Star Wars video games

[Andrew NDB]

What has been your Star Wars video game experience?

So little by little I've been getting through Jedi: Fallen Order for the past few months. It's a bit fun and the visuals are pretty great, though it seems to be falling into the model of "the illusion of exploration" or choice. It's getting harder and harder to press on in it.

Other games I've played, most as a kid:

* X-Wing. Fairly barebones but I totally dug it. At the time it had better graphics than Wing Commander but far less immersion or story.

* TIE-Fighter. Now this got pretty good! And the story drew me in. Vice Admiral Thrawn is a big part of things, and he even develops the TIE Defender program like Star Wars: Rebels borrowed. I remember well the novella that came in the box, "The Stele Chronicles," about a TIE pilot. Great stuff.

* X-Wing vs. TIE-Fighter. Not so great. No story, just multiplayer. Blah.

* Rebel Assault. Kinda bleh. Might have been a good arcade game. You're flying ships but stuck on a rail and can't really move around, just shoot at stuff.

* Knights of the Old Republic. I only started playing it years after it'd been a thing and didn't play it for long. It showed a lot of promise. I may try it again.

And that's about it, beyond dabbling in ROMS with Super Star Wars, Super Empire Strikes Back, Shadows of the Empire, but not very seriously.

The Force Unleashed games look interesting to me. Never tried. To those that've played them, are they better and more involving than Jedi: Fallen Order?

[Mad Dog McMutt]

I had Yoda Stories for the gameboy when I was a kid and that was a terrible game. I just wondered around never knowing what to do or where to go. I played through the super nintendo games. They were fun, but really difficult so I used save states. I have Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga for the Wii. It's an ok game. It's cool to play through all of the important scenes from the movies, but there is no challenge at all. I just recently obtained Battlefront 2 for the Playstation 2 which came in a bundle of games. I haven't gotten around to playing it yet, but every review that I saw was extremely positive for it.

[KROW]

I've played the NES and SNES games. Hard as hell but just fun enough to want to keep playing. Haven't touched any of mid-90s stuff or the PC installments due to lack of interest, but once Rogue Squadron hit the Gamecube, I jumped back in. Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 were good, then the LEGO games had me engaged (my son, as well).

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

The Force Unleashed games look interesting to me. Never tried. To those that've played them, are they better and more involving than Jedi: Fallen Order?

Force Unleashed is like God of War -- hack and slash with platforming and a few quick-time thingies thrown in. They're pretty good gameplay-wise and the story isn't too bad (though that's subjective). I haven't played Fallen Order, but from what I've seen of it, it is indeed more exploratory and adventure-based. Also, the Unleashed games have no backtracking aside from returning to levels to get collectibles.

[IMJ]

IIRC the first Star Wars game I played was the Empire Strikes Back on the Atari. Flying around with a Snowspeeder and sticky sort of harsh controls. The game sucked. I remember the ROTJ game with the Millenium Falcon was so much better.

The trilogy games on the SNES were of course classic as hell. Finally - a Star Wars platformer that was blunt-force-trama style fun. I had minimal experience with Shadows of the Empire on the N64 - but what I played of it was decent for the time.

Jedi Power Battles on the PSOne was terrific for the time. I probably couldn't push myself to play through one level of it now. I didn't really get into the Star Wars fighting game (Masters of Teras Kasi or something like that). I actually liked the Rebel Assault PSOne game even though it was an on-rails shooter - the cut scenes and graphics made it was like an additional Star Wars movie that we never got.

I also remember the PS2 Star Wars episode III game was actually really solid. I might have that lying around here somewhere still. I loved Battlefront II - loved it -there was so much to do. I'd consider playing that again if I could upscale it. The Lego Star Wars games are a ton of fun, believe it or not. Tons. Mindless fun. I got really absorbed by the Force Awakens games too.

Off the top of my head, I don't think I've played a post-PS3 era Star Wars game.

[Roseangelo]

Star Wars Episode 1 Racer is one of my favorite games of all time.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I bought Super Star Wars for the Super NES back in July 1993.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by IMJ

I got really absorbed by the Force Awakens games too.

I took a break from Fallen Order and played a little Force Unleashed I and II. Looks like they're both available to stream in the Playstation Store if you have a plus account. Honestly, Force Unleashed looks pretty damn good considering how old it is. And it plays mostly like Fallen Order anyway. I'll definitely play more of it later.

[The Deadman]

Im partial to the LEGO Star Wars games as those were actually the first Star Wars games I played on Gamecube.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by The Deadman

Im partial to the LEGO Star Wars games as those were actually the first Star Wars games I played on Gamecube.

Both those, the Indiana Jones and the Avengers LEGO games were a TON of fun.

[Andrew NDB]

Just beat Fallen Order. It was actually a lot longer of a game than I had thought but it does come to a rather sudden ending, even if it still lets you explore and look for chests you missed afterward. I had a good time with it. The more abilities you get the more fun it becomes. It's a bit interesting that Cal doesn't actually get to kill... anybody. None of the Inquisitors are killed outright (they're just sort of "defeated" and vanish under murky circumstances), and even Malicos is "killed" (sort of) by Merrin, not Cal.

[Andrew NDB]

Started Jedi Survivor. Right off the bat, I like that you keep all the abilities from the last game for the most part. I don't like sequels where you have to re-learn everything. A couple hours in some of these planets really open up and it almost becomes an open world type affair, complete with legit sidequests. I'm digging it. Unfortunately it looks like it's beginning to lean into High Republic stuff, which means that Kathleen Kennedy's fingerprints are on this. I'm hoping this is at a minimal level.

[Andrew NDB]

Just unlocked the crossguard lightsaber, the same as Kylo Ren's. I have to admit, this game makes using it pretty damn fun. Also pretty damn powerful.

[Prowler]

Thanks for reminding me I need to go back to KOTOR sometime.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Thanks for reminding me I need to go back to KOTOR sometime.

As do I! Question: is it better to play that on PC or console? Also, I wonder if I should play that first or the Force Unleashed games.

Getting further into Jedi Survivor. Holy smokes. This is actually pretty deep. The jumps it requires of you made me wonder if I was having a heart attack. And the relationship with him and the Nightsister are really earned and makes me smile. Seriously, game players, Fallen Order and Jedi Survivor... these are AWESOME games. Somehow this division was left alone.... for the most part.

[Andrew NDB]

This article about the game... this is someone really getting paid to write an article? Basically they're upset that the Dathomir Witch who falls for Cal was "revealed" as pansexual in a March 2023 novel, but now is basically in a straight relationship in Jedi Survivor with nothing being said about her pansexuality. Even throwing in "Obi-Wan's queerness." ffs

https://www.thegamer.com/merrin-pans...-battle-scars/