Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars

Billed as a real-time strategy game, Dominion Wars lets you point and click a fleet of up to six hand-chosen captains and vessels through 10 missions and plenty of multiplayer action. You don't have direct control of ship weapons like you do in Interplay's excellent Starfleet Command series; in this game, your captains fire however they see fit. But you do control some ships' systems (scanners, transporters, shields, etc.,), and you have pinpoint control over the camera, which showcases the game's greatest strength: graphics.

The exact visuals don't sell the game, the presentation does. It's undeniably exciting to watch a fleet of Federation ships, flanked by sleek Klingon Birds of Prey, all firing photon (or quantum) torpedoes and phasers into the sides of swift-moving Dominion ships and fishlike Cardassian warships--all with the Bajoran wormhole and the titular space station as a backdrop. The strategy has you using command points you've earned to draft fleets, captains, and special weapons. Additionally, the game ships with the full version of Starship Creator: Warp II. You can build your own ships and captains and import them into the game.

Sadly, this game was let out of dry dock a little early, and is saddled with numerous bugs and problems. Be sure to beam up the latest patch from ww4.simonsays.com/dominionwars_site/Support.htm. --Bob Andrews

Pros:

• Great graphics and camera system
• Thrilling combat and a decent story line

• Some severe bugs and stability problems

In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dominion Wars, you'll command up to six ships simultaneously. Select from more than 20 different starship classes, including several original, never-before-seen ship designs. Choose a captain for each ship. Groom your captains as they move through progressive missions. Establish the crew for each mission--including engineering, security, and bridge personnel. Fully control each ship. Execute sensor sweeps and space scans, allocate power to shields and engines, identify threats, and deploy weapons. Transport crew members for boarding and conquering enemy ships.

Join in multiplayer online gameplay for up to eight players. Play as any one of the four races in such scenarios as Open Space Deathmatch, Deathmatch with Asteroids, Planets, Nebulae, and Starbase Attack/Defend. You can also import ships from Star Trek: Starship Creator Warp 2, included in the box. Design Defiant-class, Galaxy-class, Akira-class, and Klingon B'Rel-class Birds of Prey, then fly them in multiplayer Dominion Wars battles.

Also, as an added bonus, in this game you can import captains from the Starship Creator 2 game.


Excellent Game   January 24, 2002
N. Holloman (Leeward, Hawaii)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Very good game. Enjoyable. Can be played on non graphics card enable PCs but very slowly with alot of ram. It would be slugish on missions with nebulas. Computers with Graphics card, will will be very good. On my cheap ATI Xpert 128 32mb card, it ran very well except for slugish controls and stretching ships when engaging warp drive.I liked the graphics and playability. It's cross between Armada and Starfleet Command. They could have added more ship controls like in Starfleet Command though. It is worth the money.


Best Star Trek Game ever !!!!!   September 26, 2001
Chris Goguen (Halifax, MA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

If your looking for action, great graphics, epic battles then you have found the game. Dominion Wars takes place during the DS9 Dominion war. Command up to 6 ships on mission from easy to insanly hard !! You can play as either the Federation or the Dominion and how you play determines the fate of the Alpha Quadrant. You can play this game with your friends via internet or network connections. Control and graphics are the best and you can even import ships from Starship Creator (I & II). Even though I finished I started over. Its a good game !!!!!!


Your First Star Fleet Command   January 12, 2002
John Moreau (Leonville, Louisiana)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

If you ever wanted experience starship command with out attending starfleet this game is the one for you. It is very user friendly. Fantastic graphics, camera shots and selection of mission configurations. The battles are intense!! Without a doubt this the best game I have played. You will not regret buying one. I guarentee!


The best ever Trek game   July 23, 2001
1 out of 4 found this review helpful

This is by far the best ever Trek game made. It is so smooth to play--easy to learn. It has fantastic graphics and sound, great movies, and nothing but intense action. If you are a Trek fan I would highly recommend you picking up this game! You won't be disappointed.