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A great Star Wars game on the PS2!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a rare example of a great star wars videogame. The story is rich in deatil and the worlds are great. The levels are developed and in great length. There is so many ways to play this game, it is a true gem for the playstation 2. The characters are believable especially for a star wars game. I was lucky to get this game when it was available and it is also the main reason why I got the PS2.

Needs Some Work

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

To tell you the truth, I disapprove of this game. I like the graphics, yes, but I strongly sugggest one of the other Star Wars games. It isn't very fun because of the difficulty of dodging enemy fire. The level in the desert is my favorite. Other things that I like are how it is:
(1) in third person
(2) starship weapons
(3) nice graphics

I suggest that Lucas Arts puts in squad-based air fighting or make the game a litle easier and longer. Still, I am a big fan of Star Wars. Good luck on the next game Lucas Arts!

Star Wars Starfighter is a Phenomenon

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Overall, the graphics are great, the story seems original and the characters are fun. The wingmen commands are great, being able to fight alongside other pilots. Its levels are very well-designed and quite extensive. It expands on the Star Wars universe very well. Its shortcomings are the dogfighting action. Its flight modle is not great. You don't feel like you are really flying. It seems you are floating with speed. It could have used the flight model as Rogue Leader (one of the greatest space combat games ever!). The last level is very disappointing to me. I was expecting something like a military like attackprocedure kind of thing. Not a flimsy attack with a few Bravo squadron pilots and just about forty droid fighters. I was expecting like 20 naboo pilots and hundreds or at least some high number of droids. Lucasarts could have made getting revenge on a pirate scum a mission just before the last level on some other mission. All in all pretty nice game but because of the flight modle, the fun wont last. When you turn it doesn't even ban, just turns like its on ice or something. Really disgusting flight model. I got this game years ago (2001?) and is reviewing now becuase of bordeom, I have no life.

Wonderful game, not just another flight simulator.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I had already mastered Star Wars Rogue Squadron when I got this game. Starfighter is much better. It is very realistic. You get recharging shields, and only one life! That is a real pro for me. You don't get the unrealistic business of your x-wing crashing and resurrecting. However, the recharging shield I mentioned earlier makes you as hard to beat as in games where you have 3 lives.
P.S. I actually got the PC version, but it's basically the same.

Star Wars Starfighter: My Review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I received this game as a gift for my birthday in November of 2001, along with METAL GEAR SOLID 2: SONS OF LIBERTY. I completed the first mission and quickly fell out of it. The game sat on my shelf, un-played, until November of 2003 - two full years later. The only reason that I picked it up again was so I could properly beat it and put it to bed once and for all. I had recently decided that I had to many incomplete games, and was refusing to purchase another until I had finished all of the ones that I had.

One thing is for sure, this game grew on me. I wasn't a fan of it in November of 2001, but I sure am now. Probably most comparable to STAR WARS: X-WING VS. TIE FIGHTER for the PC (which I love), this game features you piloting one of three characters on a variety of different missions on a variety of different worlds.

In game graphics are really good. Ships look very detailed and accurate to the specifications that the movies set forth. Controls are perfect - I've got no complaints.

While missions rarely are ever anything more than "Shoot a bunch of stationary objects while avoiding fire from various fighters", they always manage to be fun. They do, however, also manage to be frustrating at times. For one thing, you seem to be the only competent member of your squadron in the air at any given time. If you don't complete mission objectives, they won't get done. Asking for covering fire from teammates will help you very little, if at all. And despite always hearing your teammates cries for help, enemies tend to single you out pretty consistently and you are frequently bombarded by a large amount of laser fire, missiles, etc. This alone definitely hurts the final score.

Another thing that hurts the score is the length. While the game consists of fifteen missions, very few will take you more than one try to complete.

The story takes place around the events of STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE, and while it is better than the movie, it isn't anything to write home about. The introduction of the character works well enough (Character A's story will overlap with and serve as Character B's, effectively introducing the latter character), once it expands beyond that it tends to fall flat. Events come off as unmotivated, and above all confusing.

The presentation here is very high. From detailed level locations to John Williams' classic score, nothing here fails to impress.

All in all, I do believe that I should have given this game more of a chance two years ago. It was fun while it lasted (which wasn't very long), and it definitely made me want to go out and pick up STAR WARS: JEDI STARFIGHTER, which is something that I was totally against a few days prior to playing this game again.

A great flying game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the best flying games in the world! It's always fun to play when I'm bored. About 15 missions with 3 pilots to battle your way to save Naboo from the Trade Federation. The great graphics and many bad guys are cool. This is like real life. The last level is the best where you and your team battle with at least 40 bad guys flying everywhere in space. If you like Star Wars or any type of flying game then this is for you!

ROGUE LEADER >>> STARFIGHTER

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I wasn't impressed neither with the game play w/ Starfighter nor the difficulty of the game. I thought Rogue Leader PC version game and it's sequel for Gamecube is three times better in plot, graphics, and gameplay. In my eyes, this was a dissappointment to Lucas fans. Games like Jedi Knight Two: Jedi Outcast, Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, and Bouty Hunter, so far, are the best.

Jedi Starfighter is better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: September 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is well made. It has good graphics and gameplay. There are even a FEW missions which can be played 2 player. However, the new Jedi Starfighter game is twice as fun, and you can play all the missions 2 player on it. If you own neither one I suggest skipping this one and going right for Jedi Starfighter.

Great game-play, but far too short

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: September 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game hoping it would be like the old tie-fighter game for the PC. The gameplay very much is, the effects are good, I haven't had problems with the controls that many others have, however the game quality falls apart because of its shortness. It took me 3-4 hours to finish the game. That's it. It's over. Tie-fighter took me probably 25 hours (a rough estimate - it's been a while). I've been playing GT3 for almost 2 months and am not 50% finished it yet! This is so disappointing - Tie Fighter fit on ONE CD-Rom (650MB) and had so many great missions, Starfighter is on a DVD (4.7GB I believe) and has so few missions - it really looks like very little effort went into this game.

If this game were 4-5 times as long, it would be given 5 stars by me without hesitation. However, now that I have a ...game that I have no interest in playing - I just can't rate it favourably. So I agree with many others who have posted here; rent it first.

Star Wars: Starfighter is...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

A decent game with great graphics but one of the primary characteristics of this game that ruined it for me is the glitches.
Whenever the screen displays Mission Success or Mission Failed, the screen jumps and on many occasions, the camara angles are out of control. During a few missions, spacescrafts turn upside down and it is somewhat difficult to get it back into an upright position.
Not long after the Dreamcast was released, I found glitches in a Ready 2 Rumble game: the opening menu began to move independently and out of control. I exchanged it for another that did not have the same problem.
As with that one, I exchanged my first copy of "Starfighter" for another with hopes that the same thing would not happen again. But was not successful.
Overall, the graphics for this game are decent considering what can be rendered by the PS2. But the game play becomes a little redundant and even after entering codes, the glitches take away from interacting in the Star Wars universe. If you are an individual that can overlook the negative aspects of this game,are looking for a moderately priced title, and are a Star Wars fan, then this game is for you. Otherwise, you should probably just save your money and wait until November 2002 when one of the next major Star Wars titles for the PS2 will be released.

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