Star Trek or Star Wars?

[bottlebomber]

Still haven't played the third one yet, but the first two were awesome. Bioware's Dragon Age is damn good too, and certainly better than the Elder Scrolls games...

I haven't played the 3rd yet either, I'm holding out for the winter when it's cold and rainy, because I know how good it is. I haven't played Dragon Age, but I remember seeing the GI write-up on it. I actually wasn't the hugest fan of Skyrim, the whole experience was too detached, cold and impersonal.

 

[Erroneous]

Bioware makes some awesome games. Bringing it back to star wars with kotor, the first one being the great star wars game I've ever played.

 

[phenry]

I haven't played the 3rd yet either, I'm holding out for the winter when it's cold and rainy, because I know how good it is. I haven't played Dragon Age, but I remember seeing the GI write-up on it. I actually wasn't the hugest fan of Skyrim, the whole experience was too detached, cold and impersonal.

Your self control for waiting is a lot greater than mine. The whole reason I started playing the trilogy was seeing the launch trailer for ME3. As in this one:

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And since that moment way too many hours of my life have been spent playing that game.

But to actually answer the original question: Star Wars all the way. Not just because I like the movies more, but because of how many awesome games have come from the series. KOTOR, Battlefront, Empire at War, and Force Unleashed are all pretty awesome in my books.

 

[snyklez]

Ah I miss video games. I actually played some MW3 tonight, first time in two months. That's the only game I've played this year. Was there ever a really great trek or star wars game?

 

[TyTanium]

The Super Nintendo Star Wars games were really fun (one for each of the original trilogy).
N64 Shadows of the Empire was fun, and Rogue Squadron was a blast.
There was a PC game for Phantom Menace that was really fun, an RPG type.

But my favorite thus far has been Battlefront - the first one was good, and the 2nd one was epic. Play as Obi Wan / Anakin / Vader / Yoda / Darth Maul / Mace Windu? Yes. yes.

I played ~30mins of the new Star Wars MMO The Old Republic, and was bored out of my mind. Major bummer.

 

[bottlebomber]

Those old super NES Star Wars games were hard. There was no saving and there was a lot of tricky jumping and timing to do, so it was just a question of how far you could get before you died and were too frustrated to pick it up for awhile. I think maybe it gave you some continues, but they were very finite.

 

[emjay]

The Super Nintendo Star Wars games were really fun (one for each of the original trilogy).
N64 Shadows of the Empire was fun, and Rogue Squadron was a blast.
There was a PC game for Phantom Menace that was really fun, an RPG type.

But my favorite thus far has been Battlefront - the first one was good, and the 2nd one was epic. Play as Obi Wan / Anakin / Vader / Yoda / Darth Maul / Mace Windu? Yes. yes.

I played ~30mins of the new Star Wars MMO The Old Republic, and was bored out of my mind. Major bummer.

I had a lot of fun playing Jedi Knight 2 with friends in high school. Epic lightsaber battles made even more epic by turning cheats on, on the server, allowing me to give myself a Darth Maul-style double-sided saber, when nobody else knew how

 

[Erroneous]

...Was there ever a really great trek or star wars game?

For trek not really. I played 2: bridge commander and that one fps from the end of voyager. Don't remember what it was called. And if you want to give star trek online a try I think it's free right now.

For star wars though, TIE fighter, x wing, x wing alliance, rogue squadron were all really good. I've heard good things about the Jedi knight series. KotOR was awesome, and the mmo is good. And yeah many of the snes and n64 games were great. Basically if it says star wars in the name it is a 50/50 chance of either being awesome or crap.

*edit: same goes for star wars movies. Go figure.

 

[CBXBob]

TNG for sure.
This thread got me thinking about science fiction, in my late teens I totally got in to science fiction books, The Martian Chronicles, anything by Heinlein, Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke. I couldn't get enough. And that of course, reminded me of the time I, and some friends went to see the movie 2001 Space Odyssey, that had just came out.
So I got some friends together (I was 20) for the trek to Los Angeles from the suburbs. My younger brother (18) volunteered to drive (borrowed Mom's car). Then on the Friday night of the trip downtown (30 miles) younger brother talked the other 3 of us to try acid, he assured us that it was safe, he'd been doing it for a year, so we nervously agreed. OMG, what a night
Funny when you think about how long ago that was, and that I'm still sane More or less

 

[husker]

I chose a girlfriend

 

[Erroneous]

I chose a girlfriend

My wife loves TNG. Part of the reason I married her.

 

[bottlebomber]

I chose a girlfriend

If your woman can't appreciate geek you didn't do it right. My lady plays more games than me. She got me into the new Battlestar, for example. You don't need to choose between the things you like and a companion.

 

[emjay]

You don't need to choose between the things you like and a companion.

More importantly, what good is a companion that doesn't let you be yourself?

And people wonder why divorce rates have skyrocketed...

 

[Goofynewfie]

My wife loves TNG. Part of the reason I married her.

Same here

 

[bottlebomber]

More importantly, what good is a companion that doesn't let you be yourself?

And people wonder why divorce rates have skyrocketed...

Exactly... Because people rush into relationships without considering compatibility, and before you know it she's thrown away your mint Star Wars figurine collection and you can't make it to the courthouse fast enough. If there was one thing a bad marriage taught me it was that it's better to be happily single than miserably married. There's been some kind of message sent from society that if you're not in a relationship that something's wrong with you, and I don't agree with it. Rant over.

 

[snyklez]

TNG for sure.
This thread got me thinking about science fiction, in my late teens I totally got in to science fiction books, The Martian Chronicles, anything by Heinlein, Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke. I couldn't get enough. And that of course, reminded me of the time I, and some friends went to see the movie 2001 Space Odyssey, that had just came out.
So I got some friends together (I was 20) for the trek to Los Angeles from the suburbs. My younger brother (18) volunteered to drive (borrowed Mom's car). Then on the Friday night of the trip downtown (30 miles) younger brother talked the other 3 of us to try acid, he assured us that it was safe, he'd been doing it for a year, so we nervously agreed. OMG, what a night
Funny when you think about how long ago that was, and that I'm still sane More or less

Man I bet those are fond memories. I've never read a whole lot of the sci-fi genre, just a few books here and there. Unless you count the Dark Tower series as sci-fi, in which case, I couldn't put those books down. I used to work at a bookstore though and was amazed by the number of books based on both star wars and star trek. There are tons of novelizations, series and short stories based on those originals.

I also agree that you've got to find someone out there to share, or at least understand, the things that you're into. Being a geek and finding a GF/spouse are not mutually exclusive. My wife couldn't care less about star trek, and quite frankly I think bachelor pad is one of the worst shows in the history of tv. But if she likes it, no biggie.

 

[snyklez]

So which enemy is worse, the Empire or the Borg?

 

[emjay]

So which enemy is worse, the Empire or the Borg?

Borg for sure. At least the Empire will just end you.

And even looking at the other shows mentioned in this thread - the Reavers in Firefly, and the Replicators in Stargate - are worse than the Empire. The Empire is, well, "just" an Empire.

 

[tosteen]

Trek. I'm an original series fan, and found this in my local homebrew shop!

 

[BlueGrot]

Star Wars. I even have a Stormtrooper suit.

 

[brewingmeister]

These... kits...aren't going.....to sell....themselves.

 

[Homercidal]

Remember that episode where Spock came through the transporter with an evil twin? I think it was called, "DOPPLESPOCK"...

If they had craft beer on the Enterprise, Jean-Luc Pickard would order an, "Oberon, Cold, No Fruit."

Scotty: "I'm sorry Captain. I cannot repair the warp drive now. I have to repair the phase inverter on the Therminator first!"

Someone should brew a "Red Shirt Red" in honor of all of those brave young actors who gave their lives in setting up the plot line!

Bones: "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a microbiologist! Maybe you pitched too warm!"

Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It's 5 year mission to..
Psst! We only have enough beer for 3 years!
It's 3 YEAR MISSION to seek out strange new life and...

 

[thepartsmancometh]

Remember that episode where Spock came through the transporter with an evil twin? I think it was called, "DOPPLESPOCK"...

If they had craft beer on the Enterprise, Jean-Luc Pickard would order an, "Oberon, Cold, No Fruit."

Scotty: "I'm sorry Captain. I cannot repair the warp drive now. I have to repair the phase inverter on the Therminator first!"

Someone should brew a "Red Shirt Red" in honor of all of those brave young actors who gave their lives in setting up the plot line!

Bones: "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a microbiologist! Maybe you pitched too warm!"

Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It's 5 year mission to..
Psst! We only have enough beer for 3 years!
It's 3 YEAR MISSION to seek out strange new life and...

Maybe they could ferment some of that alleged space sugar

 

[tosteen]

These... kits...aren't going.....to sell....themselves.

"Scotty! We need more sugar!"

 

[landshark]

Maybe they could ferment some of that alleged space sugar

I... read that... in.. the voice...of Captain... James...T... Kirk.

 

[alpha224]

Remember that episode where Spock came through the transporter with an evil twin? I think it was called, "DOPPLESPOCK"...

If they had craft beer on the Enterprise, Jean-Luc Pickard would order an, "Oberon, Cold, No Fruit."

Scotty: "I'm sorry Captain. I cannot repair the warp drive now. I have to repair the phase inverter on the Therminator first!"

Someone should brew a "Red Shirt Red" in honor of all of those brave young actors who gave their lives in setting up the plot line!

Bones: "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a microbiologist! Maybe you pitched too warm!"

Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It's 5 year mission to..
Psst! We only have enough beer for 3 years!
It's 3 YEAR MISSION to seek out strange new life and...

DoppleSpock Bock
"Set your phasers to stun!" Saison...
Even better yet: "Set your phasers to STOUT"


I honestly can't take a side on the trek v wars argument because I loved the original sw trilogy and grew up watching TNG, but I do get offended when people mix them up.
Also, swmbo actually wants to watch the movies because I have and she hasn't.

 

[Subsailor]

Original Star Trek although I am a big fan of episodes IV - VI of Star Wars and in the final moments of episode III when the Emporer says "Arise Lord Vador" and you hear the first breath.
Also huge Firefly/Serenity addict.

 

[Erroneous]

Original Star Trek although I am a big fan of episodes IV - VI of Star Wars and in the final moments of episode III when the Emporer says "Arise Lord Vador" and you hear the first breath.
Also huge Firefly/Serenity addict.

My biggest gripe about episodes 1-3 were about how the character of Darth vader never really emerged. Sure he killed kids, but I never felt like it was a plausible thing anyway. Oh I'm angry because I can't have love! I'm going to go murder a whole bunch of children that I probably know! And then later I'll just be a well adjusted though evil adult bent on ruling the galaxy instead of finding eternal life

 

[bottlebomber]

My biggest gripe about episodes 1-3 were about how the character of Darth vader never really emerged. Sure he killed kids, but I never felt like it was a plausible thing anyway. Oh I'm angry because I can't have love! I'm going to go murder a whole bunch of children that I probably know! And then later I'll just be a well adjusted though evil adult bent on ruling the galaxy instead of finding eternal life

Anakin was such a little whiner baby in II an III it was painful to watch. Very un-Vaderlike. There's no way that guy would have scored with Natalie Portman in real life.

 

[snyklez]

Anakin was such a little whiner baby in II an III it was painful to watch. Very un-Vaderlike. There's no way that guy would have scored with Natalie Portman in real life.

Ha ha that's so true. Plus, this thread has made me realize why I'm not a huge fan of Star Wars. Anakin can mow down a bunch of little kids, but has an easy change of heart at the end? Plus, the lightsaber battles were incredible in the newer (prequel) versions, and when you watch the originals, they just seemed geriatric.