This game comes as close as I've seen to recreating an actual episode. The acting is typical Trek---not stellar, but certainly sufficient and not cheesy.
The game's real winning point, in my opinion, is that you HAVE to lose in certain places to eventually win. Without going into too much detail, Q's ability to pop in and advise/taunt/resurrect you is more than just a game mechanic, it's part of the overall plot. So at certain decision points, the first time around nothing you do will be correct, and then Q will return you to a point where you can then insure the decisions available to you later will include the correct ones. This is not tedious or forced repetition as it might sound! Q even taunts you with this fact, when he says just prior to your character facing an impossible decision, "You'll be back. Maybe more than once."
I've only happened upon it once, but there is a point in the game if you let things go without taking any actions, a plot loop will result(Failure to make a decision results in you being assimilated, which then leads to your death, which leads to Q returning you to the decision point prior to being assimilated). If allowed to loop long enough, the game will seem to 'freeze' suddenly. As soon as you move the mouse or touch a key, however, the game fades to white and Q berates you for "going for sandwiches".
That I know of, there are only two 'decision points' in the game that a wrong decision will result in the "Game Over" screen displaying and the game exiting to your desktop---the very first decision point and the very last.
Limited re-playability (go back and see all the humorous and different ways you can screw up) but definitely worth playing, at least to Trek fans.
The game's real winning point, in my opinion, is that you HAVE to lose in certain places to eventually win. Without going into too much detail, Q's ability to pop in and advise/taunt/resurrect you is more than just a game mechanic, it's part of the overall plot. So at certain decision points, the first time around nothing you do will be correct, and then Q will return you to a point where you can then insure the decisions available to you later will include the correct ones. This is not tedious or forced repetition as it might sound! Q even taunts you with this fact, when he says just prior to your character facing an impossible decision, "You'll be back. Maybe more than once."
I've only happened upon it once, but there is a point in the game if you let things go without taking any actions, a plot loop will result(Failure to make a decision results in you being assimilated, which then leads to your death, which leads to Q returning you to the decision point prior to being assimilated). If allowed to loop long enough, the game will seem to 'freeze' suddenly. As soon as you move the mouse or touch a key, however, the game fades to white and Q berates you for "going for sandwiches".
That I know of, there are only two 'decision points' in the game that a wrong decision will result in the "Game Over" screen displaying and the game exiting to your desktop---the very first decision point and the very last.
Limited re-playability (go back and see all the humorous and different ways you can screw up) but definitely worth playing, at least to Trek fans.