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Star Trek version of Jedi Outcast

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well kind of... if u played JK2 be4 this... wish I have. Its fun. I lept into it. Its almost easy... but the Borg are hard to kill with their shields (I use god... don't contraadict me!!) this game is awesome!

None better

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

With absolute certainty, this is the absolute best first person role playing and first person shooter combined for the Star Trek game genre. There were high expectations for the second installment of Elite Force and I believe that the second one would have been beter with an improved storyline. The original EF story line is awesome and certainly keeps your interest for the duration of the game. The better graphics of the second one and the fact that it is picking up after Voyager returns to Earth (at the game's beginning) and you end up working on the Enterprise for our favorite bald captain with open space before you and a new group of Elite Force members who are not quite as interesting as the other one on VGER. Anyway, multiplayer online play is STILL ongoing for STEF 1 but there was hardly any for the second. If you are looking for single player action, get both games as they will be worth your money if you at least like Star Trek and you will enjoy them. If there was a third installment, and it used the latest graphics technologies available, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

brings little for single-player users

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you can get it cheap, definitely pick up this expansion pack for the first "Elite Force" - one of the best Trek games ever made. The new disk is obviously tilted towards multiplayer, having limited additions for dedicated single-player users. There are new holomatches - though they seem arguably as good as those you can find for free on-line. For the single-player, this pack offers some nifty if-pointless missions on the holodeck, and a nifty is comparably pointless scavenger hunt where you must search the Voyager for action-figures of your favorite "Voyager" characters. There's also a wicked looking puzzle game pitting you against the Borg. The pack is built around a virtual-tour of the Voyager - much like those of the original EF, only without you having to be anywhere or meet anybody, and being able to visit any deck rather than those related to a specific mission/map.

The stuff here looks good, and while it's annoying to nitpick with quality, the problem here is that the stuff that looks nice shows how much better this pack could have been. The holodeck maps are excellent - including one inside of a Klingon base that boasts some of the best atmospherics of EF or even the "Jedi Knight" games also based on the QuakeIII engine. There's also a holo-map based on "Captain Proton" (in black and white, of course) which looks niftier than it is (you spend a lot of time just walking and dodging raygun blasts as you navigate the impressive looking canyons of "Dr. Chaotica". You finish the maps only to find yourself back on Voyager with little to do, wondering why the rest of the pack's offerings weren't as fun as the holodeck. The virtual tour is also a washout because there's a ton of detail and zero action - sort of descriptive of an episode of the show.

Some have sought and paid exorbitant sums for this pack thinking that 3rd party add-ons for "Elite Force" won't work without it. That may be true, but most issues relating to add-ons can normally be solved adjusting "hunkmegs" settings in the base game.

In short, single-player users are better off just sticking with the base game. The pack comes with some interesting yet otherwise unrewarding additions.

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 Fantastic Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have had Elite Force for years, and I have to say that it is just as fun as it was when I first played the game. You really do feel like you are part of the Voyager crew as the entire cast (minus Kes) returns to reprise their roles we all know and love from the series. The story is sharp and the acting is even sharper. Fighting the Borg face to face is really amazing, talking to the crew is even cooler. Fans of Star Trek should love this game, fans of Voyager WILL loves this game. A must have for all my fellow Trekkies/Trekkers/And fans who don't like the label. Buy this game!! A MustHAVE!!!

Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is sooooooo fun! Any fan of Voyager would like it. And, with all the modifications, multiplayer (holomatch) maps and skins (what your character looks like) you can download it certainly gets more fun. The only thing that could improve this is the expansion pack and its "explore voyager" mode.

Its even better with cheats:
press tilda (the key next to 1 which looks like this `) and
type "god" then hit enter. Now you have infinte health and armor! Type "give all" and hit enter. Now you have all the weapons (if you have the expansion pack for Elite Force installed, you also get a tricorder and a hypospray)
When in the game, press "F11" and you take a screenshot. Go to the C:/Raven/Star Trek Voyager Elite Force/Baseef (or where you installed Elite Force) then click on the folder titled "Screenshots". All the screenshots are in .tga format so you need Microsoft Picture It! to view them.

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!

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 ;)

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.

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.

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