This game is a fair bit of fun. Especily for a Trek fan, like me. The setting is nice and you'll find yourself saying "Kirk or Picard? Nope, I'm better!"...up untill the Borg have you for breakfast in your first Elite STF. Which brings me onto one of the main things that you'll need to know. Progression/Endgame.

The race to max level can be done very quickly, but without finishing all of the story arcs in the game, which sorta leaves you away from the generaly well-designed missions (Some are a bit goofy, and a couple are nothing more than the old kill 10 rats thing) and not enjoying the full story. This ends up dumping you in an endgame in which you may not understand why such and such a thing is happening, not to mention the practice you get on deciding how to setup your ship. You'll get gear througout your missions (Which you can replay to get better versions) that you can (And should) experiment with so you can set up how you like at the end. This does bring me to a slight pont of controversy - The dreaded C-STORE! (Or cash shop...whatver you wanna call it.)

Whilst you'll hear "Oh god, it's a cash shop! It's Pay2Win LOLz OMGBBQ ect, ect" You can very easily match up with the best captains with everything you earn in game. Yep. I've seen it myself. You can (and will) get an edge with the ships and crew on offer, as well as the lockboxes in which you buy your keys from (Either C-store or from the exchange for high amounts - You are warned). These can make a bad captain semi-decent, but you'll die alot anyway without the skills and gear to back it up. Whilst it sems to be slightly on the steep side for these edges, this is made better by the fairly often sales that are thrown on. Or, by earning Dilithium (A premium currency), you could get it all and pay nothing! ..With a bit of work.

One last thing to mention is that the game still has it's bugs. Some from right at the start, sadly. As well as "bugs" which turned out to be quite useful and conferred no real game bonuses, which were fixed while these still exist! The bugs and somewhat bad UI (As a Science officer that wants to heal.....ARGH!) can make this game a bit of a nightmare for the newer player.

In time, I found that the setting and the gameplay has outweiged the bugs and issues I've ran into. Others may not agree, but you've nothing to loose by giving it a go. If it's not your thing, then no problem! Leave your own review and say what got you. If you like it, then great! I think you're playing a good title. Not perfect mind! If you look at your Steam and see you've sank close to 2000 hours on it like me....then I'll see you out there, Captain!

This game is a fair bit of fun. Especily for a Trek fan, like me. The setting is nice and you'll find yourself saying "Kirk or Picard? Nope, I'm better!"...up untill the Borg have you for breakfast in your first Elite STF. Which brings me onto one of the main things that you'll need to know. Progression/Endgame. The race to max level can be done very quickly, but without finishing all of the story arcs in the game, which sorta leaves you away from the generaly well-designed missions (Some are a bit goofy, and a couple are nothing more than the old kill 10 rats thing) and not enjoying the full story. This ends up dumping you in an endgame in which you may not understand why such and such a thing is happening, not to mention the practice you get on deciding how to setup your ship. You'll get gear througout your missions (Which you can replay to get better versions) that you can (And should) experiment with so you can set up how you like at the end. This does bring me to a slight pont of controversy - The dreaded C-STORE! (Or cash shop...whatver you wanna call it.) Whilst you'll hear "Oh god, it's a cash shop! It's Pay2Win LOLz OMGBBQ ect, ect" You can very easily match up with the best captains with everything you earn in game. Yep. I've seen it myself. You can (and will) get an edge with the ships and crew on offer, as well as the lockboxes in which you buy your keys from (Either C-store or from the exchange for high amounts - You are warned). These can make a bad captain semi-decent, but you'll die alot anyway without the skills and gear to back it up. Whilst it sems to be slightly on the steep side for these edges, this is made better by the fairly often sales that are thrown on. Or, by earning Dilithium (A premium currency), you could get it all and pay nothing! ..With a bit of work. One last thing to mention is that the game still has it's bugs. Some from right at the start, sadly. As well as "bugs" which turned out to be quite useful and conferred no real game bonuses, which were fixed while these still exist! The bugs and somewhat bad UI (As a Science officer that wants to heal.....ARGH!) can make this game a bit of a nightmare for the newer player. In time, I found that the setting and the gameplay has outweiged the bugs and issues I've ran into. Others may not agree, but you've nothing to loose by giving it a go. If it's not your thing, then no problem! Leave your own review and say what got you. If you like it, then great! I think you're playing a good title. Not perfect mind! If you look at your Steam and see you've sank close to 2000 hours on it like me....then I'll see you out there, Captain!