Star Trek Online

[Bam Stroker]

They're accepting applications for the closed beta if that's your kind of thing.

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[Aegis]

yeah good luck, they havent even given them out to the Champions players they owe them to yet

[Xolares]

Im dieing to play it!!!! im waitng for Beta Also but still no go

[Xolares]

[Milenko]

Ground combat isn't looking very tactical :/

[Wrathlon]

Intel HD Graphics huh? People with shitty laptops everywhere can rejoice :p

[Milenko]

Yeah I'm not sure that I like the engine it's being developed for/on; Cryptic games never really appealed to me visually.

Time will tell.

[Bam Stroker]

STO is available for pre-order now on Steam and other digital delivery places. Game goes live Feb 2nd but pre-ordering lets you play the open beta which starts on the 12th and lets you start playing the game proper after the open beta closes, 2 days earlier than it goes on sale.

Some dude is playing the closed beta now and streaming the gameplay. Looks cool: Star Trek Online Closed Beta! on Justin.tv

[rec]

Anyone else getting this? The beta gameplay I'm watching does look pretty good. I just don't like it when he commentates.

I'll probably be bored by the end of beta, but may buy it just for that.

[Korny]

i preordered my copy on steam aswell as from gamestop

you get extras if you buy the box - limmited edition shit yadda yadda

[rec]

So, you'll have two accounts? I'll have to reconsider my interest.

[Bam Stroker]

Not necessarily, rec. Different pre-orders from different outlets both online and bricks and mortar came with different pre-order bonuses. My understanding is you just enter the key provided with the copy of the game to unlock that particular piece of content. I believe the "bonus content key" is distinct from the "serial" for the game itself.

So if you wanted the TOS uniform set that comes when you pre-order from Amazon.com AND the Trill character class you get from Best Buy AND the customised NX- prefix instead of the standard NCC- prefix you get if you buy from D2D then you'd buy it from 3 different places then enter the bonus content keys that came with each to unlock it all on the one account.

At least that's how I think it works, and I've mashed up the outlets and the bonuses a bit. I guess the idea was to make people buy the same game several times, and it seems to have worked. There's nothing stopping you on-selling the game itself after you've used the bonus content key though.

Marketing cynicism aside for a moment though, I am properly excited about the game. At first I was skeptical about their ability to pull off a decent Star Trek MMO since there hasn't been a decent Star Trek game (nevermind MMO) in 18 years, but as I've watched more clips and read more news I've managed to begin looking at STO as a game on it's own merit rather than trying to shoehorn what I see into what my expectations of the game should be.

I've pre-ordered the digital deluxe version from Steam and am waiting for the open beta to unlock sometime in the next few days.

[Milenko]

Just pre-purchased

[rec]

Re: Star Trek Online

*sigh, ok, I'm in.

[rec]

Can't pre-load once pre-purchased? And the beta is meant to be released today, or something? Bah!