Star Trek Online Is Bringing Wesley Crusher To The MMO In Ascension On September 13th | MMORPG.com

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Star Trek Online Is Bringing Wesley Crusher To The MMO In Ascension On September 13th | MMORPG.com

Star Trek Online has a history of bringing iconic characters from the universe to its game, and today during Star Trek Day, Cryptic revealed that Wil Wheaton would be reprising his role as Wesley Crusher in the upcoming Star Trek Online: Ascension.

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foppotee

I'm looking forward to this. Some dislike Wil Wheaton but I don't & I enjoy his The Ready Room too. Also, this is one of the too few new content releases by Cryptic for STO.

Beyorn

I wonder if we will be able to kill Wesley Crusher????? I kid, I kid ;D!

Uwakionna

If there's no dialogue options to end a conversation with "Shut up Wesley." then I'll be disappointed.

No shade or ill will towards the actor, just gotta keep some traditions alive.

ashiru_1978

Only Star Trek series I watched was the 1966 series and it was just a few years ago. If you turn your brain off, it can provide a little entertainment, but in retrospect it was kinda dumb, not speaking about being early sci-fi and the effects being bad, I care about the ideas and the plot and those were kinda dumb.

I haven't watched anything after that, but other Star Trek series and movies look even dumber. As dumb as the world of Star Wars is, it has some more interesting things in it, not jedi or sith or clone troopers or storm troopers, I've always found out most interesting the species, their planets, their history and so forth, not a story about a stupid space baby born from the Force and his tragic downfall.

But I don't get the hype about Star Trek, it just feels so cheesy and dumb but tries to look smart and takes itself seriously, in comparison, Star Wars is dumb, it doesn't pretend it's not dumb and as soon as one realizes how dumb it is, it becomes somewhat appealing, because you can turn your brain off and just take it in, you won't miss a thing if you were thinking throughout it.

JeroKane

ashiru_1978 said:

Only Star Trek series I watched was the 1966 series and it was just a few years ago. If you turn your brain off, it can provide a little entertainment, but in retrospect it was kinda dumb, not speaking about being early sci-fi and the effects being bad, I care about the ideas and the plot and those were kinda dumb.



I haven't watched anything after that, but other Star Trek series and movies look even dumber. As dumb as the world of Star Wars is, it has some more interesting things in it, not jedi or sith or clone troopers or storm troopers, I've always found out most interesting the species, their planets, their history and so forth, not a story about a stupid space baby born from the Force and his tragic downfall.



But I don't get the hype about Star Trek, it just feels so cheesy and dumb but tries to look smart and takes itself seriously, in comparison, Star Wars is dumb, it doesn't pretend it's not dumb and as soon as one realizes how dumb it is, it becomes somewhat appealing, because you can turn your brain off and just take it in, you won't miss a thing if you were thinking throughout it.

I enjoyed Star Trek: The Next Generation quite a bit.

For me personally, Star Trek: Voyager was the best, because it was quite a dark series, with lot of drama (due to them being stranded in the Delta Quadrant).
Though, as with any long running series, there were some outright terrible cheezy episodes I just had to skip right over.
But overall, over 7 seasons with average 24 episodes per season, it was a damn good series.

Scot

Voyager was indeed the best series to date, then Next Gen followed by Discovery for me.

BC_Animus

A lot of folks would disagree with me, but I was not a fan of Voyager. Did not dislike it per say - heck, watched the entire thing back when it first aired, and have rewatched it on Netflix at least once, but it did so many little things that annoyed the crap outta me. I hated how it set up so many interesting characters and storylines, but did not follow up on any of them.

Any interesting and major character developments and dramatic events were undone or ignored by the next episode, and even worse, every other season they kept resetting the characters, through alternate universes, clones, or other stupid little one episode stories which undid seasons of characters development.

They overused the Borg too IMO, and turned them into a joke.

Iselin

Scot said:

Voyager was indeed the best series to date, then Next Gen followed by Discovery for me.

I take it you haven't watched the new one, Strange New Worlds. It has all previous versions beat by a country mile.

It has vibes of the original minus the cheese.

BC_Animus

ashiru_1978 said:

Only Star Trek series I watched was the 1966 series and it was just a few years ago. If you turn your brain off, it can provide a little entertainment, but in retrospect it was kinda dumb, not speaking about being early sci-fi and the effects being bad, I care about the ideas and the plot and those were kinda dumb.



I haven't watched anything after that, but other Star Trek series and movies look even dumber. As dumb as the world of Star Wars is, it has some more interesting things in it, not jedi or sith or clone troopers or storm troopers, I've always found out most interesting the species, their planets, their history and so forth, not a story about a stupid space baby born from the Force and his tragic downfall.



But I don't get the hype about Star Trek, it just feels so cheesy and dumb but tries to look smart and takes itself seriously, in comparison, Star Wars is dumb, it doesn't pretend it's not dumb and as soon as one realizes how dumb it is, it becomes somewhat appealing, because you can turn your brain off and just take it in, you won't miss a thing if you were thinking throughout it.

TOS is seriously dated, and like a lot of older TV shows and content, they were a product of their times. Everything about the show might seem dumb to us now, from the casting, writing, acting, costumes, and special effects, but back in the day they were actually all quite contemporary and were on some cases way ahead of their times.

And yeah no idea how you could rate the other series and movies if you haven't seen them, and I got the sense that you were just trolling, but... if you have watched nothing but The Original Series, then you are missing out. In particular Star Trek: Deep Space 9 - if you want something with well written characters and lore, that show is highly recommended.

DigDuggy

I guess it had to be done.  He was my least favorite character. By least, I hated him.  However, it's good he's included for completions sake and for those who don't have my aversion to him.

cheyane

I loved Deep Space 9. Garak was such an interesting character. I liked Next Generation and Voyager too.

foppotee

I grew-up during TNG & that was my favorite till I grew older then my favorite switched to DS9. Nowadays TNG & Voyager are neck & neck. I still think Caretaker even though technically a 2-parter has been the nest ST debut episode for a series to date. However, SNW is absolutely fantastic & is up there too & they accomplished in just 1 season what many series took 2 or more seasons to do. (imo)

foxgirl

I kinda wish they would revamp STO (again) and start with Strange New Worlds, and stop trying to shoehorn every ST iteration into the game. Pick a lane and stay there.

DigDuggy

BC_Animus said:

ashiru_1978 said:

Only Star Trek series I watched was the 1966 series and it was just a few years ago. If you turn your brain off, it can provide a little entertainment, but in retrospect it was kinda dumb, not speaking about being early sci-fi and the effects being bad, I care about the ideas and the plot and those were kinda dumb.



I haven't watched anything after that, but other Star Trek series and movies look even dumber. As dumb as the world of Star Wars is, it has some more interesting things in it, not jedi or sith or clone troopers or storm troopers, I've always found out most interesting the species, their planets, their history and so forth, not a story about a stupid space baby born from the Force and his tragic downfall.



But I don't get the hype about Star Trek, it just feels so cheesy and dumb but tries to look smart and takes itself seriously, in comparison, Star Wars is dumb, it doesn't pretend it's not dumb and as soon as one realizes how dumb it is, it becomes somewhat appealing, because you can turn your brain off and just take it in, you won't miss a thing if you were thinking throughout it.

TOS is seriously dated, and like a lot of older TV shows and content, they were a product of their times. Everything about the show might seem dumb to us now, from the casting, writing, acting, costumes, and special effects, but back in the day they were actually all quite contemporary and were on some cases way ahead of their times.

And yeah no idea how you could rate the other series and movies if you haven't seen them, and I got the sense that you were just trolling, but... if you have watched nothing but The Original Series, then you are missing out. In particular Star Trek: Deep Space 9 - if you want something with well written characters and lore, that show is highly recommended.

True, but look how well a lot of older games are doing.  Runescape, Emulater games, Everquest, classic WoW.  There is a sizable group of people who are more than happy to play older looking/style games.  That's not a bad thing at all.  I do wish there was a new more modern one coming out though.  Deepspace 9 would make a good MMO I would think since it's centered on a specific location.  Plus it's my favorite, so do it!  Make it!
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Sovrath

ashiru_1978 said:

Only Star Trek series I watched was the 1966 series and it was just a few years ago. If you turn your brain off, it can provide a little entertainment, but in retrospect it was kinda dumb, not speaking about being early sci-fi and the effects being bad, I care about the ideas and the plot and those were kinda dumb.

I haven't watched anything after that, but other Star Trek series and movies look even dumber. As dumb as the world of Star Wars is, it has some more interesting things in it, not jedi or sith or clone troopers or storm troopers, I've always found out most interesting the species, their planets, their history and so forth, not a story about a stupid space baby born from the Force and his tragic downfall.

But I don't get the hype about Star Trek, it just feels so cheesy and dumb but tries to look smart and takes itself seriously, in comparison, Star Wars is dumb, it doesn't pretend it's not dumb and as soon as one realizes how dumb it is, it becomes somewhat appealing, because you can turn your brain off and just take it in, you won't miss a thing if you were thinking throughout it.

hmmm well I always thought the 60's Star Trek was superior to everything else. I guess different tastes ...

I enjoyed next Generation and the movies but never really was interested in the rest. Also I don't Think Star Wars is dumb, it's an adventure tale. It's not smart or dumb just is what it is.

FrodoFragins

Scot said:

Voyager was indeed the best series to date, then Next Gen followed by Discovery for me.

Oof.  I really didn't like Voyager at all.  It was just a retread of TNG when it could have beaten BSG to the punch.  But rather than have actual conflict they had the Maquis become loyal Starfleet members.

For me the best are TOS and then DS9, but I found more enjoyment from Babylon 5 and Farscape as they told longer form stories, had actual character development and didn't use the TNG reset button.

As far as Wesley goes, I hate the character and I really don't like the actor either.  He totally shilled for the crappy Picard second season.

Scot

FrodoFragins said:

Scot said:

Voyager was indeed the best series to date, then Next Gen followed by Discovery for me.

Oof.  I really didn't like Voyager at all.  It was just a retread of TNG when it could have beaten BSG to the punch.  But rather than have actual conflict they had the Maquis become loyal Starfleet members.

For me the best are TOS and then DS9, but I found more enjoyment from Babylon 5 and Farscape as they told longer form stories, had actual character development and didn't use the TNG reset button.

As far as Wesley goes, I hate the character and I really don't like the actor either.  He totally shilled for the crappy Picard second season.

I am not going to compare ST to other SF series, that would take forever, and I need to get my coffee.

Big fan of B5, not so much of FS mind you.

Scot

Iselin said:

Scot said:

Voyager was indeed the best series to date, then Next Gen followed by Discovery for me.

I take it you haven't watched the new one, Strange New Worlds. It has all previous versions beat by a country mile.

It has vibes of the original minus the cheese.

I have heard good things about it, but you can't compare ToS with the later ones, it is a product of its age, just like today's are.

Theocritus

STO was just so underwhelming...I was bored to tears within minutes of playing it.

DigDuggy

It's kind of funny, but I like TNG better then than now.  I watched them binge style and I got so annoyed.  Data learns to care, data learns to cry data learns to laugh, datatatddatatadata

Adamantine

Scot said:

I have heard good things about it, but you can't compare ToS with the later ones, it is a product of its age, just like today's are.

Sure, TOS and TNG might be products of their age.

But everything that came after was increasingly the product of bad writing and not much else.

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Scot

Adamantine said:

Scot said:

I have heard good things about it, but you can't compare ToS with the later ones, it is a product of its age, just like today's are.

Sure, TOS and TNG might be products of their age.

But everything that came after was increasingly the product of bad writing and not much else.

That's going too far, certainly there was a move slowly away from Roddenberry's vision. I think the nadir of the franchise was Enterprise, but that was down to the way the actors did just not seem to gel. Every TV series, book etc is a product of its age, we are in fact.

KnightFalz

Qbertq said:

I guess it had to be done.  He was my least favorite character. By least, I hated him.  However, it's good he's included for completions sake and for those who don't have my aversion to him.

I expect his character will be quite different if they are focusing solely on the Mirror Universe version of him. That could make it interesting, more so than standard Wesley Crusher anyway.

KnightFalz

Scot said:

Adamantine said:

Scot said:

I have heard good things about it, but you can't compare ToS with the later ones, it is a product of its age, just like today's are.

Sure, TOS and TNG might be products of their age.

But everything that came after was increasingly the product of bad writing and not much else.

That's going too far, certainly there was a move slowly away from Roddenberry's vision. I think the nadir of the franchise was Enterprise, but that was down to the way the actors did just not seem to gel. Every TV series, book etc is a product of its age, we are in fact.

Moving too far away from Roddenberry's vision has been the problem with Star Trek in recent years. Strange New Worlds will hopefully get things back on track.