Star Trek: Infinite has a new trailer for fans to check out.
Star Trek has had a big year for its video game division. In the last calendar year, Trek fans have gotten a video game based on Prodigy the cartoon, Prodigy: Supernova. It’s a combat-based game with interesting puzzles, centered around characters from the now-saved cartoon.
Then we have Resurgence. Based on the same style of games that we saw Telltale make, like the worldwide hit, Telltale’s The Walking Dead, Resurgence operates more like an animated novel. Allowing you to control a character’s choices, but not the outcome of said choices.
Lastly, and most recently, is Infinite, aka Star Trek: Infinite. Again, changing up the formula, Infinite takes on a strategy-based set of controls. It’s Risk in space, but far more interesting and detailed.
The game allows you to pick between one of four different factions; Starfleet, the Cardassians, the Romulans, and the Klingons, who are now all engaged in a conflict that threatens to tear the Alpha Quadrant apart.
If you’ve ever played games like Age of Empire, StarCraft, or even The Sims, the concept is the same. You have to build up your resources and defend your position, while a grander tale plays out in the background.
A new trailer that hypes up the story is now out and fans should check it out.
Star Trek: Infinite poises to be the best type of game for this genre.
When dealing with something like Trek, it’s always good to have a variety of games. You have your action adventures like Prodigy, your digital novel like Resurgence and if you want a deep-cut, you even have Voyager: Elite Force, a first-person shooter from the early 2000s.
Yet, none of them really capture what it’s like to be in the world of Star Trek, with the multitude of decisions that have to be made, and the constant concern about one of the enemy factions possibly violating sovereign space.
Infinite has six scores of 60 or above on Metacritic which averages out to 77.8%. OpenCritic has five scores of 7/10 or higher.