Posted on: October 2, 2025
HarlequinMask
Verified ownerGames: 199 Reviews: 7
Sooooo fast.
Really needs some way to slow the game down
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STAR WARS™ Shadows of the Empire™
Description
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
As Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance struggle to defeat Darth Vader and the Empire, a new threat arises. Dark Prince Xizor, head of the Black Sun crime syndicate, aspires to take Darth Vader's place at the Emperor's side. To do that, he must eliminate young Skywalker. As Dash Rendar, it's up to you to protect Luke and help the Alliance defeat the evil Xizor. Watch out for infamous bounty hunters and deadly stormtroopers! May the Force be with you!
As Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance struggle to defeat Darth Vader and the Empire, a new threat arises. Dark Prince Xizor, head of the Black Sun crime syndicate, aspires to take Darth Vader's place at the Emperor's side. To do that, he must eliminate young Skywalker. As Dash Rendar, it's up to you to protect Luke and help the Alliance defeat the evil Xizor. Watch out for infamous bounty hunters and deadly stormtroopers! May the Force be with you!
- A gripping new plotline, with new characters and environments...find out what happened between Star Wars™ The Empire Strikes Back™ and Star Wars™ Return of the Jedi™.
- Five gameplay modes - in a variety of vehicles and spacecraft - from the heavily armored Outrider, to snowspeeders, hovertrains, jet packs, and speeder bikes.
- Action-packed Star Wars™ locales - including Mos Eisley and the ice planet Hoth. New locales, like the sewers of Imperial City, Xizor's palace, Gall Spaceport and the dreaded junkyards of Ord Mantel.
LucasArts, the LucasArts logo, STAR WARS and related properties are trademarks in the United States and/or in other countries of Lucasfilm Ltd. and/or its affiliates. © 2002-2016 Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved.
System requirements
Time to beat
5 hMain
7.5 h Main + Sides
12.5 h Completionist
5.5 h All Styles
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Posted on: November 3, 2025
ezg69
Verified ownerGames: 3 Reviews: 2
Star Wars: S.O.T.E. Windows 10
When asked about my favorite games i've ever played, this game is always on the list. I was happy to find it here on GOG. I have played through the whole game once with no issues, no crashes. And am in the middle of a second playthrough. The graphics and game play are what you would expect from a game that old. My big issue is Dash, the character you play, sometimes wants to slide as if on ice. I've slid off a cliff several times...lol The story is interesting and fits within the Star Wars universe. Consider Dash to be similar to Han Solo, except he has a robot side kick instead of a wookie. Once you complete any level, it becomes re playable. You get to use a jetpack, fight Bobba Fett, fly the snowspeeder, speeder hoverbike and fly your own ship similar to the Millennium falcon. And other things. This is just a fun, fun game in my opinion.
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Posted on: May 4, 2016
SpiderFighter
Verified ownerGames: 1093 Reviews: 19
A Special Game Puts U In the Trilogy Era
Shadows is on PC?!? I played the N64 version to death and, not only was this was an instant buy, but I found it surpasses the N64 version (already considered a classic game) in every way. The controls aren't as wonky as legend has it (certainly not as awkward as in the Gothic series), and you can jump, duck, run, strafe, fire alternate weapons...all the usual goodies are here, although levels can appear pretty sparse. There are six different camera angles, so you can play à la Duke Nukem 3D, or à la Laura Croft. Controls can't be reconfigured, but multiple gaming styles are taken into account: keyboard players, gamepad users, and keyboard/mouse combos (as I prefer) are all supported. Plus: Kill Wampa (those yeti-like creatures from TESB)! Take down AT-AT walkers with tow cables! Fly in space! Fight on a moving junkyard train! Fly a jetpack! Fly a jetpack while battling freaking Boba Fett! Battle giant droids! Ride a 74-Z speeder ("swoop") bike from Return of the Jedi! Get killed by a Sarlaac Pit! Bottom line: Empire of the Shadows is an action flight sim, a first-person shooter, a third-person shooter/action game, a game of find-the-collectibles (called "challenge points"), and more...and it's all set to one of the most adrenaline-pumping soundtracks in the history of gaming. It's also playable in 1920x1080, and looks razor sharp (although the FMV cut scenes(!) are in a lower rez). Other games in the Star Wars universe may have excelled in specific genres (such as Dark Forces) but, for my money, no single game has encompassed the feeling of actually being inside the SW universe in the same way Shadows does. It's a special game with its own plot; every level has its own feel, and I'm thrilled to be able to play it again. (PROTip: The amazing soundtrack, while not advertised on the storefront, is available in ogg format in the game's directory.)
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Posted on: June 16, 2019
Rolagarthor
Verified ownerGames: 149 Reviews: 62
NOT SO PULISHED... BUT HELL YEAH!
The controlls on the main character are quite anoying. Good try for the fist descent star wars adventure game. The story its interesting, it fells like a part of the star wars universe.
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Posted on: January 19, 2017
TrooperX-9
Verified ownerGames: 2 Reviews: 1
The Bad-ass pilot is back
One of my favorite childhood games. It plays fine. However, in the Gall Spaceport level, Dash tends to like hoover off the edge of cliffs leading to death. It's very slippery, to say the least. Other than that there's nothing wrong with the game IMO.
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