Star Trek: Bridge Crew is ridiculously fun but also very unlikely to gather friends for.
Remember when the iPhone first came out, and it was, in hindsight, kind of lame for a while? There were no apps to download, no cool Instagram filters, and you couldn’t even turn on the phone’s light to use as a flashlight. Like any new technology, smartphones took a little while for people to figure out how to let us do cool things with it. Virtual reality games are kind of in that space now. There isn’t a terrible amount of variety to the proceedings—it’s great for horror games, pretty cool for puzzles, and nauseating for shooting games—but mostly, game makers are actively working things out. So of course, a bunch of them decided to recreate Star Trek. (There are, probably, entire branches of science and technology we can thank smart people trying to recreate Star Trek for.) They ended up making one of the best, freshest VR games I’ve ever played. I also don’t think I’ll ever get to play it again.
Out this week, Star Trek: Bridge Crew lets you and three other friends take command of the U.S.S. Aegis, a Federation starship straight out of the classic TV series. You put on your headset and after you make sure everything’s working—blam!—you’re a Star Trek guy or gal! With really weird hands. Seriously, your hands are weird in this game.
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Source: GQ