Star Trek™: Voyager - Elite Force

for re-releasing my favourite Shooter! Made my day.

There are plenty of Trek games out there... some good, some not. This one is one of my two favorites. It's not the 1st Trek FPS, but this game captures "being in Star Trek" better than any other game. Here, YOU are in Starfleet! A few reviews here discuss how it's "old" and "shows its age." Not so much. You can tell you're looking at a CGI character, not a real human being... but NO game has ever really breached the "uncanny valley" and given us CGI characters indistinguishable from real people. The game is a masterfully immersive "deep dive" into the TNG-era "Star Trek" universe. You're an ensign (never seen on screen, but always there) on the USS Voyager. Tuvok decides to create a special team... a "Hazard Team"... with special training and equipment, to respond to "extreme situations" the regular crew would find beyond their skills or training. And you're one of the crew assigned to that team. (Other team members include two characters seen on the show, not including Tuvok, and several newly created ones.) The game is set near the end of Voyager's run, shortly before it returned home, but before the series finale. You (especially with the add-on content provided with this package) have the ability to go anywhere (almost) in the ship. For a Trek fan, it's very entertaining to do so, but for others, you can just play the game straight through. It has a "holodeck" where you can basically play "shoot everything" competitive play (against AI or against other real people). And... while this is harder to find these days... it has a lot of "extra content" created. ESPECIALLY if you're a fan of the original Star Trek series... I recommend looking for the "Starbase 11" mod and the "Virtual Dreadnought" mod. (Your best bet to find these, these days, would be with the "Mod db" website, on the page for this game, under "addons." The site that used to host them, "Spacestation K7," is long since closed down, however.)

Not just a great star trek game, it's a great shooter, with a story that feels like an 2 part epidsode of Star Trek Voyager. I put in hundreds of hrs of play time back in the day and hundreds more when I added mods. A must download for Star Trek Fans out there!

Any fan that's looked for good games based on Star Trek knows that they are hit and miss. This one was a definite hit! What's really special about this one is it's an FPS which isn't something you'd expect from Star Trek. I stumbled upon it after getting into Voyager a few years ago on Netflix and researching stuff relasted to the show. I had a blast from Start to Finish. For the era it's from, it really put you into the world of Voyager and it's characters. As soon as I discovered GOG released this and the sequel, I bought them both ASAP. Looking forward to playing through them again... and again... and again! I was pleased to see the Virtual Voyager expansion included as well!

One of the best Star Trek Games and one of the best Shooters of the early 00er Years is finally back: Thank you gog for bringing this classic (and the second part) finally back.