The sheer flood of information coming from GDC 2010 is mind-boggling, and I am sure we are all having trouble keeping up. I know I am. I’ve been on the fence about Star Trek Online since its release, so I’ve tuned in to any and all information on the title coming from GDC.
According to a Massively interview, virtual trekkies will be able to select a new playable race “within the year.” Better still, the decision will apparently be up to the players.
Craig Zinkievich said:
There’s a huge amount of the dev team right now interested in doing Romulan. I think the Borg would be really interesting as just something totally different, totally different gameplay. There are a lot of really cool mechanics, a lot of really cool things you can do there. Really, if you’re in the MMO for the long haul, there are going to be a lot more playable factions, you can’t stop with those two. There’s Jem’Hadar, you’re going to be going to the Dominion, there’s Cardassians […] so many playable factions that we can and will be releasing with the game.
July has been selected as Star Trek Online’s next big update, one that is to include numerous community requests.
We know that we just had a player survey when you first arrive at the site, and, like, ship interiors. [Players] want a whole lot more there, want a whole lot more functionality, why are other players coming to my ship, what’s going on there?
There’s a big huge outcry for first contact missions, diplomacy missions, more non-combat within Star Trek, so we’re really making sure with that July update we’re really focusing on that.”
Hopefully Cryptic Studios can deliver what the community wants. More importantly, I hope that Cryptic doesn’t let the community ruin its own game. What race do you want to see this year?
Star Trek Online is available at Amazon for only $30 as of press time. A deep discount.