It’s not dead Jim!

Star trek Online is back from the dead, as per this announcement from the Cryptic Studios official website for the game. As a fan of the franchise I am thrilled to see this title returning to life and I think that the coming of Trek to the universe of massive gaming was long overdue. I think few settings can potentially offer as many avenues of gameplay types as Star Trek’s, being easily adaptable towards satisfying the straight-up roleplaying and story-telling oriented players, those interested in exploration and discovery or  those looking for a game that provides some compelling military conquest, ship to ship or straighforward avatar combat centered play. Now if Cryptic will include and develop to a decent level all or just some of these elements remains to be seen, but I think that the Trek Universe easily allows them to pursue all of these avenues, each one being perfectly plausible and consistent with the lore and feel of the Trek setting. In short I think that adopting Trek as a backdrop for a sci-fi MMO is an excellent decision because of the flexibility and diversity that it can offer from the game design point of view, which is what excites me the most about Cryptic’s announcement.

Oh how I am so looking forward to going to red alert and putting my shields up, or better yet setting my phaser to stun for the first time. Geek heaven I tell you!