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This game is a challenge
If you are a star trek fan this game is worth it.
At this time it is the only star trek game on the x box 360 system.
It is also available on the PC.
I've finished this game six times. It takes patience. DON'T GIVE UP.
The strategy guide is not much help. I got through the game without it.
If you can't finish the game keep it for a collectors item.
There is only one cheat code which wont help you in the game.
YOU CAN GET THROUGH THIS GAME. JUST KEEP TRYING!

Simple and alot of fun!
Let me first off state that you must know the controles in order to like this game. Once you know the controles... You are set for a wonderful time. It takes about 30-40 mins to learn them. A quick scan of the instructions and the 1st level, is pretty much everything you need to know.

The missions are not difficalt as other say. I beat the game in 4 hours and did not fail a single mission or lose a ship.

However the saving system is as bad as eveyone says. Only saves after the mission. Where you choose replay mission or next mission. This is when it will save.

Apart from the game being extreemly short (if you know how to play)... Alot of the ships you will not get to use in the game. Because of the amount of command points you get are very small compaired to the cost of alot of ships. The only way to get more CP is to replay the mission(s). If I wanted to I could of had 4 Enterprise E's in later part of Generations Era.

There are 15 missions... 5 Enterprise, 5 Orginal, 5 Generation. They go by very fast and get progresively harder as you get to a new era.

The story follows the Borg and a Vulkan woman set out to make "paradise". Obviously you have to stop them at all costs.

Multiplayer on the 360 is dead. No idea about the PC.

Skermish mode will give you the chance to play all races in the game (except the Vulkan woman's ship). This is the next best thing to multiplayer. You can get quite of few hours of play time just with this mode... As you test out your fleets.

It would have been nice if they added 2 bonus missions per era to give you the chance to play Romulan and Klingon. Thats the only downside.

I put this game up there with Starfleet Command series. Alot less things going on sure... But just as much fun. It's like bridge commander, but without the bridge.

Trek fan's, do yourself a fav and check this out.

Totally Lost
I am new to gaming [a mom] and an avid Star Trek fan. My daughter got an Xbox 360 for Christmas. My sister got me this game because I put it on the Wish List. It was the only Star Trek game Amazon had for 360. We also got Lego Star Wars, both of them. I love the Lego format, and I was able to master the controls after a period of frustration, and I found it a lot easier than the combat-type game [Eragon] that my daughter had first. Lego lets you role-play, and it's funny.
Enter Star Trek Legacy. I wanted to role-play the characters, and see some familiar stuff, be able to tour the ship, try out the controls, and be left alone to wander around in the beautiful graphics. Well, I could fly the Enterprise around, but the crew was nowhere to be seen, and I couldn't figure out how to find the enemy, even with my daughter coaching me [she hates the game and would give it one star]. For me, I can't control four ships at once! Can't the game-writers include an 'easy' mode for beginners? My sister has Oblivion IV, and the rich character-creation would've been a lot of fun in Star Trek. I did not enjoy the battles, battles, battles, and all the blood in that particular game, but the scenes were gorgeous! I wanted to see Star Trek planets and rich scenes showing the backgrounds I saw in Star Trek episodes. I particularly love the Original Star Trek, and would enjoy exploring the planets our crew visited as one of the crew, or have the ability to 'be' a made-up crew member. I like the ships, but I don't want to battle anyone, and I want to be able to 'walk around' and use the 'props' the characters used in episodes, from Original Star Trek to all the Star Treks and maybe even Andromeda. The Star Trek universe includes a lot more than ships, and there weren't a lot of battles. Roddenberry's magic touch was the interaction between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, with humor and struggles to understand and not interfere with different cultures. Each evolution of Star Trek had a different set of characters that were loyal to each other and to the mission. Take the characters out and just concentrate on battles, and you have Star Trek Legacy, which lacks the magic. To the team that produced it, watch some Star Trek and use your Legacy artwork to produce an Everyone 10+ version of it with character role-play and episodes we saw, if you will. I will try to like this game, but it's because I'm desperate for something Star Trek that's as much fun as the Lego Star Wars games.

IF you try it - Rent DON'T Buy
I rented this game for XBOX 360 to determine if I wanted to purchase it or not - I am so glad that I did not. A little background, I am a Star Trek fan, I have played MANY Star Trek games, and I own quite a few - in my opinion this is one of the worst. If you just want to try it - rent it, I definitely would not buy it. The problems are numerous:

CONTROLS: The controls are extremely poor, and I would describe as "clunky" as many others have. The commands and actions that you must issue often times lead to your ship unable to maneuver (more on that below) while conducting fleet actions - or unable to issue repair commands without traveling in a straight line.

MANEUVERING: HORRIBLE! You are in space, that means it is a 3-D universe, however the designers decided to treat it as if you are in a box. There is a top level which you can't go past, and there is a bottom level which you can't go past (it seems to be about 10 lengths of your ship, if that much). Basically, fighting in space is more like fighting on the ocean. Secondly, you can not do any type of maneuvers you would expect - remember how the Defiant can roll, twist, turn, etc? Not in this game - you can go up and point your nose up, but you can't break into the Z axis.

MISSIONS: One word: Frustrating. Ever been in a 45 minute long mission, with incredibly menial objective up until the end, and then in the last 5 minutes of combat been destroyed? If your answer is no, try this game out... There is no way to save during the missions, there are no check points, etc. Also, as described by others, the missions seem either incredibly easy or incredibly hard.

AIMING: Another frustrating design. There is no way to tell how to line up your photon torpedoes! That means when you are chasing someone (in the limited way this game allows you) you have to "bob" your ship up and down to try to get a lock. Extremely frustrating.

GRAPHICS: This is the one place it does OK in, not outstanding, not great, but OK. They do pretty well at designing and implementing the ships and stations.

CONCLUSION: I rented this game, and I am glad that I did not buy it. It is my honest opinion that this game tried to depend on the Star Trek Brand Name to bring in customers and not any actual game play value. If this were called anything but "Star Trek" I am sure there would be even lower reviews on here than there are now. This game just did not fulfill its potential in any sense of the word, neither as a Star Trek game OR a space combat game. Hopefully this review will save your from wasting your money on it.

startreklegacy
I BOUGHT THE GAME FOR MY SON - HE GOT XBOX360 FOR CHRISTMAS-BOUGHT THE GAME FOR PC IN NOVEMBER-BUT WAS UNABLE TO INSTALL GAME W/O UPGRADING COMPUTER-WHEN MY OLDEST SON INSTALLED GAME CARD SON SO HE COULD PLAY -MY COMPUTER QUIT WORKING -WHEN HE TOLD ME ABOUT XBOX GAME I COULD NOT FIND AT STORES SO I WAS PRETTY HAPPY TO FIND GAME FROM AMAZON-THANK YOU FOR PRODUCT.