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shiiiiiiiit. just finished it. I want to play some more! :D Halo 2ish ending though. Damn them. Can't wait to see the movie to see if anything in the game turns up in it. I hope this game sells well, which I think it will when word gets out how cool it is.
Argue all you guys want about PC vs. console, it really doesn't matter here...
...Because this game is a whole lot better on the PC. It's coded beautifully and runs far better than Doom III, HL2, or WoW while in 1280 with everything turned on high (and that's compared to running those other games in either 1152 or 1024 on medium or medium/high), it's really a far more gorgeous engine then playing the Xbox demo led me to believe. Having all the keys surrounding the normal WASD setup also helps navigating the controls and controlling the team a lot.
I'm not sure how far through it I am, I just encountered an area that I'm sure will take a while to get through and I doubt it'll be where the final showdown takes place. So far it's actually been really good, this is quite possibly the only time that I've had a squad in a videogame and it's actually felt like I have a squad (along with Full Spectrum Warrior, although this one is more immersive). The tactics, movement and cover, controlling everyone, resuscitation and healing, it's all done so well and fluid. The way that you can drop but your team can still function and clear an area before coming to shock you back to your feet is awesome.
My only real complaint is that if you strip away the graphical polish and remove the team aspect it's an incredibly standard FPS, something that really haunts the parts where you're seperated from the team.
IBTN. I am loving it so far. As Mech said, the squad elements here crush stuff like SOCOM, where it felt like a chore. In SW:RC, your squad actually helps you, due to great AI programming. They help you even more when you give them good directions. I am only in the fourth or fifth area so far, but it is fantastic.Quote:
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Its awesome not to have to worry about my team ALL the time. Yeah they will die if I do something stupid but overall they are pretty reliable.
Since I needed the HD space I finally went back to this to finish it up, and overall I'd have to say this is really a great game and is definately one of the best Star Wars games ever. While that may not normally be saying much, it captured a lot of the atmosphere from a different point of view than normal while still being a crapton of fun.
The squad chatter was definately a high point, with a lot of the lines during the Wookie protection area actually making me laugh ("There's a hanger up ahead we need you to secure." "Another hanger?" "What can I say? Those Wookies love their hangers."). Even though most of the rooms in each area all looked almost exactly the same they kept changing location often enough that it never became boring, and they did a beautiful job on the forests of Kashyyk (however it's spelled). I'd also like to mention that this game has the most badass looking Wookies of any Star Wars related piece of media I've ever seen, these guys were big and tough and watching them throw enemy soldiers around was awesome.
Not to say it didn't have its problems, which escalated pretty bad near the end. There were way too many droid despensers tossed out, turning the game into a Star Wars-themed Gauntlet Legends at some points, and the AI got progressively worse in the later levels. I'm not sure why, but I had zero problems with the enemies in the first half but the further I got the more they started getting stuck on each other or would just stand out in the open not doing anything while I shot them. My favorite moment occured during the final assault in which a Super Battle Droid (such inventive names) got stuck inbetween two of my squadmates. All three of them were facing different directions and they were all just standing there not doing anything, until I ran up and beat the droid to death and then my squad proceeded like normal. I watched Wookies stop running mid-stride and just sorta float in place, sometimes my squadmates would get stuck on boxes or walls, and often the Trandoshens would get stuck in ceilings if I shot their backpacks. Overall these were minor problems but it was noticably sloppy in the last half.
On top of having way too many SPD despensers which meant fights that dragged on for way too long, they also had a weak buildup during the final area. All they did was toss a few spider robots (who are among the most uninteresting enemies to fight in the game) spread out amongst a couple rooms, and the final room is a battle against little tiny newborn bugs. After everything else, the best they can do for a finale is to have little hard-to-hit bugs that have even more trouble hitting you run around? Considering what they did for the second portion of the game that part reeks of them running out of ideas.
But nevertheless, I had a blast and will at somepoint gladly play through again. With this and the Cartoon Network series I'm starting to think the Clone Wars is one of the best things to happen to Star Wars.
I really like this game. I had images of Half Life running through my head with all the great prescripted events. It really reminds of Half-Life crossed with Counter-Strike or the original Rainbow Six added in. The score is great, and the fact that the developers went through the trouble of adding foley artists really adds to the ambiance of the levels. The single player parts do get a little generic, but going through the super droid factory and accidently bumping a droid is a pretty cool feeling. The last hangar on the 2nd level is pretty intense. The most interesting part is that the mutliplayer completely pales in comparison to Halo 2, I didn't realize how much of a benchmark Halo 2 was in terms of multiplayer till I tried it on this game and Timesplitters: FP. Overall I seriously think this game should be in contention for GOTY along with RE4, God of War, and KOTOR2.