trek Starship Creator Warp 2

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(15)

 

 

I had such high hopes with the first release of this game, which, while intriguing, had the potential to be so much more. I quickly tired of the execution and gameplay but not the concept, so I was excited to see a revised version was out. Unfortunately, Imagery has done little to address or improve on the problems I had with Version 1. Don't get me wrong: this concept is top-notch: build your own Starfleet starship, with customized "parts" available to make it look different (radically-shaped saucers or nacelles), name it, staff it, upgrade it with equipment and necessary engine parts, and send it off on missions which earn you more credits to buy improvements, more ships, etc. Unfortunately, the execution is poor and lackluster. My biggest complaint is the `missions' which can take up to 7-10 minutes (even at double-speed play) and require no input from the player: they are visually uninteresting with no challenge, and even the exciting music stops after about 30 seconds. I was really hoping that Version 2 would improve on this, with more fully interactive missions and *more* of them...unfortunately not. There's a lot about the framework of this game to admire, but even I, who's not a game designer, can think of several improvements that would have made this top-notch in addition to improving the mission variety and interactivity: give us an easier way to customize our own officers and crew than programming in HTML-like files--why not a series of `generic' Starfleet human and alien portraits and an in-game entry section to add names, ranks, specializations, background data, etc. How about giving your crew the ability to rise in rank on successful missions (or fall, or die, on failed ones)? How about a simple AI program that would help guide you through the construction and refitting process and remind you what you've forgotten to install or need to repair...maybe in the form of verbal hints from Scotty? ("Och, ye need to add transporter circuits before ye head out of dock, laddie.") And on and on. I could rant all day, backseat piloting a Version Three, but instead I'll put the "Star Trek Starship Creator Warp 2" CD-ROM away in a desk drawer with Version One, and reflect on what Scotty once said in the original series: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." Got no one to blame but myself for buying this game again. But I won't be aboard for any version three.

This seems to be the general sentiment about this game and its true: It has all the problems that the first version has.

You get more ship hulls to work with, that is true, but that's about it. The game still has the same lame missions that take forever to play and ARE NOT FUN! Also, the user interface is still pretty much the same.

The developers needed to make some major changes in this version, such as being able to captain the ship you built (even in a limited "Star Fleet Academy" manner) and to unlock better hulls and equipment other than using the "credit" system. How about promotions to higher engineering positions? That makes more sense. I downloaded a money cheat so I could mess with different hulls without playing all those tedious missions. This extended the game's life on my PC by a week but I still got frustrated by not being able to fully interact with my creations.

I though that was the whole point behind this game.

Although this game is advertised as a sequel to the original Starship Creator, it's more of a second expansion pack. Even though it's true that this game doesn't have any cool starship action like the Armada games, it does require a different kind of strategy on the gamer's part. The object of the game is to build the best ship possible, and send the right ship on the right mission. Before you get this game however, I strongly suggest that you buy the original and the add-on pack, or the Deluxe Starship Creator which includes both. You will be able to copy ship classes from those games onto Warp 2, therefore making Warp 2 more enjoyable.

The updates included in this game make it better than its predecessors. New features include the ability to import a picture of yourself in a Starfleet uniform, sending two ships out at a time and giving them seperate tasks, and many new missions just to name a few.

In addition to the updates, the game itself is easier to work with. Creating your own missions no longer requires one to be a computer programmer since Warp 2 comes with a Mission Creator program. It's also easier to add crewmembers to the game.

This game is ideal for Trek fans that like the designs of the ships used on the shows and movies, and like designing their own. Warp 2 has seven classes to choose from, but can have up to eleven if one updates it. Although some may complain about the relative uneventfulness of the missions, the whole point of playing this game is designing your very own fleet and outfitting your ships with the most advanced systems possible. If that's something you've always wanted to do in a game, and you don't mind slow missions, I recommend this.

this game is my #100 game I've ever played... out of 100! This game is HORRIBLE. Don't waste your money on this as it takes forever to play the mission, and i haven't used it for months. i'd recommend starfleet command if you are looking for the next step up. notice the prices... $0.01??? tells you it is cheap. i do not like it. all you do is change the ship around, add crew, and then wait for 30 minutes and finally it sometimes will blow your ship up, and you can't use it again.

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To be fair, I bought the game when it first came out and have just now installed it. And I can't get it to work. The program tells me that there is no CD in the drive, when it IS in there. And the website is apparently gone, so I have no idea how to get tech support. I may edit this review if I actually get it work, but right now I'm irritated at finally having a computer the software would work with and it still not working. Grrrrrr.

This is a very good game, better than the original Strship Creator, you can buld more ships than you could in the last one. I would Definitly Reccomend you to buy this product

This game is a must have for someone who is interested in the inner workings of star trek starships. The mission part of the game is really pathetic. The missions are really boring and become repetitive after a while. If one could design the ship, plug in the parts, and then play with the ships kinda like in Klingon academy it would be awsome. Importing your own ship designs into Klingon academy would make it fun to shoot up different kinds of ships. Being able to customize your ship would be a big plus in most star trek flight simms. With the help of this game it could come true.

This game came bundled with Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars, so I should not have expected much. I had purchased the original Starship Creator, and I was very disappointed with it also. I had hoped that the game was going to be improved over the original. Unfortunatly, this is not the case. You have no ability to control the missions once they are started, so basically you must sit back and wait and wait and wait. Eventually you will grow weary of the empty unsatisfying feeling in your gut and turn the game off. By far the worse game I have ever played. Please don't get your hopes up like I did and play this "game".

This game was actually a freebie when I bought Star Trek Deep Space Nine Dominion Wars. I recently bought Star Trek Starship Creator Deluxe which was made a year before this Warp 2 sequel.
Starship Creator Deluxe has much more ship constructions to chose from than the new Warp 2 has to offer. In Warp 2 you only get Akira, Soveriegn, Intrepid, Constitution, Defiant, Galaxy, and Klingon B'rel Class Ships to construct. In Starship Creator Deluxe (which by the way includes Starship Creator and Starship Creator Add-on) you may construct from more than 10 different ships - Excelsior, Miranda, Constitution, Defiant, Akira, Oberth, Prometheus, Soveriegn, Intrepid, and Galaxy. Warp 2 has less ships and the missions are pretty boring. You could sleep through it and the mission would still be successful. The computer plays the missions out without any real play control from the player. You can however design that dream starship you always wanted to create. If you really want to buy a Starship Creator, I would recommend buying the Star Trek Starship Creator Deluxe which allows the player to create 10 federation ships whereas Starship Creator Warp 2 allows only 6 federation ships and the additional one Klingon B'rel. On a plus side, Warp 2 allows the player to export their designed ships of Akira, Galaxy, and Defiant into Star Trek DS9 Dominon Wars multiplayer mode for gameplay online. However the Galaxy class starships that are exported into the Dominon Wars Game turns out to be invisible (A really big bug/glitch!!!) Some ships appear to not have been modified at all during exporting - such as Akira class ships and they appear to be discolored (example: Engines powered down, and lights on the ship are off even during combat).
Gameplay = 3/10
Graphics = 2/10
Sound = 2/10
Value = 3/10

The 3D creation of your own ship is spectacular. Assembling your own ship provides lots of interesting options to create your own fleet. However the missions should be more interactive and in 3D also. The big letdown is the mission part. The "write your own mission" is still too difficult with the drag and drop. It's too hard to follow. A better system to make it user friendly would put this game over the top.