Definitely an underrated Star Trek game. Played more like an adventure game with a gun than a traditional FPS.

Troi straight up murdering an entire base is such a funny picture.

I remember playing this way back in the day. Took me forever to get the alternate ending. I could get as far as the Chodak wave but could never take on all of their dreadnoughts at once. I found the key was to make sure to save the torpedo supply throughout the game as much as possible, then kite the ships in the final battle by running away from them, keeping them just outside weapons range. With a full torpedo launcher, slow down to the point they were just inside weapons range, drop a full volley of torpedoes from the rear and quickly speed up to get just outside range again, wait for the torpedoes to reload and then repeat until they die. It takes a lot of torpedoes to do this if I remember right, but once you get the hang of it the battle becomes trivial and tedious instead of frustratingly impossible.

I just want to point out that this game was released in 1997! Nearly three years after the movie. Heck First Contact was in theaters the year before!

Honestly, I didn't even knew that there was so many ST games.

This reviews is informative and hilarious. I knew of this game's existence, but nothing much else besides it got blasted by critics back in the day. I had no idea there were ties to A Final Unity, which is amazing, and the fact they at least attempted to mimic System Shock meant they were considerate of how to make a Star Trek game. This game may be a mess, but that last clip of Picard quoting Scotty and rescuing Spot convinced me that there was soul put into this.

It's a deeply flawed game in many ways, but I always loved it. Thanks for the great video.

Just a small tidbit of info, but the Chodak would show up yet again in the Birth of the Federation game. I think they were really trying to push the Chodak as recurring villains in these late 90's Star Trek games and they just never took off.

That Worf does palm strikes and Kirk does axe handle smashes is hilarious.

Loved this game. I remember getting it on Christmas Eve 1997. My sister got Sim Copter and we fought over the computer about which one of us could play. I finished it, but never did well enough to see the multifleet space battle. That’s awesome!

That sauerkraut joke, got me good.

If Sisko was in this game, his melee attack would be roughly the equivalent of the berserk pack from Doom.

Avoiding all the other space battles before La Forge's mission at Amargosa is pretty much the only way to stand a chance at the Veridian armada (since you'd need all the torpedoes available - minus any used against the Klingons at Guernica).

Wow what a blast from the past. I have so many fond memories playing this game along with my mother when I was little

Soran would fit in well with the kermin imperium with his nutty obsession destroying things to alter timelines.

Man, a channel that reviews star trek games? Right up my alley! This was a really fun review. I've had this game in my backlog forever. A final Unity is my favorite Trek game so I'm happy to hear about the chodak. I hope you do a final Unity some day!

Chodak were also in the SNES/Genesis TNG game. And hard as hell in the space fights there, too.

I never played many games in my life, but i was obsessed back then with this. As you mentioned the replay value was high because you needed a few times to discover all the missions. I never was able to solve the Mission where Data fights the plants though. And hell yeah, murdering all the romulans like if youre playing Doom was not Trek-like but fun. The next game about one of the Trek movies was the Insurrection game, which was so boring that i never completed it.

Digging the audio. Visuals are pretty solid too

Haha I loved this game! I only found out recently from watching walkthroughs that there was another mission for Geordie on a Klingon ship! I always thought he got a raw deal only getting the Amagosa station mission 😅 I really wish I could play it again but it just won’t work on my computer 😅 great review! 😊

Hey, you're not badmouthing my dude Sauerkraut!

Oh, I loved the heck out of this game. I remember that time when Geordie executed an entire ship full of Klingons by venting them all into space... Ahhh, good times.

8:40 They also feature in the game "Birth of the Federation". 11:16 They are from a mission that was removed from the game. I wonder if the mission's code is still around in case someone decided to remake this game?

"Still better than the movie!" *proceeds to show great scenes from the movie*

Wow, this was released in 1997!? The graphics look so similar to an advanced version of Ultima Underworld or System Shock that I assumed I misremembered when Star Trek: Generations the movie came out, but no. It seems like it was just behind the times in terms of graphics. Still, thanks for the review!

This game is my jam. Love the exposure this is getting now. And finding some of the work that's has been done on it to make it playable ( like the pcem package) think it could benefit hulegley from a nightdive style remaster.

I wish this was popular enough for somebody to make a source port or something with mouselook, a smaller hud, and quicksaving. Theres an amazing game burried under all the jank. Also fun fact the chodak were also in Birth of the Federation as a random encounter.

Oh wow cool. I was faintly aware of the game but didn't know it was a shooter game. I though it was just a cheap tie-in. Well gee I'm certainly interested now from this review you made.

I somehow never got to the second mission.. just ended up randomly flying around and attacking klingon warbirds. The space battles were honestly my fave part. That said, I did get intimately familiar with the Amargosa station over time. I think 8 year old me just never figured out the no mid-mission saving thing :/

Still have the original CDs of this & many other Trek games I bought back in the day. I remember even then in '97 the FPS part felt dated, but space combat was both a big step up and far more stable than the offerings of Final Unity. Plus, still much better than the movie as you mention in the video, offered much more overall. Only minus I'd give it is making Dr Soran more like Dr Claw with his whole "I'll get you next time Picard" shtick.

You actually can use the tricorder on the living planet, you just have to turn it off when the blue antibodies are close

This game was a pain I wish there were cheats for it, hated the Bersus jungle planet with Data but loved the Enterprise-D level. I was happy the Chodak were back as they are my favourite non canon race and thought they were great main villians in A Final Unity

I appreciate your insight and showcasing older games, but it's not the type of game I'm interested in.

"Violence isn't always the answer, but it sure does feel good." 😆 Not to be outdone by: "Waves of Womulans" a few seconds prior.

This was legit my first pc game. I think i still have the disk somewhere

Edit: i'm sorry but I was not expecting to hear Troi doing action film one-liners. 😂 I don't dig gigantic status bars in 90s games in general but this is like nothing I've dealt with before. It's very nearly HALF the screen! Lol

Cool review, I wanna get into Star Trek games after I saw the Voyager game with the ship roam

I recall the Chodak ships in this having their weapons ranges reversed, with very powerful but short-ranged torpedoes and long-ranged phasers (most ships including the enterprise had longer ranged torpedoes and shorter ranged phasers). I could beat them reliably if I kept to long range and hammered them with photon torpedoes (reverse away from them to begin with since the enterprise's forward shield is its strongest, then turn and run with your faster forward velocity when they eventually start to close on you). And I remember rage-quitting repeatedly while attempting the veridian platforming segment. That was terrible, especially since you were on a timer to beat the level before the star-killing torpedo could launch and there was no saving during missions.

I did manage to get this running on Windows XP with Compatibility Mode, So I believe as long as it's pre-Vista the game should work with minimum fuss. As for the game itself, yeah Nightdive or somebody needs to make an enhanced edition of this game. ...After they get to rights to the TekWar game and remake that, of course.

The Data Meme's are peek!

Yeap, the lack of any in mid level save just killed this game out of the starting gate.

10:10 "...and Enterprise D never is destroyed." - And then Earth gets assimilated in the past because they didn't make it back in time in First Contact with only a slower Galaxy class instead of the Sovereign Enterprise-E they had in the movie.

The only other game I am aware of the Chodak appearing in is the TNG game on SNES and Genesis. Their ships are a pain to take out. Just warp out of the sector whenever possible.

I remember playing this game as a kid when it came out. My only memories are of repeated failure because apparently, I really sucked at it as a kid. Good memories though.

The space combat just un repressed the memories I have of this game.

best line "i don't know what they are... but Kirk don't like em"

I believe the Chodak were also in a SNES game? It would be fun if they appeared in canon.

Love your content on Star Trek games!) More! MORE!!!)

This is great. Get's you right in the universe and feeling

A good game which was developed from an early version of the script. I do have a windows 10 version of the game which works. However, as a retro game I prefer the dedicated period correct hardware from the era. I played this game to death as a child and it was incredibly challenging, mostly because of the platforming.

This is new to me. Thank you for sharing.

Dark lord Sauerkraut is a Brutal monster thats fond of sending the unprepared to the shitter. In detroit.

Not going to lie... I could never get past the data waring robots away mission 😂

Similar view and combat/ interaction style, lands of lore 3. Good game

I played the hell out of that game

I played System Shock enhanced version last summer and loved it so that I beat it entirely. As such, I have a keen eye for similarities in games but this is a remarkably canny take on the visuals

You gotta admit, Generations was at least original.

I had to ring the help line to stop the launch.

Loved the video. Can you do one for A Final Unity next?

Wrong: The Chodak were also in TNG's Future's Past (SNES), Echoes from the Past (Sega Genesis), and Birth of the Federation

I’m looking for an emulator for this right now! Thanks!

One thing that always struck me as odd is why where the romulans sabotaging the station.

Such a fun game!

Trek needs more Chodak.

Generations was actually ok. The game that is.

Ha, nice review. Yeah Generations was one lousy movie, as far as I was concerned, but this game was ambitious. Gotta check it out myself once of these days.

@benkii you should give the game boy version of this game a try. It's.. uhh... Interesting.

Or you know... You can download it since it's considered abandonware. This game looks fascinating. Another to the pile of Trek games to play.

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I own this original box and game still. Never played it. Box is in tatters

Data's comment doesn't exactly make sense. Given that Kirk ended up there.

Where did you learn to fly? Oh sorry, wrong game.😂

I remember playing the german version back then, and I was hugely disappointed that that version did not have the original dubbing actors for it, only 3 of them (for Riker, LaForge and Worf). The rest was hilariously unfitting. It's also one of the worst dubbing ever, not recommended.

I wanna play it but don’t know how to install to pc 😢

11:36 nor is the movie for me, as kirk couldn't possibly die in a more stupid way

Can I Play this Game on A PC on Win 10? I don’t Need and have Win 11

Is this made for atari

I had this game back in the day, it was terrible!

Looks like borture.

Too much ambition without enough knowledge of what they were doing. Also the movie was great compared to this game.