Star trek online took a turn to free to play in wich many of the features that was given to subcribers went away.

vice admiral tokens for one has been added to 600 days reward kinda bad since you desperatly need the va ships to do anything.

I been playing Star trek online for 2 years now and sadly it seems to be going worse everyday.

It used to have good features but after going free to play many of them got deleted.

Featured episodes that once was the bright and shiny star of Star trek online is now gone.

New ships come in Lock boxes Lottery editions wich makes them cost over 30.000 USD if you unlucky not to win the lottery.

Basicly stay away from this game now that its free to play.

A space mmo which is in 2d just is a hard pill to swallow. This game was just meant to fleece the sheep out there like every other mmo before and since. Fun for a couple of hours, many bugs still, and then you just ask yourself what is the point of doing this, just wasted time.

Great game!

It combines ground combat (almost shooter) with space combat (which is absolutely awesome). It has decent graphics, amazing storyline, lots of side quests (few of them a boring, even though they are repeatable). There are lots of crafting opportunities and a ton of possibilities to make your ship like no other in the game!

It is a "must have" for Star Trek fans and those, who are bored by traditional fantasy MMORPG!

As it stands at the moment, (28/04/2011), STO is a game of two halves. Offering excellent space combat alongside shoddy ground battles, fantastic story arcs interspersed with missions so tedious and badly designed that you'll wish for a simple "Kill 20 x and return" mission. The important thing is that now, unlike at launch, the positives heavily outweigh the negative. The devs work very hard on improvements and the game really is improving every day. A much-expected reboot of the ground combat system is set to soon make STO a real contender amongst the best MMO's.

I like this game a lot. Its feature list is steadily expanding, and the development team is really listening to its fans on what needs to be done or added in next.

It's pure Trek goodness, but as the review below indicates, most of the missions in the game involve blowing things up, but there are indications that there may be more non-combat content in the future, or perhaps much less combat-oriented. The game is fun and the situations and settings are quite varied, and playing with a few friends makes the grind associated with other MMOs disappear into thin air.

The game throws content at you and doesn't stretch it out to infinity like other games such as WoW, causing it to run dry faster than just about any other MMO ever seen by mortal eyes, which is disappointing and sad, sure, but it's a great experience that is getting richer all the time.

For Trek purists, this isn't about Jean Luc Picard bantering on a viewscreen for an hour long episode. That's entertaining, to be sure, but what MMO proceeds like that? There is a lot of action, a lot of combat, and the rationalization is that the Federation is under attack from all sides - it's all-out war since the destruction of the Romulan homeworld, and the Borg have returned from the Gamma quadrant in ubelieveable numbers.

The game could use more seeking out new life and exploring strange new worlds, it's true, but if you don't mind a more classic MMO approach with a grand Star Trek flavor, then grab a friend and play through it now. There is supposedly an expansion of the Exploration missions coming that are already in game but deemed too simplistic / repetitive for most people, so that's definitely something to look forward to. Cryptic obviously know their weaknesses, but they've been good about addressing them so far, and the future holds great things for STO.

Play it for the Star Trek license and love it - my diehard Trekkie friend got me into it and honestly, I haven't had so much explosive or engaging fun in an MMO to date that didn't involve creating thousands of copper wrenches, and managing my shields and ship power levels while careening around asteroids is a LOT more fun than beating down any standard MMO monsters I've ever faced.

While the missions are fun and the storyline in the Episodes usually good, its far to repetitive to be fun in the long run. I played for about a month, and soon, not even the most fun missions could get me to feel interested when all I did was destroy 30 Klingon ships and enter this and that base all the time.

No diplomacy missions either, which is a big bummer. If you are looking to just blow shit up for hours and hours, this probably a game you will enjoy - but for a Star Trek game, I want more.

Its Game based On Star Trek not about it.

No silly opening hailing frequences and talking about your Problems.

Its just Phasers and torpedos.

You have to be able to put the time in as if you want the best Ships and skills it take sa good few weeks to get enough mission points experiance to work your way up the ranks.