Star Trek Online

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  1. SgtBarrett
    Jan 13, 2013
    3
    GRIND GRIND GRIND!

    I was so excited to finally be playing the famed Star Trek Series online. But after 3 months, the games fees very 2D... Very shallow, and very unworthy of the Star Trek title. The game amounts to grinding for weapons and upgrades and then attempting to take on elite battles against NPCs or other elite human players just to find out that the past 3 weeks of grinding    GRIND GRIND GRIND!

    I was so excited to finally be playing the famed Star Trek Series online. But after 3 months, the games fees very 2D... Very shallow, and very unworthy of the Star Trek title. The game amounts to grinding for weapons and upgrades and then attempting to take on elite battles against NPCs or other elite human players just to find out that the past 3 weeks of grinding to upgrade your weapons was not nearly enough... I have repeated this trend in the game 20-30 times and have had enough. OK, that sums up space combat...
    Now for ground combat. Is there anyone who does not think that diving behind cover should then allow the NPCs to continue to fire through the cover and kill you? Really? The engine is a hit or no hit engine without any critical hit areas defines on the body map of the player. So head shots mean nothing. Ground cover means nothing. Just grind grind grind to get a better weapon and hope that your skill set matches the mission you are about to take on for the 100th time...
    And wait! $200 for a lifetime membership to the game??? Really??? Good grief. I cant believe someone actually smoked crack and paid that much for this grind fest.    … Expand
  2. joao_santos2
    Dec 21, 2012
    9
    Haters of the game must not be Star Trek fans at all.First see all the episodes of all the diferent TV Series and then make your judgement.
    It's a big universe full of options,of course has some bugs and glitches but that's what beeing beta is all about.On top of all its free,not like Eve or other titles.You can cotumize your ships and better you can change ingame curency for Zen and buy    Haters of the game must not be Star Trek fans at all.First see all the episodes of all the diferent TV Series and then make your judgement.
    It's a big universe full of options,of course has some bugs and glitches but that's what beeing beta is all about.On top of all its free,not like Eve or other titles.You can cotumize your ships and better you can change ingame curency for Zen and buy ships that usualy people can only buy if they use credit card.takes a bit of time but with time everything you do you can earn it inside the game playing.
    Every year there is new ships and the developers give you a new one more or less once a year.
    about the textures complaints i have a state of the art computer and graphic card and everything runs smooth.Maybe the complaints come from people with bad configurations or bad graphic cards    … Expand
  3. Zonzai
    Feb 13, 2013
    9
    Star Trek? Check. Free to play? Check. Alien cleavage? Check. User generated missions? Check. Best space combat of any MMO? Check (sorry EVE). If you are a fan of Star Trek, EVE, free games, user generated content or even just a fan of alien cleavage, STO is worth taking a look at. Don't be turned away by the lackluster meta. This game is a few years old now and to their greatStar Trek? Check. Free to play? Check. Alien cleavage? Check. User generated missions? Check. Best space combat of any MMO? Check (sorry EVE). If you are a fan of Star Trek, EVE, free games, user generated content or even just a fan of alien cleavage, STO is worth taking a look at. Don't be turned away by the lackluster meta. This game is a few years old now and to their great credit the STO team has been busy adding more and more great content. P.S. I am not really a Star Trek fan. But I do think this is one of the best free to play games out there right now. Especially since the cash store is completely optional and not needed to enjoy all of the game's content and compete at the highest level of play. Props to Cryptic for that.… Expand
  4. Prof_Science
    Feb 2, 2013
    10
    The Best game ever, absolutely amazing. Very good graphics, feels just like a Star Trek game should. Large customization. The missions are really good, but I can see why people complain. YOU NEED TO READ THE STORY so it is good. I recommend it any day. Also I would have gave Star Trek Online a 7 a year ago, but the rate of progress is very good. Very strategic as well.
  5. Wildtaz32
    Feb 7, 2013
    10
    I recently came back, knowing Star Trek Online went F2P. I have to say they have done an awesome job organizing the skills/abilities/ship stat,and generally smoothing out the game.
    I stopped about 3 months after STO launched, for the most part I quit because of all the stats/skill being so jumbled up that it toke forever to figure out what stat was good for what ability/skill etc etc. ,Oh    I recently came back, knowing Star Trek Online went F2P. I have to say they have done an awesome job organizing the skills/abilities/ship stat,and generally smoothing out the game.
    I stopped about 3 months after STO launched, for the most part I quit because of all the stats/skill being so jumbled up that it toke forever to figure out what stat was good for what ability/skill etc etc. ,Oh and the ground combat was lack luster,still kinda is,but its much better now...imo    … Expand
  6. dmcimo
    Jun 3, 2013
    1
    This game has become a scam, STAY away from it at all costs. I used to play with Cryptic Studios owned it and now that Perfect World Entertainment owns it they make it impossiable to connect/link your account to Perfect World Entertainment site and when you try to make a new account to USE your Cryptic account they say your email is attached to an already game account WITH THEM...then theyThis game has become a scam, STAY away from it at all costs. I used to play with Cryptic Studios owned it and now that Perfect World Entertainment owns it they make it impossiable to connect/link your account to Perfect World Entertainment site and when you try to make a new account to USE your Cryptic account they say your email is attached to an already game account WITH THEM...then they offer no help to solve the problem and want you to rebuy everything 4 times the prices and reown the game again. SCAM SCAM. keeping away from now on… Expand
  7. shay72
    Aug 18, 2013
    8
    I wasn't a Star Trek fan so didn't think i would like the game, I couldn't be more wrong i loved it and its now been updated and is fully immersing, explore your ship, follow different paths in game, lots of missions and good pvp,ST has come a long way since its release you gotta try it
  8. jseph1234
    Nov 8, 2013
    8
    I had a blast playing this game. Over 200 hours+. From dancing in the clubs to flying my own custom ships (Attack ships forever!!) to the away missions, the game is a TON of fun and be played completely for Free!!
    A great game from Perfect World.
  9. mewpet3
    Nov 23, 2013
    9
    I highly recommend this game (even if you are not a star trek fan) It is my favourite MMO and I play a lot of MMOs, and is one of the few of which where you do not need to pay real money to be good at the game.
  10. Wrathan
    Nov 30, 2013
    10
    I really enjoy this game. The new features they have added make it an even more enjoyable game than EVER before. Doing some missions seem a complete waste of time, but the episodes are thoroughly enjoyable.
  11. MidNiteShadow7
    Jan 12, 2014
    10
    I love this game, great space combat, great community... I've still not completed everything and I am on daily and have been playing for nearly 3 years!
  12. KaienShiba
    Apr 24, 2014
    5
    As games go this is one that should be used as a great idea turned into a dismal failure. Instead of fixing the bugs and glitches which are numerous they decided to add more content, and forget about writing them a stern note on the bugs you have, they appear to be deaf as well as incompetent.
  13. thanaton
    May 14, 2014
    10
    Star Trek: Online is constantly being updated and improved and it's mostly a changed game from when it was first released. Space combat is awesome, missions are awesome, graphics and music are awesome.

    I highly recommend Star Trek: Online to anyone.
  14. Shawndroid
    Feb 26, 2018
    4
    The game is fine. I'm not a fan of MMO games in general, and missions seemed to be go to this location, press the action button, repeat. I also don't like that you can't pause the game when life interrupts.
  15. WCM320
    Feb 6, 2021
    8
    This is yet another game where if I see someone give it a 10 or a 0 I just assume they're stupid or arguing in bad faith. The 6.2 that its currently at I feel is fair if not a bit harsh.

    If you want a star trek game online, this is it, and most likely there is not going to be a better attempt in quite some time. The combat (Both ship and ground) Is good, I have friends who don't even    This is yet another game where if I see someone give it a 10 or a 0 I just assume they're stupid or arguing in bad faith. The 6.2 that its currently at I feel is fair if not a bit harsh.

    If you want a star trek game online, this is it, and most likely there is not going to be a better attempt in quite some time. The combat (Both ship and ground) Is good, I have friends who don't even like/know anything about star trek who has played who like the combat well enough, it's not great but its not bad.

    The real issue with the game is just that **** not very star trek overall...    … Expand
  16. oShadowWarrioro
    May 20, 2018
    6
    So, let me start off by saying this: This is a Generalized review, meaning I do not speak about one SPECIFIC rrelease of STO (I.e PS4, PC, XBONE). Now that thats out of the way, let us commence.
    The Gameplay: The gameplay is fair, in all aspects. It is rather intuitive when you get used to it, but can be difficult to pick up by some people. Rating 7/10
    Graphics: The Graphics aren't quite    So, let me start off by saying this: This is a Generalized review, meaning I do not speak about one SPECIFIC rrelease of STO (I.e PS4, PC, XBONE). Now that thats out of the way, let us commence.
    The Gameplay: The gameplay is fair, in all aspects. It is rather intuitive when you get used to it, but can be difficult to pick up by some people. Rating 7/10
    Graphics: The Graphics aren't quite good, but not terrible either, I would prefer them over others. I rate Graphics at a 6/10
    Pogression: 60 Levels (65 when V.I.L gets released), With 6 Tiers of ships, 1 of which requires ZEN (Premium Currency) to obtain, and a Sub-Tier, (T5-U). I will run through each Tier as follows.
    T1 Level 0-10, Starter Ships.
    Very weak ships that do serve their purpose for lower levels, however lose efficiency after Level 10, where more effective ships are obtainable.
    T2: 10-20, Low-Midlevel Ships
    An upgrade over T1, they have more weapons, consoles, BOFF seats etc. However they like T1, lose efficiency after level 20.
    T3: 20-30, Mid-level These ships are definite upgrades over T2, and if done right can even hold their own vs high level areas, but are still lacking in comparison to higher tier.
    T4: 30-40, Mid-Upper Level These ships are average, being more effective then T3 obviously,

    T5 & T5-U: Upper Level, These i will give a more in depth description of, they are the ships you'll see high levels use the most (Aside from T6), having the better stats, and arguably the most ships, however you are often limited in your ship choices unless you pay zen, or contribute a bunch of resources to a Fleet with a Military Shipyard T5, (For all options) There are also Fleet Variants with higher health then average, but now onto the T5-U, Most ships have this as an option, but it requires a (Surprise surprise) Upgrade Token, which you pay about $5 for, or buy them on the Exchange for a stupidly high price. Once you do this, you can level the ship up for traits, and it has increased stats Now onto T6
    T6: Level 50+ These are the most powerul in the game, earned in lockboxes, or bought for $30+, There was a event for the birthday of the game however that did give a free T6 Starship.
    Progression rating: 4/10 due to the amount of microtransaction.
    Thats all I can be bothered with typing, thank you for reading.    … Expand
  17. SunlightCrusade
    Mar 4, 2019
    8
    This review was posted on Steam 5 Feb, 2018 at 1:07pm by me. I am plagiarizing myself because I am too lazy to write another one, and that review would most likely end up like this :)

    I've been playing this game for 5 years in a row, and I will play until it's death. Why? Because the game is gamer friendly. Why made this statement even if there are lootboxes and sometimes pay 2 win    This review was posted on Steam 5 Feb, 2018 at 1:07pm by me. I am plagiarizing myself because I am too lazy to write another one, and that review would most likely end up like this :)

    I've been playing this game for 5 years in a row, and I will play until it's death. Why? Because the game is gamer friendly. Why made this statement even if there are lootboxes and sometimes pay 2 win aspect? First thing first, you can get THREE free Tier6 ship per year, those ships have useful perks, also you can build a good set without any spending because you have options to grind them(and slaps this Endevour system in your face every day after reaching level 60. This system gives you a lot of in-game credits per day if you have time for dailies, and if you play well, you can loot trash items in battlezones, and sell them or simply salvage them for item stat reroll salvages.). The game have a TON of features like Admiralty, Duty officers, reputation(endgame) system(don't forget the game have nearly the same amount of active missions like The Nxxt Ganeration had [also doing missions gives you items that helps you progress]). Good perks are locked behind crates, BUT plenty of ZEN store ships have literally the same ability and also a lot cheaper than getting a lock box ship with literally no chance at all.
    -- Suggestion: If you have 30 euros for it, buy Arbiter T6 battlecruiser for a start, it gives you 50percent less weapon energy consumption for 30secs if you activate emergency weapon 1-2-3 ability, with it you can maximize DPS easily, BUT! without it you can play well. There is a trick: Achieve delta reputation Tier4, slap "Enchanced Rending Shots" on ground and ship reputation slots. Voila, you do critical hits more frequent! And if you get a [CritD]x2 blue build(because thats a lot cheaper than a purple build for first build), you will combine frequent crits with bigger hit damages.--
    Honestly, if the whole game is free, why would you bother if the game has microtransactions, it is OPTIONAL, it's like a cheat code to skip some content in-game in singleplayer games, but it has a price because it is a service in MMOs. Be smart, don't spend thousands of dollars for lockboxes, there are always methods to maximize your DPS and have a lot of fun wthout spending a cent.

    Cheers, and have fun!
    - Sunlight the Pony    … Expand
  18. russelj31
    Mar 4, 2021
    8
    Reccomend to all Trek fans out there. Basic gameplay is good. Work your way up to the top of your division. Would recommend you have a second character slot if you wanna play free.
    DOWNSIDE: Horrible ground battles
    Better than console ports
  19. BrianN
    Feb 6, 2010
    4
    The best thing going for this game is the character creation at the very start of the game. You can change almost everything about your character's face and body, even your uniform color scheme. From there it goes down hill. Ground combat is glitchy and dull. You spend the entire time pressing one or two buttons over and over. Space combat is similar but without a group of 4 NPCs The best thing going for this game is the character creation at the very start of the game. You can change almost everything about your character's face and body, even your uniform color scheme. From there it goes down hill. Ground combat is glitchy and dull. You spend the entire time pressing one or two buttons over and over. Space combat is similar but without a group of 4 NPCs following you for help. Instead now you press "fire all weapons" over and over while spinning in circles. Quests are dull and lifeless. Differences in quest types are very few. You're constantly fighting the same kinds of ships and ground enemies. There is little to no change in the game, and I played until level 30 or so. Ship tier customization is a joke. Personal class choices are a joke and don't really affect you in space but they do a little bit on the ground. The entire MMO is a cluster of instances with no real base. The way you travel is through a bland and near empty tactical map, traveling from one instance to another. Horrible game, horrible MMO, horrible score. It only gets a 4 because the game was fun for the first 30 minutes. What you see in 30 mins. is what the game is, just repeated over more dull levels.… Expand
  20. OpakB
    Feb 3, 2010
    4
    Ship combat is quite fun when you get the hang of the controls. The rest however needs quite a bit of work to be enjoyable. Ground combat is just plain boring. It should have been called Star Trek at war online. Its missing more of the "to boldly go" than the shows.
  21. HansN
    Feb 6, 2010
    8
    Fairly awesome if you happen to be a trekkie. The game has it's issues, and you'll be dissappointed if you are looking for 'the next WoW', but the game - aside from a number of bugs I have no doubt Cryptic will fix - looks nice, feels nice, and really does make me feel I've stepped into the Star Trek universe. Just hoping Cryptic will continue to invest in it and Fairly awesome if you happen to be a trekkie. The game has it's issues, and you'll be dissappointed if you are looking for 'the next WoW', but the game - aside from a number of bugs I have no doubt Cryptic will fix - looks nice, feels nice, and really does make me feel I've stepped into the Star Trek universe. Just hoping Cryptic will continue to invest in it and keep adding content/fixing bugs. I give it an 8 because I do find some of the ground missions a bit dull.… Expand
  22. DanielT
    Feb 7, 2010
    5
    Has some good bits such as the large fleet battles but the missions are just too repetitive at the moment and everything feels a bit rushed and unfinished to me. Could have done with a few more months in development to make it a more satisfying experience in my opinion.
  23. BillM
    Feb 5, 2010
    4
    This is a mediocre game at best. Gameplay isn't that great, space battles become repetitive and boring after a few hours. Ground warfare looks like a bad Sega Genesis game and is bugged to all hell. I highly don't recommend this game. Wait until they offer a free trial or something.
  24. AlbertS
    Feb 5, 2010
    3
    I am seriously, seriously disappointed. Cryptic Studious should be ashamed of this catastrophe. It's like playing a game thats in Beta testing stage and needs serious overhauls before it becomes enjoyable. They shouldn't be charging people to play this, they should be PAYING them to play! The lag, the bugs, the bland missions, the non-satisfying PVP!!! Maybe in a year or so it I am seriously, seriously disappointed. Cryptic Studious should be ashamed of this catastrophe. It's like playing a game thats in Beta testing stage and needs serious overhauls before it becomes enjoyable. They shouldn't be charging people to play this, they should be PAYING them to play! The lag, the bugs, the bland missions, the non-satisfying PVP!!! Maybe in a year or so it might be worth trying...but if your eager to play and you don't believe me: go ahead and try it, but you have been warned!!!… Expand
  25. Bobd
    Feb 6, 2010
    4
    Another great idea, another total fail by Cryptic. They keep repackaging their craptastic graphics engine and zero contentent PvE in every game they release. Seriously It is a shame they got to use the Star Trek license. As always Cryptic wants you to pay them to release old smelly code.
  26. drachehexe
    Oct 12, 2013
    6
    This game has about 4 good points to it, but none of them are enough to make me play this game anymore than the 20 levels I've gone through. Space combat is fun if not repetitive. PVP is challenging and rewarding. The Foundry, player made content, is better (much better) than the developer content. And ships, lots and lots of ships and customizations (most you must pay cash for).This game has about 4 good points to it, but none of them are enough to make me play this game anymore than the 20 levels I've gone through. Space combat is fun if not repetitive. PVP is challenging and rewarding. The Foundry, player made content, is better (much better) than the developer content. And ships, lots and lots of ships and customizations (most you must pay cash for). Everything else just doesn't matter.

    This game has a lot of detail, unfortunately most of it is useless filler. What isn't filler is unorganized, inefficient and boring. Especially ground missions which is running through a series of hallway connected rooms activating consoles and fighting groups of enemies. Or you in a small area outside on some planet doing the same. This formula is pretty much the main aspect of ground play. Regardless of WHAT you have to do the formula to do it the same.

    If you like PVP, play this game, if you don't like PvP you won't get much from this game unless you're a diehard Star Trek fan that just wants ANYTHING Star Trek.    … Expand
  27. SylarHRG
    Dec 5, 2012
    7
    I had lots of fun and ended up logging over 100 hours in this game (when it was still a pay to play title no less!). The space and story line is well done, but ground battles are terrible. Really should have just done FPS mechanics on the ground and stuck to their well made space battles. Missing some depth in space as well as far as gameplay, but overall pretty fun. Thinking aboutI had lots of fun and ended up logging over 100 hours in this game (when it was still a pay to play title no less!). The space and story line is well done, but ground battles are terrible. Really should have just done FPS mechanics on the ground and stuck to their well made space battles. Missing some depth in space as well as far as gameplay, but overall pretty fun. Thinking about going back maybe in the new year and check out some new episodes! Graphics were also well done, but could have been better.… Expand
  28. Dragonzaid6
    May 15, 2012
    5
    Overall an ok game. it has good graphics and its pretty cool because it is a star trek based game (star trek=awesome). The variety of ships and weapons is great and the universe is huge. However, i am giving this only a five for a few reasons. 1: The missions are extremely repetitive and seem to be all exactly the same. 2: The game is very complicated and updates a lot and if you are likeOverall an ok game. it has good graphics and its pretty cool because it is a star trek based game (star trek=awesome). The variety of ships and weapons is great and the universe is huge. However, i am giving this only a five for a few reasons. 1: The missions are extremely repetitive and seem to be all exactly the same. 2: The game is very complicated and updates a lot and if you are like me and have bad internet connection its not going to be fun. 3: It is far too complicated and lacks gameplay and game control instructions. 4: The space battles are boring. 5: it takes way to long to load all the different areas in the game. Overall its ok. 5 out of 10.… Expand
  29. UnequivocalDC
    Nov 15, 2012
    7
    One of the best Space Combat I have ever played. Fans of Star Trek would probably like that segment of the game. However, the mission systems were a bit mundane and upsetting, I basically skipped all of it as I had no intention or mind to play them despite the rewards given. Lots of boundaries which may require you to use Real-World-Money in order to secure the best game-play. AlthoughOne of the best Space Combat I have ever played. Fans of Star Trek would probably like that segment of the game. However, the mission systems were a bit mundane and upsetting, I basically skipped all of it as I had no intention or mind to play them despite the rewards given. Lots of boundaries which may require you to use Real-World-Money in order to secure the best game-play. Although ground combats don't work out much, the space combat makes me think that STO has the potential to do even better things in the future.… Expand
  30. Maitrify
    Jul 16, 2022
    0
    Incredibly archaic game. Graphics from the late 90s, mechanics from MMOs earlier than WoW. No cross-faction gameplay except for end-game content. F2P but everything is micro-transactions similar to SWTOR. It's also pretty obvious which things are new/recently developed versus stuff that was introduced in the first year. Nothing has been updated to the level that the new content is at.Incredibly archaic game. Graphics from the late 90s, mechanics from MMOs earlier than WoW. No cross-faction gameplay except for end-game content. F2P but everything is micro-transactions similar to SWTOR. It's also pretty obvious which things are new/recently developed versus stuff that was introduced in the first year. Nothing has been updated to the level that the new content is at.

    Just . . . horrible.    … Expand
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66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 34
  3. Negative: 3 out of 34
  1. GameWatcher
    80
    This is as fine a[n] homage to one of Sci-fi's great franchises a[s] you can get in an MMO format.
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  2. Eurogamer
    60
    Despite all of these complaints, those hordes of starship captains are quite happy. They may not have many different things to do, and the missions and UI may be rather buggy, but there does seem to be enough content to sustain them - at least until the endgame - and even at its worst that content is knockabout fun with more instant appeal, and more suitability for casual, short-session, low-commitment play than most MMOs.
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  3. Vandal
    85
    It is one of the worthier options among the titles which try to compete with WoW, and the one that has convinced us the most to date.
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