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Watch Epic Online In the grand schemes of things reviewing a videogame is not the hardest job in the world, but by forcing our way through Star Trek it certainly felt like it.
If that hasn't painted a picture for you, let's put it this way: Star Trek is a bad game.
Unfortunately it's not so bad that it inadvertently becomes funny, it's just incredibly, painfully, woefully dull. It's the kind of dull that forces a resigned shake of the head, a quiet sigh or an emphatic roll of the eyes.
Watch Fast And Furious 6 Online And, of course, if you like Star Trek you'll probably get just a smidgen more entertainment value out of this game than your average gamer.
But by that virtue if you also like endless corridors, phoned-in voice acting, unrestricted bugs and the various other ills that often plague a film tie-in then you'll likely get more out of Star Trek than your average (and sane) gamer.
At its most fundamental Star Trek is, if nothing else, a passable third-person shooter. Its mechanics are solid enough, albeit lacking the weight and punch of the likes of Gears Of War or Uncharted.
Watch Epic 2013 Online But the numerous bugs and AI issues put a blockade on any of the enjoyment you might've had. Dying because your AI partner struggled to get past a pair of barrels, for example, is just frustrating.
And speaking of AI, it's likely worth pointing out that this is intended as a co-op game. You'll pick either Kirk or Spock, and a friend will pick the opposite.
WATCH EPIC ONLINE | DOWNLOAD EPIC 2013 MOVIE HERE But what this really amounts to is a series of blocked doors that you can only force open with the assistance of a partner (read: spam Square over and over until the animation stops).
There's little difference between the two characters, too: early previews suggested Spock would be a stealthier equivalent to Kirk, but for some inexplicable reason that was dropped in favour of equal footing.
There are just as many stealth sections as combat sections, and while they are optional it's hard to overlook just how abysmal they are. Inexplicable detection - and just as often the opposite, complete ignorance - means stealth is a hit-or-miss affair.
WATCH FAST AND FURIOUS 6 ONLINE FREE | MOVIE 2013 If you're playing in single-player then "˜luckily' you won't need to worry too much about your AI partner during these sections. Not because he's particularly skilled in the arts of stealth, but that your enemies simply won't see him.
Even when he races through the level - past any patrolling enemies - just to catch up with you.
It's probably worth noting that the one quality that is included in Star Trek is its voice acting: during the cut-scenes the same voices you'll hear in the film sound as you might expect them to, and that's brilliant for fans of the latest Star Trek films.
But this quality is only present in the cut-scenes. At every other point it seems the voice acting - or worse still, the dialogue - has been phoned in, hurriedly put together as a level's design has been finalised.
It's often painful to hear these Hollywood voices bark comments without any real context - as though asking if we're injured really needs any context.
Brilliantly, when playing as Spock, if you issue a move command for Kirk you'll utter "˜I will follow your orders, Captain'. Except, you know, Spock gave the order.
Sigh.
This is the kind of problems that are inherent throughout Star Trek. As much passion as there might have been for the universe, that same love and care doesn't seem to have gone into making a game worthy of the name.
If that hasn't painted a picture for you, let's put it this way: Star Trek is a bad game.
Unfortunately it's not so bad that it inadvertently becomes funny, it's just incredibly, painfully, woefully dull. It's the kind of dull that forces a resigned shake of the head, a quiet sigh or an emphatic roll of the eyes.
Watch Fast And Furious 6 Online And, of course, if you like Star Trek you'll probably get just a smidgen more entertainment value out of this game than your average gamer.
But by that virtue if you also like endless corridors, phoned-in voice acting, unrestricted bugs and the various other ills that often plague a film tie-in then you'll likely get more out of Star Trek than your average (and sane) gamer.
At its most fundamental Star Trek is, if nothing else, a passable third-person shooter. Its mechanics are solid enough, albeit lacking the weight and punch of the likes of Gears Of War or Uncharted.
Watch Epic 2013 Online But the numerous bugs and AI issues put a blockade on any of the enjoyment you might've had. Dying because your AI partner struggled to get past a pair of barrels, for example, is just frustrating.
And speaking of AI, it's likely worth pointing out that this is intended as a co-op game. You'll pick either Kirk or Spock, and a friend will pick the opposite.
WATCH EPIC ONLINE | DOWNLOAD EPIC 2013 MOVIE HERE But what this really amounts to is a series of blocked doors that you can only force open with the assistance of a partner (read: spam Square over and over until the animation stops).
There's little difference between the two characters, too: early previews suggested Spock would be a stealthier equivalent to Kirk, but for some inexplicable reason that was dropped in favour of equal footing.
There are just as many stealth sections as combat sections, and while they are optional it's hard to overlook just how abysmal they are. Inexplicable detection - and just as often the opposite, complete ignorance - means stealth is a hit-or-miss affair.
WATCH FAST AND FURIOUS 6 ONLINE FREE | MOVIE 2013 If you're playing in single-player then "˜luckily' you won't need to worry too much about your AI partner during these sections. Not because he's particularly skilled in the arts of stealth, but that your enemies simply won't see him.
Even when he races through the level - past any patrolling enemies - just to catch up with you.
It's probably worth noting that the one quality that is included in Star Trek is its voice acting: during the cut-scenes the same voices you'll hear in the film sound as you might expect them to, and that's brilliant for fans of the latest Star Trek films.
But this quality is only present in the cut-scenes. At every other point it seems the voice acting - or worse still, the dialogue - has been phoned in, hurriedly put together as a level's design has been finalised.
It's often painful to hear these Hollywood voices bark comments without any real context - as though asking if we're injured really needs any context.
Brilliantly, when playing as Spock, if you issue a move command for Kirk you'll utter "˜I will follow your orders, Captain'. Except, you know, Spock gave the order.
Sigh.
This is the kind of problems that are inherent throughout Star Trek. As much passion as there might have been for the universe, that same love and care doesn't seem to have gone into making a game worthy of the name.
