Sorry for the outdated pun, but as explained in the video above, this author knows next to nothing about Star Trek. That’s what makes Star Trek: Bridge Crew – Ubisoft’s latest PlayStation VR title – so impressive: if a complete sci-fi schlub can love it, then Trekkies are going to be all over it like a… Like a… Klingon? Sigh.
Anyway, this co-op title is mighty impressive. The release sees you teaming up with three other players in virtual reality, assuming the position of one of four roles: the Captain is in charge of the ship, ordering the crew about; the Helmsman is the pilot, flying the ship and preparing for warp drive; the Engineer has to manage the ship’s resources and schedule repairs; the Tactician scans anomalies and launches attacks.
Depending on who you play as, there will be moments of downtime, but when you’re online with friends these aren’t much of a problem – it’s a very social experience, and it can feel like an interactive chatroom where the fate of the universe just so happens to rest on your shoulders at the same time.
There is a single player campaign where you jump between the different roles, and while this serves as a decent teaching tool, the magic is in multiplayer. Visually, the sense of presence is incredible, though, and the option to commandeer the Enterprise will surely be a favourite among fans of the franchise.
Check out the video above for more impressions on the game, and we’ll be posting a review in the coming days. In the meantime, let us know if this is something you’d like to try on PlayStation VR, and which role you reckon will suit you best.
[source bit.ly]
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it looks brill but it's just a shame i can't get it, no way in he** can i afford a PSVR
i can barely afford to get the games i already want let alone shell out for something that costs more then the console you need to play it on
@FullbringIchigo with that avatar you should definitely be playing 😃
I'm a bit of a trekkie but my problem is none of my friends have VR and making bee friends isn't an option because I'm such an introvert
As a Star Trek fan, that just looks so boring. I'd rather be a nameless red shirt roaming around the ship only to die at the end as long as something interesting was happening. Which is pretty much what the ST Experience was like in Las Vegas 18 years ago.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9fnx5_tv-spot-for-star-trek-the-experienc_shortfilms
Why even call this ST if the ST characters aren't in it? Just call it Affordable Space Adventures: VR. That was boring to me too.
@carlos82 oh if i could i would
also @get2sammyb you have to sing Star Trekkin at some point while playing
@rjejr If you're a Star Trek fan I guarantee you'll love it. It's like a co-operative strategy game, but it's hard to show in video why it's fun because it's quite a sedate experience.
@get2sammyb "a sedate experience"
The only thing ever sedate about ST was the first movie w/ V-ger, and we dont' talk about that. Unless we get attacked by Romulans or a giant space work planet eater I'm nto interested.
BTW - I'm one of those ST fans who didn't like TNG b/c of all the tech jargon, they were always trying to figure stuff out rather than Kirk's impulsive blast it or screw it, sometimes both. DS9 was good. ABZU was a great sedate game, but if they had called it Voyage the Bottom of the Sea (before your time) I woudln't have liked that either.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXJM0eVrGbY
@rjejr Sedate's not the right word, my bad. I just mean it looks like not much is going on in the video but actually there's a lot happening and it's surprisingly fun.
For example, if you want to move you need to have the captain giving that order and the helmsman and the engineer coordinating to make it happen. Which sounds awful but it's surprisingly entertaining.
Was a shock to me too!
"!Star trekking"- Nah, mate, you mean this:
https://youtu.be/mVpUZYTt-rQ
Yeah, I'd be tempted to pick this up if I had VR, and I'm not into Star Trek. I've seen the Eurogamer crew as well as PlayStation Access playing it, and it looks to be a true test of coordination and cooperation, as well as being hilarious fun with friends.
Another half hour of fun VR game to never be seen again by the looks of it... Sigh.
Damn it.
I always loved the old snes star bridge simulator game,
but there is no way in hell i'm getting a VR title.
Vr games make me motion sick and there are cheaper ways to ride the stomach elevator.
Shame, cause it looks great here is hoping for a non VR version. ( yeah right)
Looks really good fun but I chose not to get PSVR until there was enough of a library of games to make it worthwhile to me, same approach as Switch.
The other thing holding me back from buying it is I really want to try it first as I am worried about motion sickness, I can't even read a text message in a moving vehicle without feeling squiffy.
@get2sammyb "Was a shock to me too!"
OK, maybe you're right, maybe I would have fun playing it, but I can't imagine it, seems stressful w/o the fun. Maybe "fun" isn't the right word either, more like "into it". You get "That 70's Show" over there? It's funny, you should watch it. I can imagine all those kids playing it in the basement being impressed, but I'm Red upstairs yelling at them all to go get jobs.
Know what game I found 10x better than I thought it would be? Sunset Overdrive. Really should have been on PS2, 3 or 4. It's great. I know it's on the enemies console but you should try it if you can, it's a cross between Ratchet & Clank and inFamous 1, but it's also a 3rd person Serious Sam set in Lego City Undercover, but w/o any loading screens except to go inside buildings, and even those are really short to not even be noticable. Good thing I played inFamous 2nd Son first, Delsin is moving in quicksand compared to SO.
Hopefully Spiderman is somewhere between the fast paced fun of SO and the reality of ST as the new movie looks terrible.
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