If one area is giving you problems, replay it in Story Mode and then the very next section will no longer be in Story Mode. I did really appreciate how if you failed a section the game would give you the choice to retry in Story Mode and it would only be for that one section. These are timed events, but sometimes characters speak for another 2-3 lines after they pop up meaning you have to waste time to make sure you get the whole context before making a choice. Also, you’re prompted to choose dialogue options a little too early in some instances. Also, the subtitles were sometimes different to what was being said as though the voice actors read a line differently than what was in the script and they never updated the script for the subtitles causing a little disconnect. I would be playing with subtitles on and then there would just be random stretches where there were no subtitles. One problem with accessibility that I noticed in Star Trek Resurgence was that the subtitles didn’t always work. I had to do this one or two other times as well because the controls work for the most part, but sometimes they feel a little clunky and unwieldy, particularly when trying to do firefights with your phaser. To make this worse, there was a moment I was playing towards the end where I literally could not figure out what I was supposed to do with the controls and I tried it several times before eventually telling the game to retry in Story Mode because nothing I tried worked. This led to a few times where I wasn’t entirely sure what I was supposed to do in the moment. Sometimes you’d be shown a circle and prompted to use the right trigger, other times it was more of a trapezoid that looked like the trigger on the controller, etc. One area that confused me was that some of the button icons on screen didn’t seem to be consistent. This game is very akin to a visual novel with dialogue being a huge part of the game and to have the audio and visual components not in-line can take you out of the experience.Īnother problem I had with Star Trek: Resurgence were that some of the gameplay elements weren’t quite polished. Finally, the animations for speaking were out of sync with the audio which was distracting. There was a section where I had to use my tricorder to scan things and usually it uses a contrasting color to indicate the anomaly, but there were a few times where the contrast color didn’t appear adjusted correctly which had me literally combing through the space and trying to scan every inch of the area until I was successful. Fourth, some of the visual cues didn’t seem to be completed. Third, some of the faces, particularly humans and human-adjacent species, looked mediocre. Second, a decent amount of the walking animations felt very stiff and awkward. First, there were random graphical glitches for me where characters would pop up for less than a second where they shouldn’t or just a glitchy effect would occur randomly. All of that said, there are some problems with the game.įirst, a fair amount of the game looks fantastic, but there were some areas of animation and graphical glitches that were less than stellar. The music and sounds have also been fantastic to listen to and full of the Star Trek energy and vibes you would hope for. The way you can seamlessly flow between two characters with each chapter is sometimes impeccable and never a problem. The ways the team wants you interacting with the world around you work really well for the most part. I think the writing for Star Trek: Resurgence is good and the ideas are solid. It felt very much like a story you’d watch on The Next Generation in my opinion although it was stretched out to roughly 9 hours. The game takes place roughly 16 years after Will Riker met with the Tkon in Star Trek: The Next Generation (“The Last Outpost”) and has the Tkon Empire playing a massive role. If a licensed game can make you want to go experience more of that franchise, it has done a good job in my opinion. I’m going to start with what I think is the best praise that any licensed game can get: Star Trek: Resurgence made me want to go watch Star Trek.
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