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Easy to win straight, but....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: July 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is an incredible game. I just bought it the other day and I love it. But I'm still not finished. Sure, I've beaten a few tourniments, but there is more.

See, the reason I'm writing this is because I've been reading a lot of reviews saying that it's just too easy. What they fail to mention is that even though Tournament mode is very very short, you have to play it with all your racers in order to make everything equal. In addition, there are secret characters that are unbelieveably hard to get. These are:

Episode 1 Sebulba: Win first place in all races on regular Sebulba's career.

Episode 1 Anakin: Beat the best lap time for each race (it seems easy at first, but those last two races make it almost impossible).

Watto: Beat the best 3-lap race time for each track (see above parentathis).

Darth Maul: Beat the best KO number in each race (oddly enough, it's the first race of the game that gives me the most trouble)

Darth Vader: Unlock EP1 Anakin, Watto, and Maul, then (and only then) win the tourniment with one of those three.

How difficult are these characters to get? Well, let me put it this way: I've been playing almost nonstop for a week and the only onje of the above characters I have is EP1 Sebulba (though I'm close to getting Maul).

So if you want praise for this incredible game, read some of the other reviews. However, read this one after to dispell the "too easy" myth. Sure, winning the tourniment mode with one character is wicked easy (I did it in a matter of hours). But try winning it with 18 and unlocking 5 more.

Dos neek ta tunk bantha poodoo.

A worthy Successor

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: April 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Unlike most people, I owned the PC version of the original Racer and I absolutely loved it. Even before I had seen the movie I was deeply obsessed with that game. There's nothing coller that racing inches above the ground and near sonic speeds. The sequel offers everything the first offers with a couple of exceptions and a lot of extras.

First my few complaints: there seem to be fewer tracks on fewer planets offering less variety. Basically you get the water planet (Mon Calimari), the desert planet (Tatooine), the jungle planet (Gamorra, sounds like a venereal disease, and my least favorite world), the planet with one side day and the other night, which was my favorite and maybe one other. Maybe my memroy hypes the PC version into something better than it was, but it seems that there were a lot more planets or at least a lot more tracks. Lack of variety in the tracks means the game is potentially very short, even though replayability is good.

My other problem might seem trivial, but there's no first person perspective without the pods in view. It was my favorite view on the first one for a couple of reasons. 1: the pods obstruct your view even thought they're meant to make a more realistic simulation. It's hard to see the upcoming turns and the guys in your way. 2. Without the pods it really increases the illusion of speed. It just sucked you in and made you feel like you were hauling ...

Other than these two minor complaints, this is an excellent game. There are tons of racers both old and new, including an older (non-Jake Lloyd) Anakin with a redesigned pod. I've already beat the game once with Teemto Pagalies and have every racer through Sebulba ( I think there are more, but I'll get to that later).

The music and sound, as with most Star Wars games) is excellent. Sebulba's pod still makes that cool thumping noise and the John Williams score is well... John Williams. The visuals are very impressive, especially the characters and pods. It seems like the backgrounds are a little rough and blocky at times, but I think that's to improve the frame-rate and you're going so fast you don't have time to stop and look.

One of the cool features you can unlock is the art gallery. In the gallery there are all the pods plus three that I find particularly interesting: a pod for Watto, one for Darth Maul and one for Darth Vader. In the credits there are voice acting credits for Darth Maul and Vader voices. It seems obvious that there is some way of unlocking these pods, but I don't know how and I'm dying to find out. Those Maul and Vader pods look ruthless.

The game is a lot of fun and made me remember why I loved the first one so much. There's something very cool about hitting turbo in a big underwater tube and letting the centripical force carry you upside dwon over your opponents at 600 mph. Or bursting out of one tunnel into a cavernous gap and after some mad hang-time, flying into another tunnel waaay on the other side.

Even without the Star Wars theme this is a strong game that stands on it's own. Star Wars fans or fans of high speed racing should not miss out.

Quality game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Options include single events, tournaments, and two-player mode. The tournament is where the hard hitting action is at. In tournament mode, your pod racer works his way through different race courses and earns money for pod upgrades (speed acceleration, cooling, defense, repair, etc.) along the way. The first 2 or 3 tournaments may seem to lack a serious challenge, but that all changes around the 4th or 5th round. It doesn't take much to go from 1st to last by hitting a wall. I've won races by as little as .1 seconds with the top 5 pods all coming within a few seconds of each other. I've also taken a wide turn while in 1st and finished 3rd. The game description says that speeds reach up to 600mph, but I have gone in excess of 700mph. Quality game with excellent graphics and game controlls. Would have given 5 stars, but the 2 player mode just wasn't meant to be... not enough room on the screen to accommodate it.

Good game to rent

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: June 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I Just got this game today, and I'm already having fun.This game features 3 race modes:single race,vs mode,tournoment mode.You can beat the tournoment mode in just hours.As you win more races you earn more pod racers.The game has good graphics,challenging courses to race,cool creatures to race(like Darth Maul,Darth Vader,and Watto you have to earn those 3).Why I give this game 4 stars and not five is,you can beat the tournoment mode in just a couple hours,and then the game gets boring not unless you play it with a friend.

Pad Racing, but not your N64s Pod Racing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When Pod Racer came out on the N64 it was an instant hit. My friends and I spent many weekends playing it and admiring the graphics, and the sheer brutal speed of the game. Sound and game play were great too.

Now Pod Racing comes to the PS2 which is cool since I don't own an N64.

First and foremost this is a good game, it's fast, adictive and has good gameplay. I don't think that it has the brutal speed of it's fore-runner though. Nor are the graphics quite up to the task either. I think the problem with the graphics is simply that the PS2 can't anti-alias the screen, so the picture has sharp edges, not actual jaggies mind, just slightly too sharp edges, which remind you you are playing a game.

The biggest problem, for me, is the exclusion of Watto's Junk yard and store. In the N64 game you browsed the new and spare parts you wanted to buy. In this one, you simply adjust a bar representing one or other attribute of your pod. I preferred the N64's junk yard, it added character to the game. It kinda makes me wonder why too, the N64 game was cartridge based, this PS2 game has an entire CD to play with, so it's not like there wasn't room.

The addition of a combat element to the game - you bash your opponents until they go bang, adds an element to the race, but at the end of the day it's still a pod race.

Is this a great game? Yes, buy it, play it. Is it better than the old Pod Racer? Well, it does remove the annoying screech of Annakin throughout the game, but apart from that, it's more of the same. The graphics are great, but don't have the smooth finish of the N64 version.

Lastly, no matter what *anyone* says, this isn't a "new" game, or "new" version, it's little more than the same game ported to the PS2. And to be honest I am very happy with that, I missed my Pod Racing. All I need now is that ice world track from the old game and a nice strong coffee to get my speed up.....

4 short levels

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is very short. It is very fun for the short time. This is a good rental that is fun for the weekend but it is not long enough for a purchase. I beat this game in 1 HOUR after I rented it. The graphics are fantastic and it is worth playing but not buying.

Racer Revenge Rules!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Star Wars Racer Revenge is a fabulous racing game. You can play it over and over because there are so many characters. Trying to unlock the secret characters makes it even more fun. And when you unlock them, they come with their atributes all pumped up, so you can win every race. You can play any of the levels co-op. That's always fun when you are blowing up your brother's racer. Blowing up other racers. That's a great part of the game. Crashing into people and making their pods explode is even more cool because you get paid for it! The graphics and details are incredible. Racer Revenge is a great game! Definitely worth the money.

The funnest game in the world

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: May 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am a 6 year old boy. I like this game a lot. It reminds me of the races in episode 1.

An Absolute 5 star game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: February 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've only had a PS2 for a little while (about 2 weeks), and this was the first game i bought. For the first graphics to jump onto your screen, you really can't ask for better. i've played PC games for years and finally settled on buying a PS2 for the number of titles out as well as the number of friends who owned one, easier to trade the good stuff that way.
The effects are intense, the speed is amazing. If your a speed freak in your games then this is it. It really takes very little time to get the controls, and you can suddenly tell when you have it down. One lap you'll be trading paint with everything that's not moving and the next the scenary is just a vivd blur as you push that max speed of 600 mph. i highly recomend this game. It's STAR WARS (I'MASTARWARSJUNKIE"R"US KID), GT2 and a game of refining skill.
Kick the boost in and buy this one..

Plenty of show , not enough GO

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

True - this game has plenty of action, the sound and graphics are second to none and you'll finish each race swaety and short of breath. The only problem is I finished the whole game in one afternoon.
Basically, the main part of the game is tournament mode, which includes 13 races. I finished them with 10 Golds (1st place) and 3 Silvers. There are no game levels or added types of play, so once you win the trophy, there's really no reason to play again.
I really recommend this game - to rent, not to buy.

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