Star Trek Elite Force II is battled out over 11 gaming worlds from the decks of starships to alien planets. Graphic from the web site

Boldly going ... again
Star Trek Elite Force II
Activision
www.st-ef2.com/home.html

Back in June we previewed Activision's second shot at the seemingly impossible quest of the definitive Star Trek game. Since then the game has been released, Activision has been in an intense legal wrangle with Viacom over the use (or misuse) of the Star Trek franchise and we still haven't got that definitive game to keep Trekkies happy ... just about everyone else will be though.

This time you're fighting for Captain Picard from the USS Enterprise.

Once again you take the fight to the universe's alien scum as Lt Munro, a member of the Hazard team, using a variety of Federation, Klingon and alien weaponry to make a point.

The game includes 11 gaming worlds to fight through, from the Enterprise, venturing into a Borg cube and investigating alien ruins on distant planets.

Elite Force II uses the Quake III engine so the graphics are mostly stunning. The audio has also been worked heavily to provide extra immersion.

Multiplayer is well handled with Holomatches and the normal capture the flag and team-based games.

Elite Force II is a solid, interesting shooter that is a must for Star Trek fans and very worthwhile for those wishing to dig themselves out of the current wave of WW2 trenches.

Games grab

We have a copy of Elite Force II (PC) and Ghost Recon: Island Thunder (XBox) up for grabs this edition.

Entries should be e-mailed to ADFgamesmen@telstra.com with the name of the game you would like to win in the subject line. Only one entry per person, subsequent entries will be discarded.

Include your full name and mailing address in the e-mail or your entry won't be accepted.

Congratulations to our recent winners: Conflict Desert Storm: Back to Baghdad: P Thoule, Sydney; Day of Defeat: M Kakkinen Orchard Hills.

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