Great Game from the 90s that is fun and full of Action , if you like run and Gun Games with Nice 2D visuals, Cool characters and lots of piu piu then i highly recommand this one. What i can not recommand is getting it on GoG becouse of the Bad Port, the FPS will frequently drop from 30 to 5 ore 2 especially when theres much going on in the Game and theres imput lag ( becouse of Emulation ) If you can get it somewere else , if you want to get it on GoG ( sale !!! ) just note the high Fps drops and imput lag.
Absolution trys to by a hitman/Action game and it Fails at it. Just like most Modern Games these days Visualy Hitman looks nice and thats about it, the Story is Boring and stopt caring after the 2nd level, the Maps are very linear and uninspiriert , sound is ok at best, gameplay is good but some gameplaymechanics like instinct mode, disguises, save system are broken and make no sense. Enemy Ai even on higher difficulty is still very stupid. In summary the Good : Graphics the Bad : Boring cinematic Story Experience living, breathing, linear corridor World Rich dialouge and Hollwood standard performances, yeh not really Ground - breaking Ai, even on Higher difficulty very stupid Disguise and instinct system is Bad
Not really DRM free that is disappointig, the Game itself is ok a different apprach to strategie which is a good thing,the Maps and the units look good the Diffculty is sometimes brutal becouse the AI always know were you are dont get me wrong i like a good challenge but this is ridiculous. No Lan :/ So overall a ok Game if wanna play pvp i recommend to get this on steam but not my cup of tee
Graphicswise there not much to say of course Pc version has Higher Resolution, better draw distance and 60 FPS which is not alawys a good thing with these kinda Games becouse they run to fast, just ceep that in mind. The Pc version also has 3D Model FMVs where the N64 had a 2D comic style which in my opinion lookd better and sadly we did not get any options to switch between those two versions. Soundwise there are some changes, Soundtracks composed by joel Mcneely and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra have a better quality. Gameplaywise is where the problems starts, you play with Mouse & Keyboard ore Controller but both controlls feel wonky and you can´t really rebind your keys now combine this with some levels that have jump and run elements one wrong step and goodbye, unfortunately this happens quite often and you get the feeling that you not only fighting the Empire you also fighting your Game and its controlls. Star Wars Shadow of The Empire is Good Game in my opinion a Blast from the 90s with cool levels, Great Sound and a lot what made Star Wars Great but its the Pc version and its wonky Controlls that make me not really want to replay this Game but if some of you want to try this version i only recommand on deep deep sale ore stick to the N64 version ( Emulation )
