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Star Trek Online - Official Announce Trailer | PS4/XB1
- Thread starter Loudninja
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Yeah, that's kind of sad actually. Fleet actions seem to be the only thing where other players are appreciated. Wish there was a way you could have multiple players manning the same ship, even if that would make you obviously and immediately OP compared to what these encounters expect. Every player having their own ship and crew feels like an uncomfortable remove for something that should have a really tight community experience given the way Star Trek is.
I like this game a lot, actually, but it's not very good at being an MMO.
The space part of this game is fantastic. The ground part is just okay, I usually jut rush through that stuff to get back to the ship. If my PC stuff carries over, which it damn well should, then I'll give this a try. I'm real curious to see how they made the ship combat work on a controller.
EuanThePooan
Neo Member
I have a friend who played this for 500 hours on PC, but I think his love for star trek kept him playing rather than the game itself
Uh Elder Scrolls Online isn't a ghost town, Neverwinter (on xb1 at least, but haven't played in a few months) isn't a ghost town. DC Universe seems to not be a ghost town on either console either.
I would prefer cross platform play obviously, but doubt it'll happen.
soundscream
Member
I'm down for this.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Jeff's lifetime membership is about to pay off!
Baron_Calamity
Member
hahahaha
what if it doesn't work on console :O
Himynameischris
Member
I wonder if I can transfer my character over...I don't want to start again even though I'm not very far in the MMO, I play it sparingly but I'm close to 30 hours in I think.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
I'll give this a try, not big on MMOs but I love real Star Trek.
muzzymate
Member
Awesome, thanks! Glad to see it confirmed.
Vinsanity.
Member
Hell, while we're at it - someone port EverQuest to PS4/XB1 and release at $59.99
When I played it when it first came out, it was pretty good. The ground game was pretty janky, but the space part was pretty great. Dealing with your shields and power during battles added some needed depth.
Also, I wished it felt more open. The game is heavily instanced and the instances were very small for anything on the ground. Space was just a tad bit better.
Also, I wished it felt more open. The game is heavily instanced and the instances were very small for anything on the ground. Space was just a tad bit better.
Cornbread78
Member
Of course we get Star Trek, but Ever quest gets cancelled... I want my f2p RPG mmo.
Hopefully, all the Trekking out there enjoy it.
Hopefully, all the Trekking out there enjoy it.
Good stuff, really glad this got them to redo the UI code.
Really keen to see how much better this looks with the update.
For those new to the game, don't forget to drop by the community OT or join the fleets (GAFleet for Feds and House of Gaf for Klingons). The game has a VERY generous F2P model so give it a whirl.
Really keen to see how much better this looks with the update.
For those new to the game, don't forget to drop by the community OT or join the fleets (GAFleet for Feds and House of Gaf for Klingons). The game has a VERY generous F2P model so give it a whirl.
DeadlyParasite
Member
Obligatory "make it so". I'm interested.
How old is Eve? WoW? WW2Online?
MMORPGs are games as a service.
It's not a 6 year old game. It's a game that started 6 years ago, and is frequently updated with content and new tech...
Pretty much all of this. Since I never touched the PC version I almost want it to be separate servers with no account transfer. However, I also know that console MMOs don't generally go all that well without a shared PC server to help the player population.
I'm okay either way they want to go with it, but it would be nice to know what's going on, especially with the new MS open policy of a shared multiplayer experience between PS4 and X1.
Will there be a separate community OT for the console versions? Separate Gaf fleets?
I was never really deep into the MMO aspect while playing it 2 years ago, but that could change, now that i'll get spec-independent access to the game with more than 15 fps.
DrunkShogun
Member
This game can only work if you spend 95% just walking around ships speaking to people.
JonnyDBrit
Member
To add to this: I find the experience gets better when you've specifically customise your crew a little. Because sometimes the dialogue that gets attached to them (as the game does use your crew for NPC dialogue and exposition) really feels in character and that you're basically playing your own Star Trek show.
Also yes, the ship combat actually feels really good.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I...think I'm actually more fond of this then the Mass Effect games, honestly. The level of "quest design" is about the same and there's a lot more freedom and customization, all Mass Effect has going for it is polish which is...important, but not as important as some other stuff to me
Leafhopper
Banned
Actually that is a chunk of it.
How does it play? I never got into it on PC.
More like Academy, or is it like that terrible ship combat game that came out a few years back and limited the Z-axis to a small plane in space.
Militaratus
Member
Played it many, MANY, many years ago. It was alright at the time, but kinda stopped playing once I got my first crewmember and sadly it was race & gender locked so I couldn't change it into a female of my choice & design.
I wonder how much of the PC version survives into the console version. I want to customize my crew all over again, and they better not be gender locked this time! I want an all female crew for my USS Waifu-prise.
I wonder how much of the PC version survives into the console version. I want to customize my crew all over again, and they better not be gender locked this time! I want an all female crew for my USS Waifu-prise.
Grindlefly
Member
Not hyped for this. I am a massive star trek fan and would love a new star trek game but not an mmo. Gimme a new star trek with single player, in unreal 4, where I can explore the galaxy without some always online loot grind.
Merge star trek 25th anniversary with fps/tps new engine and mix it up with mass effect style rpg and I'm in day one (totally unrealistic I know but I can dream!!)
For the MP have cross platform play with races tied to each platform in a massive interstellar war. Ps4 the federation, Xbox the klingons, and pc as the borg and lets have a scrap!!
Merge star trek 25th anniversary with fps/tps new engine and mix it up with mass effect style rpg and I'm in day one (totally unrealistic I know but I can dream!!)
For the MP have cross platform play with races tied to each platform in a massive interstellar war. Ps4 the federation, Xbox the klingons, and pc as the borg and lets have a scrap!!
Leafhopper
Banned
The game has already been out for 6 years.
Not hyped for this. I am a massive star trek fan and would love a new star trek game but not an mmo. Gimme a new star trek with single player, in unreal 4, where I can explore the galaxy without some always online loot grind.
Merge star trek 25th anniversary with fps/tps new engine and mix it up with mass effect style rpg and I'm in day one (totally unrealistic I know but I can dream!!)
For the MP have cross platform play with races tied to each platform in a massive interstellar war. Ps4 the federation, Xbox the klingons, and pc as the born and lets have a scrap!!
Just play it as you would play a singleplayer game. The stories in the episodes (complete continuation of Post-Nemesis ST including new wars, alliances, discoveries and many callbacks to specific episodes) and the atmosphere are so worth it, if you're into Trek.
JonnyDBrit
Member
It does bear some resemblance to Legacy in that you control your ship from the outside, and can't completely flip your ship, but its faster paced and more fluid about it - ie, you can really dive your ship if you want to. You get a variety of abilities based on your assigned bridge officers, and you can customise your ship's weapons with tradeoffs of firing arc vs damage vs effects. So phasers for example have a really wide ship arc, meaning the most effective thing is to go along broadside so you have both arcs brought to bear - but, you'll need to angle around a bit to fire off torpedoes when shields are done, since those are very much forward or back-facing weapons.
Admittedly, I think its also less jarring than other MMOs, and hell even itself, in terms of a combat experience - ships don't have conflicting animation cycles or fail to react when they get hit by an attack.
Grindlefly
Member
To be fair I'm only just checking out the existing game now and it looks ok. My heart sank at a mmo lol
Wonder if my PC login will carry over. Paid for a lifetime sub at launch.
For those who have never played... It's a fair representation of Star Trek (for fans).
As a ground based traditional MMO... pretty average. Not horrible. Not mind blowing.
The starship combat is incredible in recreating combat from the classic shows.
really it is the starship combat (capital ship) that carries my love/interest for the game. So beautifully done. Overall a solid f2p title that does f2p microstransactions well enough (unlike DCUO) that you can hop in and out with very little cost and enjoy the game every once in a while.
For those who have never played... It's a fair representation of Star Trek (for fans).
As a ground based traditional MMO... pretty average. Not horrible. Not mind blowing.
The starship combat is incredible in recreating combat from the classic shows.
really it is the starship combat (capital ship) that carries my love/interest for the game. So beautifully done. Overall a solid f2p title that does f2p microstransactions well enough (unlike DCUO) that you can hop in and out with very little cost and enjoy the game every once in a while.
Orniletter
Banned
The music was nice....in this generic action movie kind of way....I guess.
ricardo_sousa11
Member
This looks...terrible, its like going backwards 5-7 years, and the animations look 10 years old. I cant see how they believe this will work.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Its the best single player comprehensive Star Trek experience we're going to get until someone gives Obsidian a bunch of money or something