I pre-ordered Star Trek Online as it is one MMO that I have been awaiting for a long time. The open beta has started a few days ago and aside from some technical issue which I’ve seen in just about every beta I have ever played (server downtime, a random crash here and there, some goofy animations that are clearly not quite done yet), the game is great.
The ground combat is nothing to write home about, but the feeling of being with an away team (red-shirts and all) is pretty cool. You get to zap bad guys with phasers and pulse rifles, go hand to hand and coordinate fire with other team members. Overall, a pretty decent experience based on the source material’s rather blase ground combat.
The space combat is where the game really shines. You have to consider your shield, the placement of your weapon arrays, reload time and the shielding of the enemy vessel. I have found that the best way to beat someone is to pound on one section of their shields and then hit them with a torpedo.
The combat looks like Trek, sounds like Trek and feels like Trek. Overall, a really good job there.
The interface is a little confusing, but you do get used to it pretty quick and it is just a beta, so I cannot really complain.
You can also customize your ship’s look and color scheme, which is pretty neat, although not really that important in my opinion as I personally want my ship to look like a Federation vessel.
The uniform customization is pretty neat as you get a big variety of styles and colors to pick from. So, if you want to walk around in formal wear all the time, you can.
I am really hyped for the release of this game, when we will hopefully have a lot more servers up so the server issues that have kept me from playing the game more get resolved.
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