Second Wave, The - Final Frontier

Final Frontier

Advantages: great variety in gameplay
Disadvantages: graphcs are a bit dated

EliteII: Frontier is a life simulation for interstellar space jockeys. You enter the game with a modest ship and a modest amount of credits and its up to you to forge your career as a trader, mercenary, miner, bounty hunter or pirate - or why not a combination of all these. the game starts off quite slowly as you make endless 'milk runs' to earn enough credits for a decent ship and cargo to trade. As the game progresses you can fit your ship with passenger cabins and transport passengers between planets and star systems to earn even more credits. Beware if you do this though, because sometimes these passengers are wanted by various 'interested parties' and your ship may well get destroyed by overkeen bounty hunters after a quick profit. There are countless ways of earning a fortune, from simple trading to running missions ...

w1ldrover 01.03.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Elite II: Frontier (PC)

The Second "Final" Destination

Advantages: Well paced, never loses direction and surprisingly intelligent
Disadvantages: An unknown and redundant cast with minimal character investment

It would be easy to dismiss Final Destination 2 as just another tragic teen flick. Such movies rarely win critical acclaim in their first outings, let alone with a rehashed sequel to continue the franchise. But while the sequel to the 2000 hit wins no prizes for covering new ground, it certainly lives up to the expectancy bestowed on it by its core fans. The premise is simple. You don't mess with the plan of death. What is death's plan? This is the question that Final Destination poses and answers over the course of a hundred action packed, and often violent, minutes. The thing which seperates this franchise from the rest in its throwaway genre is that the movie has no intention of exceeding its own expectations. A slasher breed movie in every sense of the word, yet with an absent villian who exists only in cutaway camera shots as we ...

tehfincheh 02.09.2006 · Read full review
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Star Trek V The Final Frontier (Special Edition)

Advantages: It's Kirk! Spock! Bones!
Disadvantages: They are getting on a bit, and ummm William Shatner directing

fight Kirk that was too expensive to put into the final cut) -Star Trek V 1989 Press Conference 4 Deleted Scenes "Production Gallery" "Storyboards": -Shakari -Escape -The Face of God 7 TV Spots Theatrical Trailer Teaser Trailer All in all I think this 2 disc Special Edition set is well worth purchasing. ...

socnsum1 18.10.2006 · Read full review
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