Some of the special abilities are quite fun. Though there is some similarity, for example, each race has a scout ship, a bomber, six other ships in the regular shipyard (with the exception of Species 8472), and four larger starships from the advanced shipyard (or whatever it is called for each race), there still manages to be a decent amount of variety. It offers a fair amount of variety within each race as well as between the different races. Also, in multiplayer, a player can be any one of the six different races. The game is very customizable, with many different game types/objectives. Though the AI seems a little slow, overall it\'s a lot of fun. An incredibly useful addition when you really need those reinforcements now! I found multiplayer to be quite fun as well. Many ships, and most warships, can travel at warp speed when they are not bound by a gravitational field or a nebula. And last, but certainly not least, they added Warp travel to the game. There is also formations, which are helpful in that they make use of the 3D space, and can be helpful in arranging your fleets just so. Very useful features, and ones I use all the time. These control how far the ship will move to pursue its target outside of your selected location, and how much the computer will automatically fire each ships special weapons. In addition to the red/yellow/green alerts from the previous game, which basically mean attack on sight, attack if attacked first, or do not attack, they also have movement and special weapon autonomy. You can tell your ships how freely the AI is supposed to act with your ships. Also, and my personal favorite, is the various autonomy settings. In practice, this seems to have little real effect on the game play, but it is helpful against human players where you can use the environment to your advantage to help conceal your ships, etc. Basically, ships can have a z-axis component to their location as well as an x/y. Other than the new races, they also added a quasi-3d interface.
They also added a few new features not present in the previous game. Sufficient for any fan, at the very least. Overall, I found it enjoyable, if not overly exciting. I found the storyline sufficiently engaging, though being a Star Trek fan may have had something to do with that. There are ten single player missions for each race for the single player missions.
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