Star Trek: Elite Force II

K. Fields
2007-07-13T19:54:11-04:00
Video Games

It's been a while since I posted a gaming update here. Actually, I have been playing Star Trek: Elite Force II for the past several weeks. I started playing it on June 21 and just finished it a few days ago on July 10. Its predecessor, Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force, was a real hit with me. I'm not a big first-person shooter fan but I am a huge Star Trek fan. That game became a real favorite of mine. I hoped that the sequel would be as good as the original.

In Elite Force II, you once again play Alex Munro, a member of the Hazard Team. After his assignment on Voyager, he gets transferred to Starfleet Academy. Very shortly thereafter, Munro is back on a starship. This time, he is assigned to the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701E) under Captain Jean-Luc Picard. The story revolves around a conflict between the Attraxians and the Idryll. Your enemies in many missions are dangerous artificially-created life forms known as exomorphs. Familiar foes include the Borg in the Voyager missions and the Romulans to close out the game.

So was it as good as the first game? It was very good but somehow wasn't quite as satisfying as the original Elite Force. One thing both games had in common was difficult end bosses. Elite Force II had a series of bosses in the final mission. I found the final combat quite frustrating and nearly impossible to survive given my level of FPS skill. They added a bit of puzzle solving and some additional role-playing elements (very basic dialog choices) to the sequel. However, I don't consider it to be good enough to knock Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force from my All-Time Favorites list.