X-Wing Alliance is the second best Star Wars game in the galaxy. Modded with the excellent X-Wing Alliance Upgrade mod package, the game looks stunning even today. The best Star Wars game is of course TIE Fighter, now and forever. TIE Fighter Total Conversion is a free mod that completely reimagines all the missions from the original TIE to the X-Wing Alliance engine, complemented with the aforementioned XWAU. The mod was released 2th of July 2021 and is now available to everyone. It's stunning work and a joy to play. Highly recommended to all XWA owners! https://www.moddb.com/mods/tie-fighter-total-conversion-tftc
This is it. The greatest PC game ever made and the biggest reason I got into PC gaming in the first place. Where to begin? Everything in TIE Fighter is made with love and dedication to the Star Wars franchise. The graphics, the glorious iMuse music system (at least on the 1994 version), the plot and cinematics... And most importantly, the spacecraft themselves are all very loyal to the original spirit of Star Wars. The story is very interesting because for the first time you get to play on the side of the good guys, see behind the scenes of our beloved Empire and fight the evil Rebel terrorists. The game handles like magic, but a joystick is highly recommended. The flight controls are not "realistic" like in I-War but more complex than in Wing Commander series. You get to choose and use different weaponry, target enemies' subsystems and balance your fighter's power between shields, weapons and engines. All this makes for very interesting and exciting gameplay. The story is quite interesting and divided into several campaigins. The missions have primary goals which are required to advance, but also secondary and secret goals which help you get more into the storytelling. The missions are mostly quite challenging, at least before you get the most powerful fighters before the end of the game. The last few campaigins are quite different from the start of the game - instead of a fragile TIE Fighter you control very formidable spacecraft such as TIE Defender or Missile Boat and wipe out entire fleets by yourself. TIE Fighter is highly recommended to anyone who wants to enjoy a good light-sim in an interesting setting, help to defend the galaxy and our families against evil warmongering Rebels or just generally to hang out with The Emperor, Darth Vader and all the other great leaders of our glorious Empire!
