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Well, i keep it short: if you install a good mod the game can be quite fun. Especially by graphic and sound, the overall Star Trek feeling is there, but sadly nothing more. The controls are one of the most dumbest i've seen so far. The game seriously leaks gameplay depth, mission design, or anything that's supposed to make fun in the long run. |
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First of all: the game runs smoothly under XP, Vista, and Windows 7. On Vista+ you may need to google the correct settings, or just... ...install one of the most popular and well done mods like the "Ultimate Mod", or "Ultimate Dominion Mod". This game can be quite a lot of fun in the long run, especially with the mods of course, the balancing is ok, you pretty much got control over everything, plus the typical "ST feeling" is there. But now the real annoying part: - the manual battles are quite retarded and leak options, plus major bugs with mods / settings - the memory leak is driving me nuts. Even with newer PCs and best possible settings to avoid input lag, the turn calculation takes more and more time, till it becomes ridiculously high (depending on settings and pc around round 300-400 it takes more than a coffee break for one turn to end). There's sadly no hope that there ever will be some kind of solution for this. Still, the game is one of the best round based strategy games out there, plus the feel and very shiny mods. |
