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Old 06-06-2004, 02:46 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Nowhere Man
I think the main selling point of Rebel Strike was that it had Rogue Squadron 2 with multiplayer.

That being said, I still had a blast playing the game. Yeah, it's not particularly all that hard, but it's an enjoyable way to pass the time. As for whether or not certain actions are 'given away' or not, when you're playing the Hoth level in a snowspeeder fighting AT-ATs, it's not all that hard to put 2 and 2 together. For the gameplay itself, I'd say Rogue Leader was the best of the bunch, but Rebel Strike is definitely has the best sense of re-creating the movies.

Also, the speeder bike chase = PURE AWESOMENESS
Actually, it's that these were kinda no-brainers that pissed me off most. IT's so condescending. Rainman could figger most of 'em out. But the fact is, they even give you the timing. This is some pretty simple stuff.

i mean, realistically, there should be some non-linear challenges in the game, but they take even the most simplistic aspects of the notion out. They might as well put the power-ups in 1P on the map.

I'm not sure about recreating the movies. They threw in a lot of clips, but the Third Person stages didn't have the Star Wars feel. The voiceovers for Han that weren't from the movies blew hardcore, and kinda disrupted that. Much of the gameplay was interrupted by cutscenes, which were the only thing holding the movie feel together half the time. A lot of the stuff that wasn't Third Person action were adventures that never happened in the movies, so there's not much for feel there. Granted, running around in a walker is awesome, and many of the levels they made up were great supplements to the story, but...

I'm also nonplussed by the Executor. They tried to hype it as flying around on it, except for the fact that you didn't have a lot of freedom, it was a rehashed trench scene sort of deal, and you have to stay low. It's basically a map, not a ship. Big letdown.

I like more uses of the speeder, more starships to use, and more adventures, but I think they halfassed the game and threw in some extra cutscenes to cover it up.

There are some fun things to do, especially in multiplayer, but a lot of this shit just pisses me off.
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