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For once, Star Trek DOESN'T suck horse apples.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: May 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I can't take Star Trek. I used to love it, but I try to watch it now, and...no. Can't do it. I liked the original series, and Next Generation was pretty good for a while, but after Roddenberry died, everything fell apart. Deep Space Nine is just a badly disguised clone of Babylon 5. Voyager was boring, uninspired, repetitive, and flatter than a piece of paper. It should've been cancelled years ago. Enterprise? Please. Even the UPN executives couldn't keep that thing going.

So, why am I here, giving a Star Trek game a good review? Simple; because it's everything the shows and movies stopped being a long time ago:

It's exciting. It's thrilling. It's challenging. It makes you think. The people in it are actual PEOPLE, not a bunch of cardboard cutouts in black pajamas and weird makeup trying to advance the useless plot. And above all, you never ONCE hear anyone say anything remotely like "Modify the subspace harmonic phase variance yada yada yada..." If I never hear that weak plot device crap again, it'll be too soon. Not only that, it has things and concepts in it that not only make you think, "Yeah, they SHOULD have something like that," it'll also make you say, "Why didn't they EVER have that?"

The idea behind the game is this. Since Voyager (grr...)is on the far side of the galaxy, far away from any backup, Janeway and Tuvok develop a new kind of away team. This new unit, called the Hazard Team, is made up of special forces crewmen assembled to take on challenging missions that regulars can't handle, like a SWAT team compared to regular police. The team's just been created when Voyager (rr...) gets sucked into a mysterious region of space and immobilized. You play as Ensign Alex (or Alexandria...how PC) Munro, the Hazard Team's second-in-command. And during the game, you'll have run-ins with mysterious aliens, hostile scavengers, the Borg, and a new race created only for this game.

Raven Software did a great job on this game. The environments are bigger than what you'd expect from the TV shows, the aliens are more imaginative, the weapons are much more impressive and realistic, and the combat is gripping in some parts, especially when you're facing a stampede of Borg. Your teammates all have their own personalities and functions, and the patter between them is actually worth listening to. They're even FUNNY when they tell JOKES. Who knew?

Unfortunately, the game does fizzle in a few places. It uses the same "sound as wallpaper" approach to background music, so there isn't a single nanosecond that isn't drenched in bland New Age elevator muzak. Some of the weapons don't have convincing sounds, like the Tetryon Gatling Gun; you'd think it was shooting soap bubbles. Not only that, but you're limited to only two types of ammunition for eight different weapons, so if you run out of one of those two, half your arsenal's kaput. And worst of all, at some points, you have to LISTEN to the boring regular VOYAGER cast members while they spout off about unimportant crap. That one's easy enough to fix, though, if you do what I do; turn the sound off and wait it out.

I know I should end this review with something inspiring, like how in the right hands, even a lump of coal can shine like a diamond, but I've got nothing.

But it IS a lot more fun and entertaining than Star Trek's been for at least fifteen years, and that ain't bad, either.

A real Star Trek game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ever since I first read about it, I knew I had to have it. This is one of those games you don't get tired of. If your a Star Trek fan, the idea of shooting Borg should be appealing enough to you.

Get it for the multiplayer maps

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The single player portion of the game, just skip it. It isn't a episode of voyager, it's just you going around voyager with a tricorder and any weapons you find. Doing some minor tasks given to you. I did all the single player stuff within 3 to 3 1/2 hours tops. There isn't a ending to the holographic voyager either, after you do all the tasks there is nothing else to do so i said heck with it and got into a fire fight with the crew and found it amuzing ending up in the brig with different characters talking to me at the end.

What makes this expansion worth buying is the multiplayer maps, they are great. If you are considering buying this, buy it for the multiplayer aspect just don't be too disappointed with the singer player portion of it.

The specialties are soo cool!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: October 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The specialties are really cool in multiplayer. the new maps are cool.

Startrek: A journey within itself

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Startrek is a very intricate web of ideas mixed with actual theories of aliens, faster than light travel, and the dimensions and capacity of space.their computer games blow away any other game i have ever played or seen. my first 5 favorite computer games are all startrek. personally the elite force games are my favorite, then comes starfleet command, then the armada series.

Of course you want this....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Again, I realize this is an older game but it is still a favorite.....the expansion pack adds a lot and of course 7-of-9..voice only makes it worth while......you actually do feel as though you are in a star trek episode.....bottom line this is a winner in terms of the star trek software so go for it!

The best of the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Grait game Personally I think this is the one of the best games.I also think there should be a weapon that dosent shoot But thats ok.

It would have been so great...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

_This was a great FPS game, by any standard. It's not just a shoot-em-up, it's part puzzle-solver too. The weapons and gameplay are excellent. The controls are a bit awkward, but that couldn't be avoided.
_My only problem with this game is that after getting very far into the game, I encountered a glitch that wouldn't allow me to proceed further into it. The game just ends there, or might as well have. Unfortuantely, I saved the game just after the glitch was irreversible. What happens is that at one point, you arm up to defend Voyager from harvesters, run out into a hallway, and the man in front of you gets blown up by an explosion in the side of a bulkhead, where the enemy then starts flooding in from. However, in my save file, the bulkhead never explodes, and the guy just stands there like an idiot (I spent hours trying to get this all to work). So, according to the in-game clock, I wasted 11 hours and can't win the game. So why bother starting again? Frankly, I don't have the patience.

The joy!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Although I am not really big into first-person shooters, I THOROUGHLY enjoyed this game. The graphics are excellent, the game is stable, the story is interesting....and then we get to my favorite part....the "interaction", if you will, with the other Voyager crew-members. It is not every day that you get to single-handedly vaporize your favorite Voyager characters simply because they are so annoying. I am SO glad they allow this! Many games of this sort don't let you shoot your own team-members. (Even though you end up in the brig....if you have a good position you can hold them off for awhile and kill a whole heaping bunch before they take you down and the game ends.) I can hardly describe the joy and elation I felt when I fired granades into the galley and slaughtered many of the Voyager crew. I frequently killed Tuvok for being such a condescending know-it-all Sometimes I would fire my phaser at my team just enough to irritate them. (The lines they speak are really quite humorous.) Then I'd finish them off with a photon blast. They are such snobby individuals and they are also incompetent in the midst of the many fire-fights we encountered. My only complaint is that I haven't yet found an opportune moment to kill Janeway......well, maybe Elite Force 2 will afford me the chance!

Incredible!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Wow, a Star Trek game that actually rocks! The action and missions are awesome (Borg are so badass) Great plot and the story goes at an excellent pace. Graphics are nice. AI very smart and the weapons are brilliant (Arc Welder, HELL YEAH!) There are a few interesting plot twists along the way, cool enemies to take out (Borg, Species 8472, Klingons, Hirogens to name a few) and above average voice acting which is quite impressive. Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force is, despite on the short side at around 10 hours, a very fun, entertaining first-person shooter well worth your money and time. Enjoy!

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