Star Trek: Conquest
Star Trek: Conquest is a video game set in the Star Trek fictional universe. The game features both turn-based strategy and real time strategy gameplay. It was developed by Scottish studio 4J Studios, which previously developed Star Trek: Encounters, and was published by Bethesda Softworks for the PlayStation 2 and Wii.
The game is set in the era of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, with players able to choose six groups and races: Federation, Klingon, Romulan, Cardassian, Dominion and Breen. These races are the main combatants of the Dominion War featured in Deep Space Nine.
Reception
Reviews
Initial reviews were favourable with IGN describing the Wii version as "an interesting game to say the least" with a score of 6.8, but the Wii pricetag means that "only hardcore Trekkies and hardcore strategy fans need apply"[1]. The PS2 version on the other hand received a review score of 8.0[2],however, the PS2 is a press review and so the official review might change in the future.
PR
The star trek and indeed gaming fanbase has largely unaware of this game[3]. Considering the previous experience of Bethesda as a publisher the PR has been nonexistent and may be responsible for the low chartings of the game.
Comparisons to Encounters
Developers have stated that a lot of this game is based on Encounters and while the starship combat aspect has been slimmed down, a lot of strategy has been added and so, while the games may look similar, they have become very different games.
External links
- Star Trek Conquest at the Star Trek Games Database provided by StarTrek-Games.com
- Star Trek: Conquest official site
- GameSpot.com: Star Trek: Conquest
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- ^ "Star Trek: Conquest Review - Wii". IGN. IGN. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
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{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Star Trek: Conquest Review - Wii". IGN. IGN. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
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