Molotov Cupcake of Spawn Kill writes:
"With a franchise as mammoth as Star Trek, video game counterparts should effectively mirror the excitement and adventure that the movies and TV shows portray. Throughout the years there have only been a handful of truly fun and intuitive Star Trek games, and with the release of the blockbuster remake of Star Trek, another was released in order to maximize profits. Star Trek D-A-C, an Xbox Live Arcade title, is so lackluster that it barely deserves the attachment to such a recognizable license as Star Trek. Is it a first-person shooter? No. Is it a puzzler? Thankfully, no. Star Trek D-A-C is an isometrically-viewed space shooter that has no campaign options and can only be played with others, be it bots or real players via Xbox Live. That's where the trouble begins."
While the trend seems to be reversing in recent years, the overall feeling about tie-in video games is that they tend to be underwhelming, un-appealing, and poorly made. Historically, this has been quite the case with those developed around Gene Roddenberry's 'Star Trek' mythos.
VGC: "One of the most popular movie and television franchises to make the jump to video games happens to be the one with the most dedicated fans anywhere. I'm of course talking about Star Trek and its many variations including The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, as well as the movies and spin-offs (we rarely include Enterprise). So it wasn't difficult to look at Star Trek when picking a topic for a video game cosplay gallery. Below you'll find some of the best Star Trek cosplayers dressed up as recognizable (and fan-fic) characters."
Hmmm, so I can pick one gallery from that site, and post it as news here, and I get approval?
GameOn writes: "It's hard to put your finger on just what Star Trek: DAC was trying to achieve as a game, as it could quite simply be any generic space shooter. This one simply had the blessing of licenses to use the Star Trek ships, names and any other references to the Star Trek universe. It's not until you make the link between this and the recent rejuvenation of the Star Trek film series, that you realise it was simply a ploy to generate some buzz about the return of the franchise to the big screen."
I just couldn't get into this game at all. Games with only multiplayer are so pointless, especially if they're XBLA-only.
Oh god yes, they lose relevancy to play in such a short time, why even make the game? They should have slapped a single player mode onto this to give it SOME kind of lifespan, regardless if it's short, since it is already nonexistant.
A sloppy and mediocre shooter based on the Star Trek series?! Sign me up!
Not.
the screen shots make it look cool but it obviously didnt turn out. I think multiplayer only games are really risky. you really have to make sure everything in the game works well. No idea why they wouldnt make sure the controls were perfect b4 releasing the game.