The good, the bad, and the ugly on Star Trek: Voyage Elite Force for the PC.
1) Graphics: The graphics in Elite Force were good but nothing gamers haven't seen before. You will get the usual look and feel of Star Trek Voyager in this game and they do a good job of keeping the artwork in line with Trek. The weapons and effects are good. Character models could be better but certainly the genre at that time had a lot worse.
2) Star Trek: It's trek and chances are if you're playing this game you're a fan of the franchise. Now if you're a pretty demanding fan than you're probably not a fan of Star Trek Voyager but you played this game anyways. A FPS in the realm of Trek is not something you can pass up. Simply being Trek gives this game a positive.
3) Story: The story in this game was very well done. Most episodes of Voyager were far worse than the story presented here. The story developers can easily stick their chests out on this one. You will feel involved and eager to see what happens next.
The Bad:
1) Time played: The story is excellent in Elite Force but the story is over in a blink of an eye. This is another example of a great story cut way too short. You will have this game beat in under 8 hours.
2) AI: Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force has possibly the worst AI I have played in a modern era FPS. You will be bored to death by the bland battles that feature nothing but hoards of enemies coming at you, directly at you, staring you down and coming right the BLEEP at you. You get squad mates in this game but they are pretty useless as the enemy does not recognize them and only focuses on you. You will be the only one taking damage 99% of the time, the remaining 1% is the minor splash damage they may take or wild fire. Entering a Borg cube means prepare for 100 borg charging at you at speeds that rival an race car as opposed to the typically slow Borg you'd expect. Horrible.
3) Difficulty: The game does offer a high level of difficulty due to the fact you're presented with wave upon wave of mobs hitting you and possessing an uncanny level of aggression. But this is no way adds to the fun of this game. You will eventually get frustrated having to play even one battle over again due to death since the battles are all too similar.
4) Squad mates: Useless entities in this game. They offer little in support on defense and only succeed in minor offensive usefulness. Elite Force fails considerably in this aspect.
5) Multiplayer: The multiplayer had very few servers running the several times I logged on. Finding a decent game was difficult at times and the games them selves were not all that enjoyable. When compared to games of it's time like Unreal, Tribes, and CS Elite Force falls short.
The Ugly:
1) Pathing: There are so many mobs in some points of the game they can get bunched up causing issues. Also the characters can get stuck from time to time. Nothing major though.
Overall: A game I'd never suggest to anyone. I did not play the sequel. The reviews show it to be a pretty average game but the reviews show this game to be great. Not sure what to make of that. If you find this game for $5 ask for a $10 mail-in rebate.