[ChessMess]

There are been several rumors about the possibility of a video game tie in for this movie. Would you be interested in such a game and if so what type of genre would you want it to be? FPS, RPG, RTS, 4x, Casual?

Would you want Bethesda to handle it or a new publisher?

Cast a vote if you'd like to see a game with a specific movie tie-in.

[Aaleck]

Going to say no. 99% of the time they're just there to make a quick buck and are rushed and normally turn out pretty bad. I'd prefer no game rather than a bad one...

[ChessMess]

Originally Posted by Aaleck

Going to say no. 99% of the time they're just there to make a quick buck and are rushed and normally turn out pretty bad. I'd prefer no game rather than a bad one...

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Isn't it better to try and fail then to not have tried at all?

[Indiana Jones]

I think we know for definate that there will be a game, but I tend to agree with the second poll option that movie tie-ins are usually stinkers, which for people who don't play games that often like myself, is a reason not to bother.

Now, if somebody could uncover the recording sessions from Secret of Vulcan Fury and build something around it, then I'd be interested.

[Aaleck]

Originally Posted by ChessMess

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Isn't it better to try and fail then to not have tried at all?

Thats true, but I'm a gamer and if I play a crappy game I'm less likely to buy another game that shares the same title, in this case "Star Trek".. In all honesty, I would love to see tons of games but I think a bad game would probably hurt Star Trek as a franchise... since lots of people already have a low opinion of Star Trek

[ralphdot2]

Not to add fire to the usual argument about star trek games, but has there been a good one yet?
OK, so most fans were expecting big things of legacy, but unless you had an xbox 360 of a top end PC then you couldnt play it, which i dont, but with all reviews out there, i didnt seem to miss anything.

All games had had small bits in them that make them memerable-- like shatner and batman in the starfleet academy game, or the over the top aliens in elite force. All games were good, but non were great.

Its been done before, but it worked, but cant someone combile Elite with Star Trek. You pick a position and join a starship. The captain has free range to explore or help whoever he/she likes.
Elite basically was a trading game to make money, but im sure the enterprise must have takes food toi the vending machines on starbase 35 from time to time.

What fans want is an epic Trek game, where they can just fly around the galaxy, going where no pixel has gone before, and at the same time be able to interact with planets and other ships.
This would also make a great online game too, just as long as they didnt end up in a all for one war, but saying that, they could be renegades if they do that, like the maques.
Hmmm, im getting into this now, just a shame i havent got the first clue about game programming.

[Aaleck]

Originally Posted by ralphdot2

Not to add fire to the usual argument about star trek games, but has there been a good one yet?
OK, so most fans were expecting big things of legacy, but unless you had an xbox 360 of a top end PC then you couldnt play it, which i dont, but with all reviews out there, i didnt seem to miss anything.

All games had had small bits in them that make them memerable-- like shatner and batman in the starfleet academy game, or the over the top aliens in elite force. All games were good, but non were great.

Its been done before, but it worked, but cant someone combile Elite with Star Trek. You pick a position and join a starship. The captain has free range to explore or help whoever he/she likes.
Elite basically was a trading game to make money, but im sure the enterprise must have takes food toi the vending machines on starbase 35 from time to time.

What fans want is an epic Trek game, where they can just fly around the galaxy, going where no pixel has gone before, and at the same time be able to interact with planets and other ships.
This would also make a great online game too, just as long as they didnt end up in a all for one war, but saying that, they could be renegades if they do that, like the maques.
Hmmm, im getting into this now, just a shame i havent got the first clue about game programming.

Elite Force wasn't so bad... Legacy was pretty good, I think if I played it on the computer it might've been better... It's kinda hard to conrol a star ship with a controller... I think the #1 star trek game has to be Bridge Commander 2... Though I think the patches and mods destoryed the game though...

[ChessMess]

We'll as a developer on Star Trek: Legacy I can say it wasn't what we had hoped for (and originally envision), but that is a topic all unto itself.

There have been good Star Trek games. I personally *love* the Armada series, Armada 1, especially. Many love EF1, Bridge Commander, Birth of the Federation. None are without its blemishes, but overall they are good games, imho.

[St. Martyne]

I've been a longtime fan of Star Trek games, and I can say that there has been plenty of good games based on it. But most of the strategy and FPS games are focusing on Trek combat, thus missing the point of the series entirely.

Star Trek 25th Anniversary and A Final Unity are good examples of Trek games. Judgement Rites is the best one so far. Early text adventures like Kobayashi Matu were pretty enjoyable too.

Legacy was rather laughable. It might be a good game in its own right, but it certainly is not taking what was important in the series.

[Matt]

At this point there is less than a year until the movie.

That would give developers one year, when they typically need at least two to create a good game from the ground up. That's for a major top studio like EA, Activision, etc.

At this point the only, and I mean only options for a "Star Trek" game based on this movie would be for a mobile system such as the Nintendo DS, Cell phones, etc.

The best idea is to develop assets for a game based on the next movie. It wouldn't be a bad idea to do some 3D scans of the cast right now while they're still on call.