Star Trek: Legacy

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 8 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

1
Average:

2
Bad:

5

Pros:

Beautiful ship models; nice destruction effects on smaller vessels; original actors perform the voice acting for all the ship captains from the shows.

Cons:

Poor gameplay; no savepoints; bad AI; mixed graphics; mixed sound; broken multiplayer.

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Last revision on May 19, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Beautiful ship models; nice destruction effects on smaller vessels; original actors perform the voice acting for all the ship captains from the shows

Reviewers Didn't Like

Poor gameplay; no savepoints; bad AI; mixed graphics; mixed sound; broken multiplayer

Expert reviews and ratings

The latest instalment of the Star Trek franchise represents a largely squandered opportunity After a five-year wait since the last Star Trek PC game, Star Trek: Legacy is here and initially promises some great action. It spans every chronological...

By PC Pro on February 01, 2007

I would like to say that Star Trek Legacy is a great game, but quite frankly, the game is too difficult to control in some of the missions to really enjoy it. It is rather frustrating to have completed many missions only to find out that the mission...

By GamePyre on January 12, 2007

The voices and spacecraft are authentic, but the gameplay is sorely lacking. Reading the description of Star Trek: Legacy would have any self-respecting trekker salivating: Star Trek: Legacy is an epic game of Starfleet combat covering the entire...

By Custom PC on January 01, 2007

Star Trek Legacy is a pretty good space simulation game but does have its problems. It may be a straight port from the Xbox 360 version but does play well and has a very good storyline with well-done voice acting from all the original Star Trek...

By Game Chronicles Magazine on December 27, 2006

I love Star Trek! I’m not ashamed to admit I’m a Trekkie, but I’m not as avid as some, as I don’t care for many of the newer spin-offs of the original series. However, I dearly loved the original series and The Next Generation....

By GameZone on December 20, 2006

Spec: Simulation, 1 Player, Everyone 10 and older By cnet on December 14, 2006

Legacy is not worth your time. Gamers and Star Trek fans alike should keep on...

By GWN on December 14, 2006

You start the main game as Captain Archer (Scott Bakula from Quantum Leap/Enterprise) and your mission is a seemingly innocent task involving a Vulcan research scientist. Obviously all is not what it seems, and then onwards from mission to mission the...

By Strategy Informer on December 05, 2006

I remember reading an article in PC Gamer a few years back which branded the Star Trek franchise as “the most lucrative franchise for PC gaming in the world”. So why is it that just about every other Star Trek game was dire? There were a...

By aoaforums.com on January 23, 2007