Star Trek Game To Launch Alongside New Movie

Paramount announced yesterday that Star Trek D-A-C will be available for download for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC when the movie is released on May 8th. The acronym in the title stands for different types of gameplay: Deathmatch, Assault, and Conquest. It's an arcade-style game, with a solo mode as well as multiplayer modes that handle up to 12 players. According to Joystiq, "It's a top-down 3D space shooter that doesn't require a lot of hardcore gameplay experience to jump into, but it features a large amount of strategic gameplay that'll please hardcore gamers." Several screenshots have been released.

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[hansamurai]

But does it have Gratuitous Space Battles? [gratuitous...attles.com]

Re:MMOG?

[Jeez01]

Crytpic announced they are working on Star trek MMO, originally it was being developed by Perpetual which went bankrupt. They released some screen shots couple months ago.

Re:They Just Don't Get It...

[Shakrai]

Star Trek: A Final Unity was probably the best Star Trek game ever released. Minimal combat, which could be avoided based on your actions, and many missions and away teams, just like on the show. I hope the new Star Trek Online [startrekonline.com] does it justice.

Final Unity also had a pretty cool combat interface if you were inclined to try and manage it all yourself instead of letting Worf do it for you. It was fairly overwhelming but actually seemed representative of what you'd expect space combat in the TNG universe to look like. There were a few battles that you couldn't avoid in the storyline as I recall -- one or two with the Romulans (one of which was painfully easy to win because it was with a "modified" warbird that sacrificed weaponry for speed) and one with the super aliens. That one was pretty hard to win and you usually wind up retreating or losing. I did beat it a few times, which lead to a lot of chest thumping on my part ;)

I need to dig that game back out some day and go through it again. I wonder if it will run in Dosbox?

Re:They Just Don't Get It...

[Akido37]

I wonder if it will run in Dosbox?

It does. I've played it on my Mac using Boxer. [boxerapp.com]

Re:MMOG?

[acohen1]

Cryptic is working on it. It will be based on the same engine as Champions Online, which today has an official release date for 7/14 which is a very good sign for progress on the Star Trek MMO to really get up to speed.