Star Trek: Klingon Academy
by Interplay Productions
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Video Game Reviews of Star Trek: Klingon Academy
Customer Review: Decent combat simulation
Summary: 4 Stars
Prior to Star Trek DS9: Dominion Wars, this game was certainly the best Trek game out there. The POV combat proved excellent. However, the game includes few options. Progression through the game can become sterile and redundant; and the game itself comes in the form of 6 CD's, making it very cumbersome.Customer Review: DARE TO SHOW YOUR HONOUR AS A WARRIOR!
Summary: 4 Stars
My wife got me this for Christmas and it is loads of fun. I always told her I was a Klingon in human form and tried to persuade her to let us have a Klingon wedding...she didn't go for it...I think the fresh gagh would have put off people at the reception...Excellently conceived and brilliant graphics - BUT you will need power to utilise them properly. I have a P800 and GFORCE 2MX200 card which usually does fine. The only problems I have graphics-wise are when Romulan ships start venting plasma.
The in-between mission "movies" are nice and contain some good motivation from General Chang.
However, a couple of the missions are baffling playability-wise. The reconnoitring of the treasonous Klingon vessel without being discovered is VERY hard, and I still haven't figured out planetary bombardment.
Still, it will raise the blood in all true warriors.
Note: though he is not credited, that HAS to be Michael Dorn voicing Commander Thok Mak.
Customer Review: Great Game for the Star Trek Fan
Summary: 4 Stars
This Game is one the Best Star Trek games i've played so far. I would recommend this to anyone who has a 700 Mhz or more computer. The Bad part about this one is that you can get tired of it after playing it for a couple of months. Anyone who dosen't have much gaming experience, get this Game!!Customer Review: One of the best
Summary: 4 Stars
Several reasons why this game is one of the best Capital Ship combat sims out there1.You can regulate virtualy every aspect of your ships(tractor, transporter, warp, sickbay, engineering, etc)
2.It feels like a Starship-to-Starship simulator (unlike ST:Invasion for PS which completely clashes with the Trek philosophy by offering a poor fighter-to-fighter sim)
3.It is so hugely detailed, you can blow major sections off of any ship and see the different decks, fire on the warp engines and watch the plasma drain away as they lose warp capability(personal favorite). There is an outside view where you can see your ship in great detail
4.There are so many different types of enviornments (deep space(duh),nebula, Gas giants, M-Class worlds, solar coronas, the perimiter of a black hole, etc)
5. New ships. There plenty of new ships for the Klingons, Starfleet, and the Romulans. There are a few new races as well.
The list goes on
If you are wondering why I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars, it's because the events take place in the days of The Original Series and not like the times of the "present day" Star Trek. But this game is so great and at such a low price, you cant loose. It was designed to use the joystick in conjunction with the keyboard. Make sure you have a good joystick though(the game plays horribly with a mouse)
Customer Review: Great game - but download the patch
Summary: 4 Stars
This game is alot of fun to play and unlike "Starfleet Academy", your ship does not move like a fighter and you really do command your ship like it is a large spacecraft. The damage effects are great! You can poke holes in the enemy's hull, knock out crucial subsystems and blow off warp nacelles. The single player campaign is OK but it is not that rigid. It will allow you to make bad command decisions and still finish the missions. I spend alot of time playing with the Quick Battle simulator. This is where you can command any ship, pick your opponents and choose your battle environment which is really alot of fun. I enjoy luring Klingon warships into a planetary ring to watch them bounce off of the ring's ice boulders while trying to attack my starship!
Remember, KA is a Star Trek game, so you know it's going to have bugs. If you do not install the latest patch the game will freeze during heavy battles. This is bad since the game AI will constantly be playing "bumper cars" when it starts to lose a fight. If the enemy ship is smaller than the vessel that you are commanding, then this is more annoying than fatal.