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| From: Atari
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $31.39
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Rating:  96 reviews
Sales Rank: 90
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7
Genre: online_massively_multiplayer_games
Color: Standard
ESRB: Teen
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.5
MPN: 27872A
Model: 27872
UPC: 742725279988
EAN: 0492010200660
ASIN: B002673XJA
Release Date: February 2, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Design your captain and crew from set races or create new ones: choose science, tactical, medical officers and more, then customize each with hundreds of skills and unique equiped weapons, equipment and armor. | | • | The first Massively Multiplayer Online game (MMO) set in the Star Trek universe, and the first AAA MMO ever to feature ground and space combat at launch. | | • | Command a Klingon or Federation ship across a limitless galaxy, where you will discover, explore and develop your crew in an endless range of encounters. Randomly generated quadrants give players unlimited opportunities. | | • | Uphold the Prime Directive, or toss it aside as you comb space for bizarre planets and alien species, battling aliens as you go or using diplomacy. | | • | Customize the look of your ship using over 50 unique ship models, and do the same to your equipment to create the craft and equipment of your dreams. |
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Product Description
Star Trek Online PC
Amazon.com Product Description
In Star Trek Online, the Star Trek universe appears for the first time on a truly massive scale. In this massively multiplayer online game from Cryptic Studios, players can pioneer their own destiny as Captain of a Federation starship. Or, they can become a Klingon Warlord and expand the Empire to the far reaches of the galaxy. Players will have the opportunity to visit iconic locations from the popular Star Trek fiction, reach out to unexplored star systems, and make contact with new alien species. 
Take command as a Federation Captain or Klingon warlord.
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Customizable yet classic Star Trek ship classes.
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More than 6 races to choose from.
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Ground and space combat.
View larger. | With episode missions, every moment spent playing Star Trek Online will feel like a new Star Trek episode in which you are the star. Immerse yourself in the future of the Trek universe as it moves into the 25th century: a time of shifting alliances and new discoveries. Adventure in the Final Frontier
Explore strange new worlds and seek out new life and new civilizations in a vast, expanding universe. Establish contact with new races, discover resources and uncover mysteries that will influence Star Trek's future. In 2409, Star Trek Online exists in a timeframe beyond even the latest movies, so everything you experience will be brand new, but still based on all the fiction you love. You Are the Captain
Star Trek Online is the first AAA MMO to feature space and ground combat at launch. Missions will take you and your friends into the depths of space, across exotic planets, and even inside starships. As the Captain of your very own ship, it's up to you to lead your crew on missions that span a number of locations. You call the shots, no matter where you are. When you're in space, you direct the action - be it in the middle of a high-tension battle, where you can maneuver in 3-D space and fire a vast array of weaponry at your enemies, or as you enter warp to explore parts of the galaxy never before documented. On the ground, you lead your away team across exciting terrain, interacting with allies and battling enemies. Every Captain commands five subordinates on the ground, all of which can be directed to act in any manner you choose. Can you lead them safely through dangerous locales? Total Customization
Using Cryptic’s Total Customization technology, every ship you command can be customized by you, from its color to its construction. Your ship will retain a Star Trek "feel," but it will also represent your style. What’s more, anyone can create their own species in Star Trek Online, meaning you can tell your own story about how you came to be in the galaxy and leave your mark on the Star Trek universe. Built by Veterans with You in Mind
Star Trek Online is developed by Cryptic Studios, creators of the massively successful City of Heroes and City of Villains. It’s built on the Cryptic Engine, a core technology that means Cryptic game designers can focus less on a game’s nuts and bolts and more on creating a game that captures Star Trek’s essence, guaranteeing that both longtime fans of Star Trek and people new to the universe will feel at home. System Requirements: | Minimum Specifications: | Recommended Specifications: | | OS: | Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit) | | Processor: | Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 Ghz or AMD Athlon X2 3800+ | Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2 5600+ | | RAM: | 1GB | 2GB | | Disc Drive: | 6X DVD-ROM drive | | Hard Drive: | 8GB or more | | Video Card: | NVIDIA GeForce 7950 / ATI Radeon X1800 / Intel HD Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce 8800 / ATI Radeon HD 3850+ | | Sound Card: | DirectX 9.0c Compatible Soundcard | | Input Device: | Mouse and keyboard | | Network: | Internet broadband connection required for online play | |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 96
 Worth putting up with the warts if you're a fan March 11, 2010
Paul (outside Chicago, IL, USA)
Yeah, there are problems. As MMORPGs go, they clearly don't have the development budget of Aion, much less World of Warcraft. There's a certain amount of repetitiveness, and the way everything is instanced (even starbases [this game's equivalent of towns]) makes the game feel a heck of a lot less populated than it is. Plus, there's not much endgame to speak of. Many parts of the game are simply underdeveloped (Vulcan has only a small area with nothing to do, the Andorian homeworld is clearly intended to be a place for players to duel but right now you can't).
The game has attracted a lot of people who don't normally play MMORPGs, so you end up in a lot of pickup groups with people who don't quite understand what's going on (e.g. they're still sitting at the spawn point reading the mission log while everyone else is racing from objective to objective, or go AFK with no warning).
The Klingons are a playable race, but are sorely underdeveloped. There's no PvE to speak of, so about all Klingons can do is PvP. The less said about the crafting system, the better.
There are two parts to the game: starship combat and ground combat. The starship part of the game is fun as heck and it feels epic in a way that regular combat in fantasy MMORPGs don't, probably because you know that there are supposedly hundreds of crew in each ship. It is oft noted that the ground combat is a bit anemic and it is, but I still like it. When I tried EVE Online, I kept wishing for something just like STO's ground combat system just to keep the starship combat from getting dull, and STO's ground combat does exactly that. Also, it's nice having a humanoid avatar instead of just a ship representing you in game once in a while.
Unlike most MMORPGs these days, STO has player housing... of sorts. Every player has a bridge on every ship and you can invite other players to your bridge, so it functions much like a house would in some other games. You can't really DO anything in your bridge except be there, but that's how I remember housing being in other games. It's a private space to be with your friends, or perhaps a place you can roleplay without being interrupted by non-RP people.
Overall, I still like it for one simple reason: this is the first game since Final Unity to make me feel like I am IN the Star Trek universe. You can visit Wolf 359. There's not much to do but fly through the endless debris of destroyed Federation ships, but at least it's THERE. Sure, there are no recognizable characters at Deep Space Nine, but it's THERE (the theme music from the show even plays as you approach the station!). You can fly the iconic ships from the show (well, ships of the same class, anyway). The ship combat makes the trekkie in me feel like I'm in one of those spaceship battles from one of the shows, as do the ground missions.
Oh, and largish group PvE (called fleet action in the game) has been an absolute blast, at least for me. Most of the objectives are still completable even if a lot of your group is running around in random directions doing random things because they didn't bother to read the mission log (Crystalline Entity encounter is the main exception to this), yet my pulse still races when a mob eats away my shields and starts pounding on my hull.
So if you're a trekkie/trekker, then definitely check out this game. If you're a MMORPG fan but not a fan of the shows, think twice before buying.
 Star Trek Online March 9, 2010
T. Barnard
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love Star Trek. I've played many space games especially online MMORPG's. This game is poorly produced. It seems unfinished. The ground missions are not well thought out or designed. They pretty much are eliminate bad guys in one area, move to next area and eliminate another group of bad guys. The space battles are better, but fairly short.
The graphics are substandard especially compared with other online space games like EVE-ONLINE. The economy is poor. Exploration doesn't really work. The game world is really small once you start moving around in it. After playing this game for a week, you will become bored very quickly. There are only a few different type of quests, and they aren't very compelling. I would pass on this game, even if you like Star Trek. If you really want to try it, get a free pass, that should be enough to convince you not to buy it.
A must-buy for Trekkies and scifi fans March 9, 2010
Simon Zaleski
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
While this MMO is far from perfect, I feel that it has lived up to my expectations and is a must-have for serious Star Trek fans. Unlike the Abrams movie, this MMO actually allows you to continue on in the world of Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, et al as we know it. It takes into account the effects of the latest movie on the "prime" timeline and allows you to be a part of the continuing story of the Federation and all of its allies and adversaries...or play as a member of the Klingon Empire, once again at war with Starfleet. You get to captain you own ship(s) and engage in all sorts of space and ground missions, and have a lot of flexibility in how you want to level up and develop your character and ships. You could be essentially an explorer, or fight other players, or provide security, or whatever you choose thanks to the many mission options available to you and the many ways you can set up your bridge crew and equip your ships and officers.
Other reviewers have given very good guides as to what this game is like, so I will defer to their reviews when it comes to gameplay and just tell you that despite its flaws (and the game IS constantly being updated and patched) the combat system is engaging, the customization options are wonderful and varied, and the game succeeds in "feeling" like Star Trek. With the future of the franchise in doubt now that it seems Abrams & Co. are intent on creating their own timeline in which Trek as we know it will never have happened (except for the Enterprise series, I suppose) this MMO is a welcome relief.
To Boldly Go Where No One Would Want to Go March 8, 2010
Brad Williams (Portland, OR USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
OK, the truth is that my driver was outdated and required the purchase of a new one to even play this game for the full effect.
That being said, I felt the game play was inadequate, the story lines weak and the interaction was barely enough to keep even a die hard Sci-fi fan like myself interested.
So, after waiting for 6 years in production, I sold this game after about a week of playing it every day.
What is the deal with Star Trek and no one being able to really and truly get it? I thought this would be the answer and I was wrong.
City of Heroes is a thousand times better. Will most likely go back to that.
A Shallow, Boring MMO. March 7, 2010
Jeremy Burks (Philadelphia, PA USA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Short version: It has nice graphics, but... all you do is fly around in space and blow things up, then land on a planet and shoot humanoids, leave, wash, rinse, repeat.
Well, what can be said? Unfortunately, nothing much good. The graphics are nice, but that's probably because all of the artwork was done before Cryptic got their hands on this game and ruined it. That's right, the first company that was working on this game went bankrupt and handed over all the artwork to Cryptic, for some reason. They did not, however, hand over their game engine. It is rather obvious and confusing, because a new player would think, "How can this game be so pretty and suck so bad?" Well, now you know.
Let's start with the game play itself. After the tutorial, which strangely enough has the Borg as your first opponents, you end up as the commander of the vessel you were serving on (despite your actual rank, which should be Lt. by now). You pick up some quests from the star base orbiting earth, then you fly out--very slowly--to whatever system you are sent to. You'll be lucky to know where that is at some point and will find yourself asking questions in chat. You enter the system, and either a) scan something floating out in space, whether it is wreckage, an asteroid, or an anomaly; b) blow up some enemy ships who either don't like you being there, or who are picking on some defenseless ship or science lab; or c) beam down to the planet to scan for anomalies or shoot enemies. That's it. That's all you do in this game, more or less. It is the same thing with very little variation, over and over and over. Aside from these story missions, there are patrol missions which function in almost the same way. There are also exploration missions that, you guessed it, function in almost the same way. You fly to a system, scan outer space, blow up ships, land, scan for whatever, shoot enemies, beam up, take off, wash, rinse, and repeat.
There is a real lack of interesting things to do in this game, but even less encouraging is the sloppy "Level Up" system. You gain skill points from blowing things up and completing missions, but you must spend these points to gain in rank. You start off as an ensign, and there are 10 grades to progress through to reach Lieutenant. Then there's Lt. Commander, Commander, Captain, then finally Admiral. The problem with this? You probably won't have a clue which skills to put points into, as the context and information you get while mousing over these is anything BUT informative. And at the moment there is no option to re-spec, so you are stuck with whatever mistakes you make.
The PvP aspect of this game is pretty lame, as well. It seems Cryptic decided to steal WoW's Battleground Queue. You can queue up, then appear in space or on the ground against the Klingon Empire (you can make a Klingon once you reach Lt. Commander, grade 7, I think). But it seems that the system does not care about fairness, as it will start a PvP match with 1 vs 5. If you thought being raped by a rogue was bad, you haven't seen anything yet. But the funniest part about PvP is? You get money (something you don't get from any missions), experience, and everything you get from a regular mission aside from rewards, plus badges you can spend on high-end equipment. Whether you win OR lose, you get this. You can practically level all the way to the top just by queuing up for PvP, and many prefer to do this simply because a) it's less boring, believe it or not, and b) Klingons have no choice BUT to PvP, because it's the only way they can advance.
After about a week of playing this game I am completely sick of it. Frankly, Cryptic would have to pay ME to continue playing this boring game.
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