Star Trek Trexels II: The Next Resolution
By Paul Semel,
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Silly, engaging Star Trek sim boldly goes warp-factor fun.
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What’s It About?
In STAR TREK TREXELS II: THE NEXT RESOLUTION, the arrival of a mysterious ship from a nearby anomaly forces the crew of the space station Equinox to evacuate, only to have their ship pulled into the anomaly. Of course, with this being a Star Trek game, your mission isn't just to fix up your ship and go home, but to explore this new area of space. Which not only gives you opportunity to find resources, but to both meet and (if need be) fight aliens as well. All of which is done in a cartoony style, and with characters from the entire Star Trek series.
Is It Any Good?
Though it risks damaging the space-time continuum by having characters from different times in history, this cartoon spaceship simulation is fun for Trekkies and Trekkers alike. In Star Trek Trexels II: The Next Resolution, an attack on the space station Equinox forces its evacuation, but suddenly, your ship gets sucked into a nearby anomaly and ends up in an unexplored area of space. So, while you have to fix your ship and manage your crew in this simulation, you also have to explore strange new worlds, and seek out new civilizations. All of which is done in a cutesy, cartoony way, one that somewhat covers up the fact that the Enterprise's Lt. Uhura and Voyager's Ensign Kim were born a hundred years apart.
If you can get past these continuity errors, you'll enjoy how this game mixes strategy and resource management in a fun way. Combat works like a simple real-time strategy game, but away missions are as much about exploring and gathering resources as they are about phasering some Borg in the face. That said, serious fans of space sims, or Star Trek, won't appreciate this game's somewhat silly approach, while newcomers to this kind of game may find it initially confusing. Still, if you always thought it was funny that the barfly on Deep Space 9 was named Morn, you'll have fun boldly going where no one's gone before in Star Trek Trexels II: The Next Resolution.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about violence in games. Is the impact of the violence in Star Trek Trexels II: The Next Resolution affected by the fact that you're attacking aliens instead of humans? Do you think the violence would be intensified if the visuals were more realistic instead of cartoonish or pixelated?
How do you decide how much money to spend on a game like this, especially when you can earn resources by playing and watching ads instead of paying cash for items?
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPad, Android
- Pricing structure: Free
- Release date: September 14, 2018
- Category: Simulation Games
- Topics: Adventures, Space and Aliens
- Publisher: Kongregate, Inc.
- Version: 1.4.3
- Minimum software requirements: Requires iOS 9.0 or later; Android 4.1 and up
- Last updated: March 29, 2021
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