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When I say "Lucas," I mean games based off of George Lucas movies, not LucasArts though games by LucasArts about George Lucas movies count.
Basically, what are the best Star Wars, (Young) Indiana Jones, Howard the Duck, etc. games made?
KOTOR 1, Star Wars Battlefront 2, and Empire Strikes Back (Atari 2600) are obvious shoe-ins. One I've always liked, but have always sucked horribly at, is The Empire Strikes Back on Gameboy.
The BEST? Probably KOTOR, Battlefront 2 and I don't think the Super Star Wars games don't get enough love.
Super Star Wars Series and the Rebel Assault Series for me!!!
KOTOR, for sure.
Was there a Rebel Assault "Series"?? I thought it was just 1 and 2... either way, I agree!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cornholio857
I was trying to figure out what KOTOR was... But I figured it out! I thought it was something or some movie I've never heard of.. hehe! ;)
Well, I did love the original Dark Forces as well. That was an awesome FPS! :D
Star Wars Battlefront II and Star Wars Trilogy Arcade = Best Star Wars games ever made
X-Wing... though the Masses lean more towards Tie Fighter (I'm undecided... need a good win98 machine to play the "real" version on -ie DOS CD-ROM at max detail), but if you go by series: X-Wing series for sure.
Hell, even GameTrailers put Tie Fighter towards the top:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM2lWX6y6K8
in 2nd place ahead of KOTOR and behind Jedi Outcast.
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron for N64. Great game.
And here I was thinking which NES games from Lucas' collection in The Wizard were the best... silly me.
Hmm... I wonder... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lastcallhall
Anywho, I'm surprised no one mentioned Star Wars Arcade for 32x, unless that's not as awesome as I thought. Also, Star Wars Episode 1 Pod Racing for N64 has to be of the best. I love that game!
Ahh, the memories...
NavesRegge named the two Star Wars games I've enjoyed - the SNES games are a bit meh, and the SMS game is too frustrating to be fun.
Oh - there's Lego Star Wars, sort of... I played the first game with a friend, but we found the initial fun ("Yay I'm a Lego, I levitate stuff and smash Lego foes into Legoey bits") wore off, quite fast. When the bf bought Lego Star Wars 2, I couldn't bring myself to play it with him much - which did make me question whether it was short lived fun, or I'm basically just old and grumpy. :? But... yeah - ambivalent towards "Lucas". I don't really like the Star Wars movies. And Indiana Jones even less. But I must go now, for such opinions are dangerous on the internets. ;P
How 'bout Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis?
I would have to go for Star Wars on the NES/GB. Brilliant game.
JVC NES Star Wars
It's taken 12 replies to mention the Fate of Atlantis? Boy I'm glad I'm not into Star Wars (Strange, I know, a self-confessed scifi nut who isn't into Lucas' cashcow).
That being said, I did enjoy Dark Forces 2, whatever its title was. Jedi Knight? It was a good fps, for the time, before HL1 destroyed everything that came before it.
Jedi Knight. Jedi Academy for pure multiplayer though.
That would be too easy, because it would win every time. There hasn't been a better adventure game and I doubt there ever will be than Fate of Atlantis. I didn't really care about X-wing even though I bought it when it first came out. Battle of Britain and SWOTL on the other hand were top-notch. Still have my original Amiga version of BOB. Oh the good old times when Microprose and Lucasfilm made hit after hit. And now we get shit like Blazing Angels and whatnot. :Panda:Quote:
Originally Posted by Devil N
Best.. game.. ever..Quote:
Originally Posted by Devil N
Knights of the Old Republic II it plays 100 times better than the first game.I played it 6 times over to completion.
Interesting... I played the 'original' X-Wing which came on Diskettes. I never heard about an extra Death Star mission exclusive to the CD release. Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe was THE first Computer Game I ever played (funny story about that, I'll save it for a thread someday).Quote:
Originally Posted by combofriend
My vote is for X-Wing, Tie-Fighter, and SWOTL. Fav FPS would be Dark Forces.... playing that on my old P. 133 Laptop (back in '97) at Military School on rainy days was the best.
I read about KOTOR for a couple weeks before installing it (I have the 'Best of Lucas Arts Games' pack for PC er something or other, can't remember the name), and upon attempting to setup the controls I put my hands up in pure frustration (it was installed for a mere 5 mins).
I've NEVER seen a FP or 3rd Person game with SO many fucking controls.
:|
The premise of the game (still) sounds amazing to me, an RPG in the Star Wars universe with a decent looking engine sounds like a winner to me.
WTH did there have to be more controls than a typical Simulator though:daze:
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Originally Posted by kool kitty89
That's a pretty good list they have, but I can't agree with ESB on the 2600. ESB is a very repetitive title, just like most of the 2600 games.
This :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry coeurl
I really like SWA32X, but it's not my favorite Lucas game. Ditto for E1 Racing.Quote:
Originally Posted by NavesRegge
After reading some of the posts I did forget some games. Other Lucasfilm-based titles that I like/love are Star Wars Arcade (the 1983 Atari one and the 32X one), LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones: Greatest Adventures, Dark Forces and Jedi Knight
Well shit... you know what... I played that. I didn't remember what it looked like in my head when I read your post but after seeing those Square Turrets... oh yeah, I played that. Mine was definitely a 4 or 5 diskette set. The 3.5"ers.Quote:
Originally Posted by combofriend
Watching that vid brings back a lot of memories. I can't believe LucasArts won't simply "redo/remix" both X-Wing and Tie-Fighter with newer engines.. leave the games exactly as they were mission for mission (maybe with a couple new things here and there). They'd sell like hotcakes.
*edit* - I noticed at the end of the Mission it said, "back to trainer ship"... that was just a Training Mission... not part of the Storyline.
Ahhhh... there we go :DQuote:
Originally Posted by combofriend
I had the B-Wing EXP... not sure if there was another expansion in my collection or not. I don't remember having Imperial Pursuit.
Good times eh ;) :o
That's the final mission of Tour of Duty 3, which appears as a mission in Historic Combat after you beat the mission. The reason why you saw that it was a training mission is because the player already beat that mission in Tour of Duty 3. If you were to play through that mission while in the Tour of Duty, you would see the Death Star exploding. Both the floppy disk edition and Collector's CD-ROM editions of X-Wing contain this mission. I know this as I have both versions.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldSchool
And my votes for best "Lucas" games go to:
-Star Wars X-Wing
-Star Wars TIE Fighter
-Star Wars X-Wing Alliance
-Star Wars Rogue Squadron
-Star Wars Rogue Squadron II
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Mayny Argue Tie Fighter (some XvT+BoP -few XW Alliance) is better and Tie Fighter is definitely a more complex and advanced game, but I haven't played enough of the DOS version to really comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by combofriend
The windows ports of both games are no good though... too much altered, especially the music (original dynamic midi tracks replaced by looping streaming audio), plus Tie Fighter in DOS already looked pretty damn good in max detail (high model detail, gouraud shading and texture polygons enabled, and 640x480 res mode).
And I thought the Floppy version had all the extra stuff available via expansion packs. (aside from the voice/graphics and improved midi exclusive to the CD version)
One of the other Star Wars 2600 games maybe more so, or better yet the Star Wars Arcade game (though ESB is arguably better -I like it more personally). They did include Trilogy Arcade, but if they were going to do anything Atari related, it should have been the arcade game. (too bad the A8/5200 port was a bit weak -OK, but could have been much better if it used wireframe software rendering like many other home computer ports did -especially given what the BBC Micro managed -with the A8 CPU not much slower and the resolution being significantly lower as well)Quote:
Originally Posted by gamevet
Episode 1 racer is better on the PC and I think the DC (which is a port of the PC version)... better graphics, better framerate, better sound, and (most importantly) better controls.Quote:
Originally Posted by NavesRegge
In the DOS CD versions there's a pre-completed "Topaces" player file with a maxed out score, so you can already play all the historical combat missions. (and view all cutscenes)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace
I was thinking that until I saw the quote below. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by kool kitty89
The Arcade version of Star Wars racer. It was a sweet looking game and was so much better than the home game.Quote:
Episode 1 racer is better on the PC and I think the DC (which is a port of the PC version)... better graphics, better framerate, better sound, and (most importantly) better controls.
This was the best video I could find.
He was talking about the N64 version, which I responded to... The Arcade game is a totally different game, and yes it's a lot of fun (and more difficult), but I wasn't even addressing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by gamevet
If there was multiplayer for the arcade version it would have been perfect. (or maybe there was and it's just too expensive for most arcades to have 2)
The only one i've ever played was Rogue Squadron for N64 and I had tons of fun with it. I don't really know anything about the Star Wars movies other than what comes up in pop culture, but the game was fun nonetheless.
I realise that.Quote:
Originally Posted by kool kitty89
What I was saying, was that I would have voted for Star Wars Arcade, but I like Star Wars Racer in the arcade slightly more. I tied it in with the Episode 1 racer comments, because they are all based on the pod racing from SW: EP1. Star Wars racer is miles better than Episode 1 racer on the PC, DC and N64. Star Wars arcade can have 4 cabinets linked for multiplayer. http://www.segaarcade.com/archive/starwarsracer.aspx
Rogue Leader on Gamecube is probably my favorite Star Wars game, followed closely by Jedi Knight. I'd love an XBLA port of JK so I can play it without old PC tomfoolery.
I'll do you one better and cite the sequel. Rogue Leader was salubrious!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry coeurl
I never played the sequel! I've been meaning to since the game came out but somehow I've never gotten around to it.
But yeah, I was always a little underwhelmed with the 64's library, so when a game like Rogue Squadron came out I was beyond ecstatic. Besides being just a damn fun game, it had a ton of replay value, unlockable ships, little mini-missions, and a ton of cheat codes. And man, the graphics! It's been forever since I last played it so maybe it wouldn't look so good today, but I remember being blown away that 64 games could look that good. You needed an expansion pack just to play it, right?
Anyway, whenever I get around to picking up a 64 again, that'll be one of the first games I get. That is, if I don't already have it in hiding somewhere around here.
No. The expansion pack is optional, but the game plays in a higher resolution when it is used.Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry coeurl
The only N64 games I can remember that required the Expansion Pak were Donkey Kong 64 (which was mandatory to play) and Perfect Dark (although without the Pak you could only play multiplayer mode, but without the bots, I think)Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry coeurl
The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask requires the expansion pak, as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by M4R14NO94