Star Trek grand strategy game

[Destraex]

I don't think you are in the minority. I think I am.
Most people I know will take the path of least resistance and go for the free option every time.
In your case it's about gameplay and what will give you the most satisfaction.

I understand both views and respect them.

I would suggest that if it is popular their may be addons for the other star trek series... however given how convuluted the rights for star trek are at the moment it's hard to tell.

What I see happening here though is that the modding community will butt heads with the professional one and perhaps sink this project. Perhaps the mod factor has already contibuted by giving this game a low risk approach with a small budget? 

[undercovergeek]

I don't think you are in the minority. I think I am.
Most people I know will take the path of least resistance

Which is futile

[Destraex]

Haha. Love it.
THe path of least resistance would be no resistance. Which is just as futile as most resistance.. or is the path of least resistance the tiniest possible measurable amount of resistance. Which now has me thinking about electrical theory lol.

[FarAway Sooner]

Does the path of least resistance follow warp lines?  Asking for a friend...

[Destraex]

Does the path of least resistance follow warp lines?  Asking for a friend...

A very good question, especially given Star Trek's well known technology differences when it comes to warping.

[Anguille]

There are no starlanes in the screenshots available so i would think that travel to other stars is through warp. I am more worried about the possible absence of cloaking. Hope the tech is there.

[glen55]

Considering that Star Trek nerds have to be the #1 target marketing group for this game, I would think that anything like star lanes would be completely out of the question. It would be a monumentally stupid move.

[Sir Slash]

I don't care a tribble about this game but for all the abused Star Trek fans of the last few years, I hope it is a masterpiece.

[Ian C]

Stellaris Nexus demo on STEAM now (as well as the annual Nextfest demo event https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1983990/Stellaris_Nexus/

[W8taminute]

Warhammer 40K The Horus Heresy > Star Wars > Star Trek > Battlestar Galactica (1970s version)

and yet I love all of them with great passion.

That being said I have accepted the fact that there never will be a Birth of the Federation 2 that will have a TBS strategic layer and an RTS tactical layer. 

I also reject evil cash grabs when I see them. 

[SirAndrewD]

Warhammer 40K The Horus Heresy > Star Wars > Star Trek > Battlestar Galactica (1970s version)

and yet I love all of them with great passion.

That being said I have accepted the fact that there never will be a Birth of the Federation 2 that will have a TBS strategic layer and an RTS tactical layer. 

I also reject evil cash grabs when I see them. 

You are a man of impeccable taste. 

Take this with a grain of salt though, I read at least one article that said that this game will add a tactical battle layer onto Stellaris.  Not sure how that'll work.

[steve58]

Release date:  October 12

https://www.pcgamer.com/ive-played-the-star-trek-game-of-my-dreams-and-its-a-grand-strategy-game/

[CaptainKoloth]

I'm skeptical this will be half as good as the amazing mod that already exists. I hope I'm wrong.

[Destraex]

Is the California class and USS Cerritos mentioned in the pre-order pack the new star trek (beyond ST Voyager to me)? Because if new star trek is confirmed I am less inclined. Partially because I don't want spoilers in case I ever suffer through watching new star trek and also because I am just not interested in the newer trek series.

It's kind of a pattern. With star trek the older kirk series are hard to watch but you can do it, the 90s trek like next gen, deep space, voyager, enterprise are a little dated but generally watchable and the newer stuff without including the alternate universe paramount movies are pretty much unenjoyable and unwatchable.
This pattern continues with star wars. Prequels are watchable but not great, middle movies (the originals) are still very good and the new sequel star wars movies are utterly stupid and unintelligible garbage to me.

BTW What happened to indiana jones on streaming services? Did they forget to clean them up. They look horrible. I certainly remember those differently, they used to look beautiful on a tiny tube TV lol.

 Also they still have not shown any combat.. which is how I had hoped this game would be different from stellaris. Potentially making it a sins2 killer. because it would have 4x maxed out with more than stellaris's token (1+1=win stats pre-school combat) real time space combat system. I strongly suspect at this stage that unless I have missed something that this game really is just a paid star trek mod for stellaris.

[SirAndrewD]

Lower Decks goes extremely out of its way to not be "New" Trek all the way to complete visual continuity with TOS and TNG.