Comments on: Star Trek Online Open Beta Begins – Find Out How You Can Start Playing Today

By: Dav

Dav — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:34:49 +0000

Re: #44

I pre-ordered STO from Amazon.co.uk on 31st Dec and was not mailed an open beta key.

However, I e-mailed customer support via their contact options on the site, and within a few hours they e-mailed the key to me. Discussions on the Amazon.co.uk forums under the product indicate that a lot of other people have gotten their keys this way too.

If you’ve already cancelled your pre-order then unfortunately you’re out of luck, as everyone had to pre-order before something like the 5th Jan to qualify for one of Amazon.co.uk’s keys.

I also pre-ordered the DDE from D2D and they provided their key as soon as I had purchased it.

Just though I’d clarify that amazon.co.uk IS giving open beta keys out.

By: Steven Wagenheim Pic 129 | I Can Haz Waggenstuffs

Steven Wagenheim Pic 129 | I Can Haz Waggenstuffs — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:42:04 +0000

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By: ryanhuyton

ryanhuyton — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:33:13 +0000

I doubt a console version of “Star Trek Online” will ever see the light of day. Firstly, the number of copies sold must be enough to justify rebuilding the game from scratch. Apart from the hardcore fans, most gamers will skip over this one no matter how good the game might be.
Secondly, these types of games don’t sell well on consoles. And having the name “Star Trek” on it won’t help matters. A “Star Wars” version would sell at least 20x better anyway. And finally, with publishers planning further cuts to both staff and projects, it just wouldn’t make sense to spend many millions on a game that will only appeal to a tiny fraction of gamers. Yes, I do realize that Cryptic has said they plan to make a console version, but it all comes down to whether it is financially viable.
In fact, Cryptic has already taken a huge financial gamble spending tens of millions on a game that may end up wasting valuable space on store shelves. A low selling game can bring down a small studio such as Cryptic.

By: Pan Always Bored Me

Pan Always Bored Me — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:10:15 +0000

#54…Yes the space combat portion can take some getting used to. I’ve discovered using your mouse to to spin the camera works ALOT better than just turning using the keyboard. Oddly enough, I credit Star Trek Legacy on the 360 for getting me used to this kind of combat. That was tricky too but when you got it down it worked pretty well.

By: Olley Olley Olley

Olley Olley Olley — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:41:42 +0000

In addition, the code for a “Wrath of Khan” Admiral’s uniform is included in the DVD release of “The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation Volume 2″ and the Blu-ray release of “Star Trek: The Original Series — Season 3.”[24]

drool

By: Olley Olley Olley

Olley Olley Olley — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:40:18 +0000

@56

Holo they are only releasing STO on the PC platform atm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Online

By: Holo J

Holo J — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:42:58 +0000

Any news on whether this is definitely coming out on the Xbox 360?
I have seen Gamespot showing 360 screenshots but I have heard nothing more about it being released on the 360 elsewhere.

http://uk.gamespot.com/search.html?qs=Star+trek+online

I see they even date the release date for a 360 version on here the same as the PC’s release date. Apart from this I still I havent heard any confirmation of this elsewhere.

By: MacTrek

MacTrek — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:28:32 +0000

Even though I am passing on this game (to keep my credit cards clear), I would die to play an offline spin off of “Star Trek: Online”. Incredible graphics and interesting concept. I am jealous of those who will get to play.

By: Nemesis4909

Nemesis4909 — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:52:36 +0000

Does anyone playing really hate the starship combat camera and controls? I’ve found the camera to be just useless when fighting another ship and the controls unintuitive, I was wondering if anyone else had the same problem.

By: Xeos

Xeos — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:07:11 +0000

The game so far is very fun but very tasking at High or Maximum graphics settings on the ground. my Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz and 8800GTS struggles to keep 10-15 frames per second at high settings, and drops to around 5 on maximum. Runs at 30 on medium but the game just doesnt look great on that setting.

Core 2 Quad 9550 and the GTX 375 arriving next week should help :D