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Originally Posted by Blaster86
Yeah, it looks really fun. I am down to clown.
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There's a demo version available on Steam. Going to take a run at it.
Played for about 40 min. It's a "yes" for me. Take all this with a grain of salt since it's a free pre-release Demo and a game without a launch date AFAIK.
It's a cross between a Telltale choose your own adventure text game, and a 2D base builder (think Fallout Shelter).
I watched Voyager back in the day. I'd say there are 5-10 episodes that were TNG or DS9 quality, but also a lot of slog. The demo opens as the show does with the ship going to the badlands and then poof, Caretaker, Ocampa, etc.
(So basically they decided the demo should be the absolute garbage content that the show eventually grew out of)
The ship is wrecked, you have to recruit hero characters, repair rooms, balance power, deuterium, etc. You scan and travel to other planets for resources. Lots of text box clicking. Characters level up as you do missions. The missions have a variety of choices, and you're rolling dice against different outcomes. It's crude, but effective.
Neelix remains annoying. I couldn't find a way to immediately kill him.
It's a demo, so I'm forgiving of the lack of Star Trek sound effects, and the character portraits are rough. Why the dialogue doesn't match the scenes from the show, I don't really know. Tom Paris is on the bridge as a convicted criminal and is a sassy "I'm the best pilot in the fleet" to Harry Kim. Feels like an obvious miss from the developer. Perhaps will be addressed over development.
All in all, happy to report it feels like a Trek adventure! I didn't finish the demo in 40 mins, so probably has a good hour of gameplay. Seems like it'll have enough complexity to keep it interesting, and it's very faithful to the (bad) opening episodes. I liked Fallout Shelter and Telltale games, and it seems a well executed version so I'll be picking it up on launch.
