Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Like Star Trek Voyager? Buy this!
• Like first person shoot-em-ups? Buy this!
• Like multiplayer online games? Buy this!
• The most engrosing, scripted, fun, recognisable, visualy stunning, atmospheric, intelligent and fun Star Trek game you will play.
• Multiplayer LAN and Internet play supported.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00002SU5C
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 20, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (114 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,347 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force is as close as we've come so far to actually being able to participate in an away team mission. The plot of this first-person shooter is pure Star Trek: during a battle with an alien ship, the badly damaged USS Voyager is transported by mysterious means to a strange spaceship graveyard. It isn't long before the Voyager crew members discover they aren't the only abductees trying to patch their vessel together and escape, and the adventure begins. As a member of Voyager's newly formed hazard team, it's your job to secure required repair materials, gather information about the other survivors, and ultimately enable Voyager to resume its long journey home.

Frequently there are two or more team members with you (including familiar faces like Seven of Nine), which lets missions play out more like episodes from the series than a solo firefight that just happens to take place in a Star Trek setting. Other team members will disable security fields, analyze data, converse with you as the mission progresses, and add some much-needed firepower in the tough battle sequences. Elite Force uses the Quake III engine to good effect, serving up some beautiful environments, colorful special effects, and smooth frame rates. Our only gripe is that all the missions take place inside various spacecraft, but the architecture used by each race is unique so that it isn't too repetitive.

Elite Force stays very true to the source material, as we discovered the first time we beamed into a Borg cube and watched the inhabitants march by as if we weren't there. We shot a passing Borg to see what would happen, and the massive environment sprung to life as the threat was detected and dozens of angry Borg converged on our position. The cast of the TV series provided the voices for their characters in the game, and the artists painstakingly modeled the interior of Voyager. It all lends an authentic flair to this fun game that belongs in the collection of any Star Trek fan. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

• Almost like participating in an episode of the show
• Better than average voice acting
• Authentic environments, visuals, and sounds add to the experience

Cons:

• Somewhat boring weapons
• Plot-driven story line forces linear mission design

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Trek game, but quite demanding!, November 12, 2000

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D. Bass (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (CD-ROM)

This is without question the best Star Trek game ever made - period - and the first-person shooter aspect makes it even better. The graphics are very nice to look at (it utilizes the Quake 3 engine), as are the weapons and dialogue between the characters. This game will probably be a little on the easy side for experienced gamers, since it offers few challenging puzzles. At the same time, however, the pace is quick enough to keep veterans interested and keep inexperienced players on the edge of their seat. Very well balanced for everyone concerned.

The only downside to this game is the system requirements. You have to have a very sweet computer to run this game. I have a P III 750 mhz with 128 megs of RAM and a Voodoo 3 and there were still a few instances when the game action got very sluggish. Anyone with an older computer should probably stay away from the game, unless you want to set the graphics detail to the lowest setting, but even then you'll probably run into problems. It's too bad, really, that the game is so demanding, since it could have been almost perfect if it weren't for the system requirements.

All in all, if you have a good computer, it is definitely a great game to purchase, regardless of if you're a Star Trek fan or not.

37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent! Resistance to this game is futile!, July 15, 2000

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Colin Neal (Reading, Berkshire. England United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (CD-ROM)

Imagine, if you will the perfect Star Trek game. Beautiful cut scenes seamlessly integrated between pulse racing action scenes, faithful ship recreation, crafty puzzles and interactive environments. The list goes on. *This* is the Trek game everyone's been waiting for!

This game is a dream! In single player mode, it really is like playing the TV show. Whereas only a couple of Star Trek games in the past have come up to this standard (e.g. Armada) most like Klingon Honour Guard have falled slightly short of the mark. The gameplay is Identical to Half Life / Quake 2 etc. The use of the Quake 3 engine fully recreates the starship Voyager's decks in stunning detail. The sound effects are also lifted straight from the show and most of the actors it seems have contributed their voices to their 3D counterparts. The icing on the cake is the cut scenes linking your character of Ensign Monroe into the story line and the command chain.

Quake 3 style weaponry? You bet! From the simple phaser to the anti Borg gun, these pack a real punch! Raven have done a great job!

If you like Quake, Half Life and Star Trek: Voyager you have no reason not to order this NOW! :)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Star Trek Game Made Yet!, December 15, 2000

By 

Jennifer Davis (APO, AE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (CD-ROM)

I have to say that this game is by far the best Star Trek game on the market. It is also one of the best first person shooter games out there. Like other reviewers have said though you need a good system and a great graphics card to play it. I have a 550 Amd k62 with 128 mb of ram and an ATI all in wonder 16mb video card. It is a little jerky when there are a lot of opponents in the room. It was a little smoother on my friends 1ghz Athalon with the same video card and 256 mb of ram. The single player game may be too easy for hard core game people, but for us average folks it's great game play. I'm most impressed with the multiplayer games. They run smoother graphics wise and is great fun playing on the internet or disconected. The first patch is out for this game but I have not yet downloaded it, maybe it will help with some of the jerkyness in the single player mode. This game with it's single and multiplayer options is almost like getting two games in one as the two modes are so different. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is the system requirements and some ocassional jerky graphics in single player mode.