Comments on: New Images and Details For Star Trek Online Game

By: Red Cardinal

Red Cardinal — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:04:30 +0000

Ten to one this game will consist largely of fighting/killing “monsters” just like 99% of other mmorpgs. *Yawn*.

If that is the way that the gameplay goes, it’ll hardly be in the Star Trek ethos either.

However, it’s far too early at this stage to tell how the game will turn out. (That’s assuming that it ever appears of course!)

By: Mark Lynch

Mark Lynch — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:07 +0000

With the options of a TOS, Movies and TNG era scenarios, ships etc.

How cool would that be? If only I was a good enough coder, 3D animator, graphic artist… sigh.

By: Mark Lynch

Mark Lynch — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:59:02 +0000

I’d like to see a new Bridge Commander type game…

By: zan

zan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:03:18 +0000

just wanted to add i like the new uniforms a lot more than the older ones i saw

By: zan

zan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:02:34 +0000

to the guy asking about bridge, sickbay, etc… you get your own crews (well bridge crews are actually npcs you recruit and have their own skills, the rest of the crew is rondomly generated I think) and can explore the ship and engage in close quaters combat

as for me its a toss up between this and the new star wars one, we’ll have to wait and see

By: simeet

simeet — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:18:35 +0000

Reply to #5.
Actually, the former developer Perpetual downgraded the graphics first. Their visual look was more cartoony than Cryptic’s. The graphics you saw that you admired were not in-game but rather just engine demonstrations.
Perpetual had no intention of making the MMO with such pretty graphics. Cryptic’s graphics are better than what Perpetual was settling on before their collapse.
Just to let you know

By: I am Kurok!

I am Kurok! — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:56:42 +0000

I like the uniforms from the concept art: kinda ST meets Fantastic Four.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:26:22 +0000

Best thing to happen in Trek for years, I hope the story content will be suitable for the Trek Universe. In general I think this provides a great new vehical to tell stories in the Trekverse.

How secure is Cryptics licence? CBS/Paramount can’t pull it from under them if the studios are pursuing a JJverse agenda can they?

By: Davey

Davey — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:27:29 +0000

#51

Yeah, but that’s a totally lame excuse.

By: Stan Wingson

Stan Wingson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:36:20 +0000

I’m going out on a limb and say this will suck badly. A- because it looks like a me-too/ho-hum MMO with Trek imagery. B- because the vast majority of Trek games suck due to one simple mistake nearly all developers make. Just because it’s a ‘Trek’ license game doesn’t excuse the requirement that it still be a good game.