Mutanthands
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Maybe it's a Namco thing. Haven't they been releasing games with no prior warning on PSN lately? Or is that Konami? I could definitely see it as incompetence rather than embarrassment about the game itself.
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Star Trek |OT?| (the game)
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Extra Sauce
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A Star Trek game should be about captaining a starship across uncharted galaxies, not a series of dumb shoot-outs.
Mutanthands
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This Abrams' Star Trek. Shoot outs and bang bang are what you get. Sounds like you should pick a used copy of Star Trek: Legacy or Star Trek: Conquest.
It makes me wonder how big the printing was, as my local EB only got four copies for 360 and 2 for Ps3.. Seems strange. Maybe they weren't prepared on the distribution end of things.
Bobs Big Boy
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Received review copy, so they've sent some out, but maybe late.
Karak
Member
Agreed. I really do think, as another poster said, they just got worried. Because nothing we experienced indicated there was a reason for holding off.
Hmm. Another good point. Our local store had 2 copies TOTAL.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Been playing for about three hours-ish. I like it. Camera goes a bit funky sometimes. The movement feels a bit off/ getting stuck sometimes. I like the variation though!
Haha blame it on Abrams. You forget the last decade or 2 of Bermaga as well? I'd much rather watch youth-anized Abrams shiny trek than drek like most of voyager and nemesis. Or the many, many trek games in the past couple decades that were bang bang shoot bang.
Topic aside, thinking about picking this one up for PC. Not a huge fan of bang bang shoot bang, but a sucker for trek. Worth the money r wait for a sale?
Mutanthands
Member
Played a little further.
. Impressions are the same. Average, fun overall.
Ok if you are a fan, or for $20.
Just incapacitated the Gorn in the shuttle bay
The turbo lifts are brilliant. Never thought about them that way.
Ok if you are a fan, or for $20.
It basically is already on sale for PC. I believe you can get it for $37 on GMG.
spindoctor
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That deal expired. It's $40 on the PC which feels about $20 to much.
The English Conquistador
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Double post.
The English Conquistador
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Just quoting this incase people missed. Surprised no one commented.
SirIgbyCeaser
Banned
Its old news. And it is only as good as the game in question.
chickdigger802
Banned
You're looking for this game
now we need a version of that that's like a 3D FTL.
Karak
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I was getting stuck in the when the two co-op to open a door the most. Not anywhere else. But for some reason many times big broad shouldered Spock stopped me from moving for a second hahaha. Played another couple hours now on the PC version.
Rei no Otaku
Member
Played it a bit more and game is still decent. Also I have to give it one thing, Chris Pine really does put in a great performance. One of the few times I've heard a celebrity not just phoning it on a licensed game.
Can anyone else confirm this? I'd be pleasantly surprised to see a celeb actually put effort into a video game role.
chickdigger802
Banned
please tell me that spock vulcan grip dudes when he does a 'stealth kill'.
partyphone
Banned
Just watched through the hour long giantbomb quicklook. The core of this game is okay. It just needed a bigger budget and more polish. It's pretty funny how many blatantly ripped off mechanics it has.
Winterblink
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That game's multiplayer was a giant pile of fun.You're looking for this game
Karak
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Yo bet. I talk about it at length in my review. I was surprised how well the voice actors did. Though I wasn't a fan of the girl playing Uhura.
Yup.
Mutanthands
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Sloppy, yes. Broken, no. Its a step above EuroJank, I would say. It's perfectly playable. It just needed more time and money.
$20 is about the sweet spot for this game. Should be there by fall at the latest.
You're looking for this game
I still cling on to a small hope that someday it'll get a proper sequel as well as an Elite Force 3 being released.
Karak
Member
Agreed. I don't think its perfect but it has tons of atmosphere and variation. Personally I think it hit me at the right time, with the right kind of game to really enjoy it. Others may feel differently.
20 is the sweet spot for any game
But I hear you.Lysander91
Banned
I think you mean Star Trek Bridge Commander. Why hasn't there been a sequel?
partyphone
Banned
Mutanthands
Member
Yeah, you're right. I had a brain malfunction for a moment there.
chickdigger802
Banned
Is there even any enterprise in this game? Heck a turret sequence of qte or anything?
Press a to engage or what the hell he says.
Press a to engage or what the hell he says.
Mutanthands
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Fancy turret sequence as "space combat." Could be worse, could be like Star Trek: DAC!
chickdigger802
Banned
as long as it's fancy. I might be in a minority but the jet sequence in BF3 was one of the few times in a game where I went 'woah'.
Is the Enterprise even in the new movie? Haven't seen the newest trailer but the other 2 had like a second of enterprise but explosions and kungfu was more important.
Is the Enterprise even in the new movie? Haven't seen the newest trailer but the other 2 had like a second of enterprise but explosions and kungfu was more important.
Trailer 3 has a few shots of it yeah.
Karak
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It is actually pretty fancy at times and you described what occurs in Star Trek pretty well. Its somewhat the same thing but with some pretty intense moments.
spindoctor
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I'd settle for a gog.com re-release of the original. But... Activision. Although I suppose all the blame might not lie with them given how complicated licenses are these days.
Don't think it sold very well?
SlasherJPC
Banned
I think the game mechanics and the variation is pretty good. I think the game could have used some more time in the cooker but I think the devs probably had no choice, wanting some sales tied into the release of the upcoming movie.
I thought the game actually got an extra year since the movie was pushed back. Or maybe they've just been sitting on it for a year.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Hmm interesting to know. If that's the case then I have no idea why it isn't a bit more polished.
graywolf323
Member
well I had a free redbox game rental so I decided to give the 360 version a go
just started the game
just started the game
Karak
Member
Go forth and neckpinch!
Giant Bomb quick look makes it look like a decent Steam sale game.
Certainly seems a little bit more like a traditional Trek adventure (at least in the beginning) than the first movie did.
they didn't send out review copies
Certainly seems a little bit more like a traditional Trek adventure (at least in the beginning) than the first movie did.
they didn't send out review copies
Haunted
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Well, that's certainly the cheapest and least resource-intensive way to sidestep the problem of AI NPCs ever getting in the way.
Assets look fine, everything else seems standard bad licensed games fare.
spindoctor
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To me, the quick look made it look like Aliens Colonial Marines now has a contender for the honor of worst game of the year.