Poll: Best use of star wars franchise in a video game? YOU DECIDE!
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Taking KOTOR out of the Skywalker continuity is exactly WHY it didn't suck like a Hoover. It kept the best bits;magicmonkeybars said:
sci-fi intergalactic setting
The mysterious Force
Jedi Mythology
Sith Mythology
good/evil dichotomy
Lightsabers
plot twist almost on par with Darth Vader's "I am your father" revelation, that has not been equaled in a game since.
By taking it away from what is now it's diseased-and-limping-on-the-verge-of-death roots made it excellent. Free from the dogma enforced by the movies, the KOTOR games allowed people to step in and play out a fantasy IN the Star Wars Universe, but NOT dragged into the Skywalker nonsense. Any Star Wars game that tries to recapture the vibe of the original movies by actually allowing you to PLAY elements of the movies or otherwise interfere with the sequence of events in the movies inevitably ends up being, at best, mediocre.
I'd honestly say that the KOTOR line exceeds the efforts of Episodes I, II and III with appalling ease. I'm sure plenty of people would disagree, and I'm in the crowd that gives Lucas the benefit of the doubt on I (because he hadn't made a star wars movie in over 20 years at this point), II (because clearly he was on medication at the time) and III (which was OK but would have been vastly improved if Padme had been killed at the beginning rather than the end of the movie).
I believe it was Yahtzee who said that the whole shebang should be declared non-canon and be done again, preferably written in the lifeblood of George Lucas (ok maybe yahtzee didn't say that last bit, but he should have).
Definitely the flight sims. Who cares about all this dumb Jedi and Force crap? All I want to see in Star Wars movies are space WW2 dogfights.
I can't vote because I haven't played KOTOR! I also haven't played some of the others, but KOTOR is the one that might be a favourite.
I would nominate Star Wars Episode One: Podracer for the N64 to go into the poll. Technically it comes under "movie tie-in", but it's not a typical movie tie-in, and it's a great game.
X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter is also a badass game.
I would nominate Star Wars Episode One: Podracer for the N64 to go into the poll. Technically it comes under "movie tie-in", but it's not a typical movie tie-in, and it's a great game.
X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter is also a badass game.
Best Star Wars games are Supremacy (Civilization style galactic conquering) and Masters of Teras Kasi (because you could have a big fat-ass Gamorrean guard fight a Tusken Raider)
These two are the best as they feature Mara Jade, Supremacy even features Talon Karrde which just ups the awesomeness to unbeatable levels.
These two are the best as they feature Mara Jade, Supremacy even features Talon Karrde which just ups the awesomeness to unbeatable levels.
Kotor, Force unleashed, battlefront and lego star wars, have all been good use of the star wars name in my opinion.
Loved them all, and if there were more I would defiently play them.
Loved them all, and if there were more I would defiently play them.
Teras Kasi had Jodo Kast in it as wellAmethyst Wind said:
And Arden Lyn, who was a new one for the game but was indeed fairly cool. Leia was absolutely nails in that game. As was Chewbacca. And anybody who had a lightsaber - why fight without weaponry when you could whip it your penis extension of light?
Lego Star Wars, because of it's roots in the original movies that many, many Star wars games lack. Star Wars is, at it's heart, fun, silly and family friendly. Anything that goes too deep into the force starts getting into phiolosophical(sp?) bullshit that means kids can't enjoy it, and there's a new trend in making them "dark" which stop them being fun and silly.
Star Wars is about people reacting completely sensibly to muppets who "like this, talk", not about discussions on the nature of the human soul and it's interactions with the natural state of things.
Battlefront comes in close second for being tons of fun.
Star Wars is about people reacting completely sensibly to muppets who "like this, talk", not about discussions on the nature of the human soul and it's interactions with the natural state of things.
Battlefront comes in close second for being tons of fun.
I was always fond of the arcade games link [http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9773] link [http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7708]
I'm glad SOMEBODY gave a token vote to The Force Unleashed.
I actually found that to be the next Star Wars game that I found engaging after the KOTOR series. yes it was stupid in that the plot was screwey and didn't fit in with the story of Vader/Sidious (especially if you went the dark side ending), the controls were a bit weak, the force use was ridiculously overpowered given that you could rip a battle cruiser out of orbit (really, you DID) and you're just some random Sith, while Luke Skywalker, supposedly some sort of Force prodigy, struggled to get his lightsaber into his hand from 5 feet away. That, and the the dialogue was cheesy as a dairy farm (especially the light side ending). But bigod I never get tired of flinging jawas, 3 at a time directly into the stratosphere with force grip. Plus, black lightsaber crystal = win.
I actually found that to be the next Star Wars game that I found engaging after the KOTOR series. yes it was stupid in that the plot was screwey and didn't fit in with the story of Vader/Sidious (especially if you went the dark side ending), the controls were a bit weak, the force use was ridiculously overpowered given that you could rip a battle cruiser out of orbit (really, you DID) and you're just some random Sith, while Luke Skywalker, supposedly some sort of Force prodigy, struggled to get his lightsaber into his hand from 5 feet away. That, and the the dialogue was cheesy as a dairy farm (especially the light side ending). But bigod I never get tired of flinging jawas, 3 at a time directly into the stratosphere with force grip. Plus, black lightsaber crystal = win.
You forgot Star Wars: Republic Commando, which I would have voted for if it were on there. It's a mature (read: blood and gore, very gritty) first-person shooter. And it has nothing to do with jedis.
Otherwise, the prize goes to either KOTOR 1 or the two Battlefront games.
Otherwise, the prize goes to either KOTOR 1 or the two Battlefront games.
Jedi Outcast all the way.
It had, in my opinion, a plot that was as good as KotOR's, albeit admittedly without the massive, face-melting plot twist that KotOR had. Other than that, though, as well as having a really good story, Outcast was also a top-notch action game. Nothing beats walking into a room full of stormtroopers and obliterating them with fantastic lightsabre combat controls and extremely fun Force powers.
It had, in my opinion, a plot that was as good as KotOR's, albeit admittedly without the massive, face-melting plot twist that KotOR had. Other than that, though, as well as having a really good story, Outcast was also a top-notch action game. Nothing beats walking into a room full of stormtroopers and obliterating them with fantastic lightsabre combat controls and extremely fun Force powers.