There’s nothing spectacularly new or amazing about the new Star Trek game, and if you’re not a big fan of the Star Trek franchise, you may find it a bit unimaginative or dated
A new Star Trek PC and console game with a story-driven focus is in development at Jumpgate subsidiary gameXcite.
Oh, f$%&! They better not mess this up. Trek is miles better than any other Sci-fi franchise.
I agree, at the same time no one can seem to make a decent StarTrek game.
I'm with you ... they better not fk this up
Keep up the good work!
They listened and made a physical version of Star Trek Resurgence, which I've pre-ordered, and I hope they make this new game both offline friendly and physical as well!
Immediate reaction - excited for new story driven Star Trek game.
Then I go and check GameXcite's website and see that the only thing they have released are a few Asterix games.
Set expectation to low
An old text-only strategy game remade with the graphics of the point-and-click adventure. The new version is now fully playable with a mouse only (also touch screen on Android tablets), but also with a keyboard only. You can also play with a controller by mapping cursor keys and Enter on the correct key.
This is very cool. I played many versions of Super Star Trek, some text based and some with rudimentary graphics. Back in the day, you’d get games like this off a floppy disk from a friend. I also played the 25th Anniversary Star Trek game. Cool to see a melding of the two.
Super Star Trek 25th is a remake / conversion of the strategy game Super Star Trek, written by Bob Leedom and David Ahl and published in the book BASIC Computer Games in 1978, mixed with the graphics of Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and the voices from ST The Original Series
I am looking fword to getting this once it drops a little in price. Good review.
I picked this up on launch and as a Trek fan, I did my best to quell my anticipation. My expectations are always set high, but I somehow kept them rather modest.
That said, everything I had seen really screamed "Uncharted". All of the co-op aspects looked very much like Drake & Sully's interactions. Even the cover system and shooting mechanic looked similar.
I'm happy to say that, while on the heavily inspired side, Trek delivered. The likeness is accurate, the environments are varied and enjoyable, and the dynamic gameplay mechanic of both Kirk & Spock is refreshing, to say the least.
I haven't had an opportunity to play it co-op, but outside of a few geometry issues where Spock couldn't assist because he was clipped on a wall, or obstruction.
The music is cinematic, the effects are faithful...and I love the Tricorder functions and mini-games!
All in all, one of the best franchise tie-ins in some time. While definitely more of an action game, it's easily one of the best Trek games since, well...25th Anniversary/Judgment Rites (IMHO).
EDIT
I forgot to mention the Gorn. They did a fantastic job fleshing out the fan-favorite alien species. Back-story, classes of the species, their technology and intelligence. There are even a couple nods to TOS' "Arena" episode if you know where to look.