Star Trek: New Worlds

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A Romulan experiment gone wrong has suddenly made multiple planet systems appear out of nowhere in this formerly barren sector. The area is named Tabula Rasa, and the three neighboring races... Federation, Klingon, and Romulan, are ready to exploit the newly found riches... But first they must deal with the natives, who may be friend of foe...

You are in control of a colony for your "empire". You must grow your colony and build defense and offense to secure your goals while mining the resources you came for. Build from the heart of your colony... the colony hub. Build mines to extract minerals from the ground (but they can run out). Build resource processors to get higher efficiency. Build vehicle yards to build better vehicles. Build research facility to get improved technology and better units, and so on and so forth. You must balance energy, growth, exploration, defense, crew, and when you get to it, offense. It is also possible to capture enemy structures.

Each side has a special unit with unique capabilities to make the battle more interesting. Multiplayer is supported over Gamespy. Several tutorial missions are also created.

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  • 星际迷航:新世界 - Simplified Chinese spelling

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Average score: 57% (based on 25 ratings)

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Average score: 3.1 out of 5 (based on 11 ratings with 6 reviews)

Initially promising, but falls quite short of the "enjoyable" mark

The Good
Initially, the complexity of this game and the graphics drew my attention. From the very first mission, it's possible to upgrade your buildings and vehicles to a very high level. There are numerous resources to keep track of (five different types of minerals), and an in-depth technology tree, which was a nice change from other RTS games. The graphics are somewhat simplistic, but lighting effects and explosions are done very well. The optional mission objectives were also a nice touch.

The Bad
The game-breaker for me was when I tried to save my game during a mission - I couldn't. The missions can be quite long, and I simply don't have that many hours to spare. In addition, the ingame instructions are a bit misleading; studying the manual and tech tree is highly recommended before getting started. One more problem was the enemy AI - it appeared to be nonexistant. Enemy ships will fly past your base on occasion, shooting at various buildings. But once they do their first fly-by, they stop, arrange themselves into a nice group, and no longer defend themselves. Finally, while it initially seemed like an intriguing concept, I quickly grew tired of having to manipulate the camera angle. Luckily, it's possible to play from the tricorder tactical view (which really, is much more efficient anyway).

The Bottom Line
If you have a ton of time on your hands, and have the patience to sit through the lengthy missions, it might be a good distraction. Otherwise, the necessity to play a mission from start-to-finish in one sitting, and the need to constantly manipulate the camera angle to see what's happening, can be too frustrating.

Windows · by Dave Schenet (134) · 2001

Without question, the worst Star Trek game I have ever played!!!

The Good
The story was half good, if not a bit silly. Planets appearing out of nowhere because of some weapons test seems a bit far fetched to me, even for Star Trek. The disk can be used as a coaster or other fun toy.

The Bad
First, after I completed the first 3 missions, there was only about two military units!!! Things took a long time to move around. It also seems to ignore most Star Trek Technological advances. Like most RTS games, there is a "fog of war". But in Star Trek, it still has the fog of war!!! If you watch a Star Trek episode, they always scan planets and can magnify the planet on the viewscreen etc. But in this game, they've apparently never heard of satellites or scanners!! This wouldn't be so bad if resource collecting was simple. You have to build a mining station to get resources. The only difference is that you have to be in some kind of special map mode to see resources. The resources have ridiculous names so it's anyone's guess as to what they do. There also a bunch of them, all with a different color on the map. Back to "combat". You have an array of nearly 3 different units to choose from and you build "Phaser Tanks". Click them to go somewhere and wait. You will see that they will get "snagged" on cliffs and other terrain, if that makes sense. You can play as Federation, Klingon, or Romulan, but all units and buildings are the same except for voices and skins.

The Bottom Line
I can't really say much about this game. It has so little substance. . If you see it, set phasers to kill....

Windows · by James Kirk (150) · 2003

Original, but badly developed

The Good
The only thing I liked about this game was the presentation. It’s a fairly original Trek story, and a nice variety in the planet types. The graphics are neat and tidy, with some great looking ships and lighting effects. But........

The Bad
....... It’s nothing compared to past titles like Starcraft. The max number of players in mulitplayer is three; gameplay can be confusing at times, and the 1st person camera angle is a waste. The big problem with this is that it’s just not Trek-ky enough. Sure, you have all the races there to play with, but an RTS Star Trek title is nothing compared to being on the bridge of the Enterprise.

The Bottom Line
It’s an original Trek title that fails to deliver. If you love RTS games, Starcraft is you’re best bet. If you’re a Trek fan, and have the power of a P3, take a stab at one of the Starfleet Command titles.

Windows · by Kartanym (12418) · 2001

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Star Trek: New Worlds is the first real-time strategy game to use both resource and personnel management.

Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa, the name of the new star system, is a Latin phrase meaning "smoothed or erased tablet." This phrase is commonly used to describe something in a pristine, untouched state.

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Game added by Kartanym.

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Game added August 28, 2000. Last modified March 15, 2024.