Welcome to our review of Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova, a Star Trek animated series turned video game.
Dal R’El and Gwyndala race against time to save their friends, their ship, new alien species and an entire planetary system before a supernova destroys them all, while battling a deadly new enemy that will stop at nothing to destroy the Protostar and change the very course of history! Play as Dal R’El and Gwyndala, and rescue their scattered crew. Play solo or in 2-player cooperative mode in this exciting action adventure.
After the Protostar picks up strange readings from a dying star, Dal R’El and Gwyndala race against time to save their friends, their ship, new alien species and an entire planetary system before a supernova destroys them all! Explore the alien worlds of Orisi, Mirios and Taresse, each with its own hostile environments, puzzles, challenges and mysteries.
When the Protostar’s malfunctioning transporter scatters the crew across three alien planets, Dal and Gwyn must use their wits and skills to overcome ingenious puzzles, endure hostile environments and battle deadly robot armies to rescue Jankom Pog, Rok-Tahk, Zero and Murf. But as they search for their friends, they soon discover a sinister and deadly new enemy, one that will stop at nothing to destroy the Protostar and change the very course of history! Make first contact with new alien species, learn about their history and discover their secrets.
So when I heard this series was being turned into a game, I was very curious to see who would be doing it and I was relieved it turned out to be Outright games, a studio that really knows what they do when it comes to teen/kid oriented games, which I really appreciate. Their hardest part in my humble opinion would be to create a game out of the series.
And they did, they created a great combination between the better puzzle work and sadly some lackluster fighting. I call it lackluster because it is really just basic fighting and I kind of had my hopes up due to their excellent work in the past. Most of the time, you are just dodging and punching or shooting your gun. Nothing that impressive, sadly.
The puzzles though, now those are the bomb, they are lit and possibly some of the best I have had in a very long time. I know the game would be incredibly niche if it only had these, but it would have been pretty much the perfect game, all about running power through lines and you have blocks that influence the flow. From always to the left or right or straight ahead, to everywhere…
It is such a delight to use the twin player system to move one block to the next place while waiting to move the other peon to the next phase, you would forget you are playing a Star Trek game. Which is also the very big elephant in the room, the game is all about the animation, do not come into this expecting Deep Space 9 combat or fighting the Borg, no, this is a children’s animation and that makes it something not so “trekkie oriented” in my humble opinion. I consider myself a lover of most of the series, but no Trekkie, I will admit that Star Trek Prodigy is a very low ranked series in the greater ST universe.
In conclusion, Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova brings us lackluster fighting and amazing puzzles, if you are into that, this is the perfect game for you!
8/10
