Trek Computer Games

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 2003-06-27 10:01pm

Are there any good ST Games? And if not are there any that are good after being modded?

Drach · Post by **Drach** » 2003-06-27 10:24pm

Bridge Commander is my current favorite, Armada II is decent

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2003-06-27 10:52pm

ELITE FORCE. Especially with the add on. DIE JANEWAY! DESTROY VOYAGER!

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-06-27 10:55pm

From what I've heard, Elite Force and Elite Force 2 are the best ones by far. Don't know about Bridge Commander.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-06-27 11:00pm

The Elite Forces are good.

Armada is an okay RTS, but a good ST game.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-06-27 11:13pm

Bridge Commander was fun for half an hour.

Drach · Post by **Drach** » 2003-06-27 11:25pm

Go to www.bcfiles.com or www.dreamartspro.com and get some mods for Bridge Commander, makes it fun again

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-06-27 11:26pm

Did anyone hear about that PS1 ST game "Invasion"? It was supposed to be fighter combat in the ST universe (WTF?????) What ever happned to that game?

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-06-27 11:32pm

Star Trek Armada and Armada II were both good, Armada becomes even better with its Star Wars vs. Star Trek mod.

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2003-06-28 12:15am

I like the Starfleet Command series. Its based on the Starfleet Battles tabletop game. Its got a lot more depth then other Starship combat games.

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2003-06-28 01:09am

Drach wrote:Go to www.bcfiles.com or www.dreamartspro.com and get some mods for Bridge Commander, makes it fun again

If you're talking about the so-called "1.2 patch," then don't listen to him everyone. All it does is add horribly balanced models and Borg uber-ships. Feel the joy of flailing about in some weird Romulan design as your ultra-nimble craft meets Romulan sluggish speeds. Also applies to Klingon craft. And Federation craft. Especially that nasty Defiant, where firing accurately is like trying to place an icon on a specific pixel with the mouse's sensativity jacked way up. Oops, your PPCs are drained and the nasty-looking Excelsior is beating the crap out of you!

Don't download the "1.2 patch."

HappyTarget · Post by **HappyTarget** » 2003-06-28 01:43am

For tactical starship combat, get any of the Starfleet Command series (Starfleet Command, Starfleet Command II: Empires at War, Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates, and Starfleet Command III) The first 3 are set in the TMP era, with the latest set in the post DS9- pre Nemesis era. Very good games if you want to feel like you're actually commanding multi million ton capital ships in combat.

Bridge Commander is ok, but it becomes truely outstanding once you get it modded up. There are ships out there that are damn near photo realistic, and you can set up battles that could almost appear to be a live action DS9 episode with the right mods put in. Hell, there's even a mod out now that impliments a Galaxy classes saucer separation, something the original stock game wasn't really even designed to handle. The mods for this game are just amazing, and they are both plentiful and very well done in nearly every case. Check them out for yourselves at BCFiles.

http://www.bcfiles.com/file.index

EF I was fun, if a tad short. I've only played the demo of EF 2, so I can't comment on that one.

Both Armadas were a pleasant diverson, but both become far better with the implimentation of mods.

Drach · Post by **Drach** » 2003-06-28 01:59am

StarshipTitanic wrote:
Drach wrote:Go to www.bcfiles.com or www.dreamartspro.com and get some mods for Bridge Commander, makes it fun again
If you're talking about the so-called "1.2 patch," then don't listen to him everyone. All it does is add horribly balanced models and Borg uber-ships. Feel the joy of flailing about in some weird Romulan design as your ultra-nimble craft meets Romulan sluggish speeds. Also applies to Klingon craft. And Federation craft. Especially that nasty Defiant, where firing accurately is like trying to place an icon on a specific pixel with the mouse's sensativity jacked way up. Oops, your PPCs are drained and the nasty-looking Excelsior is beating the crap out of you!

Don't download the "1.2 patch."

Personally I've never tried the multiship patches, probably never will. I download the ships I want, and if they 'feel right' I'll let em stay as is. If not I'll further mod the ships to my tastes. There's ALOT of mods on these sites, not just that one. If you'd care to actually, um, like look and stuff, you may not come across as such a freakin retard, at least not to me

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 2003-06-28 08:53am

Alright so basically Armada is a safe bet for enjoyment. I am not into the shoot'em-up genre unless it is Doom or Quake.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-06-28 09:49am

Darksider wrote:Did anyone hear about that PS1 ST game "Invasion"? It was supposed to be fighter combat in the ST universe (WTF?????) What ever happned to that game?

Arrrrgggghhhhh!!! The goggles!!!

I remember that game, it was pathetic.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-06-28 09:50am

Jeremy wrote:Alright so basically Armada is a safe bet for enjoyment. I am not into the shoot'em-up genre unless it is Doom or Quake.

Armada is pretty sweet. Be sure to update it though, because it was absoloutely heinous with bugs when it was released.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-06-28 10:20am

Starfleet command...up till three were good but a bit buggy.

SC3 for me suffered that too few ships honestly. In parts 1&2 there were a lot and varied ships...in part three each side gets 5-6 ships.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-06-28 10:24am

Bridge Commander got old real fast.

A Final Unity was great Star Trek TNG gaming.

Oh, and Elite Force may be a passable shooter, but as Star Trek it utterly fails.

Sothis · Post by **Sothis** » 2003-06-28 10:35am

A Final Unity... not played that in years... used to love ramming into the Warbirds... would zoom into Romulan space just to fight them, lol. Sometimes I'd kill three at once, sometimes... well, bye bye Enterprise.

I also loved blowing up Ensign Stupid Voice on that capacitor.

But my preferred Trek game is Armada (the original), in particular with the Star Trek V Starwars mod and the Babylon 5 mod. Those two mods rule.

Anyone fancy a game of STVSW?

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-06-28 11:16am

Borg uber ship mod? Do they say "We are the Borg...?"

I am there, dude.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-06-28 12:26pm

I still have a copy of 'A Final Unity' but for some reason, on my new system, I get errors during the install and can't continue.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-06-28 12:56pm

Embracer Of Darkness wrote:
Darksider wrote:Did anyone hear about that PS1 ST game "Invasion"? It was supposed to be fighter combat in the ST universe (WTF?????) What ever happned to that game?
Arrrrgggghhhhh!!! The goggles!!!

I remember that game, it was pathetic.

I read an article about it, and then heard nothing for a long time. I thought the idea was scrapped.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-06-28 01:53pm

Darksider wrote:I read an article about it, and then heard nothing for a long time. I thought the idea was scrapped.

Nah, the game was released. Bloody awful it was.

seanrobertson · Post by **seanrobertson** » 2003-06-28 03:32pm

Embracer Of Darkness wrote:
Darksider wrote:I read an article about it, and then heard nothing for a long time. I thought the idea was scrapped.
Nah, the game was released. Bloody awful it was.

It definitely stunk!

I liked the original ST: Armada a LOT. I'm a beta tester for "Project: Armada," which does an incredible mod. P:A's made a real effort to reflect ship abilities as they're depicted on the shows, and the battles...wow. You can fight single player campaigns in which you have to destroy 1,200 enemy ships before finally winning. It's great!

Armada 2 was alright. It was much improved in many respects but I've never played a good mod for the thing. The AI is always way too weak.

I guess SFC 3 was okay. It was too short, maybe not ambitious enough for my tastes. Dominion Wars was not good. I wanted to like it...alas. It sucked.

I guess Bridge Commander is alright, but unmodded, its ship-to-ship action is about retarded IMO. I mean, a SCOUT-type Bird-of-Prey has shields superior to a WARBIRD?!

Elite Force 1 was pretty cool. Large parts of it didn't have much of a ST "feel," however, as previously noted in this thread.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-06-28 08:33pm

Was ST: Borg any good?