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Star Wars on auto-pilot

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a Star Wars game that originally came out near the launch of the PS2, and was later ported to Xbox as a 'special edition' package. I just recently, finally picked up an xbox, and being a Star Wars fan decided to give this one a spin.

This is a solid and playable game, but in hindsight it's nothing special. Some Star Wars games have been outstanding (Jedi Knight, Knights of the Old Republic), some have been dirt poor (Obi-Wan), and others have tried hard without quite hitting the mark (Clone Wars, Bounty Hunter). Starfighter kinda falls on the lower end of that last category. Graphics are very first-generation circa 2001, getting the job done without blowing you away. The story weaves together three separate characters and their ships and ties into Episode I, but it just doesn't becoming involving. The gameplay is based off the Rogue Squadron series developed by Factor 5, a mix of arcade and flight-sim where you destroy stuff and protect targets in the Star Wars universe. Only there's not a lot of innovation from Rogue Squadron, and it feels like more of the same from levels you played during the N64 era.

Starfighter feels like a 'safe' product for Lucasarts, a game they could churn out with a proven formula in-between bigger projects. It's worth picking up for any Star Wars fans looking to complete their collection, but everyone else should pass.

Difficult interface

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The game concept is ok, the actual interface and screen readouts leave much to be desired. What is that twirling arrowhead in the lower left corner, and how do you use it? Cumbersome at best. The game also suffers from having to reload every time you restart, which is often until you get the hang of it.

Good But the Original is Better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 10
Date: August 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a pretty good game, but the original one is better so I recomend you buying the original one as opposed to this one.

hard

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 13
Date: July 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game was easy until the end where you have to use a code

pong was a lot better (this game is a joke)

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 18
Date: June 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game is the worst i mean realy the controlls (witch are allready hard because of the controller) are way to hard, next the missions are pointless realy the first trainging missions were to hard to understand so you dont know what to do and then there is the ...multiplayer, i have never played anything that was that boring in all of my life. basicly DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!!! it is extreamly terible and i think pong is more intertaining

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Straight....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: April 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is alright but once you beat it it gets kind of old. The bonus levels are a cool addition to the XBOX version of the game but the multiplayer modes/levels are not that various and are not as fun as expected. If you are a star wars fan it is worth renting before you buy it. I would have still gotten it if I played it before I bought it I GUESS.

The sequel is almost to market: wait for it

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: March 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Honestly, unless you're LucasArts completist collector, there's no longer any reason to buy this game. With the pending sequel, JEDI STARFIGHTER, many of the things that annoyed people about STARFIGHTER SE (like its highly inadequate multiplayer environment) are going to be addressed--and, we hope, resolved. GIve this one a miss.

Pretty Star Wars sim, but somehow stale!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

So the game has everything it needs, good graphics, a reasonable story and the traditional lucas sounds and music. All this should make for a Star Wars flight fest yet oddly it doesn't. Perhaps it is the pacing of the game, the control system or the lack of familiarity with the characters that does it, but playing the game feels more like something you have to do than something you really want to. Of course you will continue playing the game in the hope that things get better later in the game.

Better than the PS2 versions - certainly, but while this is a must for Star Wars fans, it is probably better rented for everyone else.

Lets hope that Jedi Starfighter is better!

Not the greatest

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Definetly would have been better as the trilogy. The graphics were cool but it's just so pointless. You do the same thing over and over. You have one mission and then the next. It would have been cooler if there were more ships. You get 3 ships and they [are not good]. I like Rogue Squadron tons better than this but this was still exciting. You might buy it if you like the new Star Wars. It's not too exciting BUT the 2-player mode is incredibly cool for a flying game like Star Wars. That is a new thing. I gave it a three cuz it was average. Many Star Wars [fans] might like it. It's ok!

Another StarFox

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: January 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The first 2 levels of this game were good, but the 3rd level turned into a StarFox game with unrealistic Kiddy effects like rattlesnake ships to shoot down. It was so stupid, for me anyway. I'm 47 yrs. old and was looking for something more serious and realistic because I like science fiction. I had other Star Wars games and this is a dissapointment that they actually put a Starfox character in it. I think it was falsly advertised as a genuine Starwars game.
This made me want to take my X-box back to the store and get my money back, I still might. Anyway, next time I'll be sure to read the package and if it says "for teens" then maybe I wont buy it.

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