Editing Newsletter/Summer 2007 (section)

== Star Trek: Legacy Video Game Review ==

by [[user:jfrench|Jason French]]

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There has been very few choices for new Trek out there since Star Trek: Enterprise went off the air waves just over two years ago. You could read some of the new Star Trek novels out there. You could watch some of the fan films. Or, you could play Star Trek: Legacy on your PC or Xbox 360.

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Star Trek: Legacy was released December 5th, 2006 by Bethesda Softworks. The game is a starship battle action game where play takes place with a third person camera trailing behind the starship that is being controlled by the user. The main campaign storyline takes the players through the different eras of Star Trek and features the voices of all five Star Trek captains: William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, and Scott Bakula. You start out in control of the NX-01 Enterprise where Captain Archer discovers a Vulcan scientist who has gone renegade. The story picks up later with the NCC-1701 Enterprise, where Captain Kirk picks up a hint that the Vulcan scientist has discovered a new cybernetic species, which we later come to know as the Borg once the storyline reaches the Next Generation era. The story is written by Derek Chester and Dorothy "D.C." Fontana. It’s good to see that someone very familiar with the Trek history had a hand in creating the plot.

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The game has a lot of appeal for Star Trek fans. It’s great to hear the voices of the captains once again in their old roles. The story is compelling and makes you want to keep playing. 

Unfortunately, the game designers decided that you wouldn’t be able to save a mission in middle. So, if you die at any point, you have to go back to the beginning and play the whole mission again. That’s one of my biggest issues. I’ve actually gotten stuck on the last NCC-1701-A mission in which Captain Kirk is attacked by a Borg sphere.

Overall I think if you are a gamer and a Star Trek fan, it’s a must game to pick up.

'''Star Trek: Legacy'''

by [http://www.bethsoft.com Bethesda Softworks]

Available for the PC & Xbox 360

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