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The Best (Non-MMO) Star Wars Games of All Time
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The Best (Non-MMO) Star Wars Games of All Time
The release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is upon us and we can imagine that many of you out there are going to be hankering for some fun Star Wars gaming once you’ve left the theater. Unfortunately, there’s been a dearth of good Star Wars games for a while now, but there are some excellent classics we feel you should check out (or re-visit).
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For me its SW Jedi Academy, Gallactic Battlegrounds rts and KOTOR, wont ever forget those.
1: KOTOR 1 & 2
2: X-Wing vs Tie Fighter
3: Republic Commando (Highly under-rated game)
4: Empire at War
5: Jedi Knight series (Bit of an odd ball as I liked Jedi Academy more then the others)
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Jedi Knight Dark Forces 2 is my #1 for sure.
Looking back having bought almost every SW's game i can now say that i feel they were all rushed cheap efforts. I was happy to buy them,get them home and immediately fire them up to play but quickly lost interest and never finished any one of them.
Even if i wanted to go back and play one of them,i wouldn't know where to look for them in my huge collection of games,that is how much i have forgotten about them.I just find the laser idea to be too bland,i can only take so much of that then i get bored.
Now on that note,i loved all the movies,everyone one of them,i still go back and watch them from time to time.The games i think are just too much a spin off gimmick to cash in on the IP.It is like when i saw the game terminator after i enjoy the series of movies so much,i did not want to spend a single second in one of those games and that is always the case when i see games cashing in on movie success.
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That's like making a list about the best MMO's ever made and leaving WoW outside...
Anyone interested in the topic might also want to check out JonTron's Starcade. It's a pretty in-depth exploration of the topic beneath a veneer of zany New York humor.
edit: personal honorable mention goes to Star Wars: Battlefront, the first (2004).
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It must be somekind of joke KOTOR 2 better than KOTOR 1 in story? Pfff yeah nice try maybe next time. I had more connection to characters in first game and the story was more intriguing well atleast in my opinion. KOTOR 2 still one of the favs but after KOTOR.
So much this. KOTOR1 was one of the best games of all time from a story perspective, and it often tops best-of lists across all genres... its exclusion from this list is a complete joke.
Best SW games list without KotOR ??
That's like making a list about the best MMO's ever made and leaving WoW outside...
It's not without KOTOR, it's without KOTOR 1. Wasn't going to give two spots to one game series and between the two I feel KOTOR 2 is a better game. :)
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It must be somekind of joke KOTOR 2 better than KOTOR 1 in story? Pfff yeah nice try maybe next time. I had more connection to characters in first game and the story was more intriguing well atleast in my opinion. KOTOR 2 still one of the favs but after KOTOR.
So much this. KOTOR1 was one of the best games of all time from a story perspective, and it often tops best-of lists across all genres... its exclusion from this list is a complete joke.
He doesn't exclude it; he mentions it along with its sequel, saying he's aware that it will most likely be an unpopular view but feels the sequel is the better of the two games because it is more nuanced, which is fine.
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Authored 139 missions in Vendetta Online and 6 tracks in Distance
My top 5 SW games would probably be:
1) Jedi Outcast - great locations and combat, but also love the "realistic" lightsaber cheat. Cutting off limbs and heads was excellent fun!
2) Galactic Battlegrounds - this was essentially Age of Empires 2 with a SW skin. Couldn't get enough of it at the time!
3) Star Wars Episode 1: Racer - Tons of tracks, some seriously difficult ones, loads of vehicles, pretty intense racing, relatively decent (for the time) upgrade system.
4) Rogue Squadron - I've not played any other flight-based SW games so there may be better, but Rogue Squadron was a lot of fun.
5) Jedi Academy - Not quite as fun as outcast, but better combat.
I tend to judge games both on how I felt at the time plus the game's ability to stand the test of time. These 5 games I still play to this day (granted, not much!) and still enjoy them. At original release, I did play battlefront a lot and loved it, but couldn't play it now.
KOTOR 1 was a fun tale with an epic twist, but beyond that it's a pretty simple, easily digestible Star Wars story. KOTOR 2 constantly challenges your perceptions of concepts like The Force, Jedi, and Sith. The story is more focused on your journey and the effects your actions have on the events that transpire and, particularly, the characters you meet and recruit along the way. Those characters are also way more believable due to their flaws. They're layered. Compare the boy scout Carth to Atton and you'll see what I mean. The game isn't without flaws (like most Obsidian games), but overall, KOTOR 2 had a far greater lasting impact on me than the original. I may be in the minority there, but that's OK. There are plenty of other Best Star Wars game lists out there with KOTOR 1 winning out.
That game was years ahead of it's time and was heavily modded (Babylon 5, Star Trek, to name a few).
Seriously.. you can boot that puppy up and still have a good time, unlike some of those games on the list.
1. kotor 2
2. kotor
after them, rest of the bunch however you guys wanna put them.
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I'd place KOTOR 2 high on a worst ever list, but never on the best.
Yeah... I have a sore spot with KOTOR 2. I know a friend, who knows a friend, who knows a friend (no names) and the story I heard was that LucasArts rushed Obsidian to release the game because, fuck it, it's Star Wars - people will still buy a mediocre Star Wars product.
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