"PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) - Folks like me, whose reflexes are usually measured in geological time, are at a huge disadvantage when we try to play action shooting games like "Star Trek: Shattered Universe" or "R-Type Final." But you don't have be a top gun to discover that these products are very different when it comes to playability and plot.
The $35 "Star Trek" title, developed by StarSphere and distributed by TDK Mediactive for the Xbox (news - web sites) and PlayStation 2 (news - web sites), is based on "Mirror, Mirror," a very popular episode from the original television series.
In that 1967 show, a transporter accident sends Captain Kirk and three crew members to a parallel universe where the benevolent Federation doesn't exist. Instead, an evil Empire runs Starfleet, and starship officers use both cunning and assassination to advance up the ranks.
"Shattered Universe" begins with the starship Excelsior on a mission to rescue the Enterprise, which is trapped in a space vortex. Excelsior slips into the mirror universe. The crew finds that their ship is transformed and suddenly facing a now-hostile Enterprise."
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Mar 13, 2004, 05:51 PM
