A really good game to play, you got to have this if your a star trek fan, and if your a fan of strategy

User Rating: 8.7 | Star Trek The Next Generation: Birth of the Federation PC
By Achilles438 | Review Date:
I was always a star trek fan from the times when I would watch the show on spike tv with my mom, so when I first saw this game when my older cousin was playing it, I was just hooked on it instantly. I liked the strategy involved in the game, it is like a mind puzzle that kept me busy for countless nights. I liked just the federation at first, as much as I like just wiping out civilizations without mercy, I wanted to try diplomacy for a change. It worked out great, I went to like turn 300 with the most powerful federation fleet I had ever seen, negotiated borders with all of the major races, and had bribed all of the minor races to my side, so I just spent the majority of the time fighting the borg. About the borg, they are tough to beat as the federation, ferengi, and the cardassians because they don’t have the cloaking device. They assimilate everything they come across, and when they are done with a system, another cube appears. I enjoyed them appearing though, them and a lot of other alien ships. The Crystalline Entity is my favorite one of all time. That and the good random events that happened, although there are more bad events than good ones, they kept the game interesting for the long sessions during the night.
The ferengi are really profit oriented, and I have used that to buy lots of ships. The cardassians are the bad guys, I used them to conquer others and pretty much dominate the galaxy. I enjoyed all of the minor races as well. They were missing some of them, but they got all of the important ones in.
I liked the tactical combat as well. In particular I enjoyed really large battles with lots of ships against each other. Even though the tactical choices for the ships are few and pretty much straightforward, its still challenging to try to win against superior odds. The klingons are good for that, they can be hopelessly outnumbered and still win sometimes due to their superior weapons and their production rate. This was proven to me dozens of times when I thought I would definitely lose the battle, I still came out on top. The starships are pretty nice as well, I enjoyed just looking at them from the tactical viewer and just zooming them in and out. Overall, these ship designs are pretty nice I think.
I wished they could have had the dominion and a few other races I could think of as well, but the list might be too long. But for the first try, it turned out pretty good. The races are pretty balanced out, but when they are ruled by the right person, you can turn each of them into deadly forces. I recommend this game to anyone who has lots of time at night, a brilliant tactical mind, and you have got to love micro management. Without it, you will be confused really quick. A great game, a must have for the Star Trek fans out there.

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