In an inventive -- if not creatively fun for whoever wrote it -- display of storytelling, the most recent "Path to 2409" update on the official Star Trek Online website takes the form of an in-character interview set against the backdrop of Quark's Bar. Now it just may be us, but placing your characters in Deep Space Nine fans' favorite locale seems like a great way to pique interest among usually too-long-to-read types.
And hopefully it works, because this interview details the beginnings of the war between the Federation and Klingon Empire from an engaging first person perspective. Historical logs can be interesting for some but yawn-inducing for many others -- so more of this wonderfully more interesting approach is definitely for the best.
Hopefully if enough people check this one out, Cryptic will see the demand and create even more dynamic media for the game's lore. It's certainly been working well for Star Wars: The Old Republic, so why not for this game as well?
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Posted: Apr 20th 2009 3:06AM (Unverified) said
Can't help but be excited to the next few years of MMORPG goodness... Great content, great new titles... glad to be a gamer.
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Posted: Apr 21st 2009 8:08AM TheJackman said
I not get excited any more for mmorpg games.... both Star Trek Online and Star Wars: The Old Republic did not really show us any game play. Sure the screenshots look nice and marketing but I like to see the real game they all talk about before jump on the hype! This two games may turn out to be the next Age of Conan or Warhammer (a good idea but badly designed and rush job with 100s of bugs).
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