Shoud Star Trek ever have a Good Video Game?

[Bertie]

Simply put, the best thing we could hope for would be BioWare making a Star Trek rpg using the Mass Effect 2 engine.

The trick for any RPG, even an "Action RPG," would be getting the "World Building" elements right with just one two hour movie's worth of content to go off of. Yes, certain content from the Prime universe can be carried over, but doing so is still trickier on the storytellers, I think, than either a totally new world in which you can do whatever you want (Mass Effect), or an entire universe filled with lore all of which you can echo in your game even if its in a different time (say, KOTOR).


An Elite Force style FPS lessens some of the need for "World Building" (still need visuals, though, and there may or may not be enough of them for Star Trek XI to make a game out of). But there is another problem—FPS mechanics have moved beyond what they were in the Elite Force day; now there's—

• A lot of explicitly "military" squad tactics, which aren't present in Trek in either timeline.
• A lot of "physics"; manipulation of the game world. Say, the use of "cover" in Gears of War 2 or all the barrels in Halo 3 or the Force manipulation in Force Unleashed. I don't know that any of this makes sense in Trek.
• Better AI. How will Trek fans react to enemies that actually hide and stuff instead of coming out in the open to be slaughtered by Our Heroes like all Trek enemies?

I do hope Star Trek Online works—heaven knows we need an alternative to Eve Online's clunky point and click "combat" and crusty, inbred playerbase—but I fear being in the "wrong timeline" is going to hurt some, even if the Prime timeline be the only timeline in which a game like that can be set at this point.

 

[Capt. Vulcan]

Birth of the Federation is one of my favorite games of all time.

 

[Jeri]

I'm not a gamer, but I bought and played "Elite Force." It's the only game I've ever bought.

 

[22 Stars]

There are plenty of good platform adventure games like Tomb Raider or Uncharted that lend themselves to Trek or BSG templates. Just drop our characters into these situations, design some clever puzzles, and enemies to solve/fight and bring it on!

 

[IDIC]

I'd like an adventure game based on the new film's universe... the new MMORPG looks awful to me... just a lot of fighting Klingons and coopting neutral worlds to your cause. yawn. you'd think trek fans would be up in arms about it.

an adventure game based on the new film could expand this new crew's palate.

I think it is suppose to be more than that. There is an element of crew management since you are the captain and you have an NPC crew, there is also ship management and upgrade, different mission types, fleets, etc... The game environment itself could be excellent for people who like to roleplay.

 

[Cakes488]

* You MUST play Star Trek 25th Anniversary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scLUJjVQPZk

They also did the 25th anniversary (I think) for the original NES..anyone play that game? You were able to warp to different planets and beam down and explore them. You were also able to choose your landing parties depending on what skill was needed. This was a good game but it had potential to be great. All the other Trek games I've seen after it were just space battle games which were lame...I did have Star Trek pinball for the PC about 10yrs ago....

But yeah Trek needs a proper game that dosen't consist of just shooting ships !

 

[Steven Of Nine]

The arcade "Strategic Operations Simulator" was the best of the games, and did make an appearance on Atari and Commodore consoles in the mid-80s.

Not very realistic, but with what were innovative controls and a fast pace.

Actual game? Elite Force, easily.

 

[zakfa]

I bought the Star Trek iPhone game. I didn't think it was that bad once I got a control scheme down that I liked. It's a fun little shooter to waste time with.