Star Trek Classics: Borg

Modeled after the choose-your-own-adventure theme, Star Trek: Borg gives you the chance to revisit Wolf 359 and stop the murder of your father and the destruction of the USS Righteous. Throughout the interactive video, Q leads you through the action and helps you meddle with fate--all the while dispensing not-so-helpful and definitely cynical advice. At the climax of each scene, Q gives you two choices in a usually do-or-die situation. The decisions you make change the course of this interactive movie and the future of Federation history.

The graphics of Star Trek: Borg are exceptional, although jerky if the system is not configured for the recommended requirements. The movie follows the Star Trek themes of saving humanity, facing your fears, and enforcing interplanetary morality. This interactive package focuses more on the continuous video than on game play and interaction, appealing to those willing to witness and not experience Wolf 359. --Madeleine Miller

Amazon.com Product Description
Next Generation game in which you inhabit the role of Cadet Qaylan Furlong, whose father was killed by the Borg. You will be allowed to go back 10 years in time, on the ship where your father was killed, and be given the opportunity to save him and the Federation.

I was initially frustrated with this product, due to a bug in the software that prevents its being installed on certain PC's, but after downloading the patch (when can we expect software companies to actually finish the product before putting it on the market?) and receiving some advice from Simon & Schuster's tech support (which was surprisingly easy to reach and helpful), my irritation was dispelled as I sat back and began to enjoy the game.

Bugs aside, this game is a great value. Trekkers will not be disappointed.


Fun, Q Style   July 8, 2006
GameraRocks (Gillsville, GA USA)
Borg is one of the coolest ideas and Trek releases that has ever happened. The story is captivating and the action is fantastic. John de Lancie is once again brilliant as Q, the script and dialogue is hilarious! If you can get this game, do it! You will love every single minute of it, it is absolutely fantastic for fellow Q fans!


The Best Movie Game   August 20, 2001
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

The is indeed one of the best and funniest of Star Trek games. it has Challanging puzzules and a lot of surprises too. Buy this game and you will have a lot of fun.


Star Trek: The Interactive Movie   February 9, 2000
rw9 (Stony Brook, New York USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

Pros:

1. This game is exactly like being in the middle of a Star Trek episode. You play a Star Fleet Cadet who's father was killed during the Borg encounter at Wolf 359. You are offered the chance to go back in time shortly before the battle to see if you can change history. As soon as you accept the challenge, you are transported to the bridge of a starship as the crew prepares to engage the Borg. You have the uncanny, poignant experience of watching the father you scarcely knew as he interacts with his shipmates, tries to save his friends, and bravely prepares for a battle he is doomed to lose.

2. I haven't played many Full Motion Video (FMV) games, but I thought this one was very well done. The acting is as good as that on any Star Trek episode; the Borg are horrifying and menacing; and Q is in magnificent form, as usual. It was great fun to have Q chastise and insult you in the same sarcastic way he uses with Picard or Janeway.

3. The puzzles are well-integrated into the story, and allow you to use some of the equipment and consoles that you've always wanted to try. I did not consider the bulk of the puzzles to be particularly difficult, although they do require some out-of-the-box thinking. There are lots of alternate endings in this game: most of them start with your demise, after which there is a commentary from Q as to the "efficacy" of your efforts.

Cons:

1. The game plays a lot like a movie, with certain decision points at which you choose how to act (these moments are clearly signaled in the game). There were enough of these to make it feel pretty interactive, but not nearly so many as in a traditional graphic adventure.

2. When a decision point occurs, the game will not respond if you click too quickly. In order for your decision to register, you must hold the mouse down firmly for a second or two.

3. I would have liked the game to be a little longer (though in the ongoing tension between length and quality, I'll take quality any day). Actually, I would have liked the game to be a LOT longer. Truthfully, I would have liked the game never to end...

Bottom Line: A Must-Have for any Trekker, or anyone who enjoys FMV adventures.


Very Good   January 22, 2000
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

I really like this game because it was funny and I really enjoyed the way it played out. Sadly, it's no one those one play games that's only good the first time. However, the producers had a solution to that: When you've finished the game, you can watch it like 2 hour episode. The video quality is good and looks realistic. Aside from the one-time-play problem, parts of it were very difficult. Overall, the game is good and exciting.