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Summary: Qa`Pla!
Review: Talk about the perfect ST game! Starfleet Command was close, but nothing beats this one! The thrill of coming up point blank range to a Federation starship, uncloaking, and letting loose...whooo boy! For those who couldnt get enough of General Chang in ST:VI, the cut scenes of his explaining Klingon honor and life are wonderful. And if you really have to play Federation, you can in the instant battle sequence. The new ship designs are too cool...backgrounds are beautiful...seeing a ship slowly gutted....ahhhhhhh..... This game really really deserves the 5 stars! Kudos and Qa`pla to Interplay!
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Summary: A differnt kind of capital ship combat game.
Review: There are two versions of "capital" ship combat in space. In one the starship is treated like a large fighter plane. Loops, dives rate of turn, top speed are all critical to the ship's performance in combat (as seen in ST Insurrection). In the second the starships lumber towards one another and slug it out ( as seen in ST Wrath of Khan ). Klingon Academy is the first type of game. Event at its slowest speed setting this is a joystick game where you dog fight in space. If you are looking for slower pace and a more god like perspective on the battle get ST StarFleet Command). If what you are looking for is a fast paced game where you view space through the cockpit window and twist and turn trading shots with your opponents this is an excellent game. The graphics are very good, the performance requirements are not outrageous ( I have an older system and the game works fine even at the higher resolutions ), and the detail and complexity level are there. In fact the control complexity may be a little bit to great for a game where you can't take your eyes off the screen for fear of losing track of where you opponent is at. There is a wealth of controls and systems to use. A detailed command set for controlling you ship, and your squadron (wingmen).A few design decisions mar an otherwise excellent game. The maximum range of your weapons is around 15k ( you more powerful weapons are shorter ranged ), your speed is on the order of 1kps ( in the faster ships ) that means head on collisions between star ships is a very real problem. Further, given that the ships are very large relative (some ships are up to 1k long ) to there weapons range "accidental" contact in a twisting dog fight happens a lot. ( Purest will complain that I am using metric kilometers not in game units, but this seems to be what the in game units translate too.) Damage from collisions is catastrophic so the propensity for traffic accidents in space is unfortunate. If the weapons had longer range this would be far less of a problem, but the advantage of the extremely good graphics would be lost ( you would end up fighting it out with a little white dot all the time), so the game's designers force you to fight it out up close so you can "see" your opponent very well. This was better handled ST StarFleet Command in which what you "see" are "icons" that are "larger" than the ship they represent. This allows two icons to "pass through" one another maintaining the ability to see large ship model without imposing collisions resulting from point blank range combat. Space is very large, and this is handled very well with in system Warp maneuvers to cut down on flying time. On the whole the "realism" of handling large distances, large ships, and weapons ranges falls between Independence War and the Star Wars X-Wings games. The game includes a limited set of tutorial missions to get you started ( it is a training academy after all ), and seems stable right out of the box. All in all an interesting take on the starship combat genre.
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Summary: Great game - but download the patch
Review: This game is alot of fun to play and unlike "Starfleet Academy", your ship does not move like a fighter and you really do command your ship like it is a large spacecraft. The damage effects are great! You can poke holes in the enemy's hull, knock out crucial subsystems and blow off warp nacelles. The single player campaign is OK but it is not that rigid. It will allow you to make bad command decisions and still finish the missions. I spend alot of time playing with the Quick Battle simulator. This is where you can command any ship, pick your opponents and choose your battle environment which is really alot of fun. I enjoy luring Klingon warships into a planetary ring to watch them bounce off of the ring's ice boulders while trying to attack my starship! Remember, KA is a Star Trek game, so you know it's going to have bugs. If you do not install the latest patch the game will freeze during heavy battles. This is bad since the game AI will constantly be playing "bumper cars" when it starts to lose a fight. If the enemy ship is smaller than the vessel that you are commanding, then this is more annoying than fatal.
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Summary: Great game - but download the patch
Review: This game is alot of fun to play and unlike "Starfleet Academy", your ship does not move like a fighter and you really do command your ship like it is a large spacecraft. The damage effects are great! You can poke holes in the enemy's hull, knock out crucial subsystems and blow off warp nacelles. The single player campaign is OK but it is not that rigid. It will allow you to make bad command decisions and still finish the missions. I spend alot of time playing with the Quick Battle simulator. This is where you can command any ship, pick your opponents and choose your battle environment which is really alot of fun. I enjoy luring Klingon warships into a planetary ring to watch them bounce off of the ring's ice boulders while trying to attack my starship! Remember, KA is a Star Trek game, so you know it's going to have bugs. If you do not install the latest patch the game will freeze during heavy battles. This is bad since the game AI will constantly be playing "bumper cars" when it starts to lose a fight. If the enemy ship is smaller than the vessel that you are commanding, then this is more annoying than fatal.
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Summary: Exellent! like a 3d Starfleet Command-but with more ships!
Review: This game is exellent. Even the demo is jam packed full of features. There are 6 races, and the only flaw that I noticed was the fact that there are no Hydrans. Despite that fact, the game is otherwise amazing!
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Summary: Great Game for the Star Trek Fan
Review: This Game is one the Best Star Trek games i've played so far. I would recommend this to anyone who has a 700 Mhz or more computer. The Bad part about this one is that you can get tired of it after playing it for a couple of months. Anyone who dosen't have much gaming experience, get this Game!!
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Summary: Great game
Review: This game is truly wonderful. It has great graphics, great sounds as in weapons and voices and a great plot too. It is easy to learn and easy to use in most cases. Each mission isn't to hard to do but still it makes you use your head. ... Thanks for reading and get this game.
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Summary: Well, it's getting better, but......
Review: This is my second review of this game. I've managed to progress further into it, but still don't think it's a great Trek game. So far, I've made it to the fourth CD with six in all, but it's just too boring and difficult at times. I think they should come out with the Romulan Academy, or maybe even the Borg Academy. I'll keep up with it though. I've made it this far.
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Summary: Good game, finally finished......
Review: Well, here is review number three of this game from me. I just finished it over the weekend, and it's good, but that's all. True, the graphics during battle are somewhat better than the original "Starfleet Academy", but there's less interaction in this game. You don't even get to see Torlek's face, like you saw David Forrester's, and you don't get to do a tour of the bridge either. As I keep saying, I hope they come out with another Academy game with other worthy adversaries. I'll say this as well: You have a hard time getting through this game without the players guide. Get it if you haven't already. One other thing, when are they going to release "The Secret of the Vulcan Fury"? That game was advertised with "Starfleet Academy", and we've never seen it. As far as I know, all the voice overs were completed, even before DeForrest Kelley passed away. That's a game I'm waiting to see. All in all, many of the latest "Star Trek" games have not been that great. "Klingon Academy" was good, but I would not call it the best of them. As the phrase goes, "Buyers beware!"
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Summary: Good game, finally finished......
Review: Well, here is review number three of this game from me. I just finished it over the weekend, and it's good, but that's all. True, the graphics during battle are somewhat better than the original "Starfleet Academy", but there's less interaction in this game. You don't even get to see Torlek's face, like you saw David Forrester's, and you don't get to do a tour of the bridge either. As I keep saying, I hope they come out with another Academy game with other worthy adversaries. I'll say this as well: You have a hard time getting through this game without the players guide. Get it if you haven't already. One other thing, when are they going to release "The Secret of the Vulcan Fury"? That game was advertised with "Starfleet Academy", and we've never seen it. As far as I know, all the voice overs were completed, even before DeForrest Kelley passed away. That's a game I'm waiting to see. All in all, many of the latest "Star Trek" games have not been that great. "Klingon Academy" was good, but I would not call it the best of them. As the phrase goes, "Buyers beware!"
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