History VideoGame / JudgmentRites

* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: The Savant does this to Spock. Of course, the Savant doesn't realize how dangerous emotions are to a vulcan.

* NonStandardGameOver: A few exist, due to the nature of the game being a point-and-click adventure. A notable example is during the second mission ''The Sentinel'', where despite doing everything right for a maximum score in the mission, at the end your choices are to either shut down a computer archive with advanced scientific knowledge, or shut down a power generator that's protecting the planet's civilization from being contaminated by a vat of dangerous pheremones. If you choose to shut down the generator and save the archive instead, you complete the mission and are beamed back onboard. However on the Bridge you're instantly informed that [[spoiler: the planet's civilization is doomed to a life of aggression and violence, and Admiral Richards berates you for your choice and relieves you as Captain of the Enterprise...]]

* UnwinnableByMistake: An unfinished piece of code makes it impossible to complete the mission''Though This Be Madness'' if the wrong dialogue choice is selected during a certain conversation. [[spoiler: It's when Uhura talks to the "King" of the alien space craft to convince him to leave the room]].

* UnwinnableByMistake: An unfinished piece of code makes it impossible to complete one of the missions if the wrong dialogue choice is selected during a certain conversation. [[spoiler: It's when Uhura talks to the "King" of the alien space craft to convince him to leave the room]].

* KirkSummation: Lampshaded by Breddell in "Federation": "You always did love to lecture, Kirk. You'll be the most self-righteous corpse in the galaxy."

* AmplifierArtifact: Trelane has three of these: [[spoiler: a clock, a blackboard, and a triplane]]. All three must be destroyed in order to weaken the forcefield guarding his castle. After this happens, you find out that Trelane has at least one more (a painting) in the castle itself, but Spock points out that the castle is likely full of them, and that Kirk would never destroy them all before Trelane got mad at him and did something nasty.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Dr. Breddell, who has gained the trust of the vardaine people and given them aspirations of becoming an interstellar power. They don't realize how insane he really is, which means that Kirk will turn into a HeroWithBadPublicity if Breddell is simply gunned down. To avoid this eventuality it's necessary to expose Breddell's secret plans to his vardaine guards, and take him prisoner instead of killing him.

Each episode tells a single story, written in the style of the Original Series. For instance, in the first episode the Enterprise crew witness a ship coming through a rip in time, which warns them of the impending destruction of the Federation -- Which they then need to avert. In another episode, a creature called Trelane, a omnipotent spoiled brat (and familiar character from The Original Series) decides to pull Kirk and the rest of the ship's crew into a fantasy-world depicting a romanticized Germany in the midst of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Once an initial short space battle is won ([[HopelessBossFight or lost]]), the meat of the plot unfolds in AdventureGame mode, where Kirk and company must talk to each other and to NPCs, use items to interact with their environment, and finally solve the problem at hand and bring the episode to a close [[GameplayGrading in one way or another]].

''Star Trek: Judgment Rites'' was the second AdventureGame based on the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise, developed in 1993. It is a sequel to the successful ''[[VideoGame/StarTrek25thAnniversary Star Trek: 25th Anniversary]]'', and generally follows the same idea: a surprisingly-faithful continuation of ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]'' in videogame form.

''Star Trek: Judgment Rites'' was the second AdventureGame based on the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise, developed in 1993. It is a sequel to the successful ''[[VideoGame/StarTrek25thAnniversary Star Trek: 25th Anniversary]]'', and generally follows along the same lines as a surprisingly faithful continuation of ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]'' in videogame form.

''Star Trek: Judgment Rites'' was the second AdventureGame based on the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise, developed in 1993. It is a sequel to the successful ''[[VideoGame/StarTrek25thAnniversary Star Trek: 25th Anniversary]]'', and generally follows along the same lines: a relatively faithful representation of ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]'' in videogame form.

Once again, the game is split into several "episodes", each of which contains at least one space-battle (a space simulator) and a lengthy away-team mission (a PointAndClick adventure). While using the same engine as its predecessor, ''Judgment Rites'' introduces more diverse away-teams that include all the members of the original crew, like Chekov, Scotty and Uhura.

As in the first game, each episode has a stand-alone plot where the Enterprise crew have to solve some predicament or other. For instance, in the first episode the Enterprise witnesses a ship coming through a rip in time, warning them of the impending destruction of the Federation, which they then need to avert. In another, a creature called Trelane, a omnipotent spoiled brat (and familiar character from The Original Series) decides to pull Kirk and the rest of the ship's crew into a fantasy-world depicting a romanticized Germany in the midst of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.

However, unlike the first game, ''Judgment Rites'' also contains what might be called an over-arching plot, wherein an alien species is attempting to [[spoiler: make first contact with the Federation and the Klingon Empire]] and is peppering the plot with various tests to determine whether [[spoiler: it would be worthwhile to pursue diplomatic relations with either species]]. This culminates in the last two episodes in the game, where Kirk and his crew are being explicitly tested.

Once again, the CD-ROM version of the game featured the voices of all of the regular crewmembers from The Original Series. In fact, this was Deforest Kelly's last ever performance as Dr. [=McCoy=], having last appeared on-screen as [=McCoy=] during the final Original Series movie, ''[[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry The Undiscovered Country]]''.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In the Balkosi Chapter, we get this interesting exchange...

-->'''[[=McCoy=]]''': -With the subjects being treated like rats. It's criminal, Jim. These are -can be -thinking beings!

-->'''McCoy''': -With the subjects being treated like rats. It's criminal, Jim. These are -can be -thinking beings!

As in the first game, each episode has a stand-alone plot where the Enterprise crew have to solve some predicament or other. For instance, in the first episode the Enterprise witnesses a ship coming through a rip in time, warning them of the impending destruction of the Federation, which they then need to avert. In another, a creature called Trelane, a omnipotent spoiled brat (and familiar character from The Original Series) decides to pull Kirk and the rest of the ship's crew into a fantasy-world depicting a romanticized Germany in the midst of WorldWarI.

* AlmostDeadGuy: A soldier in Trelane's distorted recreation of WorldWarI is lying in a trench, perpetually on the verge of death.

* TheThemeParkVersion: Trelane creates a Theme Park Version of a WorldWarI German town. Aside from the many StockCharacters and other cliches to be found there, the town is within walking distance of the trenches - which are remarkably peaceful and contain one soldier who is in a perpetual state of dying dramatically. For a perfect score, Kirk must [[spoiler: convince Trelane to research the matter and create a faithful representation of a World War I battlefield - which is decidedly gory and grim, and then present him with a new hobby of bottling airplanes]].

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Thoroughly averted. It is considered one of the best ''Franchise/StarTrek'' games to date, along with its predecessor.

* Subverted in the Federation mission, where you MUST use the kill phaser on the Rancor-esque mutant Antarian Mankiller. In fact, using the stun setting on it does nothing, but instead allows it to turn and kill you.
* ThrowItIn: The CD-ROM talkie version of the game was made some time after it was initially released (on diskettes). Some of the spoken lines do not match the original text (for instance, whole sentences being skipped or altered). However, in one particular piece of text, where [=McCoy=] reports his medical scan of a cataleptic woman, he stumbles over his own words and stops halfway through a piece of {{Technobabble}} with an audible snigger. This was kept in (though it's possibly just bad Quality Assurance...).
** Also, in the random combat sections, Uhura has a couple lines which are read by another actress, perhaps from a temp track. Oddly enough, the same lines are read by Nichelle Nichols in the 25th Anniversary game.

''Star Trek: Judgment Rites'' was the second AdventureGame based on the Star Trek franchise, developed in 1993. It is a sequel to the successful ''[[VideoGame/StarTrek25thAnniversary Star Trek: 25th Anniversary]]'', and generally follows along the same lines: a relatively faithful representation of ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]'' in videogame form.

On the whole, ''Judgment Rites'' is considered superior to its predecessor in every way despite running on the same exact game engine. This was mainly due to the writing of the episodes, the over-arching plots, the ability to control people other than Kirk, Spock and [=McCoy=], and the ability to tone down the space-combat portion (which was NintendoHard at times during the first game).

On the whole, Judgment Rites is considered superior to its predecessor in every way despite running on the same exact game engine. This was mainly due to the writing of the episodes, the over-arching plots, the ability to control people other than Kirk, Spock and [=McCoy=], and the ability to tone down the space-combat portion (which was NintendoHard at times during the first game).

* TheThemeParkVersion: Trelane creates a Theme Park Version of a WorldWarI German town. Aside from the many StockCharacters and other cliches to be found there, the town is within walking distance of the trenches - which are remarkably peaceful and contain one soldier who is in a perpetual state of dying dramatically. For a perfect score, Kirk must [[spoiler: convince Trelane to research the matter and create a faithful representation of a World War I battlefield - which is decidedly gory and grim]].

* GuestStarPartyMember: Technically, this applies to every crewmate who travels with Kirk on a mission; the only ones who appear for more than on are Spock, [=McCoy=], Chekov, and Uhara. The best example of this is Lieutenant Commander Ellis, the who isn't even a member of Kirk's crew, but rather taken hostage with him alongside Spock and [=McCoy=] during the third mission.

* ICantUseTheseThingsTogether: Can't use Spock together with a Bench!

* [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Her Kind]]: Emminata is the last of the Vurians. She escaped her species' annihilation only to be rescued from death by the Savant.

* TakeAThirdOption: The only correct solution [[spoiler: at the very end of the game]].