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Good, but just wait . . .

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you're a Star Wars fan and new to the xbox this is a great place to start. The graphics are alright -- there are definitely a lot of other games out there doing a better job of utilizing the graphics capabilities of the xbox, but Obi-Wan is by no means ugly.

A new use of the xbox controls gives you more flexibility in your lightsaber wielding while added force powers give you many options for dispensing of foes.

The entire game is lengthy enough that you won't beat it in a weekend but no so difficult that you'll want to throw the thing across the room.

However, if you're really in the mood to do some galactic justice with a lightsaber, just hang on till November 2002 when Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast comes out. It promises much, much better graphics and all the things you'll love about Obi-Wan will only get better in Outcast (other than the fact that you won't be playing as Obi-Wan).

I feel the hate growing within me

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Obi Wan is a real embarrassment for LucasArts, similar to Bounty Hunter for the PS2 and Gamecube. How a major publisher could put out such a sloppy, buggy game with so little unique content is pretty shameful. Those condemnations aside, it has its genuinely fun moments.

The hallmark of George Lucas's career may end up not being the Star Wars series itself (he's tarnished that a bit with the prequels), but the creation of the lightsaber. This singular weapon is what makes Obi-Wan the game shine, and rescues it from total failure. The sound and visuals of the sabre ripping through droids and zinging scenery is just a joy from start to finish. Using the right analog stick to swing the lightsaber was one of the few sparks of creative brilliance by the developers. Obi's sabre is the essence of fun from start to finish. Every repetitive battle, mowing down wave after wave of Tusken Raiders and deflecting blaster shots back into droids, never ceased to amuse me. It's a testament to the brilliance of this mechanic that I trudged through the entire game.

As far as level design, the Naboo palace is the only bright spot in the game. It's colorful and fun to explore, unlike the rest of the drab uninspired game. Anything the developers created out of their own imagination, in other words outside of Naboo, is dull and lifeless. I could spend a page lowlighting all the various failures of the game, like the forgettable story, occasionally awful graphics, abrupt and unsatisfying endgame, choppy and sloppy environmental interaction, on and on. But there are 119 other reviews that have already done that well.

I only want to emphasize that as bad as the game is, and as disappointingly as it ends, the meat of the saber-swinging gameplay is such a pleasure that it makes Obi-Wan a worthwhile task.

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