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You know you love the Dark Side...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: November 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

There is something extremely thrilling about playing the bad guy for a change. I was always happy to earn a medal after completing a mission in the X-Wing games, but I LOVED earning the Emperor's blessings as a TIE Fighter pilot. Goose bumps! I got goose bumps on missions of vital import to the Empire. I felt like I could take on the entire Rebel Alliance myself.

The style of dogfighting is so different in a TIE because you ain't gots no shields!!!! :-) You simple must not get hit or pray that its a glancing shot you can shake off over time by outmaneuvering the enemy.

Playing for the Empire opens up a diffrent sort of game. It is a lot fresher than the X-wing games, which make you feel like the understudy to Luke Skywalker since you are essentially taking on his place as Top Gun in Rogue Squadron. I mean, how many times can you blow up the Death Star in a Star Wars game? That type of game you can find over and over. But in TIE Fighter, there is a new perspective, much more intrigue and mystery. Lots of suprises. Hey, you are working for the bad guys, not everyone on your team plays well with others.

There is a reason that this is considered one of the best games of ALL time. It is that good. And a minor spoiler... I nearly cried when I got the pleasure to fly as wingman to HIM. The Force IS strong with this one.... the Dark Side of the Force.

These bad guys are so good....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: October 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love playing games, but when push comes to shove, I'm not very good at it. I own both X-Wing and TIE Fighter. When I play X-Wing, I always die in a fiery explosion in my first mission (once I was lucky, though, and got captured!), but TIE Fighter is so flexible in difficulty that even I have gotten pretty far. It's more interesting, too. Most Imperial fighters (and all of the classic movie ones)have no shields, so you must rely on your wits, aim, speed, and allies to keep from becoming toast, and if you run off to do secondary missions (for which you gain major brownie points with the Emperor and promotions through his secret "Order"), sometimes none of these can save you. Luckily, at least on the difficulties I played on (and it can get much harder for all you challenge junkies), it's not very easy to die or get captured even if you try (yes, I have. yes, I'm strange).
If you hate games but love Star Wars (or vice versa), this is going to convert you. If you're into games of any kind (unless you only play solitaire and mahjongg, in which case you probably are from another galaxy anyway and don't need to discover the Star Wars one), BUY THIS RIGHT NOW. You will not regret it. You'll get more fun for your money than from any other game, even the Sims or Grand Theft Auto, no matter how sophisticated your computer is (I still only have 400 MHz).

Luke, I am your father! - Works with WinXP caveat

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: June 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm playing this classic on winxp so it does work with 2 caveats.

-Choose the ingame option of 640x480 graphics (not the 3D hardware option)

-To get a USB joystick working, run the MS compatibility patch ;
qfixapp.exe or the newer "compatibility administrator",
and DISABLE joystick emulation.

also don't forget the Freespace series of starfighter games!

A Classic and All-Time Great

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

It's been ten years since Tie Fighter made its appearance, and I think that it's still probably the best game I've ever played.

As many have said, this is an exquisite experience even if you're no fan of Star Wars. If you are, however, you'll be delighted to know that this game, rather than being the standard "unbelievably lucky Rebel kills the evil Empire all by himself," in TIE Fighter, you are an Imperial pilot. And you're not alone, you're - well, I'll get to that.

The graphics, while not exactly ILM, are decent, as is the music. But it's the gameplay that makes a brave man weep in the wake of its sheer perfection. As a simulation game, controlling your TIE fighter is quite complex but you'll learn and get used to it in a matter of minutes. The combat itself is fast-paced and detailed, very advanced for a game of its time.

And unlike most previous Star Wars games, in which you had an incredible advantage over your enemies, in TIE Fighter, you (as an individual) are often equally matched or even outmatched. The AI is beautiful, and it works both for your enemies and your allies. You are often only one element in a large and well-orchestrated operation. You'll get an amazing sense of accomplishment out of this game.

It's just... epic. That's the word that keeps popping up in my brain. It was epic.

You'll be quickly immersed in the storyline; in-mission voices are a big help. The campaign is very, very long, but worth every minute of it. There's a stunning variety of mission designs and goals.

As you progress in rank, you'll get access to more advanced crafts and weapons, and, for storyline purposes, if you complete "extra" objectives in certain missions, you'll gain levels in the Emperor's secret service. (For a big fan of the Empire like myself, well, this is just *cool.*) In the earlier missions, you're often either alone or with one or two squadrons. You'll occasionally be under the command of your wing leader, but for the majority of the missions you're the leader of your flight group.

And the farther along you go, the larger the battles get. This is the thing that really blew me away. In major missions, there are often ten or more capital ships and literally dozens of fighters and other smaller craft. You feel like you've become a part of something big.

It just sucks you in. It feels like it's real. I haven't seen a game since that's quite reached that quality of depth.

Please don't be fooled if you've played its successor, "X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter," which was nothing but a backfired attempt to fix what wasn't broken.

In short: play Tie Fighter before you die.

*insert star wars quote*

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: June 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

excellent. thats about the only thing to be said about Tie Fighter. Its a true simulation (not a arcade like game like Rogue Leader. which still rocks). the graphics, though dated, easily get the message through. the music is mindblowing (John Williams after all). and theres nothin gquite like watching a X-Wing shatter into a thousand tiny pieces. then the bitternes of having your own 'fighter being sheared in half because of the resulting debris. ahh, memorys, memorys...

Greatest Game Ever Made

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I always loved this game, but the reason that I call this the greatest game ever is because it has passed the test of time remarkably well. Everybody has something to love about this classic game. Fans of flight games will delve into the spacecraft with glee, as there are multiple functions that the player must use to the fullest, whether it's in combat or in those tight defensive situations. "Star Wars" fans should get into this right away. The story is good, but doesn't have the top-of-the-line production as games do today. But then again, this was 1995...no game had the breathtaking cinemas that today's PC games do. Anybody looking for a good action romp will not be disappointed. There are intense combat scenarios, missions that require non-aggressive plans (inspections...escorts), and really well-done in-game scripting. Basically, the complexity of most strategy games is taken care of for you, and you can just jump right in and complete your objectives without task-managing. Plus, this game is not just for the diehard gamers. There are easy tutorials that don't feel tedious, but instead really grip the player, and build a feeling of confidence once he/she chooses to fly in the awesome missions. Now, you will need a flight controller or joystick to play this game, as the mouse and keyboard don't seem to do it for today's computers. I know I've made a bold statement in claiming this game to be the ultimate experience, but you won't find a better PC or console game anywhere else. Don't miss out on this classic.

"Memories"....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: February 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

"TIE Fighter is the best space combat game ever made." - Yes, this is true. Ahh, the good old days when LucasArts was pumping out great games like this. The only negative point is that you are fighting for the evil Empire (Boooo!) but this is handled nicely by the well constructed plot. You even get to fight alongside Vader himself. What more could you ask?

The Unicorn

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: October 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I used to own Tie Fighter a few years back with floppy disks were the hip thing. I had the game on good ol 486 33mhz and it was awesome, i coudltn get enough, however i had to format the computer and upon reinstalling, one of the disks had warped. I went to get another copy of the game, which was inadvertantly sold out. They never got another shipment, and i dont know anyone with the game, so i can no longer play it or even see it! Unfortunatley amazon is only shipping it within the US so living in Australia, i apparantly have no claim to the game that i have longed so desparatley for, so it remains my unicorn, unattainable. However the game is sheer quality and outlives its age, and as a starwars lover, i give the game a fitting 98/100 on my rating scale, (-2 because i dont have it).

One of the true all-time greats

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Along with such games as X-COM: UFO Defense and Civilization 2, a true classic. Why is is one of the greatest games of all time? One very simple reason. The graphics don't make the game good, the GAME-PLAY makes the game good. You get to be the bad guy, and that's always cool.
If you haven't played it, you are missing out on alot. I first played in on my big old 486 25 MHz with a whopping 8 Meg of RAM. I still have it loaded on my newest system, a 1.5 GHz 256 Meg system, with a video card that has 4 times the amount of my system RAM on that first computer.

Very good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is well worth buying! It is fun with o.k. graphics and is at a very afordable price.

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