Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown: A New Management & Exploration Game

A new video game titled Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown has been released on Xbox and Steam platforms. The game, developed by Gamexcite and Daedalic, is a management and exploration title based on the Star Trek: Voyager television series.

Game Overview and Availability

The game is available for purchase on Steam and Xbox. A demo version of the game is also accessible on Steam. The game incorporates the official theme music from the Star Trek: Voyager television series.

Narrative and Setting

The game's narrative involves events from the Star Trek: Voyager television series. Players control Captain Kathryn Janeway, making decisions that influence the story and character development. The plot includes revisiting scenarios from the series, such as the need to gather Deuterium for the ship's warp engine.

Players encounter choices that can align with or deviate from the television series' established canon, including the option to destroy the Caretaker Array.

Gameplay Features

The gameplay is structured around several core components:

• Exploration: Players navigate the USS Voyager through procedurally generated star systems. Time is paused while setting a course.
• Ship Management: Players are tasked with rebuilding and managing the interior of Voyager. This involves constructing and clearing rooms and systems within a set resource budget, affecting factors like crew morale.
• Away Missions: Players send crew members on missions, which present a series of text-based challenges. Crew members possess different skillsets for these tasks.
• Combat: The game includes 3D spaceship battles where players issue commands based on shield, hull, and system statuses. Crew special abilities with cooldowns can be utilized during these encounters.

The game also includes side-quests based on episodes of the television series.

Cast and Presentation

Voice actors Tim Russ and Robert Duncan McNeill reprise their television roles as Tuvok and Tom Paris, respectively. The character design for Tom Paris has been redesigned for the game. The game's script is written in a style that aligns with the dialogue from the original series, though apart from the noted voice actors, the game does not feature full voice-acting for all dialogue.

Noted Gameplay Elements

Some analyses of the game describe it as having a challenging difficulty level, which involves managing ship damage, resource scarcity, and crew morale.

It has also been noted that the game assumes prior familiarity with the Star Trek: Voyager series and its characters.