First Glance:
New title for Star Wars fans, now where did I put my FX lightsaber again?
The Short Story:
You are part of Renegade Squadron, Han Solo's group of nerfherders and
scoundrels whose only mission is to lay waste to the Imperial skumm so that the
real heroes can come in and finish up the story that we all know and love.
The Score:
I rate this game a 4. It's fast, great instant action, faster load times, and can easily
switch the game off in seconds, picking up right where you left off, even in mid
combat.
Body of review:
For those of you who are veterans of Battlefront I & II you will be unfortunately
alarmed that the controls have been modified. A nice lock on feature lets you cling to
any target near you and hold some blaster fire down pretty much owning many of the
baddies, as long as you have adequate back up room. What I didn't like is the lack of
vertical firing option as in the previous games. The lock on just kinda grabs the
nearest target and holds it till he's particle dust. Easy shooting, but I miss the larger
learning curve of it's predecessors.
The story is quite good, you get to see the workings of the rebellion behind the
scenes of the movies, between Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi. Solo's
squadron has some key working roles in helping the rebels out in there conquest
that really fleshes out this game for the Star Wars geeks out there.
The effects and graphics seem to be the same as before, not a lot of tweaking, a
couple of new maps make for some interesting new scenery.
With the new character customization feature you get to choose your look and have a
selection of all weapons graded on a point system. Meaning that if you take the big
gun of doom, you have to sacrifice speed or health so that the overall balance
remains fairly even. This will ultimately prove more worthy in multi player settings
through the wirelesss modes that the game provides.
I really liked the galactic conquest mode better in this version. In fact, for me it seems
to keep things interesting. The rules and movement phases are easier to learn, you
get to buy troops, upgrade abilities, add a commander like Vader or Tarkin to your
arsenal in almost like a board game sort of way. On the normal mode I did manage
to beat the enemy down against striking high odds, 40 against 90 I believe. Which
seems a little far fetched, but then again the empire does rock!
Overall, for the busy gamer, its great. Replayability is not the best, I'll probably revert
to Battlefront II overtime. For the fan, I recommend it, it's a must, I mean where else
can you deck out your mon calamari vagabond with a rocket launcher and actually
look menacing with it?
New title for Star Wars fans, now where did I put my FX lightsaber again?
The Short Story:
You are part of Renegade Squadron, Han Solo's group of nerfherders and
scoundrels whose only mission is to lay waste to the Imperial skumm so that the
real heroes can come in and finish up the story that we all know and love.
The Score:
I rate this game a 4. It's fast, great instant action, faster load times, and can easily
switch the game off in seconds, picking up right where you left off, even in mid
combat.
Body of review:
For those of you who are veterans of Battlefront I & II you will be unfortunately
alarmed that the controls have been modified. A nice lock on feature lets you cling to
any target near you and hold some blaster fire down pretty much owning many of the
baddies, as long as you have adequate back up room. What I didn't like is the lack of
vertical firing option as in the previous games. The lock on just kinda grabs the
nearest target and holds it till he's particle dust. Easy shooting, but I miss the larger
learning curve of it's predecessors.
The story is quite good, you get to see the workings of the rebellion behind the
scenes of the movies, between Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi. Solo's
squadron has some key working roles in helping the rebels out in there conquest
that really fleshes out this game for the Star Wars geeks out there.
The effects and graphics seem to be the same as before, not a lot of tweaking, a
couple of new maps make for some interesting new scenery.
With the new character customization feature you get to choose your look and have a
selection of all weapons graded on a point system. Meaning that if you take the big
gun of doom, you have to sacrifice speed or health so that the overall balance
remains fairly even. This will ultimately prove more worthy in multi player settings
through the wirelesss modes that the game provides.
I really liked the galactic conquest mode better in this version. In fact, for me it seems
to keep things interesting. The rules and movement phases are easier to learn, you
get to buy troops, upgrade abilities, add a commander like Vader or Tarkin to your
arsenal in almost like a board game sort of way. On the normal mode I did manage
to beat the enemy down against striking high odds, 40 against 90 I believe. Which
seems a little far fetched, but then again the empire does rock!
Overall, for the busy gamer, its great. Replayability is not the best, I'll probably revert
to Battlefront II overtime. For the fan, I recommend it, it's a must, I mean where else
can you deck out your mon calamari vagabond with a rocket launcher and actually
look menacing with it?
BusyGamer Rating
STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT: RENEGADE SQUADRON
PLATFORM : PSP
COMPANY: LUCASARTS
REVIEWER: Crutchboy Review Main
