What was the best Star Wars video game?

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What was the best Star Wars video game?

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
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20%
Star Wars: The Old Republic
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Star Wars: Dark Forces
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Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
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Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
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Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
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7%
Star Wars: Battlefront(2004)
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Star Wars: Battlefront II(2005)
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7%
Star Wars: Battlefront(2015)
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Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
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7%
Other
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20%
Not sure
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13%
 
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What was the best Star Wars video game?

Postby DanteHoratio » Sun May 07, 2017 4:12 pm

What was the best Star Wars video game?
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Re: What was the best Star Wars video game?

Postby IamNotCreepy » Sun May 07, 2017 4:13 pm

KotOR, for sure.

Fun mechanics, great storyline and characters. And that twist!
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Postby Deathclaw_Puncher » Sun May 07, 2017 4:23 pm

Super Empire Strikes Back on the SNES.
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Re: What was the best Star Wars video game?

Postby iMURDAu » Sun May 07, 2017 5:26 pm

The Force Unleashed II has probably the most natural feeling motion controls of any Wii game. It feels like you're conducting your own personal orchestra of mayhem. The story is absolute shite though. You could or should skip every cutscene and just make up your own.

Rogue Squadron II and III on Gamecube were fun shooters that are worth checking out.

Can't forget about the Star Wars arcade game though. The wireframe graphics and the cabinet build felt so authentic to Star Wars.

But best? I'd say KOTOR.
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Re: What was the best Star Wars video game?

Postby gisambards » Sun May 07, 2017 6:31 pm

I've always had a soft spot for Republic Commando. Never played either KotOR, though.
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Re: What was the best Star Wars video game?

Postby Marcuse » Sun May 07, 2017 7:26 pm

I'm going to stump for Jedi Academy as my favourite SW video game. As you might imagine I've played a lot.

KOTOR 1 and 2 have their advantages, primarily in the story and characters. I think Jedi Academy has its advantages in the gameplay and how the progression is designed. The game makes you pick a new power before each level, not after, which is satisfying for the player to be able to choose a new power and then immediately be able to use it. The level selection allows for five missions per phase, but only requires you to complete four. So if there's a mission that's really stumping you, you can avoid it. But if you do all of them, you get more powerful, so there's an incentive to complete as many as possible. The powers are designed so the first level has a bit of utility, but come with lore friendly animations (such as crouching for the heal power, the grab with the drain power, and the grip animation). The higher powers go, the more utility they gain, at the expense of some of the lore animations, which is exactly what I expect from a game progression.

The lightsaber combat is excellently rendered, even despite the slightly choppy animations. The range of lightsaber styles and versions of lightsaber available allow for impressive customisation. The game doesn't railroad you into having a doublesaber or two lightsabers, and arguably incentivises the player to use the traditional single saber with every style. The whole thing is built as probably the best Jedi simulator I've ever played. The combat is true to the lore, with one hit being able to KO an enemy in the right circumstances. This is true for both you and your enemies, which makes for tense but fair battles.

The real negative is the story, the characters (excepting Kyle Katarn) are crap and cliche. The story is ass, and serves only to give a reason to wander about stabbing people. However, I enjoy the game enough that the story doesn't bother me too much.
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Re: What was the best Star Wars video game?

Postby Absentia » Sun May 07, 2017 8:52 pm

Somehow you managed to miss all three of my favorites. I never got into the RPGs.

Episode One Racer for N64 is the only good thing to come out of that movie. It's too bad the zeitgeist for pod racing is past because a current gen sequel would look really awesome.

Rogue Squadron was GCN's only good launch title, and after waiting in line for the midnight release I was not disappointed.

But the prize goes to the old school TIE Fighter for PC, a game ahead of its time. It was incredibly deep for a flight simulator running on fucking DOS, and Thrawn featured heavily in the story.
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Re: What was the best Star Wars video game?

Postby Grimstone » Mon May 08, 2017 4:36 am

Absentia wrote:Episode One Racer for N64 is the only good thing to come out of that movie. It's too bad the zeitgeist for pod racing is past because a current gen sequel would look really awesome.


Yeah, what happened to futuristic/sci-fi racing games anyway? I feel like there used to be a ton of them and then all of a sudden they just stopped making them.
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Re: What was the best Star Wars video game?

Postby octoberpumpkin » Mon May 08, 2017 7:28 am

..............Lego Star Wars.

Seriously.
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Re: What was the best Star Wars video game?

Postby KleinerKiller » Mon May 08, 2017 7:33 am

The objectively correct answer is Battlefront II and you should all be ashamed of yourselves.
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Re: What was the best Star Wars video game?

Postby Marcuse » Mon May 08, 2017 10:11 am

KleinerKiller wrote:The objectively correct answer is Battlefront II and you should all be ashamed of yourselves.


I actually preferred Battlefront (the original, not the EA one) for a Star Wars battle experience. The maps were simply better designed, and the almost total lack of Jedi meant that it was far more combat based. Hard points weren't easy to overturn with one hero unit, and maps like Bespin Platforms and Rhen Var harbour funnelled people into tactical decisions. The inclusion of flying units on the ground battles was fun and helped because it meant there was a third dimension to battles.

BII tended to have open maps where you got shot in the back with no attempt to save yourself, and even if you were canny and used the healing units it was normally only a matter of time before you died without really achieving anything. Maybe I just prefer pushing a front to a fluid confusing battle, but the inability to really secure anything on BII annoyed me.
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Re: What was the best Star Wars video game?

Postby iMURDAu » Mon May 08, 2017 1:43 pm

Omg I forgot about the PS2 Battlefront games. Those were fun enough to make me briefly consider a PS4 for the new games.
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Re: What was the best Star Wars video game?

Postby Doodle Dee. Snickers » Wed May 10, 2017 4:03 am

Man, it's tough to choose. I loved EAW, but SWG pre-CU was incredible.

I thought about picking KOTOR, but while I love the story, it doesn't seem to hold the same level of nostalgia for me that SWG did. I will happily declare that SWG was the best open-world game ever made, even before open-world games were a thing.
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Re: What was the best Star Wars video game?

Postby Sparrow » Wed May 10, 2017 1:20 pm

KotOR, how is this even a question?
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Re: What was the best Star Wars video game?

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