Posted on: June 14, 2025
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Games: 105 Reviews: 25
Clouded by nostalgia
When this came out, it was THE game to play. Everyone played it and loved it. Gameplay was fresh and it felt like something new. Now it's extremely dated, repetitive, frustrating and annoying. And boring. After you have played through the first couple of missions, this is it. Nothing new to explore in therms of gameplay, weapons, crafts etc. Everything will just be different in the therms of which order to do things. And oh boy you need to things in the correct order this game wants you to! After a while it boils down to a teeth excactly what ships to attack at a certain momemt or else you will fail the mission; A Star Destroyed deploying Tie Bombers extremely close to whatever you need to defend and you only have seconds to shoot them down before they launch torpedoes at you. Every mission will play the same since everything is 100 % scripted. The missions are also extremely stupid: "We have knowledge of plans of a Death Star in a straned blue wing. SUPER importent we get this intel" = So they just send you and an A wing to defend it while wait for rescue? While you get assualted by 100 tie fighters and star destroyers? Many missions are like this. And since the enemy is horrible to aim your wingmen is pretty much useless after a mission they might shoot down 1 or 2 enemies while you shoot down 50. So you are not this small cog in a big machine, you are THE ONE... the CHOSEN ONE. Also this game implements crafts that are not part of the star wars universe making it kill the star wars immersion for me: The Tau Gunboats as an example: An ugly looking tank with many wings sticking out. It looks more like a Stealh Fighter that belongs on planet earth. Who thought this was a good idea? Who knows...
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