Star Trek: Tactical Assault

This is our third go-around with flat-space shooter Star Trek: Tactical Assault and we're still waiting – and hoping - for the game to come together before its holiday release. In Assault you pilot a Federation or, once unlocked, Klingon warship from Star Trek 's original TV series era, jumping into various space sectors to perform seemingly simple missions. Much like a Disney theme park ride, however, even the simplest task can go terribly awry: Enemies pop in from hyperspace and start » Read Full Star Trek: Tactical Assault preview

When you hear a name like Tactical Assault, you rightly assume there's going to be a decent amount of tactical thinking involved in the ship-on-ship gameplay. Well, you certainly do have to mind your location in relation to the enemy, but all the action takes place on a flat plane - how sneaky can you be when you can only steer left and right? In the mission we tested, we had to check out a mysterious signal that was emanating from deep space. Once we got there, a few different options were » Read Full Star Trek: Tactical Assault preview