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Before I start I want to say that in the game the plot, characters, locations and even some
of the voices actors are all based around the TV series. So if you're a voyager nerd.
You're likely to get a huge kick out of that before you even get to the gameplay.
You will also notice that there has been great attention to detail to make sure everything
is themed, the menus all look like the command consoles from the show, and you can go through
all the characters bio's with the computer voice from the show announcing each character
you click on. Before we get to the gameplay, I think it's
best if I show you a little of the story. As you can see it is very faithful to the
TV show. The first mission takes place on a borg cube,
and everything is exactly as you would expect it to look and sound. You'll be introduced
to the game mechanics, you can interact with or destroy certain objects to progress. Although
the game mechanics are very standard for the time for a first person shooter, for me there
are just enough little touches here to make it feel like you are in the Star Trek Voyager
universe. Not to mention being able to hear classic characters like Tuvoc give you objectives
never gets old. All the weapons have both primary and secondary fire modes, and of course
sound like the actual weapons! This game recieved a lot of praise upon release for it's highly
detailed weapons animations, and I can say that to this day, they look pretty good at
least to my eyes. Being an illogical human by the time you get
to end of this first mission and locate you're captured teammates, you make a fatal flaw.
However, it was all a test, yes this entire first mission was only on the Holodeck and
Tuvoc is pissed! But before you have time to kick back with
some Roast Paraka with Prishic Gravy* *** get's real. And before you say anything yes
I know that this isn't the Jeri Ryan doing the voice acting here. But they do the get
her in for the expansion pack of this game to voice 7 of, go figure. Anyway now you really
are in the game and *** has just gotten real. Now the game starts proper and you get to
explore the ship before going away on your first actual mission. It's here you'll notice
some more subtle touches to the gameplay. Take a look at this sequence.
You'd think that this is entirely scripted to go this way, but it isn't. Take a look
at the same sequence when I play it differently. Now this sequence doesn't have any huge impact
on the game, this isn't Mass effect but the game has lots of little touches like this
that add depth to the gameplay, and some of them are really funny, almost like little
easter eggs. Now I don't want to give away any more of
the story than I already have. But I will say by the time the game is over you will
have explored alien vessels. Interacted with alien objects to complete simple puzzles,
have many more lines of well written dialogue, and truly feel part of a well written well
executed story. And Did you know that they made a graphic novel based on the games story
before they even released this game? Also did you know they made an expansion pack for
this game?