Resistance is futile, prepare to be assimilated (etc etc)

Feb 10, 2012 13:24

... and more clichéd Borg-related puns. The reason being that Star Trek Online has just celebrated it's 2 year anniversary with heavy promotion of it's newly released free-to-play side and anniversary content such as Borg invasion events and a special mission to acquire a limited edition ship.


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quilluck February 10 2012, 13:58:12 UTC
For what the game is, free, it is quite good. I find the space combat to be quite entertaining and different enough from most other space combat games where shields are not just an additional, perhaps quicker regenerating, HP bar, but an obstacle to get through before you start blasting the bastards with torpedoes :)

Buuuut.. there are definitely issues with the game. The ground combat is very clunky and movement is quite awkward, the TSing seems a bit odd, since I have yet to find another place with an R&D section beyond Memory Alpha.

Overall though, I find it an amusing timewaster while nothing else is going on.

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Also I forgot to mention another great addition to STO.. the ability for players to create missions for others to play ingame.

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achtungexplosiv February 20 2012, 16:08:02 UTC
Oops missed this comment previously.

The Foundry missions are indeed the greatest part of the game. At least, the well-known and highly rated ones are. The players who created them have clearly put an absolute ton of effort in and the amount of story, intrigue, choices and at times hilarity makes them well worth the time to play through at least once.

About shields, well to be honest in STO they're much like in any other space game. They are another layer of HP you have to chew through first to get to the gooey middle bits and they can be regenerated in various ways, with different weapon types being more suitable for taking out either or hull. It's the same in Eve too. The difference here is that you can play about with shield facing by turning so the incoming fire is hitting the sides with stronger shielding.

And for me the issues, specifically the bugginess, are a real drag.

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