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Summary: A bit of a let down...
Review: Star Trek Armada II has added a ton of amazing features to online game-play. The story line focuses on 3 races instead of 4, so therefore more missions have been added. The ability to control 16 ships instead of 8 is awesome! The added feature of Borg Tactical Cubes is fantastic! The ability of The Borg to assimilate other species technology is really cool! Species 8472 is unique and fun to play with. The idea of planetary occupation goes along well with what should be the natural manner in which to gain crew. The sequel to the innovative and revolutionary Star Trek Armada isn't, however, nearly as good as the original. There are many added ships to each race, yet that's what made A1 so unique. Not every race had the same technologies such as bombers that were unique only to Feds and Roms. Now practically all races have this feature with the exception I believe of Species 8472. The Borg are too strong. Two Tactical Cubes can annihilate entire fleets of the other races. If people complained about Won then perhaps it was because we didn't know better. Online games on A2 are the worst to get in too. The patch for the game corrected a couple of mistakes but Won still seems more reliable. A majority of people who own A1 bought A2, yet they said they reverted to A1 only after a couple of months of game-play. Star Trek Armada is probably one of the best games ever produced by Activision. Just as original movies usually tend to be more popular than sequels, in most cases, A1 outdoes A2 in pure strategy terms. Limitations are the key factor. A2 was a good expansion, yet perhaps they forgot that in trying to pleas everyone they would in fact please only a few. Armada 2 is a great game. You should first try out Armada 1 to see what the real game is like!
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Summary: Star Trek Bridge Commander
Review: I downloaded the demo of the game two days ago. I went through the little bit of the game that is provided and played with the instant action mode, man it's fun blowing up a Galaxy class ship! Space mode: The Ship graphics are great and the damage graphics are very well done. The smoke trails are a little hokie that puff out of the ship when it is damaged. The stars that float around between you and the ship take away from the immersion aspect. I do like the fact that the destroyed ships float around in pieces; I just wish they weren't translucent! It would be nice to be able to tractor a piece of a destroyed ship and use it as a defense or offense against enemy ships or just throw it into a star and watch it burn. Bridge mode: The characters are terribly rendered. Picard looks like a marionette! The fact that the crew doesn't blink is unnerving too. The ship is exploding around them and they don't even grimace. Standing and moving about the ship would be a nice feature too. Overall I was disappointed in this product. I have purchased all of the previous Star Trek games and I must say that Starfleet Command is much better. The ship graphics are as good or better in Starfleet Command too.
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Summary: A decent enough entry
Review: A good enough game when one looks at its predecessors; however, the controls and concepts have been dumbed down almost to the point of being meaningless; in the previous three entries, the proper management of power really meant something, ECM/ECCM could make or break an engagement, shuttles (and fighters) could be dedicated to more specific tasks, and the shield arcs were more logical; here, everything is a bit too much on the "point-and-shoot" side, with way too many of the concepts of SFB abandonned in favor of simplistic gameplay. While it is nice to see a modicum of the old games principles applied to the TNG/DS9/Voyager universe, I reaally wish that the developers would have brought more of the SFB gameplay principles into the 24th century.
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Summary: Star Trek: Armada 2
Review: This sequel to one of the more popular of the Star Trek PC games has a a whole new look and feel for the gameplay experience. Imagine this game as Star Trek Armada 1 bred with Homeworld Cataclysm. This game has much more to offer than it's predecessor. This game has an entirely new 3D view similar to that of Homeworld and the same overhead view found in Star Trek Armada 1. The graphics have been retouched and more beautifully sculpted in the computer and the action sequences can now be viewed in a wide variety of views and a new zooming feature for the feel of detail in every ship in your armada. Activision has added new ship classes as well to 6 different races (Federation, Klingon, Borg, Cardassian, Romulan, and Species 8472. Although you can only play all 6 in multiplayer mode and only 3 of the races can be played in single player mode; newer strategic abilities have been added to this game. Much like Homeworld, your ships can now be grouped into 3D formations such as 16 of your ships into X Formation or Wall Formation. Ships can now run on both impulse and warp speeds during gameplay. The ship classes for each race has numbered over 20 each. An example of the classes include Federation ships: Venture, Defiant, Akira, Sabre, Steamrunner, Intrepid, Iwo-Jima, Aegian, Colony, Cargo, Galaxy, Sovereign, Nebula, etc. Ships each have the existing special weapons of the first game and also new additions of special weapons. There are several new starbases such as ship upgrade facilities where the player can upgrade the ship shields, life support, engines, sensors, and weapons. Planets can be colonized by colony ships and also trade centers can be built so that you could mine and trade dilithium, latinum, metal from planets, and crew. The storyline is well written and takes place just shortly before Voyager returns home to Earth from the Delta Quadrant. Overall, Star Trek Armada 2 is a much improved game that deserves player attention. This is a game for all Star Trek fans and a definite must buy!
Gameplay = 9/10
Graphics = 9/10
Sound = 8/10
Value = 9/10
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Summary: Bridge Commander, a game with so much potential
Review: When I fist saw the pics of bridge commander I thought it looked fun, probrably more so than the other star trek games I've played like SFC III. I was wrong. It's a whole lot better than those could ever hope to be. Yeah, the story game is fun, but the real fun lies in quick battle. You go into it, though, and think where are all the ships. The fact is this game doesn't come with much but has a good basis. Since I first got this game I've gone many times to www.bcfiles.com and downloaded mods, ships, and other fun things for the game. Now the once empty bridge commander is full of all sorts of ships and other interesting things. So, if you want a fun game that's true to star trek and are willing to do a little work online to make it better, bridge commander is the game for you.
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Summary: Fantastic, atmospheric game
Review: I played this game years ago, and loved it. Sure, the graphics may not be cutting edge these days, but then, neither are the effects of the original Star Trek series when viewed today--and folks still enjoy watching them! You assume control of Kirk and his crew in a series of episodic adventures. You start on the bridge of the Enterprise, and receive your instructions via the view screen. Occassionally you'll engage in space combat--this option can be turned off if you're not interested in such things, but I always found that part of the game pretty fun. Planetside, you and your landing party explore strange (sometimes really strange) new worlds, seek out new life, etc etc. While gameplay is pretty traditional (walk around, pick things up, put things together, push buttons), the stories and puzzles are challenging and engaging. A couple times quick reflexes are required, but for the most part, you can take your time. Add in the fact that this is the Enterprise crew you're controlling, and it just gets that much more fun. There is a little violence, but nothing worse than your typical Star Trek episode. Star Trek fans will have the most fun with this adventure game, but even non-fans will enjoy this title (even if they don't get some of the references).
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Summary: Engage!
Review: This game rocks. Even the demo has sweet graphics- you can see each and every port on your ship. The real version will have about 16 playable ships, including the Federation(Akira, Ambassador, Galaxy, Nebula, and Sovereign,the Klingons(B'Rel and Vor'Cha), the Romulans(D'deredix), the Ferengi(Marauder), the Cardassians(Galor, Keldon), and a new race called the Kessok. In terms of weapons, settings, and how things work the game stays so close to the series it seems like you're in an episode. Also, it's voice activation technology is quit remarkable. Star Trek: Bridge Commander has 4 possible outcomes from total, complete sore defeat to conquering the known universe with a Sovereign-Class battleship.
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Summary: This game is pretty good
Review: I love Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force Combo Pack it pretty good and i love the Cd and it got cool 3D Style idea sorry my spelling it is dead and tried too. and you can play again your friend and you chat and it like you are in the movie it like you are the charater of the show.
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Summary: Terrible
Review: Starfleet Command 3, without doubt, is one of the worst Star Trek games I have ever played. I bought this game with the expectation of playing some Star Trek battles/missions with an interesting story, but what I got was a disaster. While the game's story is interesting, nothing else is. The actual gameplay is pathetically slow and boring, and the controls are extremely awkward, which makes it difficult to perform quick maneouvers during battle. You can literally spend an hour fighting a small freighter with your ship going around in circles, trying to catch the smaller ship and only ocassionaly scoring hits. This sort of thing becomes extremely boring after a few missions. I don't recommend this game to anyone unless you are a total Trek freak, and even then it would be an ask to finish this game. Don't waste your money on this thing.
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Summary: Great game, however...
Review: Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this game. Graphics in particular were greatly improved over the original. I enjoyed a change of scenery from voyager to the Enterprise-E. Weapons, more than the original, some were enhanced. There are some secrets to look for, and they are worth checking out if found. As with all windows software, it can be expected to give some problems, but for the most part it was stable. Unlike the first one, Elite Force II has a boss meter giving you the health status of your boss enemy. This really helps giving an idea how much you have left to go. The original, I had no idea when that vorsoth boss was going to die until he did. Multiplayer is about equal in quality to the original with the obvious difference in graphics being better. Being out of the Delta quadrant brings familiar looking characters such as Ferengi, Romulans, and the Klingons. Now here is where I state my dislikes. In the original, I'm walking along the corridor, then 'game saved' appears on my screen. In this version, I'm walking along the corridor, then I stop, I cannot move. No directional controls work, then after waiting a while, 'game saved' appears, and the game returns to normal. I find this auto save feature more annoying than the original's, or maybe it is just my computer. This one is not too big of a deal. In the original, one could kill Tuvok, then all the security personnel would come after you, shoot you down, then comes a video of you in the brig. This one, one cannot kill any Enterprise crew member. No big deal as this was not the point of the game, but it is one feature taken since the original. There is also a new default keyboard setup. Having reprogrammed my keyboard, no more problems. Although it seems the new layout might be better access, but still no option to select new layout, or original layout for Elite Force version 1 players. Boss levels occur more frequently, and this was difficult in some circumstances. I even had to search for a cheat code to defeat some. The cheat code, by the way, is more difficult to enter, and now something messed up and now it won't work at all. The original, no problems. Overall, this game is worth the money.
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