For example, all beam weapons are mapped to the spacebar by default, but the advanced player looking for more control can trigger each weapon bank individually through keyboard or UI commands. Most of our controls and HUD elements do have varying levels of complexity that can be toggled on or off, and the advanced player will find a rich set of options to alter the control scheme to their preference. The game can be played with minimal control input to help those who aren’t familiar with keyboard gaming. Our philosophy has been to strike a balance between making the game accessible to fans that’ve never played a game like this before, and the experienced MMO player. In terms of player controls, HUD displays, terminology and progression, will STO be familiar to experienced/advanced MMO gamers? The beauty of entering orbit around a planetary system I’ve never seen before still makes me smile every time. Anyone who’s dreamed of exploring the galaxy in a starship will find something to love about this game.
There is fun and addictive gameplay at the core of STO that doesn’t require you to be a fan or even know who the Klingon are. We hope that casual gamer looking for something new will find a unique and satisfying game experience in Star Trek Online. Will STO be inviting and friendly to non-Trek fans and/or casual gamers and what do you feel will help draw them in?
Players will come face to face with the Guardian of Forever, Alpha Quadrant Dominion, the Mirror-Universe, original series Klingons, and even deal with the destruction of Romulus from the most recent movie.
Our writers have done a wonderful job of incorporating elements from all of the TV series as well as the movies. With Star Trek Online based in the Star Trek universe with familiar locales, ship designs, lore, etc., will there be any direct ties to specific characters, episodes, events from the different series' and movies or other nods to the hardcore fans?Ībsolutely! As players progress through the game, we expect fans to find numerous references and visual ties to events from past episodes and movies.
planetary gameplay, story elements, fleet battles and social gaming to working with other captains and the benefits of doing so, all of these are discussed below. The final not is that there are lots of ways to spend lots of money in the game so care must be observed if the game has you information on file and your child is a bit impulsive.From starship vs.
There are in game groups called fleets which can be of great value as they allow aces to high tier equipment and many are a welcoming environment will to help new players, however as with any gaming group that you would have in a non digital space parental guidance is advised as even if the content is not inappropriate the fleet may have unfair policies in place. The Klingon and Romulan story arcs are vastly more violent than the federation and forces the player to comet war crimes (unwillingly whilst brainwashed on the romulan side) and should be noted as something to be discussed with a younger child if not avoided all together. There are several in game in game money systems to keep track of which can lend itself to a study of markets in action. With younger or more impressionable children it is strongly recommended to simply remove the player chat from the game leaving only NPCs and notification active as with any public space there will be points at which it can be toxic even older children and adults are advised to avoid it as there is little gain to it.
There times a year endgame ships are given away for free based on participation in in game events.Įven a small monetary investment can reap rewards in game allowing for many hours of play. There is no need to ever spend money on the game unless you truly wish to.
The current page information for the game is a bit out of date a the time of this review (Oct 22, 2016) as the game is now free to down load from both ARC and Steam with the subscription fee remaining as a gold membership offering in game extras.