I really hate to start on a dampner but I may as well get these out of the way now.
THE biggest test of the piece is undoubtably Mr T. The guy makes the show and the person, who is portraying the godly character is.......Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. WHO??? I hear you cry. Some nobody ex-UFC fighter - already this is set for a disaster.
Do I need to say any more? Thought not.
Russell Crowe.
ANOTHER Shrek film??? Please! Enough already!
It's dead! Bin it!
The first one was good enough, the subsequent sequels didn't build on that and I'm not hoping that this will either
The idea that each player will captain his/her own ship with NPCs acting the part of the crew just reeks of plaigarisic bollocks. STO will end up being WoW in ssspppppaaaaaccccceeee. It would have been better if there was an option that allowed you to have some of the major crew positions being held by the players themselves, at least that way the idea of Star Trek would remain and, to be fair, Team Speak would take on a whole new meaning of geekness!
The removal of LAN to force players to logon to Battle.Net is a poor excuse for preventing piracy, despite what they say to the contrary, as LAN was what made StarCraft longetivity last for the time that it has. Furthering their profiteering racket is the separation of the game into 3 parts. With each part being essentially a species pack, I cannot help to see that this is what is going to hurt the sales, and possibly increase the possibility that StarCraft 2 will be a highly pirated product.
Sorry to put a dampner on things but you know it, i know it. So what's the point in not denying it?