Star Wars Reviews

YO people, dont waste money on this. Trust me! It is boring. i mean, it takes forever to just beat one!

Star Wars Pit Droids is not exclusively for Star Wars fans, and is an excellent puzzle game if you want one. It has three levels of play for all people. The goal is to use the arrows provided to literally point the different pit droids in the right direction. However, they have different colors, helmets, and tools, so you have to guide each type to their destintation. It's 3-D and has pretty good graphics. There's an online exchange for puzzles that you make, which has some EXTREMELY difficult puzzles, much harder than the game provides. Making a game in this is pretty easy, but picky. It doesn't agree with the standard Microsoft interface, and forces you to use buttons for cut-and-paste. The major downside to this game is that you can only save after completing a level, not during one. Overall, I suggest this for people who want to be challenged or to challenge others.

Almost endless amount of pre-created puzzle But then! You can creat your own! Loads of fun!

Not a toy so much as a collectors piece. Master replicas has gone to great lengths to make sure the lightsaber is as accurate as they can get. You'll be impressed with the quality construction and detail.

This is not even a toy! It's outrageous! I bought it an blam! It's broken from the bouncing of the truck! So don't br a moron and waste your allowance.

Master Replicas has done their best work on this lightsaber. The weathered effect is great and gives it that real Original Star Wars Trilogy feeling.
Don't be afraid of the weathered look in the picture. That is only the prototype. The final product is gray towards the top, not brown, as it appears.
It also heavier than the other pieces produced by Master Replicas.
This is a better lightsaber to handle too(compared to the others), because of it being all gray, instead of silver. So you can not see fingerprints.
Don't pass this up, you will be surprised when you hold this in your hands. It surpasses the look of the prototype above.
If you collect the other Master Replicas collectibles, this will hold a special part in your collection.
A+...

I found this toy very disappointing. The packaging means that you can't see Leia's face before you buy, and despite other reviewers, I and a friend who collects Carrie Fisher stuff both felt that the face didn't look like her, AND wasn't particularly interesting. A bad combination.

If you want her as this disguised figure, the clunky permanent-glove hands won't bother you, but those of us who like to do some customizing prefer figures that we can make other outfits for, and the gloves are a problem. Like a Barbie, she comes with the hidden broad-arrow neck designed to break rather than be removable, which doesn't help.

As for the Solo in Carbonite: bleh. Vague abstract glows that you could pretend are him if you care enough, but when I sold a couple of these figures loose, people wouldn't take the Carbonite Solo display even as a gift.

So. If you just want her to look like she does in the box, the figure's probably fine. But unmasked, she's not even worth it at the sale price, to my taste.

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I think this Leia is great. I am a big Star Wars fan and I have been looking for somthing like this for a while. I really like Leia's face. It accually looks like Carrie Fisher. The 12" Padme doll doesn't look anything like Natlie Portman. All and all I really enjoy this doll

This is one of the best two (2) pack's that Hasbro has put out to date. I would strongly recomend it to all, collector's and
kid's as a play toy. The packaging has great art work depicting
Jabba's Throne Room, where Boussh "Leia" tride to free Han Solo.
I my self have two of them, one in the box for display and one for my kid's to play with they love it, my son and daughter. So
if you have a Star Wars fan in your life get this set for them you can't go wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As a veteran of the (long to play) board game Star Fleet Battles, I was extremely happy when Starfleet Command came out last year. Although it had glitches and imperfections, the possibilities of finally having starships duke it out in a tactical setting (although real-time) was a joy.

Of course the original Starfleet Command lacked some of the races and other features of SFB, and so, a year later, we come to Starfleet Command II.

SFC II has two new races missing from the original Starfleet Command that are a staple of SFB...the Mirak (renamed from the board game due to infringement--you might know them better as the Kzinti) and the dreaded "evil Federation", the dangerous ships of the Interstellar Concordium. It is their efforts to bring "peace" to the various groups in the game that drives the engine of the missions and the map.

For all of its pluses, however, the bugs and glitches are many and major. The multiplayer "dynaverse" is still in beta due to a licensing problem, and the game itself is very very buggy. The word on the message boards from the designers is that Interplay, the parent company, rushed this puppy out of the door for the Christmas rush...and it shows.

Taldren has a reputation for fixing their mistakes, and so I am pretty sure that in time the game will be working well. Right now, however...it can be painful to wait minutes between turns on the major map and other glitches.

Without the bugs, this game would easily get four stars, possibly four and a half.

I give this game a 3 out of 5. This single player campaigns are severely weak. The only fun there really is are on the skirmish missions. You get to pick your race ship and up to 2 other ships for your fleet. You can also download missions for the skirmish campaigns that can almost make up for the single player campaigns. There are a bunch at http://www.strategyplanet.com/sfc/ along with patches and anything to do with Starfleet Command. It has good graphics but still is in 2-D. If you just want a trek game that isn't hard get this game.

It's hard for me to even describe how much I love this game. It is the most thoroughly enjoyable game I've ever played. Thoughts of up, down, left and right are blown to the wind as you're able to control every aspect of ship functions on your choice of hundreds of different ships. Each ship has it's own unique characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, weapons, etc. Play as a wily ship captain with unconventional techniques and ploys, or take the straight forward mathematical approach to combat. Either way you will be pushed to your limits by this game.

Once you think you've 'mastered it'... try signing on to GameSpy's online gaming forum and challenge a veteran over the net. You'll realize there's no mastering this game and that you've just opened up a whole new realm of tactics to explore.

Video games don't normally thrill me. The fast ones are too fast and the slow ones are too slow. This game, however feels less like a game and more like actually 'commanding' a starship into battle. I urge all Star Trek fans to make this investment. You won't be disappointed.

Enjoy.

Gimme a break. This game was fun the first time I played it when it was called vigelanty 8. No imagination needed for these programers change a few lines in the code to replace the automobiles with Star Wars vehicles and send it out. Thanks for nothing.

let's face it; the car combat genre hasn't really exploded on the video game scene, as compared to fighters first/third person shooters or even RPG's. ever since the first TWISTED METAL game. (which was the most innovate, as well as the first "HIT and DRIVE but i must give credit to activision/luxoflux for producing this kinda game but with the vernable STAR WARS license.

SWD uses the most well reconized vehicles from ALL the previous STAR WARS movies, including the pod racer from epidsode 1. the sounds are very authenthic from the whinny laser blasts to R2 D2's "chatter" of course you also hear the legendary john williams soundtracks as well. thr graphics are great except with slight hint of "draw in" (C'MON GUYS THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A NEXT GENERATION SYSTEM!!)

what SWD adds to this genre, are different tournament modes,that add the replay value like high stakes where you can place a bet on you against your opponent, and unlocking extras like bonus vehicles/characters etc. from your earnings as well.

all in all, for those who can't wait for the upcoming TWISTED METAL BLACK (on ps2)as well as you FORCE FANS, this is a MUST BUY.

I don't agree with some of the cons. The controls were good. I learned them in a day, and in hunt-a-droid, I beat 17 droids. The sound and graphics are fantastic! I agree with that.

I bought this cause I'm a Star Wars fan, it was cheap, and it looked fun. I was right! I played a one player game, soon, we brought another controller, I was playing against my brother, and it was even more fun!

I don't care if more than half of the people on earth criticize this game. It's full of adrenaline-pumping excitement! Buy this now!!!

I have found this item on ebay for less than the asking price here, but again, brians toys have NEVER been known for good prices, very expensive on alot of their items, average price on here.

This is an original toy. It is worth a lot more than what is shown. I am extremely interested!

Come on, guys. If you're a Star Wars fan (And I suspect you are, why else would you be reading this?) you have to get this action figure. Not only is it Darth Vader, but it's Darth Vader MIP from Return Of The Jedi from way back in '83. And for the price, who could go wrong?

Do not, I repeat do not get this game. It is a waste of money. I would give this game 0 stars but 1 is the lowest.You won't believe how bad the graphics are. Don't waste your money on this piece of ....

Ok. This game came out in the mid 90's, but even for then, it's an average game. Nothing stands out to make it a "must have" for the Star Wars fan and gamer.

Graphically, it's a step down from the old Doom days. Characters are made of HUGE sprites--The closer you get, the more blocky they are. Backgrounds/levels are huge, but poorly done. Most levels are just plain boring and the colors are extremely dull looking.

The sound, out of everything, is fairly good. Effects and voices are above that average level. The music, though, is a disappointment. This is a 32-bit game with an 8-bit soundtrack. One thing in every Star Wars movie that's done well with pride is the music score. All Star Wars games should be no different than the movies with the same score. This game is one of those games where the music is just plain bad.

Fun value is on the average level, as well. Where most everything is dull, the enjoyment of blasting Stormtroopers, Probe Droids, etc. is fun for every Star Wars fan.

If you enjoy first person shooters and the Star Wars movie series, then give it a try. It's cheap money-wise, however, it's just that, as well (gameplay-wise)--cheap.

Kyle Katarn quickly became my favorite character in the gaming world. In "Dark Forces", the first of the series, you really only begin to learn the basic brute skills of fighting. You also learn several mind skills, not powers, but necessary exercises to prepare you for the coming hazards in the next challenge(DFII on PC). This game, after 6 months of an off again on again gaming ralationship, is still very fun. This was my first game on PC, and though dated graphically, it's still better than the average nerf-herder. You now laugh at the "T" rating, because we were so innocent in them there days when blood was flying squares, but hey, fun is fun.

I rented this and thought it was an awesome game, and is. All I can say really is that over time, it gets boring. If you really want to play it, rent it, don't buy it. If you own a Tekken game or something and never get tired of it, go ahead and try to purchase. The graphics are fair, and gameplay is great, but controls are confusing.

In the mid-late nineties, Lucas Arts decided to try something new and unique with their Star Wars license - a fighting game. That's not a misprint - they actually released a Star Wars fighting game. But was this new venture a good idea for Lucas Arts and for the Star Wars franchise? Read on and find out for yourself.

PROS:
-Let me start by saying the variety of characters you can choose from is pretty good. You've got lesser-known characters like a Tusken Raider and a Gamorrean, and the wildly popular characters like Luke Skywalker and Han Solo. The game also introduces at least one new character.
-The game also has secret characters - a Stormtrooper, Darth Vader, Jodo Kast, and an alternate version of Princess Leia.
-Every character has his or her own unique weapon. Some characters always have their weapon equipped, others must have a motion entered in order to draw it.

CONS:
-The graphics for this game are downright terrible. As stated above, they look like they were made a year before the game was released.
-The control, what I feel is the most important thing in a video game, is just horrible. Not the button placement, but rather the fighting engine. In other words, adjustingthe controls isn't likely to make your day any easier. The primary challenge from this game comes not from what difficulty you select, but rather the bad fighting engine.
-The secret characters are just regular characters in different outfits (The Stormtrooper has the same moves as Han Solo, and the alternative version of Princess Leia has the same moves as the normal version of Princess Leia.)
-The characters are horribly imbalanced in terms of their fighting strength. A Tusken Raider is a better fighter than Han Solo? I find that a little hard to believe.
-Star Wars games are always either a "hit" or a "miss", and this one is a "miss", sadly. Too bad, because this was actually a great idea.

OVERALL:
Pass this game by. Not only is it out of production and extremely tough to find now, it's also not even worth finding. Do not buy this game unless you're the kind of Star Wars nerd who can't live without every Star Wars game ever made. There are much better fighting games out there, and there are much better Star Wars games out there. Trust me, you're better off imagining these fights than actually playing this game.

This is is very, very good fighting game. Though the graphics could've used some work. It's really good that you can play as good characters. But there are secrets too. Like swithching costumes. If you switch Luke's costume, you'll switch to his Jedi Master lightsaber, too! Buy or rent. Rent first, then buy though.

There are some neat pieces here, like the animals for the Gungans to ride. There's a small cart for storage of "energy balls" (clear blue 1x1 cylinders) that is sorta neat. The Gungan mini-figs are the same as the Jar-Jar ones, but in different clothes. Overall, only bother getting this set if you are working on a big Naboo display and need a bunch of Gungan soldiers.

Oh no, Lego have got to be joking. The most awful alien life forms ever seen on the TV or cinema screen are brought out in plastic form. This set is worth it for novelty value, I suppose, and it does have some useful pieces like those giant radar dish wheels and those blue lights. And being able to inflict whatever kind of torture you desire on Jar Jar Binks is worth anybody's money.

This is a great set with two figures with animals and a cart that opens up to reveal explosive charges (which in Lego terms are small transparent blue cylindrical pieces). I bought several of these so that I could make my own Gungan army. I wish Lego would not have put Jar-Jar binks in this set, though, since he is available in many other sets. I probably would have bought even more sets if Lego had not done that. Even so, the Jar-Jar figure can be modified (change the color of pants, arms by exchanging with other figures, etc.) so that you can have a large Gungan force. Now you just need a bunch of Battle Droids...

I got this game because I usually liked flying star wars games, such as rogue squadron. I turns out that this isn't nearly as good. It's boring getting past the first level, and there are about 4 levels to get through if you want to get the password. I say save your money and you'll be happy.

Star Wars video games are infamous for their "hit or miss" reputation. For every Rebel Strike, there's a game like the old NES Star Wars to bring the series' video gaming reputation back down to nothingness. In late 2003/early 2004, Lucas Arts decided to try their hand at making a new portable Star Wars game. Read on for my review of Flight Of The Falcon

PROS:
-IT'S A PORTABLE SHOOTER. There really aren't enough portable shooters these days, so it's good to finally have another one added to the rather small library.
-THERE ARE PASSWORDS TO SAVE YOUR PROGRESS. The passwords make the game a bit easier, and they make it good for if you want to play the game while traveling.

CONS:
-THE GAME IS PAINFULLY REPETITIVE. Essentially, you just point and shoot all the game through. There are different craft in the game, but basically it's just you manning the guns the whole way through.
-THE LEVELS ARE TOO LONG. There are passwords, but they only save your progress at the beginning of a level. The levels are huge, so this doesn't do much good.
-IT'S NOT WORTHY OF THE STAR WARS NAME. Some movie-making companies go the extra mile to make sure that their movies become gaming masterpieces - and unfortunately, the Star Wars film series doesn't get that same luxury.

OVERALL:
In the end this game is painfully generic. If you're interested in it, rent it or borrow it from a friend, but don't waste your hard-earned cash buying it - you'll be disappointed if you actually purchase it. If you want a good Star Wars game, check out any of the ones in the Rogue Squadron series - don't bother with the portable entries.

I bought it because it was Star Wars. I had to. Any chance to shoot TIE Fighters with the Millenium Falcon is okay with me.

The graphics and sound are remarkable considering this is on a hand-held system. The detail is excellent and I especially like hearing Chewbacca roar when you make menu selections.

The 3D rendering can get a little confusing and this is where it takes lots of patience and practice. There are a few levels you have to do while dodging structures (e.g. Mos Eisley, the trench run) and it does get difficult. Sorry, but you're not going to beat this game the first dozen times you play it. To me, that makes it a challenging game, not a bad game.

The one I'm not too crazy about is that you don't get a password until you pass quite a few levels. Basically, you have to go through the whole plot line of "A New Hope" before you can get a password and save your game. Otherwise, if you die and go through all your continues, it's back to the beginning, buddy.

In conclusion: buy it if you're a Star Wars fan--you'll have fun no matter how far you get in the game. Not a fan--save your money because you'll likely get frustrated.

Thanks for reading.