News Games Store Play Online Downloads Forums Gameplanet
Close
Gameplanet has relaunched. You're looking at the old Gameplanet site. To view the new site, go to www.gameplanet.co.nz.
Gameplanet Gameplanet Network
 

Reviews: PC Games - Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force Expansion Pack



Home
   News
     - Archives
   Reviews
     - PC Games
     - Xbox 360
     - PlayStation 3
     - Wii
     - Nintendo DS
     - PSP

   Previews
     - PC Games
     - Xbox 360
     - PlayStation 3
     - Wii
     - Nintendo DS
     - PSP

   Features
   Chat

Downloads
   Demos
   Movies
   Patches
   more...

Forums
   General Gaming
   Open Discussion
   Hardware/Tech
   Buy/Sell/Trade
   more...

Play Online
   Game Servers
   Supported Games

Email Newsletter
   Subscribe
   Past Issues
   more...

Online Store
   PC Games
   PlayStation 2
   Xbox
   GameCube
   more...




Gameplanet Network
   Gameplanet
   GP Forums
   GP Downloads
   GP Store

   Counter-Strike NZ
   Day of Defeat NZ
   Half-Life 2 NZ
   DS Geek
   PS2 Geek
   Xbox Geek



About Gameplanet
About the Team
Contact Us/Advertise

Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force Expansion Pack

By Egor (6 July 2001)

Summary
Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force Expansion Pack

Ups: Captain Proton and Borg Slayer mini-games are a bit of fun; some new multiplayer options.

Downs: No real new single player missions; very little new content; Virtual Voyager a waste of time.

Bottom Line: Unless you are a Star Trek fan, already own Elite Force and fancy spending a few hours wandering around Voyager, or you play Elite Force online, don't bother with this expansion.


Overall rating: 2 out of 5 fists   Not Good



advertisement
EVEN MORE SO THAN sequels, expansion packs are often a way for games companies to build on the success of one game and make a quick buck by selling nearly the same game to the people who bought the original. Just looking at the feature list for the Elite Force Expansion would suggest this may be the case here.

Elite Force was a great game. Raven took the Quake III engine and built a Star Trek-themed first-person shooter, described by many as the best Trek game ever. The game depicted the player as Alexander (or Alexandria) Munro, leader of the newly formed Hazard Team on Voyager, tasked with training for and handling the many dangerous situations the ship and crew frequently encounter in the Delta Quadrant. Elite Force's main weakpoint was just the short length of the single player story. We want more!

Click for enlargement

So you'd think an expansion pack would be a great idea; it could really expand on the original game, adding new missions to finally put those criticisms to rest. But that's not what Raven has done.

The main new feature in the Elite Force Expansion Pack is a new mode called "Virtual Voyager". This is not even as interesting as it sounds. Although you have a certain amount of freedom to walk around the corridors of Voyager, and use the turbolifts to explore 10 of the ship's decks, there is not a lot you can actually do. Most of the doors in the ship are still firmly shut; there are just a few key rooms (mess hall, bridge, sickbay, crew quarters for all the major characters, etc.) which have been modelled that you can enter. Really, the model Voyager here is not a lot more detailed than that in the original Elite Force.

Click for enlargement

In Virtual Voyager mode you are given several objectives to complete -- visiting certain rooms and collecting objects. Along the way you can read the personal logs of most of the major characters, wave your tricorder at objects to see their name and dimensions, and use the ship's replicators to produce random articles of food and drink. One of the objectives is to launch a shuttle craft, which consists of pushing a few buttons and watching it fly out the bay doors. On the bridge you can engage Red Alert (which causes Captain Janeway to emerge from her ready room and complain at you) or start the Auto Destruct sequence (which causes you and everyone else on board to be killed).




Next page Next page


Details
Developer:

   Raven Software

Publisher/Manufacturer:

   Activision

Links:

   Official Web Site



System Requirements:

  •  Windows 95/98/NT4/2000
  •  233 MHz CPU
  •  64 MB RAM
  •  150 MB available hard drive space
  •  4x CD-ROM
  •  OpenGL-compatible 3-D accelerator
  •  Supports A3D Audio

Review System:

  •  Windows 2000
  •  AMD Athlon 900 MHz
  •  256 MB RAM
  •  48x CD-ROM
  •  GeForce 2 GTS 32MB
  •  SoundBlaster Live! Value

in Reviews
Lost Odyssey (X360)
Lost Odyssey (X360)
Mistwalker's second foray into the RPG genre is every bit as ambitious as their first. We loved Blue Dragon, and we're happy to report Mistwalker and Feel Plus (another subsidiary if Microsoft) have pulled out all the... full story

Also: Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS), Devil May Cry 4 (X360), Burnout Paradise (X360), Futuretronics Wireless Racing Wheel (PS2) ...


More

in Previews
Frontlines: Fuel of War (X360)
Frontlines: Fuel of War (X360)

Lost Odyssey (X360)

Civilization Revolution (PS3)

Don King Presents: Prizefighter (X360)

Army Of Two (X360)



More

News Headlines

Tuesday, 19 February
Imperium Romanum: Developer Interview

The Witcher Enhanced Edition Announced


Monday, 18 February
Lost: Via Domus website relaunched

LEGO Indiana Jones Web game online


Friday, 15 February
TrackMania to be released on Nintendo DS

Red Alert 3 Announced


Thursday, 14 February
Gameplanet To Relaunch Website

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Website Launched

Sony Announce Valentines Day Activities


Wednesday, 13 February
Mass Effect for PC in May

EA & Maxis To Ship Spore In September


Tuesday, 12 February
NZ's Popular PC Gaming Team adds Xbox 360 divisions

2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational Announced

FlatOut Head On – Official PSP Demo due for Release 22 February 2008


Monday, 11 February
Grand Theft Auto IV Website Launched

Viking: Battle for Asgard Official Website Launched

Academy Awards Top Honours to Call of Duty 4, Bioshock and The Orange Box


Friday, 8 February
Gameplanet Jackass Competition Closes - Winner Notified

Duke Nukem Forever Release In 2008?

Guitar Hero Marathon Relay Achieved at Guinness World Record Gamer's Edition Launch

More
Email Magazine - Situation Report
SITUATION REPORT is your weekly round up of the latest gaming news and information - delivered direct to your inbox.

Just enter your name and email address below to subscribe now!






Powered by EXPIO
Back to top
Copyright © 2000-2009 Gameplanet (NZ) Limited. All rights reserved.