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Low expectations lead to a pretty fun time

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 17 / 17
Date: February 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I acquired this game free with the purchase of a new Xbox to replace one that died on me. I wasn't expecting much due to some pretty negative reviews trashing the repetitive gameplay and ho-hum graphics. So I was surprised when I popped it in and after playing for a little bit discovered I was actually having a lot of fun.

The game mainly involves piloting various modes of transport -- a hover tank, an aerial gunship, a speeder, even a two-legged beast of some sort -- and blasting any enemies that get in your way. It is fast-paced but satisfying to watch your targeting reticle bob around the screen before locking on to a soon-to-be doomed enemy and dispatching them will a volley of laser fire or perhaps a well-placed missile. There area also times when you will play a Jedi (Mace, Annakin, etc) on the ground. While these bits got slagged off by some gaming press, I found them to be pretty enjoyable. Your repertoire of tricks include throwing the light saber like a boomerang to take out far-away foes, doing acrobatic flips and jumps to avoid enemy fire, and taking out whole groups of evil goons with a blast of the Force from your outstretched hand.

The graphics are not eyepoppingly stunning, but they are solid and definitely convey the feeling of being in the Star Wars world. In the scenes where you fly the Jedi gunship, you can see scores of soldiers and droids blasting it below you, giving you the sense that you are part of a larger battle. I'm not a die-hard SW fan, but I did grow up on the movies and find the game does a decent job of filling in some of the events following the end of the "Attack of the Clones" movie.

Initially I was going to give this game four stars, but I gave games like "Halo" and "Project Gotham Racing" four stars, and this game, while fun, honestly isn't on the same level as those heavyweights. So it only gets three stars, but don't let that stop you from just having a good time in the Clone Wars.

I really can't recommend this.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 12 / 16
Date: August 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've been a gamer since about 1988, and I've played a few Star Wars games over the years. If this hadn't come with my Xbox when I got it in December last year, I'm telling you that there'd be no way it would be allowed in my home. It's -that- terrible. Even Super Return of the Jedi for SNES is better than this thing, and that one was probably in the bottom 5 SW games. Heck, even Shadows of the Empire for the 64 has a better Star Wars quality to it. That at least had elements from the movies thrown in.

First of all, look at the price. It's more than Knights of the Old Republic for some reason, and KotOR is the single best SW game to date. I don't understand that at all. Clone Wars doesn't have a whole lot going for it in the replay area unless you have Xbox Live. The single player mode is highly repetitive and just becomes a chore to finish. Here's what goes on in the main game- you control Obi-Wan, Anakin or Mace, and mostly pilot ships in various terrains, protecting other ships or taking out each opposing force. And really, I can't use any other word than "boring" here, becuase that's all it was the first few hours I played it. If there's anything good about the piloting sections, it's that the graphics are above average, and the framerate doesn't suffer that much. There is a lot of jaggy-ness going on though, which is uncalled for in an Xbox game. Much less a port from the ps2/GC versions.

Then, there are the 3rd person "action" portions. These are a total joke. The first time you take control of the actual character is when you're Mace and go to shut down a droid control center. Mace painfully staggers through the level with horrible controls, and changing direction takes at least 2 seconds just to make a right or left turn. Imagine how MegaMan looked on the cover for the first NES game, and that's exactly how Mace plays. And guess what. You can't jump to avoid blasters or anything. All you can do is use Force Push, which has the saddest range of anything I've seen, blindly swing your lightsaber around, or throw it...leaving yourself open to attacks while you wait 10 seconds for the stupid thing to come back to you. And here Mace is supposed to be on the same level as Yoda as far as a Jedi goes. 'kinda hard to believe after this. It made me wonder if any other the other characters would be as bad. You have my word, they are.

Like I said about the graphics, there isn't much slowdown unless there are tons of enemies/ships on screen. And even then, you can adjust the camera to set it back to normal. Character models are blocky, and environments are pretty bare. There's also a feature that lets you set the screen to fullscreen or widescreen. This was a surprise. More games should include a feature like this to make the most of gamers' entertainment systems. There isn't a whole lot else to say here.

The music is what you'd expect in the SW universe. The usual orchastrated tracks carry the game and boost this thing from 2 stars overall to 3. Sound effects sound exactly like they did in the movies. But voices are whole new story. Obviously, the actors from the movies didn't take part in the game. Mace sounds a lot like Ice Cube for some reason, and Anakin sound even more painful/pubertyish than in Episode 2. Obi-Wan's the only one that gets even the slightest bit of justice in the vocal department. Extras ended up sounding better than the main guys. Sad.

I guess if you're a die-hard SW fan and like the new trilogy, you'll get into this. It's mostly planetary ship combat, which probably is a little fun on Live. But if you want a SW game that actually has the feel of the movies, get Knights of the Old Republic instead. This is more of just a mission game with the SW characters and ships slapped on it.

Good enough to rent, but not to buy

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: May 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The game Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (SWAC) picks up where Star Wars Episode 2 left off - A massive battle filled with droids and clones and jedi. The story goes on from there to tell of the unearthing of a Sith artifact that could destroy the Republic.

In the game, you play as Obi Wan, Anikin, or Mace (Samuel Jackson). There are a variety of vehicles to pilot: hover tanks, land-walkers, droid tanks, speeders, and assault ships. And while all of that may sound like a lot - the game actually feels pretty constricted. Through most of the game, you're doing the same three things: straffing, firing missles, and occasionally zooming in on targets. (The exception being on 2 missions where the emphasis is on racing in your speeder, which is pretty cool).

Although the cutscenes are pretty nice, the rest of the graphics are sub-par. The sound is pretty much straight from the movie, but you'll get annoyed at hearing blasters all the time.

This game is a fun little distraction. I beat it in about two days on the medium setting - which is not a long time at all. So if you're a big Star Wars fan, check out this game at your videostore and save your money for a better game.

Big action, variety of objectives /vehicles, simple gameplay

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: October 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Star Wars: Clone Wars begins with the Jedi raid on a gladiator arena to save Skywalker and friends, which is a scene from the Clone Wars movie, then the game continues past where the movie ends with a new story. This game is a mission based arcade action style game. To start with, there are different planets, which are scenes that the missions take place. Each planet has at least three major missions to complete, with objectives to each mission, such as fighting your way on foot with your light saber, defending five clone soldiers to pilot a landing ship. That is one objective, then the ship takes off and you must pilot the ship and cover ground troops by destroying cannons and the larger vehicles, once that is done the third objective will be the enemy begins to retreat from the planet in gigantic rockets, and you piloting your landing ship must destroy the ships before they reach orbit. Now that is just one mission and the game offers different aspects of game play. One scene you will control a speedy hover tank, pressing the A button for lasers, pressing the X button for missiles, the next scene you could be on foot playing as a Jedi using your light saber, defending against lasers, pressing the A button to slice, and the X button to throw your saber (it boomerangs back). There are also missions that put you on a speeding bike pursuing guards, landing ships destroying things and picking up allies, there are also starships and jetfighters to pilot as well. Yes the controls are very simple, analog stick to move the craft or your character, X button for special weapons and A button for a laser. When you command a squadron of tanks or starships you may control the party by pressing Up on the directional pad for them to attack, Down to regroup, Left to split up and search for things, Right for them to guard a position (to set up an ambush while you do other things). There is also a nice "lock on" feature, once you get an enemy in your sights, they will be locked on, until they move out of range. This might be seen as too easy for advanced players, but the graphics are great, the game makes use of X-Box's incredible power, because it can have hundreds of soldiers and robots firing lasers on the same screen and the game is still very smooth, the loading screens happen at the beginning of each mission. Also, at the beginning of each mission and sometimes objective there is a cut scene, an animated story that continues the game's story. Star Wars has never been as good with dialog as it is with the overall story and action, so don't expect movie scripting. There are no "cinematic" movies, but the cut scenes are when the graphics really shine, when you can see Skywalker's pores on his face that is detailed. Although there are secret objectives like destroying all 100 soldiers, or completing the a mission in a few minutes, the game still does not add much replay value for those who do not like the Star Wars series. The soundtrack lacks a lot of originality, its still the same soundtrack that seems to be in all other Star Wars games (symphonic music). The online play lacks in a big way; psychology, there is no game of cat and mouse when competing against other players with the X-Box Live play, instead its just you and other people seeing who can fire the missiles the fastest. There are team-based missions to play via X-Box Live that can be enabled by competing levels in the game. The game is rated Teen, because it can get quite difficult sometimes. Clone Wars can also be found as a part of the X-Box Live 2003 X-Box Holiday Bundle.

Great action and fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: May 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a pure action game. The action is non-stop. If you're looking for a lot of strategy, role-playing, or anything else, then you need to find another game.
This game does one thing and does it very well. You change characters, weapons, and objectives often. Some are team based; some are individual campaigns. The cut scenes are pretty cool (if you're a Star Wars fan).
I love good action games and this one is great. Plus, I love the variety of objectives.
Finally, the Online capabilities make the game worth the money. There are four different types of games that are all fun. It's no Mech Assault as far as online fun, but it's still good. I'd compare it to Ghost Recon in that it's fun to play but not great. The one problem with the online game is that you need to play awhile to understand how to be effective. Overall, great game. I'd give it a 93/100 overall.

Lucasarts' first mess up...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ugg, what can I say thats good about this game? Not much I'm afraid. The game play is weak and dull. The story is weak and dull. The multiplayer is weak and dull. The graphics are OK, but the cutscenes are horrible. The voices are "fakey" plus the dilouge is weak. The multiplayer is basicly whoever can fire rockets the fastest, wins. Very boring.

Gameplay: 3/10
Graphics: 4/10
Multiplayer: 2/10
Sound: 4/10
Overall: 4/10

I am very disapointed with Lucasarts this time...

This game came with our system- not bad for Free!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

We got this game and Tetris Worlds for free with the purchase of our xbox system. The graphics are great just like the movies and its actually a lot of fun. Its not really my type of game but i do like to play it occassionally. However, my husband really likes this game. Its one of his favorites, so it may be more of a guy game! I would suggest renting it first though before buying it unless like in our case it was one of the free games with the system.
Overall a good game.

Not what I was hoping for

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: May 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Me and another friend were a little tired of playing Halo online, and needed something different to play. Nothing I've found so far has been able to beat Halo. I saw this game, and was interested because it was a Star Wars game. The back said that it was multiplayer, so I picked it up. I soon learned that multiplayer doesn't mean that me and my friend can play this game together on a split screen. There were a couple of multiplayer games we could, but not through the story mode, and not online. Why go through the trouble to put just a couple of multiplayer arena's on this, and not make the whole game 2 player compatible?

So, I tried it online to see how it played. I was not impressed by it. It seemed mostly that the person that could hit the fire button the fastest was the winner. No real strategy. Seemed bland, and seemed to be missing something. It was the same feeling I had when playing MechWarrior online. It was fun the first couple of games, but just had no substance. I've probably played over a thousand games of Halo online, and I still find it to be a fun experience. At least you have to think and use strategy a little.

As for the story mode. It was pretty [bad] also. The graphics seemed ok, but the voice acting was pretty bad. Also, I could have really seemed to care less for the story. The whole game just couldn't hold my interest. Really wish I would have waited for it to become a bargain game before I bought it.

Wonderful!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best action games out for the XBOX in my opinion. There are lots and lots of levels, you can pick a difficulty(which you can't usually do that in newer games anymore), you can control many vehicles, including an attack pod/tank, a ground tank, star-fighter(jet), some kind of animal from the Wookiee village, and others.(you can occasionally fight on foot with a light saber, too.) Another good thing you can do with this game is control anyone else on your team (tell them who or what to attack, follow you, break away, defend, etc.)
Overall, this is one of the best action games I have played! Get it, you won't be sorry!

An Ok Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: January 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is ok. The game is way to short and it is to easy if you put it on easy and is way to hard when you put it on hard. The controls are a little wired. The games grafics are good when you are in a velical they are not when your a person. The game is good but the control and the difficalty kind of mess it up.

Scale of 1-5

Grafics 3

control 2

Fun 4

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