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Offline Alter Ego

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Re: TrekMovie.com Claims To Confirm Cryptic As Developer Of STO
« Reply #20 on: 17 March 2008 09:27 PM »
I partially agree with Kinneas, actually. We'll get a 'game' if someone develops it, not anything good.

The thing I don't agree with is that someone is actually wasting the money and time on developing it. Not very likely.
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Re: TrekMovie.com Claims To Confirm Cryptic As Developer Of STO
« Reply #21 on: 21 March 2008 01:02 AM »
Well something to think of, which I'm certain we all have, just not typed it out.

What is that phrase of...
something about being silent means guilty.
After all, if Cryptic was not the developer, would they not make a statement to that effect to help clear the air of the legal representative?

I know, I know, sounds like something that would be said during a Witch Trial.
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Re: TrekMovie.com Claims To Confirm Cryptic As Developer Of STO
« Reply #22 on: 21 March 2008 02:19 PM »
Well as Zach has stated in the past as soon as he found out that STO went to another Bay Area Developer he quite litterally got on the phone and started calling all of them.

No one responded.....

does that mean everyone is guilty?

On the flip side I still hold my reservations as to who is going to be involved, personally Lucas Arts gave us a great Star Wars Galaxies, and then SOE took over...

I really don't think that Cryptic has the experience in the SCIFI MMO business to pull of something as huge as STO, so personally I can see this possibly being a joint venture between Cryptic and CBS with CBS being the Publisher, at which point later on the game is transferred to CBS and Cryptic moves on to developing new games.
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Re: TrekMovie.com Claims To Confirm Cryptic As Developer Of STO
« Reply #23 on: 21 March 2008 06:06 PM »
Ah true, but what I speak of is with the incident in regards of a legal issue that has circulated around the Internet, and could be spun as a form of brutal civil actions by Cryptic. (For the record, I’m not implying that, but someone could or may have done so).

Though of Cryptic and a Publisher, Cryptic is self-publishing Champions-Online, so it may be possible (but not enough to counter your thought, I'll agree) that STO would follow the same.


Now there has been that situation of, “well there are a number of other possible candidates, that are in the Bay Area with the same legal firm.”  So there is the process of elimination route.
With the following specifications:
- Location (“Bay Area” – San Francisco, CA USA)
- Legal Firm (MoFo, inc)
- PC MMO projects
- Reputation (I think we can agree that CBS wants a company with a proven track record this time)

A number of the possible companies that are in the Bay Area and have the same legal company can be disqualified right off the bat:
- Lucas Arts and Star Trek…. errr, maybe if Lucas ever wanted to buy out Star Trek and own it.
- Nihilsitic (and other such companies) only work on console games.  A PC MMO is out of the business scope.
- Major Companies, such as EA and SEGA are not developers and have little involvement (or like) for PC MMO’s


And I bet, Alter Ego willing, that I can disqualify all other bay area developers.
Bring ‘em up, I stand ready.
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Re: TrekMovie.com Claims To Confirm Cryptic As Developer Of STO
« Reply #24 on: 21 March 2008 10:14 PM »
Hello fellow trek fans, I wanted to bring up some interesting info about this "Cryptic as Dev of STO" stuff, my main point is... I'm not sure its them. If you've gone to their main webpage they have a "under development" section where they give out teaser concept art. Now Cryptic said they were creating a Sci-fi MMO, but the more I look at those pictures the more I doubt its STO. Here are some samples:


Correct me if I'm wrong but sword+gun=Shadowrun


Those don't look like starfleet officers


Giant monster, and a hummer... again not feeling the trekness in this one

I guess my major point is if Cryptic is developing STO than they are doing a very good job at not letting us know. Again these pictures remind me more of IP such as Shadowrun, then again it could be a stand alone IP that they've created. All in all I don't see any real proof that Cryptic is our dev when it comes to STO. I could be wrong, in fact I'd love to see Cryptic behind STO but on the other hand even cryptic can't develop more than two games at a time... it just costs to much money. And these screens of their un-named project realy don't have any STO feel.

Till we get some offical info I'm going to conclude that its still very much up in the air.
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Re: TrekMovie.com Claims To Confirm Cryptic As Developer Of STO
« Reply #25 on: 21 March 2008 11:22 PM »
Well I believe then what does "Sci-Fi" mean?
From the pictures above I would be inclined to say that falls under Modern Day Genre or Modern Horror Genre.
It doesn't seem to fit "Sci-Fi"...  but its a stretch to say anything that is more than 20 minutes in the future can be considered as Science Fiction.
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Re: TrekMovie.com Claims To Confirm Cryptic As Developer Of STO
« Reply #26 on: 21 March 2008 11:41 PM »
Cryptic could have more than one "secret" project in the workings, its more than conceivable.

I was poking around the Cryptic website, and i was looking at the same concept images, and i found two that peak my interests:



That first one rotates in the banner bar at the top of their website, it is the only one that seems "out of place" compared to the rest, and as you can see, its spacey.



This second one is the one that really interests me.  I was a big, huge fan of the Xindi in season 3 of enterprise, and you know, i could be very wrong, but the buildings on the ground look very similar to Aboreal Xindi buildings (sp).

And those two huge ones in the background, with the dinosaur like bird in the  sky - looks a heck of a lot like an Avian Xindi to me..........

Someone watch a few episodes of Season 3 Enterprise and have a look. I recommend "The Shipment" which takes place on an aboreal planet, and practically any of the last 5 episodes of season 3 to see avian buildings.
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Re: TrekMovie.com Claims To Confirm Cryptic As Developer Of STO
« Reply #27 on: 21 March 2008 11:47 PM »
Quote from: Zach Nicodemous on 21 March 2008 11:41 PM

This second one is the one that really interests me.  I was a big, huge fan of the Xindi in season 3 of enterprise, and you know, i could be very wrong, but the buildings on the ground look very similar to Aboreal Xindi buildings (sp).

Yes the spire does look like the Avian Xindi tower in ENT, Very very close in fact, I don't recall the buldings in that episode, but that tower really stood out.

Hmm..does this mean they might be thinking a different Era to place the game?
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Re: TrekMovie.com Claims To Confirm Cryptic As Developer Of STO
« Reply #28 on: 22 March 2008 12:05 AM »
I doubt they would be going into a different era. Its more likely that (and i say that loosely) the avians have somehow been brought back,  potentially STO is two or threee hundred years after Enterprise, so it stands to reason they could use genetic whateveritscalled to bring them back.

Also, if you remember there were Xindi serving on the Enterprise-J so we know at least some of them survive into the future.
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Re: TrekMovie.com Claims To Confirm Cryptic As Developer Of STO
« Reply #29 on: 22 March 2008 12:33 AM »
I saw those pics quit a while ago somehow I don't think they are related to STO. The space picture doesn't seem Star Trek but the buildings do look like that of the Xindi.
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