#STAR TREK THE DOMINION FULL#
#STAR TREK THE DOMINION PC#

But even without the bugs, the clunky interface made the very frustrating at times, especially since there was no way to pause the game and give orders.ДЇor a tactical strategy game, there's a sad amount of tactics or strategy to really be employed here. Even after all of the patches to fix what was a horribly buggy mess at release, the game still has a bunch of problems - weird crashes, graphical glitches, a sticky interface and a scrolling feature that barely works just to name a few. Unfortunately, you would be figuring wrong. So seeing as there was no personality in the game, you would like to figure that there would be a great interface and some exciting gameplay to balance all of that out. They didn't bother putting any personality into any of the captains to care about them dying or advancing. The most you get to tell you how things are going are a couple of lifeless computer notices telling you that something appeared on your sensors somewhere (where? who knows? I sure didn't). No 'help I'm getting my butt kicked by a big bug looking ship!' No 'hey look, I found a big bug looking ship and there are more coming this way, let's get 'em guys!' Nothing to that effect at all. The ships themselves never really give any indication whether they're being attacked or the like. The briefings didn't get me excited to be going into battle to either crush or defend the Alpha Quadrant. Music in the game is fairly decent although it wasn't striking enough for me to really sit back and think, 'wow, this sounds good!' Voice-overs in the mission briefings and the battles were fairly lifeless however. Phasers firing, torpedoes launching, shields being hit, transporters being used, all of that sounds like the shows. The effects used in the game will be pretty familiar to anyone that's watched any of the shows. Some of the environments in the game were also fairly decent, although for the most part, it's space you know. Phasers seem a little slow to find their target at times, although that seemed to depend on the craft that was shooting them so maybe it was a little piece of Star Trek science that I don't know. Effects in the game are decent if not brilliant. The ships look like lower res versions of the show's own space-bound craft. When up close to any of the ship models in the game, which turned out to be much more often than anyone probably would have liked, I was genuinely impressed. This is another game that just goes to show that some pretty models and nice textures just don't make a good game. It was just soulless compared to the vibrant portrayal of the situation in the show. Unfortunately, the game just doesn't hold the same interest as the show. For the most part, the game does a very good job following some of the important points of the war from the show.

#STAR TREK THE DOMINION FULL#

The Dominion turned out to be a conglomeration of pretty much every race found in the Gamma Quadrant and soon the Alpha Quadrant (where the Federation and all of their nose ridged friends reside) is under a full scale assault from the other side of the wormhole. In the exploration of what is lovingly referred to as the Gamma Quadrant, explorers run across a very militant empire known as the Dominion. In fact, I probably had un-fun due to some really quirky controls and a severe lack of the soul that made the show so interesting.ДЇor those that don't know about the premise, here's a quick explanation: during the very beginning of the series, it was discovered that the space station known as Deep Space Nine is sitting right on the entrance to a stable wormhole that leads to another section of the galaxy. How could anyone go wrong with a game based on of such a great thing as the Dominion Wars? Well, I'm done with that game and I can't say I had any fun playing it.

#STAR TREK THE DOMINION PC#

So naturally, when I heard that there would be a PC strategy game based on the Dominion Wars, I got all geeky and excited and started running around giving people Vulcan swirlies while screaming soliloquies from Hamlet in Klingon into their ears. There were so many interesting characters, great plot twists and massive space battles that I couldn't help but be drawn into the conflict. And over the years, I have to say that one of my favorite pieces of any of the fiction that went into the shows was the story arc in the last couple of seasons about the Dominion Wars which threw the known Star Trek universe into a huge tizzy. Even though I can't say that I would ever consider myself a Trekkie (I only know about tribbles and hot green skinned alien chicks from the original series), I do like the shows.

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