Old news I know but this is actualy good news.

I like alot of fans was watching these eagerly to see what would come of it. It had ALOT of potential for an awful lot of fun. The initial devlogs and the very few screenshots showed a really nice engine for portraying the starships and interiors.

The concept art and details behind the planet generator was really interesting and looked like a possible WoW beater could finally arrive and defeat the "cartoony bollocks"

Then they released THIS

http://gaming.trekcore.com/startrekonline/screens/IntScreen.jpg


Now dont get me wrong I could live with space like that, its not as good as the early screenshots but its ok. But the text window is so crap words can barely describe. Thats one of the most awful things I've ever seen.

How can you attempt immersion and fun gameplay with utter design suicide like that?.

Perpetual has now been dropped (all employees sacked which is a shame for moral reasons even if the game was crap) and someone in the "Bay Area of San Francisco" has been given it.

Will probably be a few years til this comes out now :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Online

To see some of the better looking visuals.