The game could have been one of the lesser episodes of the original television series, but it could not have gained a place in The Next Generation of the more recent reboot starring Captain Archer.

+ Star Trek style; + Enterprise section

- Limited story appeal; - Gorn enemies; - Cover system

"The plot does a satisfactory job of keeping the experience feeling like a Star Trek adventure..." "...simply moving around the environment and basic platforming can be a challenge." "...the most enjoyable element of Star Trek is, by far, the voices and likenesses of the movie cast."

Voice-acting by the movie cast; Nods to the movie and TV series; Kirk and Spock's relationship

The companion AI is useless; The choppy animations; Hacking; hacking; and more hacking

It's easy to see how Star Trek was a good idea on paper. Cooperative action games are very popular, so why not take sci-fi's most iconic buddy duo and put them in one? We can get all the awesome CGI assets from the very successful movie reboot and use them to make a big AAA action game, and then...

Has some high points, but soon gave way to glaring faults. Not the worst game, but is difficult to recommend.

Star Trek Image © Namco Bandai A few neat puzzles, teleportation, and the overall thrill of boarding the bridge of the Enterprise, and that's IT. "Star Trek" isn't just a bad game, it's one that is worse because of the opportunity it wastes and the legacy from which it comes.

that had you captaining the Enterprise and tasked with destroying a Klingon invasion. Originally programmed in 1971, I remember typing it out by hand in BASIC on my Timex Sinclair in the very early 80s.

In 2009, J.J. Abrams rebooted Star Trek , effectively recasted an iconic crew and revitalized the franchise. It went more towards an action sci-fi film with Chris Pine as a young, handsome Kirk (yet Han Solo-esque) that you could build a new movie franchise around.

I don't know what it is about the Star Trek license that makes it hard to develop great games based on it. Maybe it's the non-violence, the talking-first attitude, the ability to go where no one has gone before?

Games that come out in conjunction with a movie have a bad reputation. Often seen as an attempt to cash in on the movie's success, there is a long line of examples in the not very good pile.

At it's current MSRP, Star Trek is destined to dock at the nearest starbase for good. However, if you really enjoy co-op third person games (who doesn't?), even if they aren't very good, you might circle back to this one later when the price is far, far lower.