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Summary: Fool me, once, shame on you. Fool me twice...
Review: 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.
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Summary: NOT WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS
Review: i thought i was getting a star trek prgram that you could make you own ship from scratch. not select parts for other ships.
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Summary: Expansion, but not worth it
Review: I was excited about the STSC and got it as soon as it came out. That was a dumb purchase. You get to play adventures but all you do is click and you can walk away for a few minutes. There is no real adventure. STSC Warp 2 is the exact same thing. With the exception of a few ships. Don't waste your time.
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Summary: Expansion, but not worth it
Review: I was excited about the STSC and got it as soon as it came out. That was a dumb purchase. You get to play adventures but all you do is click and you can walk away for a few minutes. There is no real adventure. STSC Warp 2 is the exact same thing. With the exception of a few ships. Don't waste your time.
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Summary: Wait for Dom Wars
Review: If Domminion wars turns out to be a great game, I might buys this just for making my own ships and the importing them into DOMWARS, but I'm going to wait untill DOMWARS comes out.
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Summary: A great resource for tech heads
Review: Lets face it, this is not a game per se. The missions, although a little nice with every release of this 'game', are fully automated, but you do occasionally get a choice, but not much of one.What this program is, is an excellent resource for those sad old trekkers like me who want to crank out their own ship designs for use with other projects, like roleplaying or SIMMing, or websites. That's what this 'game' is, in my opinion of course. Have to admit though, I'm alittle disapointed...1 Klingon ship? C'mon Imergy, even I can think of 5/6 different design parts for all the Klingon vessels. It's about time they really brought this program to competion: ALL the ships, ALL the races..... Still great though!
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Summary: An ok game
Review: Over all this is a good game. I suggest you have a Pentium II or III It is WAY slow without one of those. I like the game I played it before and thought it to be a great, but long game. Not to hard to learn, but it is a long game. If you mess up you almost have to start over again. 4 stars maybe 3, but it is a good game I feel.
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Summary: My Reveiw of Star Trek Creator Warp 2
Review: Star trek Creator Warp 2 is a very cool game. There are many cool features in it. Such as how you can design your own starship and test it in a mission. Most of the time the ships look like the ones on tv, but sometimes the ships look like they where made in the 50s. All together star trek creator warp 2 is a well made game and I belive you should buy it.
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Summary: Is this the worst game ever?
Review: Starship Creator must be the worst game ever to be written. The missions are fully automated, not allowing the user to have any control, and even in Accelerated mode, the missions take five to seven real minutes to complete. The crew choice is stupid, too. How are you supposed to recruit crew to your ship, in the Alpha Quadrant, from a ship that is stranded in the Delta Quadrant! Do not buy this game. You will be very unhappy once you install/play it.
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Summary: Great Starship Creator but the misssions ........
Review: 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.
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