Recently there have been many people abusing the Metacritic user reviews to give a game ridiculously low scores without buying the game. With the newly released Star Trek game however, there is an issue that is all the more worrying.
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
Sad that publishers still think that high Metacritic score = high sales. And this practice of creating fake accounts (if true) just makes me want to boycott any products by the developer. And possibly Namco-Bandai if they were to do the same thing with other games.
Also, I've always thought that you should have to buy the game before reviewing it on Metacritic. Maybe you can be required to put in your PSN ID or XBox LIVE ID or Steam ID, and be required to have earned at least one trophy/acheivement to write a review or at least score the game. That way your review will reflect that you have at least played the game and people will know that you're not just hating on a game that you haven't bought. Doesn't solve fake developer accounts though. Just a thought.
Game looks good for me... reviewers are bunch of asses..
The game is not that good...not for $60. It's so elementary in its nature, which explains why my son loves playing it (the joy of redbox!) Clean up the few explitives and you've got a kid-friendly game realistic enough beyond Ratchet and Clank, yet hokey enough to keep a younger audience.
Co-op is fun, not because of the game, but because of the time spent gaming with my son playing something other than LBP.
I don't think I have ever been to the Metacritic site.