Star Trek: Legacy - Xbox 360

I feel compelled to write a review for this game because there has been a lot of negative feedback. I can't compare this game to the PC version because I don't have it, but I understand that the PC version is much more difficult to control than the 360 version.First off, the graphics are absolutely amazing. I do not understand why some people are complaining about the backgrounds during missions. They are realistic and do not appear static or repetitive to me at all. I agree that the planets are sized incorrectly and the fact that you just bounce away from them instead of being able to approach them is somewhat annoying. However, it's a trade-off: you don't need to land on a planet, so it doesn't need to get bigger and bigger (and fill the screen) as you go through the atmosphere. If you were able to go through the atmosphere...then what would you expect to happen? I think the designers approached this correctly, since the concept is "space battle". However, an indication that you are too close to a planet and are about to be ejected would be nice too.The explosions are acceptable, if not stellar. I agree that enemy ships explode oddly, but it's realistic enough and it gets the point across. I'm just happy when I actually get to destroy a ship, because it's so hard to do so sometimes. Which leads me to the controls...The controls for this game are seriously complex. Some of the buttons perform double-duty, and then there are combinations of buttons that perform specific duties. After first getting the game, I played at least 10-15 skirmish sessions just so I could get familiar with the game controls. You'll need the manual near you, turned to the page that describes the controller functions! The manual doesn't provide much detail about HOW to control certain things, you just need to stick with it and keep practicing. Yes, it can be frustrating at times. However, as a positive, I'm certain having all the controls in your hand (in the form of the 360 controller) is much better than trying to manipulate everything using a combination of keyboard and mouse, and possibly a joystick/joypad if you were playing on a PC.Once you play several skirmishes, you won't be disappointed with the campaign.The campaign begins with a tutorial -- which is really important. It actually helped me identify some things that I was doing wrong in the skirmishes. The game camera will actually track an enemy once you target it, so you don't need to control the camera. Unfortunately, you'll eventually want control of the camera, and doing so breaks the lock. However, pressing the "target" button (RB) will allow the camera to track the enemy ship again. Sometimes the camera angle isn't great -- for example, I need to be able to see the tractor beam when I lock it onto a ship, and sometimes the angle selected by the AI isn't perfect.Each ship moves differently. You will quickly identify your favorites, especially when playing a skirmish game. Some respond very quickly, while others are painfully slow. Surprisingly, the biggest aren't always the most powerful. My suggestion is to give up on your favorites from the shows (Voyager, Enterprise, etc.) and pick an odd ship -- you'll get better performance in most cases. If you choose to battle as a Borg ship...good luck figuring out which side of a ship is "forward"...then again, do they have one? However, there are many, many ships available, which adds to the difficulty and also to the replay value.The music is good, if somewhat repetitive -- music I would expect for something "Trek". Some of the soundtracks remind me of those from Star Trek II and III, while most of it sounds like Next Generation-type music. The voice acting is great, but the cinematic sequences are slow -- ships in space, ships in dock, etc. I would have preferred animated renditions of each of the characters.The objectives for each mission are reviewable during play -- but not clearly defined up-front when the mission begins. It also lacks a mission progress indicator, so you can't tell how much further you need to go. There's no manual save option either, so once you start a mission, you're pretty much committed to completing it or starting it over again. At the very least, I would expect it to save progress after each objective is met. However this depends on personal preference: I wouldn't want the system to save my progress if my ship was terribly damaged for example. Additionally, not everybody is trying to complete a game in 10-15 hours, and if I need to replay a mission several times, so be it.Regarding the Xbox 360 achievements for this game -- I was glad to earn 45 achievements with only a couple hours of play. However, the achievements for this game seem extremely complex, with some of them geared specifically toward online gaming. The achievements, from my perspective, are not very "rewarding".Bottom line: this is a game for those who love Trek, and those who have a lot of patience! It's a logic game, requiring you to make the right moves to reach the goal. The graphics are great. The sound is great. The controls are OK -- but they fit the Xbox 360 controller almost perfectly. I think it has a lot of replay value, especially if Xbox achievements are your thing. It's a big game, much bigger than most have reported.

"Sorry Captain...", Get use to it because you will hear it a lot.Also, giving directions to ships will likely cause them to do a backflip and move in a random direction.Purchased for XBOX 360 after seeing the reviews that it was better than the unplayable PC PORT.You complete missions to collect points to buy better ships.It is apparent the game expects you to complete the mission as expected and not be creative.I realized this on Mission Behind Enemy Lines where I tow a Klingon shipI failed for days until I found an IGN article that I need to use a Miranda class. Got it first time...but why?Other ships has greater capability but failed. The game is fixed.Graphics are fine for the time but the gaming interface renders it unplayable on many missions especially Revelations where you shoot asteroids to keep them from crashing into planets.I direct ships to different locations but once there they just sit there doing nithing.I have to take control of each to fire weapons, make repairs etc.Odd thing is the direction of the ship is difficult to complete when I control the camera to move it in one direction and the AI fights me to move it in another.Also, the game bein in space is made for XY axis and Z axis is hard to get to because of the AI interfering.So many good reviews makes me wonder if they were sincere about the XBOX 360 port.Also, if you fail a mission, it forces you through the whole story again but at least you can mash buttons to skip it.Replaying missions isn’t part of the game.You have to play the prior stories to replay it.Pacing is also slow and the actors should like they are reading their lines over the phone with no feeling or emotion.I want to give it one star but this game should have been made but was botched in critical areas.I really wanted to like this game but there’s no getting around the ship controls and glitches to enjoy it. Also, the game still playing during cut scenes is a crime.I lost many battles on the Omega mission this way.

Let me first off state that you must know the controles in order to like this game. Once you know the controles... You are set for a wonderful time. It takes about 30-40 mins to learn them. A quick scan of the instructions and the 1st level, is pretty much everything you need to know.The missions are not difficalt as other say. I beat the game in 4 hours and did not fail a single mission or lose a ship.However the saving system is as bad as eveyone says. Only saves after the mission. Where you choose replay mission or next mission. This is when it will save.Apart from the game being extreemly short (if you know how to play)... Alot of the ships you will not get to use in the game. Because of the amount of command points you get are very small compaired to the cost of alot of ships. The only way to get more CP is to replay the mission(s). If I wanted to I could of had 4 Enterprise E's in later part of Generations Era.There are 15 missions... 5 Enterprise, 5 Orginal, 5 Generation. They go by very fast and get progresively harder as you get to a new era.The story follows the Borg and a Vulkan woman set out to make "paradise". Obviously you have to stop them at all costs.Multiplayer on the 360 is dead. No idea about the PC.Skermish mode will give you the chance to play all races in the game (except the Vulkan woman's ship). This is the next best thing to multiplayer. You can get quite of few hours of play time just with this mode... As you test out your fleets.It would have been nice if they added 2 bonus missions per era to give you the chance to play Romulan and Klingon. Thats the only downside.I put this game up there with Starfleet Command series. Alot less things going on sure... But just as much fun. It's like bridge commander, but without the bridge.Trek fan's, do yourself a fav and check this out.

Overall, I bought this based on the cool factor, which it has lived up to. Since I am a trekkie, flying around spaceships and having space battles with ships from the show generally appeals to me, and I enjoy the quick battles as well as the campaign of this game. On the other side though, this game definitely has room for improvement. For example, you can't ram other ships, the quick battle setup seems fairly limited in choosing enemy ships to combat, and the flight dynamics are really just 2D adapted for 3D (the ships can only pitch up and down so far). Finally, the thing I think it's missing the most is split screen capability, I definitely have one or two friends that I would have a lot of fun playing this with in person.So really, you have to gauge how cool this game is against downsides.

fun challenging game, it arrived eariier then expected

Nothing against the seller but this is the worst video game I have ever played

Meh...expected more from all the reviews....

good game for the age still is better than the new one that has been just brought out ,fun gameplay