by Karen Hertzberg on Nov 29, 2007
There's Care Bears off
the starboard bow!
How do you take a fascinating, in-depth online gaming world full of
aliens, green beauties, and magnificent spaceships and ruin it? By
making it a casual game. At least that's Garrett Fuller's conclusion
and he has written a lengthy editorial on that very subject. Whether
you agree or disagree you should check out the
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/15143/">article,
then voice your
opinion on the
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?p=186403#post186403">forums!
My point is that Star Trek fans may now be sold short
on an in-depth
universe that they have come to respect and admire. I know one thing
about Star Trek fans: They value depth. The depth of technology and
science that is in the Star Trek universe is something that appeals to
Trekkies. So why would the company who now owns Star Trek Online come
out and say that they are taking a more casual approach? To bring in
new fans? Are you kidding? There is a HUGE Star Trek fan base which is
already established. Just because several crummy spin off series fail
does not mean that the property is in trouble and we now have to dumb
down an online game to bring in new fans.