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| Star Trek: Elite Force 2 (PC) | 
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| From: Activision
Category: Video Games
List Price: £39.99
Buy Used: £20.00
You Save: £19.99 (50%)
New (1) from £44.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 7461
Platforms: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Xp, Windows Me, Windows Nt
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 15 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.3
EAN: 5030917019463
ASIN: B000067NYN
Release Date: June 20, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brought but only played once.
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Combining elements of puzzling, exploration and full-on first-person action, Star Trek Elite Force II picks up where the excellent original left off. That it also proves to be one of the smartest uses of the undoubtedly resourceful Star Trek licence should endear it still further to action-hungry PC gamers. Putting the player in the shoes of one of those throwaway extras that tend to disappear in a special effect from time to time, the challenge is to complete a series of missions spread across environments that should be more than familiar to the average Trek fan. Yet to the credit of the designers, they're also suitably diverting to uninitiated, thanks to quality level design, a succession of interesting challenges and a believable game environment. As a game, it demands that you work out what to do and where to do it, which frequently means putting weapons away and letting your brain do some of the work. But a good blast is never too far away, and you're never left you with nothing to do. Sure, you might find yourself stuck from time to time, but a little bit of thought can usually back you out of a corner. Frankly, it's all very good fun, with just a couple of caveats. For instance, it does follow a tried and tested path that fans of this kind of title will have trodden many times before. It doesn't add too much in gameplay terms to the original, either. All things considered though, it's still an easy game to recommend. Challenging, entertaining and, when it hits top gear, really quite engrossing, Elite Force II is polished PC entertainment and one of the strongest users of the Trek licence to date. --Simon Brew
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 Oh dear God why? June 18, 2008
The first Star Trek Elite Force was superb. The gameplay was engaging and exciting, and the story-line in keeping with the TV series and involving. Not only this, but the player was a crew-member of Voyager, able to fight alongside 7 of 9 and Captain Janeway. The modelling was superb, the voice overs well timed, and the overall experience was immensely enjoyable, compounded by the release of the Expansion Pack which enabled the player to, amongst other things, visit the Holo Deck and use food replicators.
This particular incarnation appears to have reversed all that made the first game enjoyable. The game begins with Voyager trapped inside a Borg Sphere, and the player, Elite Force member Alex Munroe, must free the trapped vessel and flee the sphere. So far so good. At least for the story. Unfortunately, what becomes immediately apparent is the unsatisfactory quality of the gameplay. I'm not quite sure how they did it, but they managed to make firing a compression rifle a distinctly "meh" affair. Vaporising enemies consists of them glowing faintly, rather than bursting forth in a flare of atmomic energy, screaming as their eyes ignite like two dying stars, as gamers will no doubt remember from the first installment in the series. The same goes for the I-MOD rifle. No longer is there a satisfying "BOOM!" of purple energy slamming majestically into a borg, but what now resembles a green trail of saliva floating out of the end of an oversized, technologically advanced toilet plunger. These are just two examples, but they provide evidence for a recurring theme throughout the game: that it has lost its soul.
After freeing Voyager, the borg sphere is destroyed and the ship manages to return from the Delta quadrant to the Alpha quadrant, and reunites with their estranged Federation, whereupon the Elite Force team is immediately disbanded by a nonce with moth-like eyebrows. After Telsia petitions Star Fleet for the team to be reunited and her request is flatly denied, the game designers for whatever reason decided to turn Star Trek into a dating game, with the player left to decide what to say to Telsia about the situation (invariably she'll go off in a huff). I haven't quite managed to work out why they decided to do this, maybe to make up for the lack of features throughout the game, but the effect is somewhat feeble.
Then, again in a fit of amateur creativity, the player is catapulted two years into the future and revives to find themselves trapped on a Klingon ship with a rather creepy, gangly, malnourished Federation Klingon for company, and after fighting hoardes of unsatisfactory enemies, the simulation ends and the player finds that all the "action" was merely a Holodeck program. The player is then introduced to a rather poorly modelled Captain Jean Luc Picard, who looks more like a shaved version of Jason Statham. The Elite Force is then reunited and stationed on a rather unmajestic and unsatisfactory rendering of the Enterprise, with most of the memorable crew members such as Worf mysteriously absent or "on holiday". This is as far as I have got, and I am largely unsatisfied.
All in all, the gameplay is basic and joyless, the modelling innacurate and laughable considering the game was released in the same year as Deus Ex 2 which didn't leave the player with the impression of playing a game that was still experimenting with 3D graphics. The voice casting is somewhat feeble with the only highlight being Patrick Stewart, and the character movements and gestures are disappointingly basic and out of sync with the voice over.
To be quite honest, I'd place this game in the same league as Red Alert Renegade in terms of graphics and playability. Unfortunately, its not nearly as fun as that game either. This sequel is disappointing and falls distinctly short of the original. I only thank God that I paid 99p for it.
 actually is suprisingly good... July 11, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
ok, while it is true that the game's engine is showing when compared to say...Halo 2, Star Trek Elite Force offers something that seems somewhat missing in recent years - a chance to live and fight in the world of Star Trek. Getting a 1st hand look into the ships of Starfleet is truly and awesome experience (and blasting any non-Federation aliens along the way makes it more enjoyable). It employs good use of such gadgets as tricorders and has a nice selection of (somewhat unbalanced) weaponry. The feel of your I-Mod running out of power and you hopelessly drawing your phaser against a horde of oncoming (adapted) Borg is brill! You even have a lot of extras and alternate relationship endings decided by your choices.
Star Trek Elite Force 2 March 7, 2006
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This game is great. i bought it because i loved EF1 and pre ordered it, the story line is great, graphics are nearly lifelike, and the extra added in functions: eg. tricorder and the puzzels to re-route power is good a couple of dissipointments like
1.not on voyager
2.made up a completly whole new federation ship (USS Dallas)
3.to many golden starships to find (secrets)there are(70)
but other than that this game is fantastic
there is a couple tricky levels
eg. enterprise hull part 2 where you have to use the ships
manual phaser
cheats are easy to work
but you need a good computer to play itthe online multiplayer is good but you really need to be good at the game to win online there are also what i would like to call practice maps or as they call them holomatch pick your character then your enemys your type of gameplay game rules set time or frag limit then click engage definatly buy this game i have had hours of enjoyment
5 star game
 What can i say.... December 12, 2004
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
After buying this game from amazon i wasvery excited to get it in my PC and play is as i enjoyed playing elite force and the expansion pack!The game itself has better graphics and sound! However if like me you like playing over the net it can be abit of a letdown. Maps are again both big and small but one disadvantage is you cant use cheats in single player mode and when they do work the game crash's. If you like a game where you have to kill aliens then elite force 2 is for you, on the other hand if you just wanted to buy the game for the Star Trek feel then i'd advise you to try another title.Overall a good game - you can use new weapons, new maps in holomatch however storyline in single player mode is more or less the same as eliteforce 1. Hope this review helps. Lee
Even Better than the Original September 22, 2004
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you liked the first 1 you will love the second. This games has to be a must for all star trek and fps fans. As the game unfolds, you watch carefully as the in-depth story line reveals itself bringing you each time into contact with bigger and stronger enemies and taking you all over the star trek universe. The game-play is rich with more weapons and far better game graphics than the original. The game also incorporates more advanced problem solving than the original. The on-line muti-play is also great with a vast range of game types available. Play the game with a friend(s) or single mode, this game is definatly recommended.
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