Name: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force - Collector's Edition |
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STV: EF was played on a Pentium M, 1.6Ghz machine under Windows XP MCE 2005 with a 64 meg ATI Radeon Mobility X300(PCI-E) card and 1.25 gigs of ram. It was running with all options turned to their highest settings and at a screen resolution of 1024X768. The game was played through on the "Normal" difficulty level. | |||||||
Patches? Yes, one. |
Just for kicks, let me present the recommended system requirements: | ||||||
Retail v1.2 patch - Size: 19.7 megs(includes the Jeri Ryan voice pack) |
Windows 95/98/NT SP5/Win2K OS system, Pentium II 233(performance equivalent) CPU or higher(Pentium III recommended), 8MB 3D hardware accelerated video card with full OpenGL support(16MB+ recommended) with DirectX 7.0a compatible drivers, 64MB RAM, 650 MB uncompressed hard drive disk space, plus 64 MB available space for Windows swap file, DirectX 7.0a or above, DirectX 7.0a compatible sound card, Internet connection with TCP/IP protocol for Multiplay over the internet. | ||||||
During
part of Voyager's long-ass ride home they are hailed down, and attacked
by an unknown spaceship. Barely surviving the attack, they manage to
destroy the ship are sucked into some sort of portal that warps them
into what appears to be a ship graveyard. Trapped by an apparent "dampening" field
that disables the ship's engines, the crew is forced to explore the area
for a way out. Tuvok's newly created "Hazard Team" is assigned
to carry out this mission...
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Graphics - A real mix of good and mediocre. It's weird, the character model texturing for your character and the other Voyager crew is just fucking disgraceful. Really low-res stuff, and on blocky-looking models to boot...I haven’t seen anything this bad in a long time; it'll literally make you cringe. Now, on the other hand, enemy models look great(especially the Borg) and have some solid texture work going for them. The crowning achievement, though, has to be the environments(especially the alien ships). They are filled with loads of wild textures and special effects that just make you go "Wow!". | |||||||
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Control - I really should just find a bit of text I can copy and paste for this section. Like any other FPS, the mouse and keyboard config do well, giving you the options and reconfiguration you need to almost completely customize the control to your liking. About my only complaint is how odd things can get when you try to get the game to accept your fourth and fifth mouse buttons. Other than that, like pretty much every other FPS game out there on the PC, it's great. | |||||||
AI - Fair. The enemy AI can get kinda tough at times, but usually only when they gang up on you. One on one encounters will always yield you a victory, generally due to the fact that they don't run bullshit AI scripts that have the enemies jumping all over the place and constantly making impossible shots. NPC AI is actually alright, they do manage to get stuck behind things and just generally get themselves into weird positions, but they always catch up with you. In terms of fighting, they do an ok job with lower end enemies; this is due to the fact that they only use the standard rifle...if they’d just use a better weapon they could really end up kicking some ass. | |||||||
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Getting it to run - Real easy, just your basic install stuff. Run it, patch it, play it. Oh, you do need to have the CD in the drive for it to play, but other than that. One cool thing about the install is that you're guided through it by the ship's computer, and that pleasant voice of hers... | |||||||
In the abandoned ship, destroy the spawners to disable the moth-like things from regenerating. Watch out for areas with the “fireflies” though, they will repair them. Still Supported? Yes. Support can be found in the ultra-shitty Activision "Support" forums. Good luck, you will need it. |
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My rating: 89(out of 100) - Excellent story, creative enemies, wild environments, excellent soundtrack and solid gameplay: Everything you could want in a sci-fi FPS. If you're looking for a quality ST game look no further, for you have found it. | |||||||
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Stupid bats... |
Dude,
I've got a Tetryon Pulse Disrupter...I'd
just turn around if I were you. |
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The bots don't seem to care much for the Arc Welder. |
The
Borg get really mad when you break out the Infinity Modulator. |
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Fun
Stuff on the CDs: The actual game disc contains the following: An old version of GameSpy Arcade(yay). A STV "Screen Themes" demo(includes some wallpapers, a screensaver and a few sounds to go with the theme). A really cheesy video for some STV - EF contest that's long gone.
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