Set course for new Star Trek Online gameplay footage

by Richard Mitchell { Nov 3rd 2009 at 11:00PM }

We've got a double dose of Star Trek Online video goodness for you today, as Cryptic has seen fit to not only release part two of the "Future Past" series, but also a new gameplay trailer. The trailer -- handily embedded above -- is comprised mostly of pitched space battles and ground encounters. It's also packed with more phaser and disruptor beams than you can shake a tribble at. One more thing: Borg cube.

After the break, see part two of "The Future Past," which details the outcome of the Klingon / Nausicaan / Gorn war. In short, the Klingons are pretty much bad guys again by 2409, the year in which Star Trek Online begins.

Tags: atari, cryptic-studios, star-trek, star-trek-online

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

alexthegamewiz @ Nov 3rd 2009 11:03PM

when is this suppose to come out?

WINterfang ( Now with the power to piss you off ) @ Nov 3rd 2009 11:07PM

I love how the videos where already almost the whole day on the Joystiq video on the right and only now it was posted.

Why take that long?

john @ Nov 3rd 2009 11:37PM

Great comment. You brought a lot to the table with that one!

Trickob @ Nov 3rd 2009 11:51PM

I like how your comment where the first one to be made and I took a whole minute to think of a way to respond to it.

Why type like that?

Dr. steve brule @ Nov 4th 2009 1:21AM

thank you trickob, may your hearts be full of gold.

Van Faulk @ Nov 3rd 2009 11:11PM

Aaaand I just lost interest. To quote the simpsons:

Again with the klingons.

DS9 makes it pretty clear the klingons would be in no shape to wage a war, let alone several. So why not use this time to bring in some new adversaries? Getting the gorn/orions/nuassicans together as a kind of anti federation is a good idea but not if it just means fighting klingons for the umpteenth time.

Sean @ Nov 4th 2009 3:36AM

Because it's 40 years after DS9 and they explain what's going on in incredible depth on startrekonline.com?

Check out the path to 2409, it's really good.

Filthy Assistant @ Nov 4th 2009 4:05AM

Who cares? I don't really like Star Trek except the new movie but I'm looking forward to this game. It can throw in Klingons and Borgs and whatever the hell else alien buttmonsters exist in the Trekverse.

Besides, MMOs always sacrifice accuracy to the source material. Always. I mean holy shit look at World of Warcraft. Their lore has been raped so many times it's completely incomprehensible now.

snowleopard233 @ Nov 4th 2009 9:36AM

Eh WoW didn’t have much lore to begin with. Warcraft I was basically a warhammer knockoff where evil orcs were attacking good humans. People call it messing with the lore but if you ask me, they’re just adding to what was a pretty bare-bones and cliché storyline to begin with.

As for Star Trek, I’m a little unsettled by this whole “warcraft in space” approach. This is a franchise that became a success because of its positive outlook and the ability of its characters to solve problems through peaceful and intelligent means. I just don’t see this game capturing the brilliance of the hugo award-winning "The Inner Light" or the “aha!” moments the audience experience when Picard discovers an entire alien race communicates though metaphor. All the physical conflicts and phasers are merely a backdrop for a story that is primarily concerned with deeper subjects. I’m not sure if an mmo can capture this, at least not in the genre’s current state.