Star Trek: Infinite Space

Launching this Fall.

Ha. Launching. -reads article-

Ooh, a new MMO. Looks a bit too good to be browser-based, though.

It looks like that. Seriously. It's a new browser-based engine called the Unity Engine.

Plus, it actually has far more social stuff than Star Trek Online (ie. different meeting places), and will feature a ton of non-combat missions (diplomatic, etc).

There's combat, too - you can build your starship, buy parts, etc, etc.

edited 11th Jun '11 9:12:07 PM by JAF1970

Go to the media page.

You can see the actual assets in the game (grab, rotate them, etc).

Oh, and a PS - it takes place during the timeline of the DS 9 show.

edited 11th Jun '11 9:15:02 PM by JAF1970

Oh, Unity Engine. I saw that in some zombie MMO. Yeah, I can see how that'll work.

Unity isn't that new, from what I remember...

Anyway, it's free-to-play and don't even need to worry about HD space, so I'll be checking it out.

I call dibs on the USS Troperian.

Preview posted.

Hmm...

Why hasn't this attracted more buzz?

Wow, it actually looks pretty fun, not to mention more graphically detailed than I thought possible for a browser game. Only thing that's stopping me from considering it any further is that I know a game like this will require microtransactions, which I avoid completely.

BTW, does anybody have an idea on how games like these can even turn a profit? Aside from the microtransactions, it looks way too expensive to warrant a free-to-play system.

Through microtransactions. Sometimes through in-game advertising.

I'm going to play just to check it out, see how far I can go before it starts making me want to spend money.

Why did I confuse this for a crossover with Infinite Space?

This looks pretty interesting. The combat looks fairly simple compared to Star Trek Online, but that's mostly because it looks to be on a 2D plane. STO's combat isn't bad.. in fact it's also quite fun, but it requires a little more work with the camera angles than should be necessary.

Just as long as we can choose our ship types, I'll be cool. I love playing as the Defiant-class escort. Taking place during the Deep Space 9 timeline means we'll be looking at the Klingon-Federation and Dominion Wars.

Unity Engine's really powerful - good enough to work on most systems without a hitch... but yeah, those graphics in a browser? Wow. Still. Unity comes with a downloadable option by default, so we'll see...

Being just on a 2D plane didn't hurt Star Trek: Starfleet Command.

I think this is the same game, with a new name.

No, the project died back in 2011 and was never revived.

Plus you necro'ed a thread that was dead for several years. Best to get a Mod to close this one down.

Ah well. Lock away.