Star Trek Online in it self is a great concept. But this game fall ways short of what we would expect of star trek.
there using there old graphics from 6 years ago they used on city of heroes/city of villians.Dont ya think they could of came out with something new and better. whats good about this is older slower computers can run this game easliy.
and for your purches price and the monthy fee of 14.99 usd. all you get is the bare esentials, only 3 Avatar/ charater slots. and basic ships. others contect such as other races, more charater slots, and other added in content is a additional purchese. this is a major downfall. that will probably and already has discourage many players in quitting. I myself a advid gamer of 30years. i prob wont ever renew again with this game.
To level is very simple and easy. just go kill stuff return to dock talk to admiral and poof your next level. there only aboout 3 different types of missions, ship to ship. and 2 ground type missions, either in a base or on a planet, most of them are very simple and most the content is the same from mission to mission. on space missions. ship to ship fighting, with the new patch have made it very hard to see the other ship(s). and dialog pops up now right in the middle of fight, witch stops the player from attacking, but not the enemy(lame). but for most of the other graphics, there not to bad. ships have nice detail only on close up though. lasers and torpedos seem just to come from the ship, not in any piticular spot. damage is basic, no parts fly off, no debris or anything realistic ,explosioons graphics are kinda weak,.
In ending this game is not worth the 14.99 a month. because you have to buy more in the C-Store to get the full experence. i see this coasting alot of money to players in the future, in the 100s of dollars extra, besides buying the game and the monthy fees. With the bugs, and the repeitive game play i dont see this game making it far, unless they plan on making big changes in the near future.