Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birth of the Federation Review
Birth of the Federation is a good game, if you are willing to forgive the interface and the amount of micromanagement required.
Birth of the Federation is one of the only Star Trek games made in this fashion, one of those turn-based strategy games that you rarely see today, and I don't think it was very popular, but it's a sad thing. I think even... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpfulThe reviews this game got are for the most part, retarded, believe NOTHING, and the people who gave this game a bad review are: a- Too stupid to understand the game. b- Did not like to play turn based games in genera... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpfulThe AI in this game simply makes their decisions based on what you do. I mean this literally, that it cheats by reacting to your openning move, giving the computer an unfair advantage. This was the most annoying game I e... Read Full Review
0 of 3 users found the following review helpfulAs said in excerpt people, because its steep learning curve, leave this game alone. Apart it being old, way old I still play it today on my intel Core2Duo E6750 and GTX260 Core216 with 3GB of RAM. Why? Well its love o... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulStar Trek: Birth of the Federation is a very good strategy game for the PC. If your a Star Trek fan and a strategy game fan you will love this game immensely. It has a great database of planets, races, and ships for its ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulReviews must be 100 words minimum. Any disruptive posting - such as excessive exclamation points, duplicate text, or all caps - is subject for removal. Do not copy content from another critic or user review; plagiarism i... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulFirst off, I'll admit I'm biased -- I love this game, and have ever since it came out. I still play Birth of the Federation (or BOTF, as its usually referred to by its fans) frequently, even after 8 years of owning it. A... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpfulThere were a couple of neat things about this game. Firstly, was the screen themes according to which race you were. If you were Star Fleet, then you had that theme and sounds and voice. If you were Vulcan, etc. That... Read Full Review
0 of 6 users found the following review helpfulI was always a star trek fan from the times when I would watch the show on spike tv with my mom, so when I first saw this game when my older cousin was playing it, I was just hooked on it instantly. I liked the strategy... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpfulThis game was indeed under appreciated. It gave us exactly what we wanted, mostly, and it did it like no other star trek game has before or since. When you sit down to play a Star Trek game, you want to enjoy the epic ... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpfulIve read through the user reviews here and one was blatantly wrong, this game came out in 1999 not 2002. Anyway on with the review, birth of the federation (BoTF) is a strategy game which is turn based and has a turn ... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
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