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Star Wars: Episode 1 The Phantom Menace
Published by Lucasarts
Action: Adventure
Reviewed by Gabriel Macias
INTRODUCTION:
Let me just I don't care what the critics' say, The
Phantom Menace rocked, which is more that I could say
about the game. I sort of enjoyed the game, but it is
basically playing through the whole from beginning to end.
Of course you can take a couple of side missions on the
way, but it doesn't offer enough for me to enjoy. One of the
good things about the game was the ability to play as
some of the other characters from the movie from Qui-Gon
Jinn to Queen Amidala, what a babe! On the negative side
it just gets boring very easily.
GRAPHICS
The graphics in this game as so-so. The characters
are rendered in low polygon counts so they look extremely
blocky. Another low aspect is that the environments are
also poorly done. For crying out loud I have seen better
graphics on the Playstation, which doesn't utilize any 3-D
acceleration at all. Which makes me kind of wonder how
the Playstation version will look. Well, in final the graphics
are just poorly done and looked rushed. Score-70
INTERFACE and CONTROL
I give this game credit in the control department. I was
able to really get into this game since the four button
functions are attack, jump, action, and force push. Another
plus is the easy to use interface, which lets you, configure
the graphics and music to you liking. Score-95
GAMEPLAY
Nothing original here, you basically just run around
slash a couple of things and run again. With the exception
you have to do missions like find a keycard or protecting
the princess who always seems to run in enemy fire, stupid
princess. Besides that there's really nothing original here,
its all been done before. This time Lucasarts failed to take
an existing genre and take it to the next level with the Star
Wars theme. Score-60
AUDIO
This is the only part where the game excels in. Since I
am such a big fan of the whole Star Wars series I was
happy to hear that most of the music score was put into this
game, including my favorite "Duel of the Fates". And the
sounds of effects are just incredible from the annoying
voice of Jar Jar Binks to the swooshing of the lightsaber as
it cuts through the air. I just fell in love with the sound
effects. Score-95
DIFFICULTY
This game is extremely easy. I was able to beat this
game within a couple of days. I usually spent most of my
time playing the game again to see if I missed anything.
Well, it turns out I didn't. Well, anyway the game offers
really no challenge with the exception of some tough jumps
and as for the final battle with Darth Maul. Let's just say
there is an easy way to beat him if you find a certain
location. Score-50
OVERALL
In final Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace is
a must-buy for the hard core fans of the serious, but if you
are now you may just want to avoid this game and try
another action adventure game. It just doesn't offer
enough.
Overall-60
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System
Requirements
Required:
Win95/98
Pentium 200MHz
50MB+
32MB RAM
4X cd-rom
DirectX 6.1or
higher
Recommended:
Pentium II
64MB RAM
150MB+
8X cd-rom
Cons:
- Poor Graphics
- Too Easy
- Not Liam
Neeson's voice
Pros:
- Its Star Wars
-Great Sound
-Music from the
movie
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Bottom Line
- Try out the
demo first and
then decide.
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