Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars
Developer(s)	Gizmo Games
Publisher(s)	Simon & Schuster
Version	1.05
Platform(s)	Windows
Release date(s)	2001
Genre(s)	Real-time tactics
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: E (Everyone)
Media/distribution	CD-ROM
System requirements Windows 9x or 2000 with DirectX 8.1, Pentium II 266+ MHz, 64 MB RAM, 8 MB Direct3D 3D accelerator, sound card, 4X+ CD-ROM

Dominion Wars (ISBN 0-671-31775-X) is a real-time tactics computer game based on the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine for Microsoft Windows. It was published by Simon & Schuster Interactive in 2001 and developed by Gizmo Games. The game is rated "E" by the ESRB.

Story

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars follows the storyline from the last three seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in which the United Federation of Planets and their allies battle against the invading Dominion Alliance.

Gameplay

Gameplay is a mix between real-time strategy and space combat simulator. The game allows simultaneous control of up to six different ships from any of the four powers - Federation, Klingon, Cardassian and Dominion in real time combat. Missions include both primary and secondary objectives that allow a multitude of solutions for completion. To this end, before most missions, players may choose their ships and captains from a range of available personnel and ship classes.

Critical reception

Simon & Schuster Interactive's final game in the Star Trek franchise was initially highly anticipated; however, delays in production and the releases of other Star Trek games tempered fan reception. By the time Dominion Wars was released, Activision's Star Trek: Armada and Voyager Elite Force held the majority of the community's attention.

Interest in the game was dampened by a rushed release and production cuts. Bugs in the initial release made the game almost impossible to play simply due to the game frequently crashing. This issue, along with self-corrupting saved game files and extremely bug-ridden mission scripting, made the game a startling disappointment to initial buyers. Several updates were released which improved the game's initial problems, but it remained prone to crashes. Many single-player missions continue to suffer from scripting bugs, making it occasionally necessary to restart missions from the beginning.

For these reasons, among others, GameSpot UK and IGN, gave the game a rating of 6/10 and 5.8/10 respectively.^[1][2]

See also

• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Harbinger
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen

References

1. ^ http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/startrekdeepspacendw/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs
2. ^ http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/164/164018p1.html

External links

• Official site
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Dominion Wars patches at Trekcore.com
• Compatibility wrapper which resolves hardware problems