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Offline Zach

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Jan 7th 2009 - Two New Star Trek Online Screenshots
« on: 08 January 2009 12:10 PM »
Awen from Cryptic Studios has uploaded two new Star Trek Online screenshots onto the official website.

The first one appears to show us the interior of a Federation or Starfleet Starbase, while the second one gives us a look at the new "Iowa" Class Starship, in orbit of a Starfleet Asteroid Base.




You can check out a whole bunch more Star Trek Online Screenshots in our new gallery by visiting http://www.hailingfrequency.co.uk/boards/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=25
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Re: Jan 7th 2009 - Two New Star Trek Online Screenshots
« Reply #1 on: 08 January 2009 12:43 PM »
I really love these two new screenshots and I think they both demonstrate how well forward Cryptic is Progressing.

In some earlier screenshots we have seen, the colors and contrast have been a bit off and things have looked a little too tooney for my liking, but in these 2 new ones and the 12 new ones in December, things have really improved an I am a lot happier with the quality.

That Asteroid Colony looks really good and I love that little ship, reminds me of a Sabre Class.

Can't wait to see more.  What does everyone else think?
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Re: Jan 7th 2009 - Two New Star Trek Online Screenshots
« Reply #2 on: 08 January 2009 01:48 PM »

 I like the first pic, looks like a damaged cargo bay of some ship.

  As for the second one, it's ok but those structures really dont look as though they belong there, they look like they belong on the surface of some world somewhere, were tractored into orbit and simply plugged into the asteroid. IMO.
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Re: Jan 7th 2009 - Two New Star Trek Online Screenshots
« Reply #3 on: 08 January 2009 02:01 PM »
again, subpar graphics at play, looks 15 years out of date. first one is an iteresting cargo bay with a small fire in it? but graphically it's to grainy. secondone is definatly wrong, the asteroids look ok, but a bit to much bump mapping going on.

the bases on it look like something hey did in the early days of games, where they toock a general shape and just slapped a texture on it then stuck it on another model. no thought or energy in putting that model together.

the ship, well i've said what can be said about the crappy ships for awhile now, so i'll leave it at that.

sorry the mroe i see, grapjhically this game will eb a flop, playrs want sometginbg that looks like it's belongs within the last 2-3 yers, not something they got way back in the late 80's.
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Re: Jan 7th 2009 - Two New Star Trek Online Screenshots
« Reply #4 on: 08 January 2009 11:04 PM »
Quote from: Zach on 08 January 2009 12:43 PM
I really love these two new screenshots and I think they both demonstrate how well forward Cryptic is Progressing.

In some earlier screenshots we have seen, the colors and contrast have been a bit off and things have looked a little too tooney for my liking, but in these 2 new ones and the 12 new ones in December, things have really improved an I am a lot happier with the quality.

That Asteroid Colony looks really good and I love that little ship, reminds me of a Sabre Class.

Can't wait to see more.  What does everyone else think?

the "Iowa class" looks worse than that Fanboy Sovie they were showing earlier, that is just a Saber class,  I wouldn't agree with Falin, the graphic are probably still preliminary and are *hopefully* bound to change.  But I've seen so many fanboyish attempts at ships that I am questioning whether or not I will buy this game,  if they just called it a Saber, I'd probably be fine, but I don't think they should pass off a cannon ship as an original design of the game.
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Re: Jan 7th 2009 - Two New Star Trek Online Screenshots
« Reply #5 on: 09 January 2009 01:06 AM »
It's longer than a Sabre and appears to have a different saucer shape, but other wise it's a Sabre.

As I said earlier... STO was disappointing in PE's hands... now it's just getting sad in Cryptic's which stinks cause I like Cryptic. Hopefully they can improve and hopefully the game play and graphics will get better.
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Re: Jan 7th 2009 - Two New Star Trek Online Screenshots
« Reply #6 on: 09 January 2009 02:27 AM »
I like the pictures simply for the quality of the graphics, because of their improvement. Those graphics are definitely within the last four years of graphical development atleast. I must agree the Iowa class looks almost exactly like a sabre. The interior shot looks like it sports heavy duty mining equipment. Perhaps the asteroid colony is more of a mining facility? :startrek095:
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Re: Jan 7th 2009 - Two New Star Trek Online Screenshots
« Reply #7 on: 09 January 2009 09:11 AM »
Quote from: Captain Hunt on 08 January 2009 11:04 PM
the "Iowa class" looks worse than that Fanboy Sovie they were showing earlier, that is just a Saber class,  I wouldn't agree with Falin, the graphic are probably still preliminary and are *hopefully* bound to change.  But I've seen so many fanboyish attempts at ships that I am questioning whether or not I will buy this game,  if they just called it a Saber, I'd probably be fine, but I don't think they should pass off a cannon ship as an original design of the game.

Glad to see someone else who is able to be objective.

Overall, its not very cool for Cryptic to be showing us old ship designs and calling them new, but I cant help thinking that maybe they are trying to get us all thinking the worst and then shock us later with something awesome.

Am I being too optimistic?
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Re: Jan 7th 2009 - Two New Star Trek Online Screenshots
« Reply #8 on: 09 January 2009 09:29 AM »
Quote from: Zach on 09 January 2009 09:11 AM
Quote from: Captain Hunt on 08 January 2009 11:04 PM
the "Iowa class" looks worse than that Fanboy Sovie they were showing earlier, that is just a Saber class,  I wouldn't agree with Falin, the graphic are probably still preliminary and are *hopefully* bound to change.  But I've seen so many fanboyish attempts at ships that I am questioning whether or not I will buy this game,  if they just called it a Saber, I'd probably be fine, but I don't think they should pass off a cannon ship as an original design of the game.

Glad to see someone else who is able to be objective.

Overall, its not very cool for Cryptic to be showing us old ship designs and calling them new, but I cant help thinking that maybe they are trying to get us all thinking the worst and then shock us later with something awesome.

Am I being too optimistic?

Where did they mention exactly that this was a new class of starship?
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Re: Jan 7th 2009 - Two New Star Trek Online Screenshots
« Reply #9 on: 09 January 2009 09:30 AM »
Love the new screens can't wait for the game to release i already have a group together to start a fleet  :startrek026:

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