▁am bit ious ▁simulation ▁that ▁provides ▁plenty ▁of ▁original ▁game play ▁but ▁fails ▁to ▁ade qu ately ▁ref ine ▁its ▁presentation ," ▁cit ing ▁over ly ▁complex ▁controls ▁and ▁poor ▁A I ▁path find ing ▁as ▁major ▁obst acles . ▁ ▁Over all ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁K ling on ▁Academy ▁did ▁rival ▁that ▁of ▁most ▁motion ▁pictures , ▁the ▁market ing ▁and ▁advert is ement ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁an ▁equally ▁robust ▁budget ▁or ▁commit ment ▁behind ▁it . ▁Although ▁Inter play ▁was ▁re cept ive ▁to ▁fan ▁sites ▁des iring ▁pre views ▁of ▁the ▁Star ▁Tre k ▁games , ▁the ▁expos ure ▁was ▁apparently ▁in ade qu ate ▁for ▁a ▁game ▁need ing ▁to ▁overcome ▁the ▁st igma ▁attached ▁to ▁the ▁franch ise ▁after ▁prior ▁disappoint ments ▁in ▁mov ies , ▁TV ▁series , ▁and ▁the ▁game ' s ▁own ▁prede cess or . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Tom ' s ▁Guide ▁ranked ▁Star ▁Tre k : ▁K ling on ▁Academy ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁ten ▁Star ▁Tre k ▁games . ▁ ▁I GN ▁r ated ▁it ▁as ▁good ▁game ▁( 7 . 8 ▁out ▁ 1 0 ▁points ), ▁pra ising ▁it ▁for ▁its ▁Star ▁Tre k ▁theme ▁and ▁presentation ▁of ▁space ▁combat . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Archive . org ▁mirror ▁of ▁Inter play ' s ▁Star ▁Tre k : ▁K ling on ▁Academy ▁official ▁website . ▁URL ▁accessed ▁on ▁August ▁ 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁Website ▁arch ived ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 1