Star Trek Online: Review

As with all MMORPG's Star Trek Online begins with you creating a character and beginning your journey of travelling throughout the universe. The choice is yours which faction from Star Trek you wish to join, be it the Romulan Empire, The Federation or if you feel that it's a good day to die you can play as a Klingon and wage war with everyone that crosses your path. You also have the choice of which class of star ship you wish to control, although while it is limited to begin with, as you rank up more and more ships will become available. The final choice you have before flying through space, is which class your character will be. Playing as a Starship officer of the Federation, you can choose to be either one of three classes: Engineering (yellow shirt), Science (Mr. Spock blue) or Tactical (red shirt). You can also customise your uniform and character appearance, before you start your career at the Starfleet Academy. The first few scenarios you encounter, the game does well to hold your hand and explain the basics before leaving you to your own devices, the early characters you meet are full of Star Trek Easter eggs and references from the 50 years of content Star Trek has brought us.

The gameplay of Star Trek Online is broken down into two main different areas. The first of which is in space, where you control your ship, navigating the stars, and firing weapons upon your enemies. The second area of gameplay is in 3rd person, taking control of your character to fight with phasers and rifles against enemies and also exploring both new worlds and familiar ones. The controls are simple to use once you get used to them but it doesn't take long to become accustomed too. Although some animations of your character are a little flawed and seem poorly animated, most of the gameplay is straight forward. At times it does get a little repetitive but the story fills in the cracks and prevents any real disappointment.