Star Trek Shattered Universe

The premis of the game is simple. The USS Excelsior, commanded by Captain Hikaru Sulu responds to a distress call from two federation ships, one being the USS Enterprise..oddly..under the command of Pavel Chekov. Somehow, the Excelsior is pulled into the alternate universe, and runs right into the ISS Enterprise, commanded by an evil Pavel Chekov. Chaos ensues for nearly 20 missions.

This game has many good points. The graphics, sound and music as well as the story line are all top notch, and deserve praise. Many Original Series moments are duplicated in the mirror universe in top form, and the capital ships are very difficult to destroy with a fighter, as they should be.
However....

The games flaws keep it from gaining a 5 star rating. The game is insanely difficult even on easy. the Imperial Fleet seems to be made up of only three classes of ships, the Refit Constitution Class, the Miranda class and an unamed Destroyer class. In all the missions, the capital ships never slug it out, you never see photon torpedos and phasers being fired between the Excelsior and the enemy ships, the only thing they do is take random pot shots at fighters.

Both Sulu and Chekov are voiced by the actors that played them, a big, big plus.

I would recommend this game for any trek fan, but be aware of it's errors before you simply jump in head first without thinking.


TREK FANS ONLY!   October 2, 2006
Stephen A. Schwartzman (NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

What can I say as a part time/non-hard core gamer about STSU? Well, it's sort of dull and kind of easy. There aren't a really great variety of ships to use at any given time. Having the authentic voices of original series cast members helps and the graphics for PS2 and X-Box are pretty decent. Personally, it gives me some satisfaction as a 29 year Trekkie (since I was 4..that dates me...), I get a kick out of piloting the Klingon Bird of Prey against larger Starfleet ships like the Miranda and Constitution classes. Overall, the game will be a snore-fest for non STAR TREK fans, a little fun for people who like it and some good, distracting fun for those of us who live, eat and breathe STAR TREK.


I.S,S - EXCELCIOR   January 1, 2007
this is one good star trek game that has a good trek feeling to it.but it has one problem it is really hard even when it is set on EASY. On a second thought when you ignroe the funky graphics its an ok game but not the best.