Ups & Downs From Star Trek: Resurgence

The Dramatic Labs Star Trek game has arrived and seeks to challenge fans to the edge of the frontier.

#StarTrek #StarTrekResurgence #USSResolute

[Freddles]

That handheld game that was shown at the very beginning... I have that. It's been opened and played with but it's still in fantastic shape.

[Calveers]

I hope Trekculture makes more videos about or includes this game in their lists in the future. The more exposure to the fan base the more likely we can see more content for this fantastic Star Trek experience.

[GoodOldGamer]

The timed dialogue reminds me of Alpha Protocol. Glad to see it come back. I really appreciate story focused games like this. It gives a more genuine Trek feeling too.

[ModestlyAmazing]

I've played enough Telltale style games to not be surprised about voice syncing issues and dialog cutting out. I'm not sure I've played a game where it hasnt happened, and the fact that this was made by former Telltale Devs makes sense. However a bit annoying that they haven't figured out how to stop it by now.

[IMDARKFIRE]

You got me...I LOST it on the 3rd down🤣🤣🤣

[benjohnson]

I got a hearty LOL out of the kobyashi maru down! I love the Trekculture channel!

[KalEL]

Lmao that last down from Sean made me howl lol

[micahnewby]

I love Sean but it's good to see someone else on an Ups And Downs, even if it is for a game and not a show

[benlinus]

Oh this is goin to be one of my highlights! Loved the game 🐙❤

[Ririten]

I turned down the romance that occurs early in the game and I remember my results page on the website said I was among 0.5% of people who did. Just like my first officer pick was 0.3% at the time. I really was accidentally a contrarian I guess. But I didn't want a romance, and I wanted a First Officer I knew would give me a hard time when I needed it.

[fuzzlemacfuzz]

Funnily enough I've just started a game of star trek adventures where the players chose the name USS Resolute, which in my head cannon is a predecessor to this one

[bryanabbott]

If I recall, Spock's mother's name was Amanda Grayson. So having the shuttle named the Grayson has special significance to him.

[ravendark]

I thought the game was pushing a relationship with Ryder and Tylas, which is fine but nothing happens, and Diaz immediately is in a relationship. It felt strange

[kendoyle]

Holy crap. I had that star trek handheld when I was a kid. That's a blast from the past!

[philly]

This was definitely a game we all needed

[JoshC]

I bought this at release and held on playing it awhile until a patch came out, which mitigated many of more egregious sound issues. They're mainly fixed now and was good enough for me to binge the whole game in one day (about 10 hours for my playthrough).

I'm both a gaming veteran and long-time Trek fan and I think this review is pretty spot-on. This game is NOT a technical masterpiece in terms of graphics; player animations and so on. However, this game really nails that TNG era vibe and the story is quite well done (and a huge amount of applause for taking a much more obscure piece of canon as the key focus vs just recycling the Borg or something like that). I also appreciated the many more subtle nods to Trek history, little details, and I found myself leveraging some of my own Trek knowledge in knowing what types of responses might be accepted by members of more established races/characters within canon.

One other thing is that the game is pretty accessible to folks who may merely dabble in video games. You do have to be comfortable with where buttons are located on the controller without looking down at the controller, but the more rapid 'quick time events' tend to happen later in the game (even less experienced gamers should be relatively comfortable with knowing where 'R2' is on a PS4/PS5 controller, for example, by time the game gets to this point). Tutorials are also presented for each new mechanic AND are easily accessible at all times. So, IMO, if you are a Trek fan that would like to experience the story but are not much of a gamer, I think you will find the experience reasonable (and there is apparently a story mode option but I am not precisely sure what that entails).

Overall, this was a very welcome addition to Trek gaming and I hope we another offering from this developer down the road (even if it is not a continuation of the Resolute story arc).

[seanbirch]

"In the same vein as games such as heavy rain"

Ooof, so poetic!

[crazymammoth]

I love this game! I've played through the 10 hour story 3 times and am part way through a 4th run

[Ploppy]

Really glad to see a video on this game!

[ShawnMM]

I just finished the game and really enjoyed it. I have played a wide variety of Star Trek games over the years going back to the Apple II. This feels the most like an episode of the show of any I played. The story is strong with many important decisions along the way. It really makes you think about what you are doing. The graphics are not triple AAA but did not bother me at all. The only audio problems I ran into was a few places the audio did not match the subtitles. I really hope we can get more Star Trek games like this in the future.