The folks over at Cryptic Studios have provided us with these two new, exclusive screenshots for their upcoming MMORPG, Star Trek Online.

Check out the Exclusive Star Trek Online Screenshots

great graphics

Looks promising, but screenshots..? It's more like concept art IMO... 

Yea the new screen shots do not look to promising to me, too cartoonish hope this changes.

Looks mint

Hmmm... at first, I thought they were concepts, but apparently they aren't.

I had to do a double take on the NX vessel. Frankly, I dislike it. It looks archaic and somewhat like it should be in a scrap yard. The Klingon vessel however looks very nice. The general design is a little too smooth for a Klingon vessel imho and it looks more like it is a Klingon/Romulan hybrid vessel than a pure Klingon vessel.

All in all, a little disappointed with these shots. STO isn't turning out how I had hoped it would.

It's looking sweet to me. Especially for pre-alpha! Finally some Klingon love!

Very very nice Cryptic.

That looks like concept art to me

Question: Why doesn't the exhaust/engine glow on the Klingon ship actually match up with the exhaust port?

Also...It appears as if all Federation ships are going to be marked with the NX91001 designation now? Is that because no one figured out that it was a date the last time and spent more time on bashing the fact it was a refit than figuring out what the numbers meant?

((I think I've figured out the first one. The glowing trails on both ships were added after the shot was taken, they must not actually leave these trails in game. Someone just did a bad job of photoshopping.))

I don't like the direction this game is headed.  Forced solo play, Forced to be a Captain, and Forced to play with Mastermind Pets doesn't sound fun for a MMORPG, they already made all the choices for you.  Maybe if it was a singleplayer game.

 When you say forced solo play do you mean no PVP, give me a beak.

I just realised something.. the font and emblem in the screenshots (go fullsize to see it) look, to me, the same as the font and emblem used for the upcomming movie.. just thought I'd point that out

Those screetshots look more like concept art. But if they are ingame footage, way to go Cryptic! This is gonna be the best MMO ever!

Those screenshots look awesome. Very happy to see a shot of a Klingon ship as well. Nice job Cryptic.

Everyone already know that the ship models will be able to be customized, so anyone complaining that they don't like a certain design on a ship needs to realize that these aren't the ONLY way your ship is going to look. Jeeze. And as for complaining about the NX registry being the same as on the other Starfleet ship release, give me a break. They've already stated that you'll be able to choose things like that yourself. I realize the ability to read is a tough one for some people on gaming boards but its amusing how blatantly ignorant some people are when it comes to POSTED facts.

customizable or not they definitely look very cartoonish

for me (as IMHO) star trek universe ships should look more "real"

Originally posted by gatheris

customizable or not they definitely look very cartoonish

for me (as IMHO) star trek universe ships should look more "real"

 

i agree

I don't know why a Star Trek game is taking on a cartoon stylization, but this style does have some attractive qualities.

What's up with the trails, though? Plasma leak in the nacelles?

Originally posted by Wolfdor

I don't like the direction this game is headed.  Forced solo play, Forced to be a Captain, and Forced to play with Mastermind Pets doesn't sound fun for a MMORPG, they already made all the choices for you.  Maybe if it was a singleplayer game.

same feeling here :(

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Originally posted by Kvasir_029
Those screenshots look awesome. Very happy to see a shot of a Klingon ship as well. Nice job Cryptic.
Everyone already know that the ship models will be able to be customized, so anyone complaining that they don't like a certain design on a ship needs to realize that these aren't the ONLY way your ship is going to look. Jeeze. And as for complaining about the NX registry being the same as on the other Starfleet ship release, give me a break. They've already stated that you'll be able to choose things like that yourself. I realize the ability to read is a tough one for some people on gaming boards but its amusing how blatantly ignorant some people are when it comes to POSTED facts.

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(blatant exaggeration ahead)
Customize all you want but a piece of dog crap will still look like a piece of dog crap. Some people just don't like the cartoonish look. I have to admit...if these are screenshots (it's VERY hard to tell) then it looks cartoonish to me...which I hate. If it weren't for it being Star Trek I would have already written this off after seeing those.

There's a reason I never used up my 10 day WoW trial...I hated the graphics...I couldn't get past how cartoonish they looked. I'm not saying these shots are as cartoonish as WoW is...they aren't...but they are cartoonish. If they are staying with this look then they are going to have to have an amazing game to get me to play for any length of time. I would much rather they go with an EVE-like look than this look.

Another game pushing out crappy graphics with the label "Styalized" over it and thinking people won't notice?

/sigh

I have never seen styalized graphics that actually looked good, and especially not in settings where they don't fit(like Sci-Fi). Why do these companies keep pushing this crap on us?