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"Star Trek": Games
Where Does the Future Lie?
What do all gamers want? Gamers what good quailty games with games
that have outstanding game play. Games are not just about outanding
grahoc sound and lighing effects. Games to day strongly depend on
game play and multiplay theme. Games today have to be in over all
single game play as well in multi game play as well. Unforantly
most recent Star Trek Games have been suffering from this and so
has the Star Trek gaming community. Take the recent release of relesae
of "Star Trek: Shatter Universe" for the "Playstation
2. These games were horrible Beyond words. Any star trek fan could
find something fimilair that they like in the game, however it was
plan awful. I dout even a mulyi player option would help it, even
if it came to PC. So people see the "Star Trek: Bridge Commander"
as being a sucesss, however how can it be a success with up to only
8 people being able to play it on line out of the entire world.
The one thing the most game developers have is lack of respect for
the "Star Treck" Gaming Community. Developers do not make
or design games for Gamers, there most made for quick profit and
nothing more. What is spellbinding is that most do not understand
that if they made better games that gamerd like, then then would
make more money. A little time and effor in R&D (research and
development) couldn't hurt. Listen to gamers input on thier favorite
game, and what makes bad games bad. This would be a good start.
The future of "Star Trek" and "Star Trek Gaming
seems up for grabs. With the decline of Star Trek popularity, the
release of horrible games, plus last poorly develop Star Trek Movie
"Nemsis" hasn't helped matters. Even worst "Eterprise"
was evently reported of losing ratings, they are thw only ones currently
carrying the star trek Tv seris franhise flag. The forth season
of Enterprise is questionable due to the recent lo ratings. Hopeful
that will change. However all these matter will be resolved in time
one way or another. The "Star Trek" film seris has fallen
out of Hyperdrive. The last feature, 2000's "Star Trek Nemesis,
" the 10 th film in the franchise, brought in only $43.1 million
domestically, and there are no definite plans for a new film.
On a lighter note was with the recent Vegas 'Trek' atrraction could
revive the franshise. The Las Vegas Hilton, Paramount Parks open
"Star Trek: Borg Invasion 4d", a state- of the art attraction
replaces 6-year-old "Star Trek:Experience" with all new
special 4-D experience. TheBorg star, the part machine and part
living organism. The vegas attraction is part ride and part movie
As vistors toure a futuristic reseacrh center facility, the drinesa
of the Borg collective ill try to capture them wsing 24th century
technology. In the movie portion, the Borg queen, played by "Star
Trek: First contact's" Slice Krige, attempts to ammimilte the
vistors. The day is saved when the Enterprise arrives, along with
it commander, Adm. Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), and the doctor (Robert
Picardo) from the "Star Trek: Voyager" TV series. The
3-d film wil be prepared in a 4-D nvironment. The action takes place
simultaniously on multiple screens, including one that is postioned
ovr head. Multiple sensory efect, like six node node chsirs with
air holes and subwoofers underneath them, immerse the vistors i
the experience of being improsioned by the borg. This new way Trek
entrtainment has reinvent the way movies are made with a new flare
and style.
But the new vega attraction is not the answer to the gaming comunity
problems, no the problems that the "Star Trek" Community.
It's just a quick fix, but what we need is good quatiy games with
great game play, better Movies and And some respect from the gamong
developers. And alittle luck wouldn't hurt either. |
