Star Trek Online: Ten Years Old, Still Fun

And with the finest visuals 2010 had to offer

The game’s effects pipeline still mostly holds up. Screenshot taken on Xbox One X by Alex Rowe.

In my head, Star Trek Online is still only a few years old. I distinctly remember buying my retail PC disc copy when it launched. I remember when it went free-to-play. I remember when it added Mass Effect-style shooting in a bid to capture action game fans. I named my first ship The Sea of Dreams because I was…