
In Star Trek Online, the Star Trek universe appears for the first time on a truly massive scale. Players take the captain's chair as they command their own starship and crew. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.
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Disappointing New Player Experience As a lifelong Star Trek fan, I really wanted to enjoy Star Trek Online. Unfortunately, after only about 9 hours of gameplay, I found the new player experience to be extremely frustrating. The game frequently sends new players into content they are not ready for. I was directed into a Deep Space Encounter where four enemy ships attacked simultaneously. There was no indication that this content was intended for stronger ships or experienced players. Mission progression is equally confusing. At one point I received objectives for: Promotion: Centurion First Complement Task Force Operation: Romulan Imperial Minefield These objectives overlap and provide little guidance. One mission tells you to go to New Romulus Command, another asks you to speak with NPCs that are difficult or impossible to locate, while the game offers no navigation markers or clear directions. Even after reaching New Romulus, I spent a long time wandering between the Embassy, Command areas, and the planet surface because the objective marker simply wasn't there. The game expects new players to know locations that are never properly introduced. The user interface also feels dated. Important progression systems, promotions, bridge officer skills, starship upgrades, reputations, TFOs, patrols, and many other mechanics are presented simultaneously without explaining what is essential and what can safely be ignored. The result is not challenge—it is confusion. The universe, voice acting, and story are excellent, but the onboarding experience desperately needs improvement. A modern tutorial should: clearly separate the main story from optional content; prevent low-level players from accidentally entering difficult encounters; provide reliable navigation markers for mission NPCs; introduce game systems gradually instead of overwhelming beginners. I still believe Star Trek Online has great content hidden beneath these problems, but the first hours are unnecessarily frustrating and will likely drive many new players away before they get to experience what the game has to offer. Rating: 5/10 The game deserves better onboarding than it currently provides.
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More than a century has passed since the events of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and thirty years since the events of Star Trek: Nemesis. The Romulan Empire has fractured after the destruction of their homeworld; the Federation and Klingon Empire are at war yet again after decades of peace; militant Cardassians threaten the recovery of their own people. All the while, ancient powers lurk in the Delta and Gamma Quadrants, waiting for the right time to strike. The galaxy is in turmoil and it's up to you and your crew to save it!
In Star Trek Online, customize your Captain, ship, and crew, and enjoy your very own Star Trek experience with more than 160 episodes through multiple story arcs. Explore strange new worlds on daring away missions and defy the odds in epic space combat. This ever-expanding, completely Free-to-Play online experience brings the Star Trek universe to life!
Experience an MMO beyond the Final Frontier. Go from Ensign to Fleet Admiral entirely free-to-play!
Partake in epic space battles and lead away teams across unknown worlds. Join forces with Star Trek legends like Spock, Janeway, Worf, Tilly, and over 40 more Star Trek characters, played by their original actors!
Defend the Federation, rebuild the Romulan Republic, restore honor to the Klingon Empire, or serve the Dominion in battle! Each faction features vastly different ships, crew, gear, and play styles.
Create and customize a Captain from any species in the galaxy, or even make your own! Select from hundreds of ships and find the one that fits YOUR play style.
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Languages: English*, German*languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 64 reviews with recorded playtime.
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I have played this game for years, and even have a lifetime subscription for the monthly "currency" payments. However, they have been making updates that are obviously greedy money grabs, entirely abandoning the free to play portion and plans in favor of massively increased prices for what essentially amounts to gambling (loot boxes) and part time improvements. Part time b/c you get a "nice and powerful ship" only to discover a month later that everything got nerfed. This isn't uncommon, but STO has gotten more and more greedy lately, making it difficult to support continued gameplay.
One of the most incredible MMOs I have ever played. I became a lifetime member at launch and never regretted it. I come back for a few months every few years and play through several new episodes, and they keep just ramping up the quality.
maybe its me but i had an awfully hard time trying to find a fleet to join... and when i did it was dead as a doornail... my next problem was finding a fleet in game that played late into the night (east coast of USA here) Maybe this is just and old game and its dying ... I played some years ago and back then people were crawling out of the teleporter to get you to join their fleet.... i liked the game, but as a returning player ... i do not.
I stopped playing Star trek online about 1 or 2 years ago cause it was lacking on the fun side but that has definitely changed better graphics and better missions all around better.
Worst game and the most frustrating thing ever. I'm doing useless things for several hours to get useless officer and I have to communicate with AI assistent, to get information what should I do. If you like games about wondering what should you do without hints and spend hours with no real income, just waste your time, you will love this. But otherwise stay away from it.
I recently came back to STO. i am enjoying the game so far. Keep in mind it is free to play and very much pay to win. STO is a serious time sink, even spending $$ on zen (STO currency) it still takes time to do well especially without a paid or event ship. If you don't want to spend any $$ then grind out an event ship (20 days of daily play). Current event ship is looking to be amazing even for new players.
Meine persönliche Rezension. An der closed Beta habe ich teilgenommen aber nur paar Tage getestet. Aktiv dabei, ich bin dabei, Zeit der Veröffentlichung legacy of romulus. Ich bin selbst ein großer Star Trek Fan und einer meine Ziel ist Star Trek online ich will alle raumschiffe und alle Charaktere männlich und weiblich erstellen und haben will. das ironisches bei mir bin am 21.10.1991 geboren und jeder Trekkie oder Trekker den großen Witz verstehen Anlehnung eine große Schöpfer Star Trek Universums Gene Roddenberry verstarb am 24.10.1991. Riesen Star Trek Fan und und Star Trek online besten Spiele ich kenne, vielleicht noch auch gleich gut aber ein kleines bisschen anders Star Trek armada 2 , Star Trek legacy. Ich hoffen Star Trek online auf ewig geben. Ich bin stolz Trekkie sein zu sein. Liebe lang und in Frieden. 94.7 Std. - letzte zwei Wochen / 2,811.1 Std
If your a huge Star Trek fan, you can't go wrong with this game! Having Played it for about 8 hours (the amount shown reflects 2 hours worth of launcher updates and being stuck open despite having closed out of it), I enjoyed my time with it but have come to the conclusion that as a very casual Star Trek fan, I wasn't engaged with it enough to continue and play catch up through 16 years worth of story content. Pros: -Heavy emphasis on story, (even just having gone through the Discovery Starfleet Faction tutorial storyline) which is a huge plus for Story-driven gamers -Sound Design, Voice acting and music all sounded properly represents the franchise, including the fact that actors/actresses reprise their respective characters from other Star Trek related content -Visually, while dated, seemed exactly what you would expect a Star Trek game to look like from the ships to land enviroments, character designs and everything in between. -Simple and clean UI with little to no clutter with plenty of settings to tune it to your preference -Great balance of land and Ship combat Cons: -Controller is not compatible with PC version of the game beyond the use of the left and right sticks to move your character and the camera. -No options for background audio outside of the game Conclusion: I enjoyed my brief time with it but I feel like I would have enjoyed and played it more had I started playing it in it's first few years, Sadly I feel like i got around to it too late and with so many other MMO's and live service games that has my attention and interest, this one didn't make the cut as one of my ongoing games.
It's pretty much just an unregulated gambling platform once you get through the content. And the win rates are awful. The server performance can be frustrating at times. They just brought back the original guy that keeps pushing it in that direction so don't expect it to change...at all.
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