Those are good points. Also, I should mention that the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic games are amazing. And that the characters can turn good or evil, depending on how you play and how much influence you have on them.
Yeah, those are my favorite games possibly of all time, and it's why I pick the
world of Star Wars over Star Trek in general (although Lucas' own stories in his own world probably aren't quite as great as a few of the stories from the Star Trek world).
Maybe that's a better way to say it. I think in general Star Wars had more flavor and interesting world aspects to me, but Star Trek had some better storylines... until of course you look at the SWKOTOR line. I only finished a few of the class stories in the MMO SWTOR (which is kind of SWKOTOR 3), but it was the coolest thing ever and better than the movies... Nothing beat being a Sith marauder wielding two sabers and managing to survive the plots of everyone trying to destroy me as I rose through the chain (and a few masters) and managed to subvert the hope of the Jedi to being my thrall. Bwa ha ha.
I was a big TNG nut starting in college when it came out, then soured on it because it was all a bit too pat and smug to me in hindsight even though I watched the entire run and there are a few episodes that stand out (like The Inner Light or the whole Worf/Duras plotline). Ensign Ro was a breath of fresh air.
DSN is probably the best Trek series I never watched after a season and desperately need to.
I struggled through a season of Voyager and quit, and never bothered with Enterprise.
I've actually been going back and watching some of the episodes of old Trek, of which there are some decent ones amid some lousy ones. (My eldest kid is also really getting into it.) I've probably seen them all, but years and years ago... I read all the James Blish book adaptations (there were four books at the library when I was growing up, with the episodes all in story form, which I avidly read).