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 What's this all about? Star Trek: 25th Anniversary is an adventure that was released in 1992. It remains pretty faithful to the TV series in style and most of the main cast reprise their roles and voice the characters in the game too. The game puts you in charge of Kirk on the Enterprise (NC-1701,) as well as during away missions in various locations. On the Enterprise, you take command on the bridge and are in control of a variety of functions including tactical combat, communication and navigation. The away missions are a point and click adventure and there away multiple ways to progress through each one. This, and Judgement Rites (Which I hope to LP after this,) are two of my all-time favourite adventure games from my youth. I'm going to be having a lot of fun with this LP. LP details The missions in this game are split into seven different episodes. At the end of each mission, you are given a rating by Starfleet Command of how well you performed. The main playthrough of this LP will be for the highest rating possible for each episode. I will show off some alternative scenarios and dialogue in bonus videos. The volume in this game has been an issue for. It's either on or off. Also, the volume of the sound effects and music fluctuate wildly at times. I have tried to mute the game volume during several instances of gameplay for commentary but it didn't feel natural. I think that I have struck an okay balance for keeping the game sounds on during commentary but if it needs tweaking, please let me know. If you want to discuss or suggest anything that could be considered spoilers, please use the appropriate tags. I'm going to aim for at least two updates a week. It really depends on my work schedule. Let's Play Star Trek: 25th Anniversary             Bonus Videos Part 1 - Alternate Scenes Demon World: Defeated by the USS Republic, Off course, Conversations with Prelate Angiven, Trigger Happy, Conversations with the Nauian. Hijacked: Off Course, Conversations with Elasi Cereth, Trigger Happy, A permanent solution to the guards, Disarming the bomb, Not disarming the bomb, Storming the bridge, The other solution. Love's Labor Jeopardized: Creating laughing gas, Chemical warfare, Conversations with Preax. Computer Entries: Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scott, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov (kinda), Tribbles, Pike, Tholians, Tholian Web, USS Defiant and Constitution Class. Part 2 - Laughing Gas Spock and McCoy decide to let off some steam during a stressful mission. Part 3 - Alternative resolution to The Feathered Serpent Part 4a - The Feathered Serpent alternate scenes Conversations with Taraz, Missed away team conversations, Conversations with Quetzecoatl part one, An alternative solution to Tlaoxac, Conversations with Admiral Kenka, Violent protest, Conversations with Vlict, The crew refusing to follow orders again, Escape to the Enterprise, Conversations with Vlict part two. Part 4b - The Feathered Serpent alternate scenes Gem configurations, Conversations with Vlict part three, Conversations with Kallarax. Part 5 - Death & Failure Scenes Rocket Baby Dolls fucked around with this message at 11:08 on May 11, 2019 |
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Please tell me you will show off all the ways to kill red shirts.
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Apr 13, 2019 17:59
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Christ, this is VERY much, i.e. space battles and music, like X-Wing.
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Apr 13, 2019 19:01
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mateo360 posted:Please tell me you will show off all the ways to kill red shirts. A montage of needless violence and death? I think that I could be up for that!
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Apr 14, 2019 13:19
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Rocket Baby Dolls posted:A montage of needless violence and death? I think that I could be up for that!
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Apr 14, 2019 13:59
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I remember playing this and Judgement Rites and making sure I did the optimum things on each mission so I got the best rating at the end. Does that rating effect the story, or is it just for bragging rites? I don't remember anymore, and I really need to play these games again. (They are in my GoG library.)
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Apr 15, 2019 03:32
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The second and final part of this episode. My work schedule has changed slightly this week, I will try to start the next episode this weekend. Mage_Boy posted:I remember playing this and Judgement Rites and making sure I did the optimum things on each mission so I got the best rating at the end. Does that rating effect the story, or is it just for bragging rites? I don't remember anymore, and I really need to play these games again. (They are in my GoG library.) As far as can remember it's more for bragging rights, I don't think that it affects the story as each game is split into individual episodes. It's been a long time since I last played either game so I could be wrong though. I will be recording extra footage and I will do my best to record as many different scenarios as I can.
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Apr 16, 2019 23:07
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The GoG versions come with the cluebooks as a bonus, which give full walkthroughs in addition to hints organized by question, and according to them there isn't any effect on the plot, just which ending score you get -- it's an average of your score from each mission. I played these for the first time a few months back, and they really do feel like the lost/remade episodes of TOS. Although I could never get the hang of space combat since I was using a laptop trackpad.
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Apr 17, 2019 00:57
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There’s a gameplay effect, too. You get more commendation points for perfect missions which make the ship function more efficiently in combat.
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Apr 17, 2019 02:27
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it will also effect a couple lines of dialog in the ending.
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Apr 17, 2019 04:59
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Just started watching the second video, and I wanted to chime in that I enjoy you taking the time to look at the various scenery objects. It adds a lot of life to the LP, in contrast to a mechanical "use tape on cat to get mustache" walkthrough video. In case you feel it gets excessive, could you be persuaded to stuff it into some "extras" video?
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Apr 17, 2019 09:40
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inscrutable horse posted:Just started watching the second video, and I wanted to chime in that I enjoy you taking the time to look at the various scenery objects. It adds a lot of life to the LP, in contrast to a mechanical "use tape on cat to get mustache" walkthrough video. In case you feel it gets excessive, could you be persuaded to stuff it into some "extras" video? Thank you for your feedback. I'll keep examining the scenery and interacting with as much as I can in each new location. At the time I wasn't sure whether it would be excessive to stop and examine every single tree and bush that I came across. Although I could be missing out on some dialogue if I start to skip some things that I could consider minor. Also, without all the interaction the game could easily be over within 2-3 hours.
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Apr 17, 2019 10:35
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Make sure to look at the crew in each scene, the description is different in every single room. And voiced!
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Apr 17, 2019 13:17
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I know there's one dialogue choice later in the game that has completely different subtitles than what Kirk's actually saying. I'm not sure if that was a bug or intentional on Interplay's part.
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Apr 17, 2019 15:17
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Quicksilver6 posted:Make sure to look at the crew in each scene, the description is different in every single room. And voiced! I didn't even realise that was even a thing. I will make sure that I do from episode two onwards.
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Apr 17, 2019 19:42
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I hope whoever made the computer noises so drat loud goes (or has gone) deaf. Also, 1000 cultists have colonized multiple planets? There are 124,000 Zoroastrians estimated worldwide on Earth alone; are we sure these cultists aren't just LARPers loving with the Federation?
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Apr 17, 2019 20:21
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Quicksilver6 posted:There’s a gameplay effect, too. You get more commendation points for perfect missions which make the ship function more efficiently in combat. It's very possible, if your score is too low and you are not a videogames superman, to make the last couple of fights impossible to win.
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Apr 17, 2019 23:52
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I think the one walkthrough I saw years ago said you needed 13 Commendation Points in order to even have a chance near the end of the game. It's been a long while, but what do Commendation Points even do? More phaser/photon torpedo damage? Faster recycling on your weapons? Faster repair work?
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Apr 18, 2019 15:54
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All of those, I believe.
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Apr 18, 2019 17:31
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This episode threw me a little as I only achieved 97% on my initial recording, then for some reason 91% and then 97% again. I finally figured it out, there is a small patch of footage (with commentary) inserted into the recording towards the end of the mission. Also in the manual, I found the section that explains commendations: 
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Apr 19, 2019 21:31
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I know for a fact that there is one (and only one) instance where violence is bugged to not penalize you, but that's for a later mission.
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Apr 20, 2019 00:40
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So wait... Does Starfleet include override codes for all starships in their library entries?
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Apr 20, 2019 08:25
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When I was a dumb kid trying to play this game, I couldn't get past the next mission. I have no clue how I actually did Hijacked, besides the fact that I did kill every prisoner inside the brig because I didn't realize that Spock could disarm the bomb for you. But I did get a kick out of seeing the horrible ways the redshirt could be killed. I also only had the floppy disk version which lacked the voices. IAmTheRad fucked around with this message at 08:32 on Apr 20, 2019 |
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Apr 20, 2019 08:29
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Hippocrass posted:So wait... They are designed specifically to be used in case of an hostile takeover, as seen in both the second Star Trek movie and in the TNG episode The Wounded. And yes, they are a massive security flaw, though in both cases the override appears to be temporary.
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Apr 20, 2019 14:59
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I had a three day weekend and I decided to record the final five episodes. I feel like I may have to re-record a couple of parts of one episode as well as the whole of episode seven completely. I'll work on bonus footage afterwards. I think that I'll need some advice with episode seven: That final battle. Even with 24 commendation points and the upgraded weapons system, I'm still getting my rear end severely beaten.
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Apr 22, 2019 23:16
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Rocket Baby Dolls posted:I think that I'll need some advice with episode seven: That final battle. Even with 24 commendation points and the upgraded weapons system, I'm still getting my rear end severely beaten.
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Apr 22, 2019 23:46
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radintorov posted:I don't know how much this might help, but I've noticed that in the battles so far you barely do any maneuvering: by leaving the speed at the minimum set at the start of the episode, you can't chase enemies trying to gain distance, which allows them to turn around and do an attack run. I completely forgot that I could change the speed of the Enterprise during the bridge scenes. Thank you for the advice.
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Apr 22, 2019 23:58
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You can also just cheese it by opening firing, causing any text or option menu to appear (By opening the Repair menu or flicking target analysis on/off) and waiting for a couple seconds. When you click away the dialog box your phasers and torpedoes will be ready to fire again. You can do this repeatedly and just annihilate any target in a hail of photons and phasers. Basically it's the only way I could do it as a kid, I never did it legit.
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Apr 23, 2019 00:21
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I thought the Romulans gave the Klingons their tech, not the other way around? Also, why the hell did Spock go onto a station deadly to Romulans when he knows their species is almost the same? Also:  Sorry Not Sorry.
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Apr 23, 2019 02:17
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thetruegentleman posted:Also, why the hell did Spock go onto a station deadly to Romulans when he knows their species is almost the same? I think Paramount demanded every away team mission was to consist of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Ensign Deadmeat/Lieutenant Nohope.
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Apr 23, 2019 03:55
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Rocket Baby Dolls posted:I think that I'll need some advice with episode seven: That final battle. Even with 24 commendation points and the upgraded weapons system, I'm still getting my rear end severely beaten. I've got to say even knowing what I'm doing, that battle is still a bastard. It is way too difficult.
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Apr 23, 2019 05:43
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Snorb posted:I think Paramount demanded every away team mission was to consist of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Ensign Deadmeat/Lieutenant Nohope. "Captain Kirk, it would not be logical for me to accompany-" "DAMNIT SPOCK, you know your contractually obligated!"
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Apr 23, 2019 14:02
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I only ever get a 97% on Demon World. I have no idea what I'm not doing right. I've gotten 100% before and I have no idea why I'm not anymore. Also, the internet will tell you that enemy ships won't be able to hit you if you fly in reverse. They're lying.
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Apr 23, 2019 18:28
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I had that problem too until I saw a 100 percent run on youtube. You have to scan the boulder pile with both tricorders to confirm the guy is under there.
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Apr 23, 2019 18:51
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I had the cd version when I was a kid, when digitized voice (of the actual actors no less) was still a big novelty, so my brother and I tried phasering everything just to hear Deforest Kelly go "Jim, put that thing away" over and over again
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Apr 23, 2019 19:30
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Snorb posted:I think Paramount demanded every away team mission was to consist of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Ensign Deadmeat/Lieutenant Nohope. As much as I think that it's great that they brought back the original cast, it seems like Walter Koenig and George Takei were criminally underused compared with the amount of dialogue that the cast of red shirts had for each mission. McNally posted:I only ever get a 97% on Demon World. I have no idea what I'm not doing right. I've gotten 100% before and I have no idea why I'm not anymore. Quicksilver6 posted:I had that problem too until I saw a 100 percent run on youtube. You have to scan the boulder pile with both tricorders to confirm the guy is under there. I didn't scan the boulders during the LP and I still managed to get 100%. The guide that I used for reference in this LP was extremely useful in hitting the 100% mark and is pretty succinct with the conditions of achieving some of them. For example, during one mission you have to scan a wall that doesn't highlight the cursor when you move the mouse over it. If you want to check it out for yourself to see what you're missing, you can read it here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=836704622 Phy posted:I had the cd version when I was a kid, when digitized voice (of the actual actors no less) was still a big novelty, so my brother and I tried phasering everything just to hear Deforest Kelly go "Jim, put that thing away" over and over again This is the kind of thing that I'm looking for with bonus footage, thank you for sharing this!
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Apr 23, 2019 22:29
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Rocket Baby Dolls posted:This is the kind of thing that I'm looking for with bonus footage, thank you for sharing this! The joke is that to two teenagers it sounded like Bones was chastising Kirk for getting his dong out, if that wasn't obvious Relying on 25-year-old memories here but I think the character who tells you off for it changes between missions, and possibly between screens. It's definitely Bones on some of the screens in Hijacked, since that's where I remember doing it. Should be easy enough to check. I'm definitely putting this and Judgement Rites on my GOG wishlist, though. Might not ever have the time to re-run through X-Wing or Tie Fighter but a half-remembered adventure game I can do.
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Apr 23, 2019 23:20
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Phy posted:The joke is that to two teenagers it sounded like Bones was chastising Kirk for getting his dong out, if that wasn't obvious Shooting the away team members also provokes reactions from them; Bones' is usually "drat it, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a target!" and "This isn't the OK Corral, now put that thing away!" The security officers have the same pool of lines, but I think each of their voice actors recorded the entire set. (I'm too lazy to install the game and play through for several different inflections of "I thought dueling with phasers was outlawed, Sir?") Fun fact of the day: Most of the security guys are named for the game's production team.
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Apr 24, 2019 02:30
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Rocket Baby Dolls posted:As much as I think that it's great that they brought back the original cast, it seems like Walter Koenig and George Takei were criminally underused compared with the amount of dialogue that the cast of red shirts had for each mission. Nope, still only getting 97%. I have no earthly idea what I'm doing wrong.
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McNally posted:Nope, still only getting 97%. I have no earthly idea what I'm doing wrong. Did you disable the force field shielding the bridge door? You must do it and then transport to the bridge anyway to get 100%.
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