Star Trek the video game

[sarnath]

Saw the new pics from the Star Trek video game that comes out at the beginning of the next year, and it looks awesome.







So here's the closeup, courtesy of Collider's pics from Comic Con in London last weekend. Love the outfits and weapons, and I hear Pine and Quinto are actually going to do the voices, too!



Their fighting styles are going to be different, and it'll matter who you choose; Kirk for a more direct approach and especially upgraded weapons, and Spock for the stealth mode, and you'll be able to do the nerve pinch and mind meld, as I understand it (yay!).



Apparently, "Paramount is using the game as a virtual bridge between the two movies, offering an original story that was conceived by the writers/producers of the movies Bob Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof and written by God of War game scribe Marianne Krawczyk." (Link to article with interview)They have the lensflares down, at least. XD



And you'll be fighting the Gorn! Looks fascinating. And I don't have to build my own cannon either, though perhaps the upgrades are an allusion?

Here's the trailer, too.

So yeah, no idea how canon it will be, but if it's good (as most of the comics were not) I have no objections. I'm always leery of license games, but this is handled by Digital Extremes (who made Bioshock), so I'm a little hopeful.

Comments

[dancing_serpent]

Oh, that really looks good! I'm not much of a gamer, but I have to admit this looks very tempting.

[sarnath]

I'm sort of an on and off gamer these days, but I still love playing videogames when I have the time. And as I became so obsessed with Star Trek this year... Yeah, I actually watched the reboot for the first time this year. Practically unspoiled, too! Three years after everybody else, heh.^^;

If I have the time (and manage to find out how to do it) I'm going to try and make a Let's Play when I get the game.

[dancing_serpent]

Hee, the last time I played a videogame was more than ten years ago. But I really liked Reboot, went to the movies several times and read tons of fanfiction, and now I'm really tempted to give gaming another go. Looking forward to the new movie so very much, too! *g*

[sarnath]

Yes, I loved the reboot movie! I'd watched TOS when I was younger, but I'd forgotten most of it, and I rewatched after seeing reboot and was just drawn into the whole universe. ^^ I wish I'd had the opportunity to see it at the cinema, but I will definitely see the next one on the big screen! Probably more than once, haha.

I love the thought of all the possibilities in the AOS universe now, and while I thought most of the comics were really bad, the concept was interesting. There are so many things to explore! A game is perfect for that.

[phoebe_zeitgeist]

As a complete non-gamer, I'm going to take wild advantage here to go off on a tangent and ask whether I should take your reference to Bioshock as a recommendation for the game. By bizarre coincidence, I just acquired a license for Bioshock 2 as part of a bundle, and I keep thinking maybe some day I should try this exotic entertainment form everyone else already knows about. And then I never do, because I have no idea where even to start. So I wasn't even sure I was going to bother to download the thing.

But if it's good enough that the fact that it's the same team doing this game makes you optimistic about this one, maybe I should actually give this one a try. (I'll never know how I feel about gaming if I don't try one some day, right?)

[sarnath]

Oh, Bioshock, is amazing! The story, setting, and characters are some of the best I've seen (if you don't know I won't spoil it, because it was a pretty damn awesome feeling seeing it completely unknowing for the first time), and I was pretty much completely consumed by it. I mean, I played through the first one, and then immediately begged my brother to lend me the second one. I think the sequel works really well, too, but it's pretty much a direct sequel, so I really recommend starting with the first game (or watch a Let's Play). The second game was also a bit harder, with stronger and more numerous enemies.

It's a first person shooter in a 3D environment, so the controls may feel a bit complicated at first, if you're not used to that sort of game (I wasn't, and it did take a while for me to familiarise myself with the controls). The game starts out with easy enemies and lots of explanations (you get a guide, of sorts, who is part of the story, and I just love how they managed to weave that in naturally), though, so just relax and try things out. And don't be afraid to die! You'll just have to start from a point slightly earlier.

I think it's categorised as horror, and yeah, it's pretty creepy and has truly horrifying elements and concepts, but it's also filled with action which makes it more of an adventure, to me. I mean, it's not like Silent Hill, which I can't actually play when I'm alone (because it scares me half to death).

I hope you have fun with it!