Best Star Wars videogame of all time??

evil-monkey

Best Star Wars videogame of all time??

Anyone care to get the ball rolling?? C'mooooonnnn.....

djkeogh

I'm a big fan of Jedi Outcast. Great single Player game. Some super Saber battles in it and the multiplayer was great. Nothing more fun then Force Choking someone up in there air then Force Pushing them out into oblivion!

AnCapaillMor

Liked the first knights of the old republic and empire at war was pretty cool. Outcast was good but academy was beter.

Jedi Academy for me. So many great mods and sabre battles . Actually i might just re-install it now

TerrorFirmer

If you've got a friend or two, Star Wars Battlefront and Battlefront II were absolutely epic.....

Rebel Assault II gets a mention because, despite a fairly poor on rails game, it had awesome live-action video sequences light years better then those in Jedi Knight etc.

evil-monkey

I have to admit I was hugely disappointed by Empire at War. Battlefront has always been good. Never really played Jedi Academy properly. Might give it a rattle one of these days actually. How do the graphics stand up against today's titles??

TerrorFirmer

Yeah I didn't like Empire at War either. Jedi Outcast holds up pretty well - any game based on the Q3 engine actually holds their own actually quite well even today. The saber battles can be great fun. I played the original Jedi Knight the last day however, was not impressed at all - aged to the point of unplayable really. But I guess that's what happens to most of the early 3d FPS title's - the 2d ones from the era that games crossed over to true 3d hold up far better like Dark Forces, Duke Nukem, etc.

evil-monkey

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Yeah I didn't like Empire at War either. Jedi Outcast holds up pretty well - any game based on the Q3 engine actually holds their own actually quite well even today. The saber battles can be great fun. I played the original Jedi Knight the last day however, was not impressed at all - aged to the point of unplayable really. But I guess that's what happens to most of the early 3d FPS title's - the 2d ones from the era that games crossed over to true 3d hold up far better like Dark Forces, Duke Nukem, etc.

i might give it a rattle so. anyone play galaxies?? that game broke my heart!! it could have been so much...

Indie18

lego star wars seires by far the most playable star wars game ever end of story

evil-monkey

Indie18 wrote: »

lego star wars seires by far the most playable star wars game ever end of story

No way!! A great game for sure, but Revenge of the Sith movie title was just as playable, and it had a bit (just a lil bit mind you) of a challenge because you could actually die...

Revenge of the Sith of movie title was pretty much Lego Star Wars with proper characters...a nice easy linear combo game...but as I said before, in Revenge of the Sith you couldn't go for your dinner without pausing...you could in Lego Star Wars!!

Don't get me wrong, it was fun, great fun, but unlimited lives...c'mon!!

AnCapaillMor

Forgot about lego starwars, great games.

The Bollox

either KOTOR 1 or Super Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi. that was a fantastic game for it's time, the battle against Vader at the end kicked ass, the emperor was a piece of piss though

Indie18

evil-monkey wrote: »

Don't get me wrong, it was fun, great fun, but unlimited lives...c'mon!!

this is true it wasn't exactly hard just incredably fun to play.

evil-monkey

Indie18 wrote: »

this is true it wasn't exactly hard just incredably fun to play.

very true. far too easy but great fun. especially the LS combat.

delta36

Well, Rebel assault II gets an honorable mention, as it was the first game I played with a joystick and also, the easter egg cheats in it were fantastic! Anyone remember them? The Wile E. Coyote thing, the dancing Stormtroopers, the funny subtitles?
I suppose the best I've ever played was Republic Commando. It was just an awesome game and I played it so much. Maybe it's just me though, I love Mandalorians.

evil-monkey

delta36 wrote: »

Well, Rebel assault II gets an honorable mention, as it was the first game I played with a joystick and also, the easter egg cheats in it were fantastic! Anyone remember them? The Wile E. Coyote thing, the dancing Stormtroopers, the funny subtitles?
I suppose the best I've ever played was Republic Commando. It was just an awesome game and I played it so much. Maybe it's just me though, I love Mandalorians.

never played republic commando. must do. read all the books that tie into it.

V9

TIE Fighter.

AnCapaillMor

Just remembered, there was a starwars homeworld 2 mod that was pretty impressive. No story but who needs a story when you've a fleet of new republic and empire star destroyed hammering the crap out of each other.

delta36

There is? Awesome! That reminds me, there was also a Star Wars mod for Total Annihilation, which was actually quite good.

VinLieger

Gametrailers are doing a pretty good retrospective at the moment of every star wars game ever made http://www.gametrailers.com/retrospective.php#Star%20Wars
Theyve done seven episodes and covered pretty much everything. All thats left is Galaxies which episode 8 is gonna be dedicated to.

AnCapaillMor

delta36 wrote: »

There is? Awesome! That reminds me, there was also a Star Wars mod for Total Annihilation, which was actually quite good.

If you're interested there's a half decent starwars beta mod for Sins of a solar empire. They've only the empire ships at the moment buts its spretty sweet. Screenshot below.

MrGump

Knights of the Old Republic for me- never managed to master being on the good side of the force, made me part with too many credits.

I was just looking there is a whol role play game going on in Second life. Must take a look. I cant play Galaxies anymore. Its just going nowere .

slave1

Galactic Battlegrounds, great on multiplayer if you have an hour or two to spare

evil-monkey

Deleted User wrote: »

I was just looking there is a whol role play game going on in Second life. Must take a look. I cant play Galaxies anymore. Its just going nowere .

tell me about it...that game broke my heart...every now and then i try so hard to fall in love with it all over again...but i just can't do it...

][cEMAN**

JK2 - Outcast. Still brilliant to this day (in my opinion). If played old skool style.

evil-monkey

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[cEMAN**;57042864']JK2 - Outcast. Still brilliant to this day (in my opinion). If played old skool style.

there was summit about it that annoyed me, i think it was the environments. what platform did you play it on??

was looking at the launch trailer of Unleashed last night. I have to say, it's whet my palette!!

User45701

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[cEMAN**;57042864']JK2 - Outcast. Still brilliant to this day (in my opinion). If played old skool style.

Dark forces two jedi knight was much better, gotta have actors for cutscenes and it had a better story as well

weemcd

always had a soft spot for Shadows of the empire for the N64.

and jedi knight 2 for pc

1huge1

Really enjoyed revenge of the sith on the DS.

Oh and rogue leader on the gamecube

djkeogh

Defo still Outcast for me. I really enjoyed Knights of the Old Republic as well. Going back in time I was mad for the Star Wars games on the SNES at the time. Still dip into them for some retro fun every now and then. I remember playing Co-op Star Wars Episode one on the Playstation and loving it. Used to use Plo Koon the whole time.

In the arcade I always had a soft spot for a quick game of Episode 1 racer.

][cEMAN**

Sorry I really should have specified - JK2 Outcast is the best multiplayer SW game.

Kinetic^

KOTOR1 for me.

bucks73

Theres a actually an excellent retrospective on the history of Star Wars games over on Gametrailers. Its in eight parts and can be found here.

jjpm

I'm going to reserve judgement until the new game, Force Unleashed, is released SW on HD anyone

evil-monkey

jjpm wrote: »

I'm going to reserve judgement until the new game, Force Unleashed, is released SW on HD anyone

i'd say it'll be a very good game. revolutionary game engine me thinks. and a great plot. but i would be wary of one thing; and that's the game being very linear...like many of the Star Wars titles have been...i reckon it will almost play out like most movie based titles tend to...

jjpm

evil-monkey wrote: »

i would be wary of one thing; and that's the game being very linear...like many of the Star Wars titles have been...i reckon it will almost play out like most movie based titles tend to...

Yeah, good point. I suppose it depends what you want from the game - the freedom to almost 'become' a part of the SW world by developing your own Force weilding character or just to move the pieces around in a game situation. Not sure... But if FU does a good job in being the latter, and offers good multiplayer modes (no idea what the deal is yet), it could be brilliant!

But I'm a bit of a KOTOR fan precisely because of the non-linear structure.

evil-monkey

jjpm wrote: »

But I'm a bit of a KOTOR fan precisely because of the non-linear structure.

and how!!

armedboarder

The best one for me has to be Star Wars Supremacy, or Rebellion as its called in the states. It's based in the HQ of Rebel Alliance or The Empire and is played on many levels, from diplomacy, sabotage missions to actual space battles. Oldie but a goodie. Retails these days at about €15.00. A close second comes Empire at war.

evil-monkey

armedboarder wrote: »

The best one for me has to be Star Wars Supremacy, or Rebellion as its called in the states. It's based in the HQ of Rebel Alliance or The Empire and is played on many levels, from diplomacy, sabotage missions to actual space battles. Oldie but a goodie. Retails these days at about €15.00. A close second comes Empire at war.

i never got into Empire at War...which was strange because I love Star Wars, and love RTS games...just didn't do it for me. Maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance...would have liked bigger scale battles or something...or bigger maps...dunno...one of these things where I'd be saying to game, "it's not you, it's me..." .... if games could hold conversations that is...

chopperbyrne

Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader.

I absolutely love that game.

Preferred the second KOTOR to the first myself.

Mal-Adjusted

i do like Force Commander and Rebellion.

but i prefer a good storyline over state of the art graphics, so, the Kyle Katarn saga and X-Wing Alliance always do it for me.

evil-monkey

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader.

I absolutely love that game.

Preferred the second KOTOR to the first myself.

+1 but i didn't like the way it was so rushed. the amount of little clips that just cut here and there was incredible for a game of this calibre. you know the moments where a split second of a cut scene would flash up before another one started...very very amateur...

Dr Bob

TIE fighter/XvT for me
oh and the original arcade machine, cos I'm old like.

evil-monkey

luas_dublin wrote: »

cos I'm old like.

lol

Roar

i have very fond memories of star wars on the master system when i was a nipper. played it to the finish about 100 times i'd say.

i remember finding a cheat with han solo which was the berries (after you found him, and selected him as a playable character, if he died and you went back to where he was again, he'd be there, only this time he'd have infinite health! bonus. only problem was on the death star level, if you miss-timed a jump and fell down a lift shaft where you'd usually die, he wouldnt, and with no way of getting back up you'd have to reset the game!)

what a game.

more recently, I've been a big fan of jedi outcast. and i have to admit i loved lego star wars the first time i played through them. couldnt get through a second play through as it's a bit pants the second time.

evil-monkey

lot of people flying the Jedi Outcast flag. what did ye play it on?? i thought on the PC is just looked so bad...environment was really boxey and samey...just a kind of clumsy game...

Mal-Adjusted

evil-monkey wrote: »

lot of people flying the Jedi Outcast flag. what did ye play it on?? i thought on the PC is just looked so bad...environment was really boxey and samey...just a kind of clumsy game...

I got it on PC & i found it mesmarising, really well made, great visuals, story, characters & music, which was well placed to carve emotional depth with Kyle's pain at loosing Jan.
My only gripe is that the first and second planets looked identical

Zeouterlimits

I'd say Knights of the Old Republic {1} was one of the best Star Wars video games, and certainly my favourite.

Pride Fighter

Rogue Squadron on the N64 was my favourite.

A-Trak

Kinetic^ wrote: »

KOTOR1 for me.

+1, you meatbag.

Am playing force unleashed at the minute, not up there with KOTOR but tis great fun.