Star Trek Online's new Summer Event is...an experience.
In all honesty I can't say it "isn't Star Trek" because so much weird and offbeat stuff has happened in Star Trek episodes over the decades that pretty much anything
can be Star Trek...provided you can justify it with a canon reference somewhere
The Summer Event takes place on Risa, the 'Pleasure Planet' that pops up from time to time in episodes of TNG and Enterprise. There are jetpacks, a starship to grind for, a dance event, and parrot pets that can be raised from an egg to maturity.
But it's the costume unlocks I was more interested in. Because I'm a CoH player, obviously!
The powers-that-be decreed that there shalt not be swimwear or bikinis available to the players (even though Risan NPCs have them). I applaud this actually, because unless Cryptic somehow limited the wearing of swimwear to Risa itself, you just
know what would happen...in no time, Earth Spacedock would be crawling with Benny Hill-esque chase scenes, and conga lines of scantily clad players running around Admiral Quinn's office
But, the leisure gear available is still pretty fun to mess around with, and can look very vacationy. Here's my Romulan Captain dancing a samba on the beach while her pet parrot flaps about overhead -
I'm not much of a roleplayer, but even I enjoy the idea of wearing this outfit on Risa, then swapping to a businesslike uniform once I'm back on my ship. It's just a bit of fun, which IS what games are supposed to be after all