Senior Editor Wes Fenlon mostly liked what he saw when he got a brief look at Star Trek: Resurgence (opens in new tab) earlier this year, mostly because it evoked all that Star Trek nonsense we know and love: Technobabble and simplistic outer space diplomacy. It’s “the first Trek thing to capture the spirit of the ’90s shows in a long, long time,” he wrote, a statement that, to me at least, makes the game immediately appealing.

Unfortunately, the rest of us will be waiting longer than expected to experience its sci-fi pleasures, because developer Dramatic Labs has chosen to delay its release until 2023.

“Production has been moving forward steadily throughout the summer, but we’ve made the difficult decision to move our release date to 2022 to give the game a final layer of polish and create a truly immersive Star Trek experience,” the studio said. “We’re planning to release Star Trek: Resurgence in April 2023 on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.”

“Our love and admiration for Star Trek is central to this decision. We are proud of what we have accomplished so far, and this continues to be a passion project for everyone here, working within a universe that means so much to so many.”

Lag is always a bummer, but in this case it's probably a wise choice. While Wes liked the subtleties and tone of Resurgence's TNG-style gameplay, he had concerns about the game's technical state, including clunky movement and dated "robotic" facial animations.

“The resurgence isn’t over, of course, and there’s still time to smooth out the most noticeable flaws,” he wrote. “But the developers have said the animation is close to where they want it, so I’m not expecting a dramatic transformation between now and the release later this year.”

If Dramatic Labs can use the extra six months to bring the technical qualities of Star Trek: Resurgence to whatever the real-world equivalent of “10,000 teradynes per second” is, I think it will be worth the wait.