View Full Version : Greatest Trek game ever..... is a Mod?
Cmdr_Havens
07-28-2008, 12:29 AM
Galactic Civilizations 2 (http://www.galciv2.com/) has to be one of the most in-depth and fun strategy games I have ever played. In the un-modded version you can create your own ships, race and form alliances and conquer the galaxy, but heres the greatest thing.... they have an awesome Star Trek (http://forums.galciv2.com/122770) mod. In this Mod you can play as one of the eight major races including the Federation, Klingons and Dominion to name but a few. Get this game and get this mod, its so worth it!
I must confess that I never heard a word about GC II until you mentioned it.
But speaking about mods, I guess many of you know "Star Trek: Bridge Commander" - okay, if anyone now comes out yelling: "Forget about it, it's boring!" I agree, the original is quite boring.
As soon as you lay your fingers on the mod "Kobayashi Maru" your view on the game will change. They added new grafics, new ships, new I-don't-know-what-it's-called's and lots of other great stuff to make "Star Trek: Bridge Commander" worth a second try.
Their webpage is kobmaru.de (http://kobmaru.de) - don't worry, although it's a german domain the complete site is english. The site design may not look like it has much to offter, but that's just not true.
Thomas45
07-28-2008, 06:34 AM
Galactic Civilizations 2 is a great game and is my BOTF for the 21st century.
KeystoneMan
07-28-2008, 07:19 AM
Maybe for you brainiacs but my fav would have to be elite forces.
Maybe for you brainiacs but my fav would have to be elite forces.
First, second or both games? I only played the first one.
Now that BOTF is mentioned: I also played that one, but something was wrong either with me, the game or my PC back in these days, BOTF had lots of fun kicking me out several times for no obvious reason.
If you guys say it's simmilar I'll just check it out as soon as possible, thanks for the hind!
Trendkilla
07-28-2008, 07:33 AM
Definitely Bridge Commander. It lacked in gameplay, but it really captured the atmosphere imo
Actually played it recently. Havnt tried the mod though.
It pushes the system requirements a lot, but it is worth to be tried! All the new ships will stun you if you just now the original version. In my opinion it's even almost balanced!
minago
07-28-2008, 08:43 AM
i dont know about the greatest but star trek the 25th anniversary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_25th_Anniversary_%28computer_game%29) was my fav
Necros
07-28-2008, 10:57 AM
There's an other great mod, this one is for Half Life 2: Enterprise: Temporal Cold War (http://www.enterprise-tcw.com/website). It's not finished yet but seems to be great, it's a kind of fifth season to Enterprise.
Susarian
07-28-2008, 10:11 PM
I really have to second the recommendation for GalCiv2. It really is one of the best 4x space games to come along. And the Star Trek Mod is just icing on the cake!
Wonko
07-28-2008, 11:09 PM
I'm going to have to go with 25th anniversary as well, although Bridge Commander and both Elite Forces are very fun. Star Trek needs a game with the kotor engine.
Thomas45
07-29-2008, 03:32 AM
I still play EF with the RPGX mod, closest thing we have to STO at the moment.
KO_Gilligan
07-29-2008, 05:59 AM
I still play EF with the RPGX mod, closest thing we have to STO at the moment.
EF2 if you play the shooters... Not so sure STO will be good for the FPS crowd
EF2 has a bunch of RPG maps, but things happened, you know the story -
Hazzard Modding has converted a full complete EF2 mission from the Single player game available as a MP online cooperative game.
I play both EF (I was in GF in the DarkHunter era and I chatted with Zephyr not long ago)
and EF2 (as KO Gilligan)
There's a reason EF2 is still expensive on EBay
Have you played the Enterprise RPG map in EF2?
But it's also not very modern anymore.
I hope Temporal Cold War is great
The original EF is full of holes, runs like crap, and the Klingons look like elves.
krave
07-29-2008, 06:03 AM
I must confess that I never heard a word about GC II until you mentioned it.
But speaking about mods, I guess many of you know "Star Trek: Bridge Commander" - okay, if anyone now comes out yelling: "Forget about it, it's boring!" I agree, the original is quite boring.
As soon as you lay your fingers on the mod "Kobayashi Maru" your view on the game will change. They added new grafics, new ships, new I-don't-know-what-it's-called's and lots of other great stuff to make "Star Trek: Bridge Commander" worth a second try.
Their webpage is kobmaru.de (http://kobmaru.de) - don't worry, although it's a german domain the complete site is english. The site design may not look like it has much to offter, but that's just not true.
I have never heard of the mod you speak of, will have to give it a go.
Do as you like it. If there are any questions: you'll find enough acitve players around here to lend you a hand...
This idea with the KOTOR engine sounds nice to me, but I don't know how stable if runs in crouwded scenes. I guess we'll see which solution Cryptic will present to us in about 12 days...
James009
08-04-2008, 12:06 AM
Galacitc Civilizations 2 is an EXCELLENT GAME, however, I didn't know there was a Star Trek mod out for it... I saw ships but no mod. Can someone point me to the location of this Gal Civ 2 mod, please?
Also, I too play RPG-X mod (http://rpg-x.net/) for Elite Force 1 and it is great. No, the elves do not look like Klingons and it runs pretty good if you can read a readme. Check it out! (http://rpg-x.net/)
RedShirt
08-04-2008, 05:14 AM
The only thing I dislike about the Kobayashi maru mod is that ships aren't scaled to one another. They really just went to BC files, took other peoples stuff and compiled it into 1 big mod.
As for EF, Yep, I think the first RP map I played was deralict 3. As for EF2, Roleplay never really got it's chance with it. There was 1 map that would have given it a chance and that was the Nova, all 7 decks. But it was cancelled.
Croesis
08-04-2008, 05:22 AM
i dont know about the greatest but star trek the 25th anniversary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_25th_Anniversary_%28computer_game%29) was my fav
Ha, I liked ST:TNG A final Unity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Final_Unity). I must admit, being point and click adventure games meant that more emphasis was given on story rather than what you can do in the game. I even enjoyed watching a friend play through DS9: Harbinger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine:_Harbinger) from start to end just to watch the story unfold!
Anti-Proton
08-04-2008, 01:13 PM
When it comes to creating a Star Trek universe, nothing is better than BC, especially with the mods. The problem is there is just not a game that could utilized everything that has been added to BC.
Himble
08-04-2008, 01:24 PM
forgeting about role play for a second, just the star trek games I would rank the PC games I have as:
1. Legacy
2. Bridge Commander
3. Elite Force I
4. Armada I
5. Armada II
6. Starfleet Command 3
7. Away Team
8. Elite Force II
9. Hidden Evil
Haven't played GC2, these are the originals, apart from BC that is KM 1.0.
Bailo
08-04-2008, 01:37 PM
Bridge Commander FTW
Arrakiv
08-04-2008, 04:55 PM
GC2 is a fantastic game by a fantastic company that I have a huge amount of respect for. I didn't know about the Star Trek mod... I might give it a go. I can swindle and covertly run various wars in the Star Trek universe just as well as the default one I imagine. :-P
Bridge Commander... That's a game I really wanted to like - it is, more or less, exactly the type of game I was looking for at the time (and still would like). However, it just didn't come out right for me. I believe I tried the mod for it and it still just... didn't fly. Maybe I'll try it again another time.
Wyrminarrd
08-05-2008, 05:03 AM
There was a Star Trek 4x game some years ago that I really liked but I´ve forgotten the name of it.
Malsonic
08-05-2008, 10:53 PM
I had played GC2, liked it, and heard it had great modding potential; but never heard of an ST mod. Now I will definitely pick it up again and give the mod a try.
Malsonic
08-05-2008, 10:56 PM
On a note for those who were posting about Bridge Commander, being one of the best ST games. Just wanna warn anyone new to Bridge Commander, it has a mean learning curve; especially if you don't have a manual. I remember the first time I played it took me like an hour just to figure out how to get to the right planet when warping, LOL. But once you get the hang of it, it really is a gr8 ST game.
Valikdu
08-05-2008, 11:22 PM
Didn't like the original GalCiv. Maybe I will with the mod, gonna try it.
cjdaweasel
08-06-2008, 03:27 AM
I liked Legacy the best. As far as ship control was concerned, you really felt like you were piloting a gigantic starship, while keeping the action well paced. The Borg were crazy overpowered, but I guess that's to be expected.
But Elite Force was good too. I especially like getting to go to the ship graveyard in the "Goatee Universe" from the original series.
Away Team was another that I liked, but it wasn't very good. I enjoyed the heck out of it, but I can understand why it rubbed some people the wrong way. Besides, it has a crazy number of glitches. Like the one where you can't use the Dead Body Brig thing if their feet are in a wall when they died. That was kinda aggravating.
Other than that, I've found most ST games to be sub-par at best. And even that's being generous.
Malsonic
08-06-2008, 03:00 PM
The link I followed from the Original Poster to the GC2 Star Trek Mod only takes you too a COMING SOON post on the GC2 Official Site forums. I was under the impression that this mod had already had at least one release. Does someone have a working link to any version of the mod, or is this mod unreleased as of yet?
Malsonic
08-06-2008, 03:23 PM
UPDATE: GC2 STAR TREK MOD LINK
I finally figured out how to access the Star Trek mod for GC2 :D When you follow the link to the GC2 Official Site forum (from the original post in this thread). It looks like everything their all says coming soon, but if you look closely their is 1 link in their that takes you to the mod's official forums. You have to register for their forums, and it can take up to a week for an admin to validate your registration. After your registration is validated you can download the mod from those forums.
I know it sounds like a big run-around but the mod is there. I wish their was a more direct way to get the mod, but if there is I haven't found it yet.
.Spartan
08-06-2008, 03:31 PM
I have to concur. GS2 is simply the best turn based space strategy available bar none. The ST mod is very good to boot.
You guys might also be interested to know that Sins of a Solar Empire has a ST mod being developed for it as well and from what I have seen of it - it should rock to say the least.
Ktarzus
08-06-2008, 03:55 PM
Star Trek Armada 1
Valikdu
08-07-2008, 11:02 AM
2 questions:
-can I dl that mod from somewhere else? and what version (addon) of GCII does it need?
-how do I play ST:Armada on a modern machine? it has problems with sound (all sounds are interrupted) and always hangs after some time.
lumpking69
08-07-2008, 03:40 PM
bridge commander with the mod! Greatest ST game ever...
Fester
08-07-2008, 06:11 PM
bridge commander really nailed the ship combat system...after you give up giving orders and take control in 3rd person that is
Admiral.of.Starfleet
08-07-2008, 06:23 PM
ST: Legacy was just ok without mods nothing special: Install the Ultimate Universe mod and shaders 3.0 mod and then it is truly awesome.
Best game without mods: ST: Armada
Arcturus
08-07-2008, 07:14 PM
Armada 2 also has some impressive mods to the graphics.
replicant007
08-31-2008, 07:57 PM
Elite Force 1-2
ToadMonkey
08-31-2008, 08:38 PM
i dont know about the greatest but star trek the 25th anniversary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_25th_Anniversary_%28computer_game%29) was my fav
Of the Star Trek games.....yes it was great for its time. :)
.Spartan
09-01-2008, 12:07 AM
For anyone interested in ST mod for Sins of a Solar Empire, simply called "Sins" or commonly abbreviated as "SoaSE" a demo has been released. You can read about it ClansofSin.com (http://clansofsin.com) or on the official forums (http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/). So far the demo has received rave reviews.
jeanleloup
11-13-2008, 03:39 PM
Is there any other way to access the Star Trek mod for GC2? I really want to play this game with the mod but I can't get access to those forums....
Please help!
mad_cat
11-30-2008, 04:22 PM
I am actually a collector of mods, some for games I haven't played in a long time, others for games I hope to own one day. I am not talking about a few mods here or there either, I have about 19.2 GB worth of Mods for 23 games. I guess I do it as a means of providing an archive for these pieces of art. I would like to provide a list of some mods that I have played or seen that may be of interest related to Star Trek:
Homeworld 2:
Star Trek: Call to Battle
Armada 2: Too many to list
Homeworld:
Star Trek: Sacrifice of Angels
Sins of a Solar Empire:
Star Trek: Sacrifice of Angels 2 (it is a sequel from the same people)
Nexus: the Jupiter Incident:
Star Trek: Universe at War
Star Trek: Age of War
Star Wars: Empire at War
Star Trek: Federation at War
Honorable Mention: Not a Star Trek mod but I think it is really really good that it should be mentioned here.
Homeworld 2:
Battlestar Galatica: Fleet Commander
USS_Parallax
11-30-2008, 04:37 PM
Idunno anything about the game but the videos left me incredibly unimpressed.
Ugly phasers that are slow.
Torpedoes that are ugly and seem to be a poor quality jpg image.
Ship scales that are waaaay off, tinier Borg Cubes have never been seen before!
Ships don't even explode, they just disappear when they die like magic.
Battles are fully un-epic with the ships just slowly hovering around shooting each other, not even the Defiant did differently.
EnsignSkylarkThibedeau
12-01-2008, 11:35 AM
My favorite was playing as the Mirak in SFC:Empires at War. The Star Wars vs Star Trek Mod for Armada I was pretty good too.
Aslan_chShran
12-02-2008, 07:53 AM
Boy those Borg Cubes are... small.
Does anyone play Sins of a Solar Empire? I heard that's the best Sci Fi strat game. I bet they could mod that for Star Trek as well.
Saladin_Class
12-02-2008, 08:07 AM
Starfleet Battles was the BEST ST game ever made.
You played against real people, in real time.
It was tactical, and you had to use your brains.
But then, it was to hard for most of you.
Cmdr_Havens
12-03-2008, 11:36 PM
Boy those Borg Cubes are... small.
Does anyone play Sins of a Solar Empire? I heard that's the best Sci Fi strat game. I bet they could mod that for Star Trek as well.
There is an ST mod for Sins, its not veru good yet though
.Spartan
12-04-2008, 01:16 AM
There is an ST mod for Sins, its not veru good yet though
It is pretty damn given the limitations the developer had to deal with.
Cmdr_Havens
12-04-2008, 06:23 PM
It is pretty damn given the limitations the developer had to deal with.
Not exactly sure what you mean but the Mod itself is, atm, crap. Could it be excellent? With out a doubt. Is it worth playing right now? No.... unless your desperate for a game to play that has ST skin but no actual conections other then that.
Stronin
12-05-2008, 09:40 AM
Elite Force is the best Startrek Game Ever ??
Trendkilla
12-16-2008, 07:42 AM
Ive been playing 25th anniversary recently. And its actually one of the best ST games there is. If you can enjoy the retro graphics and the some what dodgy controls(good enough to play the game without to many frustrations) it encompass everything Trek imo.
mad_cat
12-27-2008, 05:25 AM
I enjoyed the Elite Force series. Though I will admit the first was better than the second one. It had good storyline and good action. Probably the first FPS I ever beat.
*Spoiler*
And I was sad when Munro's commanding officer was assimilated.
*Spoiler*
xarumitzu
12-29-2008, 08:37 PM
Boy those Borg Cubes are... small.
Does anyone play Sins of a Solar Empire? I heard that's the best Sci Fi strat game. I bet they could mod that for Star Trek as well.
I love Sins, but I agree, the mod is cool but it could definitely be a lot better. I hope they re-do it and make it look nicer.
Prospero
01-03-2009, 12:50 PM
Klingon academy rocked, except for the ai ships trying to ram into you, but the online was great.