The trouble with Canon and Fandom...
Is that people read too much into things that were originally said as a throw-away line as a hard and fast universal truth.
I've been seriously considering playing Star Trek Online to the point where I pre-ordered a copy to try out the open beta. (I refuse to subscribe to fileplanet *just* to download a beta client.)
Betweem Star Trek Online and Star Wars: The Old Republic you have most of sci-fi fandom and the ones that post on the forums are the most hardcore of the hardcore.
I could never do the hardcore fandom route, to be that into one thing that much.
Here's the thing: At this point a game that is fun to play trumps obscure niggling details like "That's not how it works in the real world." (common argument in Star Trek debates) or "This wasn't in the *GOOD* movies!" (more often heard in Star Wars arguments) Then there are the "This wasn't how it was done in the EU/Novels/Other games/Soft Canon" and the always fun WTF Off-topic debate.
To be honest I like to mix it up a bit and do things on my own terms within the game's existing framework. If the game didn't look fun to play, I wouldn't have bothered with it.
Star Wars: TOR gets a pass because it's made by a company that has made some really fantastic games. I'm willing to give Cryptic another shot because while I didn't feel like doing the superhero thing over in a new game, the system had issues but could be refined into a better game.
I'm in the market for a modern game that allows you to command a large space warship that isn't EVE online. I looked at EVE online, and I might be interested in playing it if I didn't have a real job, the game way to complex for me to enjoy otherwise.
I've been seriously considering playing Star Trek Online to the point where I pre-ordered a copy to try out the open beta. (I refuse to subscribe to fileplanet *just* to download a beta client.)
Betweem Star Trek Online and Star Wars: The Old Republic you have most of sci-fi fandom and the ones that post on the forums are the most hardcore of the hardcore.
I could never do the hardcore fandom route, to be that into one thing that much.
Here's the thing: At this point a game that is fun to play trumps obscure niggling details like "That's not how it works in the real world." (common argument in Star Trek debates) or "This wasn't in the *GOOD* movies!" (more often heard in Star Wars arguments) Then there are the "This wasn't how it was done in the EU/Novels/Other games/Soft Canon" and the always fun WTF Off-topic debate.
To be honest I like to mix it up a bit and do things on my own terms within the game's existing framework. If the game didn't look fun to play, I wouldn't have bothered with it.
Star Wars: TOR gets a pass because it's made by a company that has made some really fantastic games. I'm willing to give Cryptic another shot because while I didn't feel like doing the superhero thing over in a new game, the system had issues but could be refined into a better game.
I'm in the market for a modern game that allows you to command a large space warship that isn't EVE online. I looked at EVE online, and I might be interested in playing it if I didn't have a real job, the game way to complex for me to enjoy otherwise.