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Generic shooter in Star Trek wrapper, w/ some goodies in between

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Unlike a lot of other good story-driven FPS games around like Half-Life, Thief (not an FPS, but whatever), XIII, NOLF, and the like, I found Elite Force to be highly disappointing given the fact that it took place in the highly intelligent Star Trek universe. All the away mission levels had basically the same pattern: walk about 20 feet, fight off a horde of baddies, walk another 25 feet, fight another group of baddies, and so on. Raven even intelligently replaces the mindless key hunt in so many other old games with the mindless control panel hunt, as so well shown in the Etherean and Borg levels. And speaking of the borg, they were portrayed horrendously, they never run and you, they always slowly trudge toward you but always corner you and get you as in the show, and in the show more than one can always trounce you. While I admire the effort of the developers, it just ended up feeling like Doom with Borgs when a good 20 borgs were on my tail on I was mowing them down with the shotgun-like I-Mod. But the implementation of the Borg adapting to other guns (dying first, then others adapting) was great. Also, the stealth mission on the Scavenger ship, while an admirable attempt, was laughable after playing such stealth-based masterpieces as Thief and Splinter Cell, and even stealth missions in games such as XIII are much, much better.
The end really sucked. Unlike Half-Life's haunting movie-like cliffhanger, you end up encountering this giant slug who tells of how the ship you are in (it has some special name, I forgot it) will enslave the universe. When Munro tells him/it that the ship is about to be destroyed, he laughs and tells them that it can multiply! HAHAHA! Then who comes to save the day but the mysterious Etherians, who quickly blow up a nearby panel, destroying its multiplying capabilities! What a twist! The slug is a boring-[...] boss too.
I'm not saying this game sucked, I liked it, but it didn't live up to the Star Trek legacy. Blasting the baddies was fun, especially the repair droids (good explosions), but repetitive and unintelligent. Also, while character interaction lacked during away missions, it was outstanding on Voyager, where you could watch off-duty teammates playing poker, listen to Chakotay and Paris discuss their plight in the mess hall, and even practice gunplay in the holodeck. The rendering of Voyager was great and the interaction of other NPCs in the background was very Half-Life like (in other words, awesome). Unfortunately, it was very linear exploration. Most of the doors on the ships were locked, which really, really sucked.
In short, buy this if you'd like a short shoot-em-up in a Star Trek universe and if you'd like to do a little exploring on Voyager itself, this is the game for you. But be warned: this is not the best Star Trek game ever, as said. Most people saying that are Quake fans who hate Star Trek and other Star Trek games for being too "geeky." It's their loss, older Star Trek titles such as Generations, A Final Unity, 25th Anniversary, and others are much, much truer to the Star Trek universe. (I should know, I'm a ST fan). Generations (which was panned by most critics by the way....) even had FPS styled portions but they were coupled with graphic adventure-like environment interactions, making it a much fuller experience.

A Star Trek Game at the Climax!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is the best Star Trek game ever made! The graphics and lip-syncing (excuse my spelling) are great even though the game is 4 yrs. old! I have not beat the game yet, though I have gotten pretty far. I really like this game because it has all of Voyager's cast members lending their voices to the game (except Kes of Course, who left more than 2 yrs. earlier) The story is good too! Activision hired good writers for this game. If you are thinking about buying Star Trek: Elite Force II unless you are very daring. I will give you a hint, No Voyager characters except Tuvok and Barclay. There even is only one TNG character which is Capt. Picard.

Awsome Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Son of the owner of this account ----- This game is more then just a game to a trekkie like my self. This game is what every trek fan dreams of butt kicking adventure while holding a phaser. This game is great for gaming clans and rpg groups if you get the right mods the websites you need are
www.eliterp.com < RP group that started the rp thing with the first RP mod
www.effiles.com < LARGE FILE SELECTION
www.efxleague.com < Fraging Game Clan Ladder
all those sites have the maps and mods and patchs
I my self have actualy joined a few groups in my time in game and have even become a Fleet Captain In an RP group this game is an awsome game there are ALOT of communitys built around playing it online I SERIOUSLY suggest you play this game. Oh and in the even you do play this game and start playing the RPG mods look for the captain of the U.S.S. Majesty ;)

Some Good Stuff

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Well, I must say the Elite Force expansion pack is a whole lot of fun... for about an hour. Then it kind of gets old. Sure walking the ship freely is great, but the original Elite Force is still the best. Either way, I still recommend buying this if you love the game.

Smoke but no Flame

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: October 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

For all the hype this game has received, there is nothing special about the game. While the graphics are excellent, the story is rather dull and the gameplay quite easy, even on the most difficult setting. You may have to repeat a mission two or three times, but no more than this, and you'll have finished all levels within a week (or a few days if you spend much time on the computer playing games). There is very little to think about when playing this game except whether you can gun down your enemies, which will disappoint those interested in exercising their wits as well as their trigger finger. With the Quake engine and the possible storylines, this game could have been something. Once again, Star Trek fans will have to wait for decent action game worthy of the name Star Trek.

Nice but way to short for the money

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Really enjoyed the game but found it disappointingly short. Only took about 10 hours of playing to finish the whole thing on the hard level.

Ok game not bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game. The missions are cool and they are a lot of fun. this game I would reccomed to anybody who likes Star Trek.

Pros
. Good missions
cons
. requies one of the most expensive graphics cards wih open GL library.

Awesome game and a great buy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force about a year ago, and I still play it every now and then. To put it simply, Elite Force is just one of those games you can really get into and have a lot of fun playing.
For starters, it sets itself even with the competition with standard features that every FPS should (but sometimes dont) have, such as instant save, completely customizable controls, etc...
The graphics, while not top notch, are still running off the tried and true Quake III engine and add to the excitement of the game. Character models are decent but to be honest, graphics are not my main interest. Generally, I care about the gameplay (or lack of) and Elite Force has plenty of fast-paced exciting action. You start off immediately in the middle of a mission inside a Borg cube and the gameplay takes off from there. There are plenty of weapons, each with a secondary fire to choose from and the environments are extremely fun to fight in (my favorite is running through the halls and cargo bays of Voyager). In hostile territory the battles are fast and furious, requiring good choice in your combat skills. Little things like the mini-Holomatches or the occasional non-violent assignment make the game enjoyable.
Another awesome option is the Holomatch, which also has the same fast-paced fighting in the game, against not-so-terrible bots too. Again, the maps are well-designed and the weapons are awesome.
Finally, I think any aficionado of FPS's would definitely like this game for its gameplay and graphics: but if you like or watch Star Trek too, you'll like it even more. Even though its rather ironic how in most episodes the crew shoots at most 3-5 aliens and you kill 3-5 aliens in 3-5 seconds, I was almost giddy at being able to run through Voyager at psuedo-will and shoot bugs at the same times. In summary, buy this game, its worth the money and lasts a long time.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: May 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Greart looking game! I have have the first one and it is great never crashes on me or any thing like that. I just order this one and i think it lookes great. With all the new maps and stuff it should be great. I think the tour thing should be good too. I getting my copy, have you?

adds more to an already great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I really liked the original Elite Force. This expansion adds more to an already great game. After installing the expansion, you don't need the original disk anymore; the "upgraded" game only uses the expanion disk to play. You'll have hours of fun!

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