Check Out the Best Star Trek Video Games
During these interesting pandemic times, most people have embarked on a search for any activity to kill boredom. When it had just started, we underestimated it, thinking like other pandemics, it will wear out soon. How we were wrong! It has ‘eaten up’ several months of our productivity social life. The worst bit about this pandemic is it’s highly infectious. Due to that, people were forced to practice social distancing by staying at home.
If you were used to being hands-on at work, at home it’s different. Either you explore other platforms how to work, for instance virtually. If not, then lots of idle time is staring at you in the corner. When you get tired of watching TV, walking the dog, cleaning, cooking and eating, what else will you do?
If you are asking yourself that question, I have a solution for you. Why not try out one of the Star Trek Video games? They are quite a number and are different in their own right. After all, video games are what has helped most people keep sane during these pandemic times. Do you think you want to try Star Trek video games? If yes, then let this article explore the best ones for you. Read on
Star Trek: Online
It’s ranked the best Star Trek of all times. It’s perfectly suited to being a hugely multiplayer online role-playing game due to its nature. When the events talked about in Star Trek: Nemesis film were realized, 30 years later it came into fruition. In this game, Starfleet battles against several adversaries such as Borg, Romulans and vothers. Their agreement with the Klingons collapses leading to renewed hostilities. Individual players get their individual ship and crew to use. This allows for varied gameplay options. At first, it was only accessible on Windows but has expanded to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Star Trek: The Next Generation- A Final Unity
It was released in 1995 for Macintosh and MS-DOS. The fact that it features number 2 on this list even with the latest releases tells you something spectacular about this game. Its common practice to have new games replace old ones, but this is not the case here. A Final Unity started as a commercial that received massive success due to the Next Generation World accurately and faithfully to another medium.
The Enterprise crew set out to support Romulan refugees search for a mysterious artifact. When you follow the story, it’s not simple naturally. When you consider the rough stardate of this mission, it supposedly takes place between seventh season’s episodes one and two of the Next Generation.
Star Trek: Voyager –Elite Force
It’s a rare occurrence to have a first-person shooter work in the world of Star Trek, but this one did. It was originally released for Mac and Windows in 2000. However, in 2001, it expanded to PlayStation. It featured both multiplayer and single-player options. The multiplayer option can accommodate up to 32 players.
Star Trek: Starfleet Command
It was released in 1999 for windows. It was based on 1979’s Star Fleet Battles tabletop wargame. It is another space combat simulator but lacks a central plot. Also, it allowed players to choose between any of the six galactic powers. Any Galactic power provides the player with different information that widens the player’s understanding of an older race. Critics and fans all love this game which prompted the developers to release Gold Edition in 2000.
Star Trek: Timelines
It is one of Star Trek’s first mobile device games. It was meant to be played on both Android and iOS devices and through Facebook. Its story centres on a temporal anomaly which is any Star Trek Production’s favourite plot device. It allows different characters from various movies, TV series and other sources to come together. Like any mobile game, Timelines needs you to gather and upgrade crew and ships to advance through the game.
Last Word
Are you a Star Trek enthusiast? If yes, this pandemic cannot manage to keep you bored. There is always one or more games being added onto the Star Trek collection of video games. Most of them can be accessed on Windows, PlayStation, Mobile and even Facebook. You get to choose whether you want to spend real money or play free games.