Yahoo writes: "One combat wrinkle I especially liked was the escape pod. If your ship is destroyed, you are given the chance to eject into a small, fragile escape pod. If you can make it out of there in 8 seconds without getting shot, you get to "respawn" quicker than you would otherwise, keeping some of your power-ups. Be warned: with 12 players game play can definitely get pretty chaotic, so it might be a good idea to get a little practice locally before stepping up to online play".
While the trend seems to be reversing in recent years, the overall feeling about tie-in video games is that they tend to be underwhelming, un-appealing, and poorly made. Historically, this has been quite the case with those developed around Gene Roddenberry's 'Star Trek' mythos.
VGC: "One of the most popular movie and television franchises to make the jump to video games happens to be the one with the most dedicated fans anywhere. I'm of course talking about Star Trek and its many variations including The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, as well as the movies and spin-offs (we rarely include Enterprise). So it wasn't difficult to look at Star Trek when picking a topic for a video game cosplay gallery. Below you'll find some of the best Star Trek cosplayers dressed up as recognizable (and fan-fic) characters."
Hmmm, so I can pick one gallery from that site, and post it as news here, and I get approval?
GameOn writes: "It's hard to put your finger on just what Star Trek: DAC was trying to achieve as a game, as it could quite simply be any generic space shooter. This one simply had the blessing of licenses to use the Star Trek ships, names and any other references to the Star Trek universe. It's not until you make the link between this and the recent rejuvenation of the Star Trek film series, that you realise it was simply a ploy to generate some buzz about the return of the franchise to the big screen."
Actually looks interesting.