Star Trek Elite Force Retrospective

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With Elite Force being the only video game based on the Star Trek Voyager franchise, it carried lofty expectations to carry on the Voyager name for years to come. But was it actually good & importantly, how has it aged? Let's find out!
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
04:53 - Gameplay
10:25 - Presentation
12:01 - Sound
13:39 - Conclusion
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27 июл 2024

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@ChrisDWren Месяц назад

They could have given me a game where you just ran around with a phaser set to maximum, but they SO exceeded what I was expecting with this game. Solid story, good voice acting, great music and environments.

@KiltedCritic Месяц назад

Just to note that is Jeri Ryan's voice you have in the video, a patch a few months after release put in her VO performance. Need the original CD to get the initial VO, which I still have in a box somewhere! Big shout-out to the expansion pack, which opens up almost the whole ship for you to casually explore, more a simulation mode rather than a game at that point, but if you're a Star Trek fan, it's absolute gold.

@azordash_games Месяц назад

Oh nice pick up! Thank you. I did think it sounded very close haha I guess that explains it. I need to go back and check out the expansion pack content. I’m all for some simulation of Voyager!

@TheMataphysical Месяц назад

When I was a kid, I could only afford about two games a year, so I had to be picky and this didn't make the cut. I only got to play the demo, but I still remember how amazing it felt to walk around in such a faithful recreation of the ship.

@azordash_games Месяц назад

I remember the good old days of PC demos. The first level was a great showcase of what to expect from the game too.

@terrylandess6072 25 дней назад

Backlogs were easier to clear then. :P

@Peaceforall20111 27 дней назад

This game has an AWESOME online multiplayer game. One was a capture the flag with less gravity; nostalgia I miss this game

@terrylandess6072 25 дней назад

I would play bot matches just to hear the NPCs trash talk - hilarious.

@Peaceforall20111 25 дней назад

@@terrylandess6072 I remember late 2000s I found the game installed it to see if anyone online; no one was obviiisly but that tells you how much I really wanted to play thinking that there would be people online 10 years later

@republicoftexas3261 Месяц назад

This game didn't get me into PC gaming but it did get me into PC building. I wanted to play it so bad but I didn't have 3D accelerator. I bought a PCI Voodoo 3 I think. But the pre built PC I had the time didn't like it so I ended up learning how to replace the motherboard and install Windows. The game didn't disappoint. I played it a lot.

@azordash_games Месяц назад

Ahhh I remember the Voodoo 3! I too had a PCI one as I couldn’t afford the upgrade to an AGP motherboard 😆

@republicoftexas3261 Месяц назад

@@azordash_games Yeah I regretted it when I had to upgrade the motherboard anyways and had an AGP slot then. But even in PCI it was a great card.

@aceofspadez131 Месяц назад

Star Trek voyager elite force holomatch was my childhood. I spent hours (and I mean HOURS) playing On p.c.

@azordash_games Месяц назад

If I had fast enough internet when it was released I certainly would have been too!

@aceofspadez131 Месяц назад

@@azordash_games you know I never really thought about that. I guess because I was young but I never took notice that we had rather good internet for the time.... 🤔 but now a days, lol I downloaded it again just for a nostalgic play threw and it took the torrent 4 minutes to download 🤣. There's actually still modded holomatch rooms some people actually still play this game it's miraculous. It took alittle to get it to run properly 😒 but so worth it I truly missed this game.

@michaelflett09 Месяц назад

In the expansion pack, Jeri Ryan did come and do 7 of 9

@Koriolis Месяц назад

10 minute gang!

@terrylandess6072 25 дней назад

24 years ago. That hurts my brain. Doom brought me in. Dark Forces made promises. Elite Force showed those promises were real. Today the variety of 1st/3rd person games is almost limitless with something for everyone. I always found it interesting that when it comes to games and the Star Trek IP, the first versions tended to be KLINGON with the Federation being used 2nd if the concept was sound - Academy is another example besides the FPS's. All this time I didn't realize you could shoot the spawn markers/teleport stations for those flying things as one advances though that ship. @2:52 Sadly there is NO WAY to truly appreciate games like these unless you were buying them as they came out. A good example is me trying to get into the Final Fantasy world. I was PC before a single Japanese console existed. I've tried, but I just can't get into it. I even bought the latest pc games/port but it never resonates with me. I enjoy the film Advent Children more . . . .

@scruffylookingNerfherder5742 17 дней назад

I used to have this game on PlayStation 2 and I absolutely loved it. After that console crapped out on me I ended up selling all the games off but about a year ago I got a second hand slimline Console and have been trying to get the game back ever since without much luck I might add. Either the condition of the disk was so garbage I didn't trust that it would work properly, or the person who was selling it wanted an absolutely insane amount of money for it.

@azordash_games 17 дней назад

Damn... I think the PS2 port was definitely good for the time. I don't understand how the critics were so harsh on it. Having a quick look on eBay it seems there are a few copies floating around which might be in your budget depending on your country!

@scruffylookingNerfherder5742 17 дней назад

@@azordash_games I am in New Zealand. Would copy of the game bought from say America for example work on my console?

@azordash_games 17 дней назад

@scruffylookingNerfherder5742 greetings fellow ANZAC 😁 Sadly not…. You will need a PAL copy of the game to play on a New Zealand (or Australian) console.

@scruffylookingNerfherder5742 17 дней назад

@@azordash_games I suspected that might be the case but I wasn't entirely sure. Thank you for the response.

@cameronward9443 Месяц назад

Voyager was the black sheep of the Star Trek community. It's looked back on fondly nowadays, but a LOT and I mean a LOT of people who made Star Trek huge with TNG fandom did not like Voyager AT ALL. I knew quite a few people that wouldn't play this just because it was Voyager branded. I wasn't a big fan of Voyager but I played the demo and found it pretty good so I gave it a shot. I would say it's branding hurt it overall. Voyager was and still is divisive.

@azordash_games Месяц назад

Oh wow I had no idea it was that diverse back in the day. I loved Voyager!

@terrylandess6072 25 дней назад

It's funny because I always found DS9 the least 'Trek-like' in they were on a station, not a ship. It was 24/7 shore leave with drama, like Nazi vs Jew drama. Why waste fuel looking for adventure when adventure comes to you? Liked the actors, characters - just not the station(ary) stage.

@republicoftexas3261 Месяц назад

Dude you're awesome

@Arenumberg 24 дня назад

I thought there was a more recent FPS, but, no, that was the Co-Op featuring third person shooter based on the Kelvin-verse just called Star Trek. Star Trek is a very high and very low mood space when it comes to games, though that's not unlike its franchise counterparts elsewhere - I'm always itching for more ST content though, even if the most recent has been a low (Infinite) for a few reasons.

@azordash_games 24 дня назад

I had actually forgotten about that title! I’ve never played it but probably need to get around to it one day. Although I’m not really a huge fan of the Kelvin-verse, but Star Trek is Star Trek…

@Arenumberg 24 дня назад

@@azordash_games Indeed it is! While I don't think new trek is immune from criticism just like anything else, I have enjoyed it despite some trek fans best efforts XD. I bounced off Kelvinverse a little, but i I will appreciate its better moments and for keeping Star Trek ticking over during a down period - it has certainly lead to a lot of trek that I do enjoy, so good times. Maybe they'll finally make that next movie. As far as its game legacy.. I'm pretty sure the TPS Star Trek wasn't a particularly good moment either, but even in the rough theres something good.. such as more trek? I do believe its the first instance of modern trek tackling the Gorn, though, which is now interesting to think about given where some things have gone since.

@hyprlab Месяц назад

Ugh, Elite Force was my favorite FPS. So many memories. I always played as the female Alex

@azordash_games 27 дней назад

It was actually super cool to feature both a male and female option that actually mattered as opposed to games like Unreal which just featured a skin and nothing else.

@enterprise-h312 28 дней назад

1:11 Would you count "Star Trek: Generations" (the game) as a shooter?

@azordash_games 27 дней назад

It's a great question... Generations is a fascinating game, which has actually aged pretty well! I'd probably say it's more an Adventure game with multiple mechanics... although I am playing through it right now, so I'll try and get a retrospective out in the near future.

@rekware9320 Месяц назад

Hows that quake 3 brush work for the architecture 😍😍 still holds up in my opinion.

@azordash_games Месяц назад

Quake 3 games look ridiculously good, like no joke, you could release a new game based on the tech and claim its artistic direction and no one would be the wiser.

@rekware9320 Месяц назад

@@azordash_games very true. It's just tidy level design in this game. Those curved surfaces in id tech 3 were just mind blowing back in the day.

@Zontar82 Месяц назад

first one was very good, second was meh, abd then the sponge bullets came and it became unsufferable. but the multiplayer also aginst bots was very good