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 | Star Wars: The Best of PC (Empire at War, Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars Battlefront, Republic Commando) |
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Product Description
"Star Wars®: The Best of PC brings the greatest collection of Star Wars® PC games together in one package. Featuring hundreds of hours and numerous varieties of Star Wars gameplay, Star Wars: The Best of PC is the perfect gift for yourself, or the Star Wars fan in your life. Whether it’s action, strategy or role-playing, it’s all here, and it’s all Star Wars. Star Wars: The Best of PC features games from some of the most popular videogame franchises ever released. Combined, these games have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and, for the first time, are available in one box for only $39.99 (SRP). Included in Star Wars: The Best of PC are: Star Wars®: Empire at War™, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars Battlefront™, Star Wars Jedi Knight™ II: Jedi Outcast™, Star Wars Republic Commando™ and the Star Wars Galaxies®: 14-Day Trial."Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3952 in Video Games
- Brand: Lucas Arts
- Model: LA81018
- Released on: 2006-11-21
- ESRB Rating: Teen
- Platform: Windows XP
- Dimensions: .56 pounds
Features
- Star Wars: Empire at War puts the power to command a war for the entire Star Wars galaxy in the hands of players.
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is the recipient of over forty Game of the Year Awards and widely considered one of the best role-playing experiences of all time.
- Star Wars Battlefront gives gamers the opportunity to re-live all of the classic Star Wars battles like never before, in one of the best-selling Star Wars games of all time.
Customer Reviews
Fantastic collection of Star Wars games
For one cheap price, you can
now get five Star Wars games that been released previously during the
past four years. Most of the five games are still selling for $19.95 at
most stores around the country so that make it a pretty good deal. The
games in this collection are listed as:
1) Empires at War
2)
Knights of the Old Republic
3) Battlefront (first one)
4) Jedi
Knights II Outcast
5) Republic Commandos
For some one who never
played any of these games before, this is a great deal. If you played
one or two of these games, you still got three or four more so it still
not such a bad deal. The package also gives you a free 14 day trial for
on-line Star Wars Galaxies game.
My rating is based on two
elements. For the fun factor, it based on previous reviews I have read
on these games since ironically speaking, I was planning to buy some of
the games in this package separately before spotting this package on
Black Friday. The overall rating is based on the value of the package. I
think no one will ever doubt that five great Star Wars games in one
package is not a "Five stars" value.
Obviously, if you owned and
played all these games already, this package won't be worth a wooden
nickel. This package appears to be created for late comers like myself
or people who always wanted to play but never had the chance due to
time, money or other factors. For folks like us, this package should
provides countless hours of entertainment at a relatively cheap price.
Good collection of games
A really good collection of
older Star Wars games to try out. The downside of this collection is
that Windows Vista is not compatible with many of these games. Unless
patches are released, the games can not be played.
All of my
friends who have played Knights of the Old Republic on the console
system have enjoyed it as a really good and fun game. However, my
computer had some interface problems with it. The movements were really
choppy even when reduced to the less detailed levels, makes it extremely
difficult to fight or explore around the map. The game plays in 1st
person/ 3rd person shooter style. Wish that Bioware had programmed their
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic series more like Neverwinter
Nights in game play interface instead of 1st / 3rd person shooter style
instead.
Star Wars Battlefront was a really fun game to play,
very similar to playing paintball with the quick rush and being able to
respawn in the game. Your teammates fight better as you control more
victory objectives.
There are some really fun maps to fight on
that make it enjoyable, while the terrain on Endor and Yavin make it a
bit challenging as even white storm trooper armor can seem to blend into
the woods. Each map can be completed in less than 15 minutes. There are
also neat nuances to the game, when entering the cantina on Tatooine,
you can hear the band music in the background.
Also neat about
the game is that you can play all the different factions from the Trade
Federation to Rebellion. Have not tried the online play however.
Star
Wars Republic Commando was a really fun game. 1st person shooter is
very stable (those who get motion sick from 1st person shooters might be
ok with this game) and best of all, have squad mates to work with. The
squad mates can take down opponents and man weapons points. They can
also slice into computers and demo objectives. Fortunately there are
plenty of bacta tanks to heal up after getting into a rough fight
against the Trade Federation battle droids. The downside of this game is
that it only has 3 chapters/ levels.
Star Wars Empire at War is a
real time strategy game. Gets very tedious after a few battles. Not as
fun as Dune 2000 or Command & Conquer series. Space battles are
extremely frustrating as there is a limit as to the number of ships you
have at one time and you do not get to choose which ones to deploy
before the battle. So if you have a bunch of troops to land, you'll have
the unarmed transports on the map while your cruisers and frigates are
waiting to jump in as the Star Destroyers pound your fleet into
oblivion.
Ground battles are also quirky. One Stormtrooper squad
takes forever to get killed, even when surrounded by 3 rebel infantry
squads and two tank platoons. Meanwhile when this same rebel force goes
against a gun emplacement, they get wiped out as the gun emplacements
are tough to kill.
What really hurts Empires at War is the
building of forces, done at real time. There is no way a human player
can manage the construction and upgrades of multiple planets at the same
rate as a computer. You will be overwhelmed. The strategic map of unit
and planetary building/ planning should have been turn based with one
map interface table to allocate resources and builds. It would be more
manageable and balanced, especially for online person vs person play
where there is a time limit for planning.
Overall, this
collection is a really fun, if your operating system can play the games.
It does cost a bit at $40, but for the variety of games it is a good
value. Would have scored higher if weren't for the operating system
headaches and quirky game play in some of the games. Note: haven't tried
Jedi Knight 2 or Star Wars Galaxies online, which are also included.
Box of fun
I original bought this for
Knights of the Old Republic because I missed it the first time around.
Great game By the way... To my surprised I found the other games
extremely fun, Republic Commando and Empire at war are great games.
Battlefront was OK but still fun.
If you missed any of these
games the first time around I high recommend this package.
Knights
of the Old Republic: 9/10
Empire at War: 8/10
Battlefront: 7/10
Republic
Commando: 8/10
Jedi Knight II: 8/10
Also if you buy this to
play KOTOR, find the hex hack on the Internet so you can play this game
in 1920x1200, makes for a more enjoyable experience then max 800x600 the
game allows
