I’m grimly excited for this. Looks like a labour of love. I will buy if only to show my support. We need more proper Star Trek content.
I’ll wait 6 months to make sure it’s not another rug pull like the Stellaris knockoff.
Wait, what happened? And which game?
Star Trek Infinite (Steam Link) was a sort of Stellaris spin-off (same engine, same basic play method) that was apparently not bad, but not as good as the existing Star Trek mods for actual Stellaris. There were apparent plans for developing it further, DLCs etc but it got abandoned almost immediately and bugs remain unfixed.
… There’s Star Trek mods for Stellaris?
Oh my god yes.
Star Trek New Horizons
Steam Workshop LinkStar Trek New Civilisations
Steam Workshop LinkSay goodbye to your free time for a while.
Just so you don’t get disappointed, this is a far different game from Stellaris. It’s a “linear but with permutations” story-based game that has some management elements to it. But they’ve very openly stated that they’re a small team and this is not a 4X.
Fair enough. Different studio and game and all that. I’m just gun-shy now.
I played the demo shortly after it released. It was mostly a rehash of the pilot episode with some tutorials for the various game aspects. I enjoyed everything except the starship combat. Without knowing anything about what has changed over the last few months, I hope that has been improved, and I’ll likely purchase the game when I can
