trebor
10-21-2003, 10:40 AM
Take heart, young padawans, it isn't bad - it's better than bad, it's GOOD. Perhaps even GREAT.
The flight missions are everything that one could hope for - beautiful, fast and smooth. The graphics are at least as good as Rogue Leader, perhaps even better. There are very tasty DVD quality excerpts from the original Star Wars Trilogy - which is awesome.
Okay, the on-foot segments are a bit slapdash, but tolerable - and not even the worst 3rd person controls I've played. That dubious honor goes to the Resident Evil remake. They basically consist of running from point A to point B and blasting as many Stormtroopers as possible. Most of the time, you need to make it to a E-Web Stationary Gun (like the one in the Hoth demo), which puts you in a 1st person perspective - which is very similar to a FPS, except in the SW universe, which is actually rather fun.
But the BEST reason to purchase this game is the multiplayer...to put it lightly...it is incredibly *fun* :-) Rogue Leader is in it's entirety as co-op, and let me tell you, it's TOUGH! They increased the difficulty quite a bit to compensate for two players, so if you recall how difficult Rogue Leader was on it's own, you can get an idea about how difficult it is now.
The versus multiplayer is probably the most fun element in the game. There are several modes such as Dogfight, Tag and Defend, Rampage and "Special". The "special" modes consist of a Imperial Walker Rampages, a Trench Run Race and a extremely difficult Endor Speeder Bike Race. I had an absolute blast playing the various versus modes.
All in all, I'm pleased. Rogue Leader is a big game to live up to and Rebel Strike, for the most part, exceeds it. It's just the on-ground element that fudges up an otherwise incredible game.
The flight missions are everything that one could hope for - beautiful, fast and smooth. The graphics are at least as good as Rogue Leader, perhaps even better. There are very tasty DVD quality excerpts from the original Star Wars Trilogy - which is awesome.
Okay, the on-foot segments are a bit slapdash, but tolerable - and not even the worst 3rd person controls I've played. That dubious honor goes to the Resident Evil remake. They basically consist of running from point A to point B and blasting as many Stormtroopers as possible. Most of the time, you need to make it to a E-Web Stationary Gun (like the one in the Hoth demo), which puts you in a 1st person perspective - which is very similar to a FPS, except in the SW universe, which is actually rather fun.
But the BEST reason to purchase this game is the multiplayer...to put it lightly...it is incredibly *fun* :-) Rogue Leader is in it's entirety as co-op, and let me tell you, it's TOUGH! They increased the difficulty quite a bit to compensate for two players, so if you recall how difficult Rogue Leader was on it's own, you can get an idea about how difficult it is now.
The versus multiplayer is probably the most fun element in the game. There are several modes such as Dogfight, Tag and Defend, Rampage and "Special". The "special" modes consist of a Imperial Walker Rampages, a Trench Run Race and a extremely difficult Endor Speeder Bike Race. I had an absolute blast playing the various versus modes.
All in all, I'm pleased. Rogue Leader is a big game to live up to and Rebel Strike, for the most part, exceeds it. It's just the on-ground element that fudges up an otherwise incredible game.