Putting the final in the final frontier.
One blast from destruction, the U.S.S. Voyager is mysteriously transported into a hull space infested with danger. As part of Voyager's elite Hazard Team, you must defend it from a host of scavenging aliens, then infiltrate a Borg Cube and derelict vessels t...
One blast from destruction, the U.S.S. Voyager is mysteriously transported into a hull space infested with danger. As part of Voyager's elite Hazard Team, you must defend it from a host of scavenging aliens, then infiltrate a Borg Cube and derelict vessels to eradicate your deadly foes. The Quake III Arena™ engine powers the dynamic gameplay as you fight for survival through 40 ultra-intense single-player missions and 16 multiplayer arenas. It's first-person shooter action that won't quit. But, be prepared-if Voyager is destroyed, humanity won't be far behind...
Fight along side crewmembers with the additional of Icarus AI, an enhancement to the Quake III Arena™ engine that allows for extraordinary team interaction.
Nine weapons-each with two firing modes-gives you eighteen different attack options. That means the firepower will be there when you need it most.
Multiplayer modes offer Free-for-All, Capture the Flag and breathless Team play.
Corridors collapse, walls explode, and enemies materialize right in front of you.
Includes the Star Trek™: Voyager - Elite Force Expansion Pack.
This game means so much to me in terms of my experience with PC Gaming. When it released I'd not had a PC very long and was super hyped for it. I played through the Single Player then immediately delved into the modding, starting a Single Player expansion.
During that time was I helped tremendously with support from devs while learning their scripting code and was a regular over at the Raven forums. While the MOD was never remotely finished (I released a 2 level preview for EFPhantoms, finishing around 4 and a half levels in total) my experience with the community made it a great experience.
As for the game? Still fantastic even now, I like to think of the Elite Force series as the last truly great Trek games and while the sequel was a decent time, the original will always be something special to me.
Its about time this game became available. This is probably the best Star Trek game ever made. I just beat it in one seating and it holds up great. I can't tell you how many times i've beaten this game. Its definitely worth playing if you havn't before.
While graphically it doesn't hold up today the story and gameplay are still phenomenal even by today's standards even if you have no interest in Star Trek. The game also runs fine on modern hardware if you're worried about that.
Raven Software is one of the best shooter developer out there and the fact that this game is still great is a proof enough. Great mission structure, lots of guns, nice story and characters even if you are not familiar with Star Trek and overall just great shooter from it's time. The only technical issue is a widescreeen and resolution, but that can be solved like in 2 minutes in config file. Not very intuitive, but it's work.
Thanks to GOG team SO MUCH for this game, you are the best :D
Hope to see more of those classics return.
My thoughts on this game: FINALLY an ST game deserving 5 stars. Aside from a Trekkie rant there's nothing for me to complain about.
I'm a huge fan of TNG-era ST, which is here both a blessing and a curse. It's quite refreshing to have a game focused on Voyager, whereas most ST games are focused on Kirk's or Picard's Enterprise. Kudos points for Raven Software and people involved in Star Trek (Michael Okuda and Rick Sternbach) for going out of their way to make Elite Force just like an actual episode of Voyager. They almost succeded. The levels designed to be a Borg cube and Voyager - masterfully done: I felt as if I really was there. More so: during cut-scenes and in Virtual Voyager mode there were many little nods to famous Voyager lines and events. Basicly fan service.
RANT ALERT: The only thing that didn't fit was making Scavangers comprised of Klingons, Malon, Hirogen and Kirk-era Mirror Universe Terran Empire Soldiers. Sorry, if you go Trek, then you have to do it right. I respect creative freedom but if you label a game ST Voyager then you have to stick more or less to the cannon. There was no Mirror Universe arc in Voyager and so it's a thing that should not be in Elite Force. I understand this was supposed to be an homage to TOS.
Graphics: I honestly can't complain - looks good (detailed) on high settings. Gameplay - fun and balanced. Basicly it's a very solid shooter with some known ST toys, There's no map, but levels are mostly intuitive. There are some challenges (like that looong jump on the Gunship). Story: coherent and engaging, true to Voyager mythos. Most of it fits with Voyager reality, so it does resemble a Voyager episode. Missions are divided into segments which helps game experience. Good to hear all the original main cast of senior staff. There's even the late David Graff (Tackleberry) who guest starred on Voayager too.
Overall: a very good game set in ST Universe. Just don't mix Mirror Universe with our reality without a good reason.
