Star Trek: Conquest

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Star Trek: Conquest

Developer(s)	4J Studios
Publisher(s)	Bethesda Softworks
Platform(s)	Wii, PS2
Release date	November 20, 2007 March 14, 2008 November 27, 2007
Genre(s)	Strategy
Mode(s)	Single player
Media	DVD
Input methods	Controller

Star Trek: Conquest is a video game set in the Star Trek fictional universe. The game features both turn-based strategy and real time strategy gameplay. It was developed by Scottish studio 4J Studios, which previously developed Star Trek: Encounters, and was published by Bethesda Softworks for the PlayStation 2 and Wii.

The game is set in the era of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, with players able to choose six groups and races: Federation, Klingon, Romulan, Cardassian, Dominion and Breen. These races are the main combatants of the Dominion War featured in Deep Space Nine.

1 Reception
2 Gameplay
- 2.1 Ships
- 2.2 Systems
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Reception

Initial reviews were favourable with IGN describing the Wii version as "an interesting game to say the least" with a score of 6.8, but the Wii pricetag means that "only hardcore Trekkies and hardcore strategy fans need apply".^[1] The PS2 version on the other hand received a review score of 8.0,^[2] however, the PS2 is a press review and so the official review might change in the future.

The Star Trek and indeed gaming fan base has largely been unaware of this game.^[1] Considering the previous experience of Bethesda as a publisher, the game's marketing has been non-existent and may be responsible for the low chartings of the game.

[edit] Gameplay

[edit] Ships

Each race has 3 ships to begin with but some are unlockable in skirmish mode.

Federation
Scout - Defiant
Cruiser - Intrepid
Dreadnaught - Galaxy

Dominion
Scout - Jem'Hadar Scout (commonly known as the bug)
Cruiser - Jem'Hadar Cruiser
Dreadnaught - Jem'Hadar Dreadnaught

[edit] Systems

The map is made up of many systems from Star Trek canon. These include:
A homeworld for each of the races
Altair
Bajor (also contains DS9)
Lappa
Dozaria
Vega
Ceti Alpha
Idran
Ferengi Alliance
Omarion Nebula