oh this is the RTS one like Age of Empires 2?
there is a good HD mod for the steam version that makes it look way better!
Best/Favorite Star Wars Game?
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there is a good HD mod for the steam version that makes it look way better!
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Dark Forces is a classic. It is a FPS and the first two have real multi-level (multiple floors) on a map, jumping and crouching too. Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II is also a very good game. The former has a NightDive re-release recently.
Everyone raves about the Knights of Old Republic duology, it is one of the games that got BioWare's name on the map.
The classic X-Wing game has a good story, but TIE Fighter's story is amazing. And then, of course, there's X-Wing VS Tie Fighter. These games were when space fighting sims were big, like Wing Commander. Basically the OG version of the Star Wars Squadrons we have recently.
Star Wars Racer is a fun racing game, highly recommended if you enjoy WipeOut and/or Episode I
Star Wars Bounty Hunter is a Jango Fett game. It has some jank, like Republic Commando that is a squadron-based game, but it is great fun. Shadow of the Empire is also one of those "too much ambition ends in jank" ones.
Lego Star Wars - The Complete Saga is also a fun game to play and enjoy your time. It is funny, laid-back and the co-op is always a good laugh.
And a huge shoutout to the Star Wars Phantom Menace PSx game. That game had no right to be a fun adaptation. Revenge of the Sith on the GBA is a nice beat'em up.
For the RTS crowd, Empire at War, Galactic Battleground, and Rebellion exist. I did play Rebellion; it was certainly very complex. I did hear good things from both Empire at War and Galactic Battleground, so it is a matter of looking at videos or screenshots and deciding which one you might jive better
My personal picks that I would replay any time? Dark Forces, KOTOR, Lego Star Wars, Phantom Menace and Racer in no specific order.
Dark Forces is a classic. It is a FPS and the first two have real multi-level (multiple floors) on a map, jumping and crouching too. Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II is also a very good game. The former has a NightDive re-release recently.
Everyone raves about the Knights of Old Republic duology, it is one of the games that got BioWare's name on the map.
The classic X-Wing game has a good story, but TIE Fighter's story is amazing. And then, of course, there's X-Wing VS Tie Fighter. These games were when space fighting sims were big, like Wing Commander. Basically the OG version of the Star Wars Squadrons we have recently.
Star Wars Racer is a fun racing game, highly recommended if you enjoy WipeOut and/or Episode I
Star Wars Bounty Hunter is a Jango Fett game. It has some jank, like Republic Commando that is a squadron-based game, but it is great fun. Shadow of the Empire is also one of those "too much ambition ends in jank" ones.
Lego Star Wars - The Complete Saga is also a fun game to play and enjoy your time. It is funny, laid-back and the co-op is always a good laugh.
And a huge shoutout to the Star Wars Phantom Menace PSx game. That game had no right to be a fun adaptation. Revenge of the Sith on the GBA is a nice beat'em up.
For the RTS crowd, Empire at War, Galactic Battleground, and Rebellion exist. I did play Rebellion; it was certainly very complex. I did hear good things from both Empire at War and Galactic Battleground, so it is a matter of looking at videos or screenshots and deciding which one you might jive better
My personal picks that I would replay any time? Dark Forces, KOTOR, Lego Star Wars, Phantom Menace and Racer in no specific order.
Jedi Knight Dark Forces 2
my all time favorite
my all time favorite
Jedi: Fallen Order and KOTOR. These 2 are the perfect SW games for me.
Outlaws.
Yeah this one looks interesting, just waiting for Ubisoft to stop paying their Denuvo wage so the DRM is removed and I can keep an offline version of it. And by that time the bugs will be ironed out.
You played through it in full? Is the ending good?
Aside from everything already mentioned here, Revenge of the Sith both PS2 and GBA versions! They're not stellar (lol) by any means but one of the rare example of good gaming adaptations from movies this era.
No, I actually didn't finish it yet, still playing, made a pause now for some month and continued yesterday (got a top new PC one week ago with a 9950X3D and a RTX5090, very sweet). I would say I'm around mid game, concentrating a lot more on sidequests at the moment. I tend to play these open world games quite slowly and love to explore. Didn't touch DLC either yet, and the 2nd one is coming out now in May. I'm really enjoying it so far.
I don’t about the best but Star Wars Renegade Squadron is one of my favorite games on the PSP
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Episode 1 Racer.
Only one I have truly played through though.
Only one I have truly played through though.
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After giving some thought, I decided to be a contrarian and share the (retro) Star Wars games I wouldn't recommend. Most Star Wars games have a certain level of being enjoyable, even if they have their flaws, so you'll have a good time. But some...Are more "questionable" in that department.
No shame if you enjoyed any of them, I myself poured many hours into playing these games to completion because I was a kid with too much free time.
Yoda Stories (Win95, GB)
I haven't played the GB version, but I think I had more than 200 completed missions on that one. This is actually the 2nd title in a series that started with Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures. The basic concept is that these games were meant to be played during breaks at work in a small window, closer to a minesweeper than anything else. You control Luke, and every new game you arrive at Dagobah to get a mission from Yoda and the first item. The game is basically a rogue-lite-like fetchquest game: you get a random mission, the map is randomly generated based on your preferences for size and so on, and the puzzles are usually to go somewhere and trade an item for another item to use in a place. There is a slight overall story progression; after a certain number of completed missions, you start with THE FORCE in your inventory, and after a few more, you update your lightsaber. Very simplistic. At least you can put Chewie in your pocket.
The real attraction is that the game came with a full-blown documentary with the making off of the remastered release of the original trilogy, with George Lucas talking about the new special effects. The CD-ROM was like...90% documentary, 10% the game.
Star Wars: Masters of the Teras Kasi (PSx)
Simply put, one of the worst 3D fighting games on the PSx along with Ravenloft Iron & Blood and Beast Wars Transmetals. The most interesting stuff about this game is the lore that was created for it...That you never see in the game. There is this dark side adept that was a specialist in hand-to-hand anti-Force fighting that got frozen for a long time, got freed, got a few adepts and was trying to take over -- but this is never shown anywhere in the game or is relevant to anything. It is completely unbalanced, the combos and moves don't connect, the controls don't feel too precise and the characters move too slowly and not the usual snappiness of other fighting games of the time, like Tekken. The one good thing about this game is the graphics; they certainly look pretty, and everything was motion-captured, which was uncommon for games at the time.
Rebel Assault I and II (PC, PSx)
The first game is sprite-based, the second is full FMV. The goal of both games is to deliver a cinematic Star Wars experience with everything in between: shootouts, X-Wing battles.... Some may define these games as rail shooters or a QTE-based game similar to how Dragon's Lair is. Either way, you need a controller to play the first, and the second is doable to play with the mouse even if the reaction delay can cause cheap deaths. These two games aren't bad, but are among those that might not have aged well if compared to other games released at the time. The same year Rebel Assault II was released on DOS, we had both Dark Forces and TIE Fighter, and when the PSx version was released, we got Shadows of the Empire on the N64 and computers. They are certainly pretty to look at, tho.
No shame if you enjoyed any of them, I myself poured many hours into playing these games to completion because I was a kid with too much free time.
Yoda Stories (Win95, GB)
I haven't played the GB version, but I think I had more than 200 completed missions on that one. This is actually the 2nd title in a series that started with Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures. The basic concept is that these games were meant to be played during breaks at work in a small window, closer to a minesweeper than anything else. You control Luke, and every new game you arrive at Dagobah to get a mission from Yoda and the first item. The game is basically a rogue-lite-like fetchquest game: you get a random mission, the map is randomly generated based on your preferences for size and so on, and the puzzles are usually to go somewhere and trade an item for another item to use in a place. There is a slight overall story progression; after a certain number of completed missions, you start with THE FORCE in your inventory, and after a few more, you update your lightsaber. Very simplistic. At least you can put Chewie in your pocket.
The real attraction is that the game came with a full-blown documentary with the making off of the remastered release of the original trilogy, with George Lucas talking about the new special effects. The CD-ROM was like...90% documentary, 10% the game.
Star Wars: Masters of the Teras Kasi (PSx)
Simply put, one of the worst 3D fighting games on the PSx along with Ravenloft Iron & Blood and Beast Wars Transmetals. The most interesting stuff about this game is the lore that was created for it...That you never see in the game. There is this dark side adept that was a specialist in hand-to-hand anti-Force fighting that got frozen for a long time, got freed, got a few adepts and was trying to take over -- but this is never shown anywhere in the game or is relevant to anything. It is completely unbalanced, the combos and moves don't connect, the controls don't feel too precise and the characters move too slowly and not the usual snappiness of other fighting games of the time, like Tekken. The one good thing about this game is the graphics; they certainly look pretty, and everything was motion-captured, which was uncommon for games at the time.
Rebel Assault I and II (PC, PSx)
The first game is sprite-based, the second is full FMV. The goal of both games is to deliver a cinematic Star Wars experience with everything in between: shootouts, X-Wing battles.... Some may define these games as rail shooters or a QTE-based game similar to how Dragon's Lair is. Either way, you need a controller to play the first, and the second is doable to play with the mouse even if the reaction delay can cause cheap deaths. These two games aren't bad, but are among those that might not have aged well if compared to other games released at the time. The same year Rebel Assault II was released on DOS, we had both Dark Forces and TIE Fighter, and when the PSx version was released, we got Shadows of the Empire on the N64 and computers. They are certainly pretty to look at, tho.
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