Posted on: February 12, 2019
Balance of Power
Bestätigter BesitzerSpiele: Rezensionen: 6
Nostalgia can't hide this game's flaws
Star Trek 25th Anniversary was a real treat back in 1992 but time has not been kind. The game has the look and feel of an Original Series episode, from its graphics to the use of many classic sound effects from the show. It feels like you are playing an episode of Star Trek. However once you get past the shiny presentation you realize the game is shallow and held back by poor game design. For starters, starting up the game doesn't bring up a menu where you can load up a save, no, it drops you into the first mission of the game where you are promptly thrown into combat. This is especially disorienting when you're still new to the game. Also, instead of one overarching story you're given a series of smaller unconnected "episodes." The writing for the episodes, however, are --to put it plainly-- pedestrian. These episodes feel like the equivalent of a Star Trek police procedural. There are no great Star Trek plots, no plot twists, no ethical dilemmas, just some Star Trek-esque boilerplate. Another problem is that mission objects are often hard to distinguish. In many instances you are expected to differentiate between one blob of pixels versus another or a background object from a scenery. Most importantly it suffers from a fair bit of "moon logic." There are several quests where you collect objects that have zero use and are never used in puzzles. Several missions have dead ends where you're in a fail state but the game doesn't tell you. You could search for hours for a solution only to realize you're stuck and have to reload. The final mission in particular misleads you by pushing you to raise shields but that actually causes you to fail if you don't power weapons first. I suspect these issues are the result of a rushed development with little or no playtesting. While the game is a treat for Star Trek fans, especially the voice work by the original actors and many Star Trek references, the game is deeply flawed. Don't let nostalgia blind you.
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