Star Trek has a shaky history in the videogame world. For every underrated gem — like the great Macintosh graphic adventure Judgment Rites — there’s a whole host of lame Trek games with interchangeable names like Armada or Legacy or New Worlds. But today, Paramount unveiled the first trailer for a 2012 Trek game, based on the rebooted universe of J. J. Abrams’ 2009 film, and the game looks pretty cool, allowing you to play in co-op mode as either Kirk or Spock. With lots of zero-g floating and phaser battles in dark starship hallways, the game looks a little bit like Dead Space and Mass Effect — both of which are very good things. But the trailer also forces you to ask yourself: Would you rather play as the dynamo Enterprise captain, or as his cooler-than-ice second office? Check out the video and vote in our poll.
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Spock, baby. All the way.
I want to play as Khan. KHAAAAANNNN!!!!!!!!!!
oooooh yea!!
Harvey Mudd isn’t a character? Lame. I will play as snarf
You mean Harcourt Fenton Mudd??
I want to play as Uhura.
Now that we know she was getting cozy with Spock, I wouldn’t mind being her as well!
Yep Khan “He Task Me”…He Task Me
“tasks”
Any true gamer knows you play as Kirk first and then start over with Spock – if the game is any good, that is!
I would choose a new character called ” Spirk”.
Or play as a ” tribble”.
Or maybe “Kock”?
Yes, I am a 14-year-old boy.
No I’m not.
:0)
I want to play as the grousable Doctor McCoy. He was always my favorite, especially when he got into it with Spock.
“You green-blooded hobgoblin, your suppose to keep that baffon out of trouble, not lead him into it!”