Sunday 22 May 2011

Secret Of Vulcan Fury


Deceased 1999

It is still beyond all logic (Vulcan logic that is) why Interplay cancelled this game. Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and The Judgment Rites were arguably the best games based on the popular series and both of them were modest hits.
For this third chapter, the designers made a job beyond comparison with the incredibly realistic characters modeled after the real actors whom also provided their voices (also present in the first chapters). The graphics were the best ever seen in an adventure game up to that date and there was even more with a truly epic story directed by John-Meredith Lucas from the original series.  It was also written by one of the original scriptwriters, D.C. Fontana: when a Romulan ambassador is found murdered on board the Enterprise on his way to Vulcan in a diplomatic mission of reunification, the Enterprise crew must set things right as this mission is endangered. Apparent connections to an ancient Vulcan weapon called “Vulcan Fury” makes the mystery even more compelling. The game was divided in six chapters each one starring a different member of the crew: Captain Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu, Chekov and Scotty.
There was no doubt that this was going to be a great game. And then, when it was almost finished, Interplay inexplicably canceled it.  It’s not very clear why; maybe it was due to the huge success of their action games line based on the Star Trek universe. Be that as it may, they still have a whole legion of fans dying in agony.

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