One of the highly anticipated online game release next year (2010) would have to be Star Trek Online. Based on the famous TV series since 1966, it’s rather likely that the game will see a lot of new MMORPG attempters. In other words, MMORPG newbies who are long time fans of Star Trek.
Features that really stand out is the highly customizable STO ships and characters. Players can not only chose from a vast range of available races (human, andorian, orion, klingon, etc) but create new races with customized attributes. For more information about this, don’t forget to visit the official site.
Players will engage in PVP combat as well as team up and group ships to fight against NPC vessels. Like other MMORPGs, the game’s economy plays a large role in modeling how each character turns out. There would definitely be elements of trading and reputation points.
Continuing into the game’s features, career paths are also something to look forward to. Just like the movie, Star Trek Online career paths has impact on skill and how the character would command their crew. Career paths include those like doctor, engineer, tactical officer and so on and so forth.
Equipment sets is another interesting aspect of the game. Each ‘kit’ host certain abilities which aids in completing certain missions. Kits go by your ranks and skills. In other words, the game is not so much a leveling-based MMORPG. It all comes down to skills and maxing out your skills to climb up the ranks from ensign all the way to admiral. There are currently 6 ranks in planning.