Multiplayer mode supports up to eight podracers which would be quite a blast, I bet Reviewer's Note: The 'force'? I could not for the life of me get my home network up and running. I am suspecting Bantha fodder, but I have used too many geeky Star Wars terms in this review already.
Graphically, this game has very few equals. If you slow the podracer down, you may notice some minor graphical glitches Since this wasn't made to be perused at anything less than mph, trust me when I say you won't notice. If you do notice, well, you must be one of those 3D rendering vs. Each planet, each track, is exquisitely rendered with tons of eye-candy and if you spend too much time gawking -- well, trust me when I say that at mph you need to be looking at the road ahead instead of the pretty countryside.
You can drive your podracer from one of four different views. This is where complete and utter Star Wars -Geek-Immersion comes in. Turn out your lights, crank up the rear speakers, and choose the 'driver's seat'? It left me speechless. The only oddity for me was the garish low-resolution map overlay that appears on your Heads Up Display. Everything else in Racer 's podracing sequences is so beautiful that this fluorescent green eyesore really stands out.
Thankfully, LucasArts allows you to change this to a more suitable progress-bar view that is more helpful in the long run. Oh, and get this: The game has the ever-so-popular "lens flare. I am just happy that Racer allows you to turn it off. One thing that Racer does right is to immerse you in an audible world so convincing that you'd swear you are either in the theater all over again or actually racing down a canyon.
It's hard to describe how sweet this game sounds when you have properly set up surround sound on your PC. From Doppler effects to the thump-thump-thump of Sebulba's engines My wife will sit and watch me play just because "it's like watching the movie.
It's not only a perfect example of how to use surround sound a decidedly new technology for PC gaming to enhance the gaming experience, but LucasArts does the right thing and makes it highly configurable. And if you can still fit into those Underoos The documentation is quite good.
In reality, the documentation becomes a lifesaver since a lot of the between-race interface can be quite infuriating without some additional guidance. There is even a good attempt to suck you into the storyline like that would be hard. Each of the eight planets is given a back story along with a small blurb about each of the podracers you are allowed to drive.
I would have liked the manual to include a little more information on the various upgrades that you have available for your podracer. The interface limits most of the information to performance bar graphs without really understanding the impact of what you are adding. I really, really wanted to score Racer much higher.
In some parts of the game I would lose my sense of reality and become that young kid again who dreamed that one day Stormtroopers would invade a little town in Idaho and I would be the hero of the At first, the lack of Internet play really bugged me.
How can a company release a title that screams 'net play'? Then it made sense to me. We often spend a lot of time cursing at companies for doing Internet play badly such as Unreal , so it's almost refreshing to see a company say, 'We can't do it Regardless of the technical reasons, though, a successful implementation of Internet play would have gone a long way in increasing the "it's still on my hard drive" life of this title.
What it boils down to is this Be prepared, though, to be confused in almost every aspect of the game except for the actual racing. Since racing is where Racer shines, enjoy yourself and scream like a Wookiee as Sebulba knocks you onto the service-ramp The Trade Federation has planned an attack on the peaceful planet of Naboo. Upon arriving on the Trade Federation ship, the Jedi sense that something is afoul.
The Neimoidians have planned a trap for them and are proceeding with their plans of taking over the planet. Meanwhile, on the planet's surface, the Queen and her faithful aide, Captain Panaka, are in a desperate battle of their own to try to escape from the planet and proceed to Coruscant to speak with the galactic government about their situation.
But I will tell you that you will meet up with a slave boy named Anakin Skywalker and that there is a new villain named Darth Maul. But of course, you already knew that. The Phantom Menace is a new top-down shooter based on the movie.
It requires a quick hand and a little bit of luck to get through the game. While I am the type of person who likes the first-person perspective, it was kind of nice to play a game from the top-down angle, although I would have liked to be able to change the camera view to make it easier to see things in front of me.
I had very little trouble setting the game up to play. After changing all my options for my joystick I was ready to begin mowing down some droids.
Upon starting the game you are Obi-Wan and all you have to defend yourself is your trusty lightsaber. While this weapon is very good at close range it has something to be desired at a distance. But the programmers knew this would be a problem so they gave you the power to redirect the laser fire from your enemies back at them.
Now that is where the game is really fun! There is nothing like standing in a crowded hallway just flailing your lightsaber around and seeing laser fire shoot in every direction. It takes a little bit of timing to "hit" the laser with your lightsaber but once you "master" it get it? Jedi Master? One area that could be improved is the artificial intelligence for some of the characters. There is a level in the game where you have to escort the Queen to her ship. I wish I had a quarter for every time I had to go back and guide the Queen around a corner because she got stuck somewhere.
And you have to be careful because if you get too far ahead of her, she will be killed and you will then, of course, die also. The Phantom Menace is very pleasing to the eyes, as it should be when you consider that it requires a 3D accelerator card to play.
The backgrounds and cutscenes were stunning. I was impressed by the perception of depth throughout the game. There is a level in the game where you Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are fighting Darth Maul on these round platforms that are floating in this big tube-like structure. I never really liked heights very much as it is, so when I had to jump from platform to platform it kind of made my stomach queasy. Performance wise, the game never once bogged down on my system and there was plenty of action on the screen at all times.
My hat goes off to the folks who did the score for this game. Here is where the game truly shines. The music for The Phantom Menace sounded like it came straight from the movie itself. LucasArts game soundtracks always seem to impress me. The crackling of a lightsaber, screeching blaster fire, and mechanical droids all made the game more realistic and enjoyable.
It brought me back to the glory days of the original trilogy. The book that is enclosed with the game is more than sufficient to get you up and running as fast as possible.
It gives a brief storyline and the usual descriptions of some of the people you will encounter in the game. Of course, like everyone else, I had already seen the movie, so the guide was put to the side and buried under a pile of new action figures and empty Mountain Dew cans.
Some people are going to love it and others are going to walk away from it with mixed reviews. I, personally, thought the game was enjoyable to play and was excited when I had a chance to write a review for it.
As with any game that is based on a movie, there were inconsistencies in the storyline that a few Star Wars freaks might find irritating. Maybe, if enough of us write suggestions to the "master" programmers at LucasArts, they will see the light saber and we can "force" them to make an add-on pack for it. Browse games Game Portals. Install Game. Click the "Install Game" button to initiate the file download and get compact download launcher. Obi-Wan- Boy is dangerous. Obi-Wan- Follow the code.
Obi-Wan- Control. Obi-Wan- Much time. Palpatine- Corruption. Palpatine- Only politics. Palpatine- Accept Federation. Jar Jar Binks- People gonna die. Jar Jar Binks- Second thought. Sio Bibble- Invasion. Sio Bibble- Death toll. Yoda- Sense much fear. Yoda- Always two. Qui-Gon Jinn- Protect you. Qui-Gon Jinn- They will kill you. Mace Windu- The prophecy. Mace Windu- Identity. As the game proceeds, the gamer would get to use a wide assortment of grenades, rocket launcher and blasters apart from the Force and the lightsaber.
The game suffers from minor jolts but then almost all games suffer with the same problem. The game levels have been well designed and these make action sequences a treat for all. This was the first crawl to be created entirely digitally. In preparation, ILM studied the optical roll-ups of the original trilogy to ensure visual continuity.
An idyllic world close to the border of the Outer Rim Territories, Naboo is inhabited by peaceful humans known as the Naboo, and an indigenous species of intelligent amphibians called the Gungans. Naboo's surface consists of swampy lakes, rolling plains and green hills. Its population centers are beautiful -- Naboo's river cities are filled with classical architecture and greenery, while the underwater Gungan settlements are a beautiful display of exotic hydrostatic bubble technology.
In the days of the Empire and the Republic, many settlers scratched out a living on moisture farms, while spaceport cities such as Mos Eisley and Mos Espa served as home base for smugglers, criminals, and other rogues. Once known as a hive of scum and villainy, Tatooine has become quieter since the end of the Galactic Civil War.
A city-covered planet, Coruscant is the vibrant heart and capital of the galaxy, featuring a diverse mix of citizens and culture. Coruscant was the seat of government for the Galactic Republic and the Empire that followed, and was the site of numerous historic events during the Clone Wars.
It also housed the Jedi Temple and Archives, which hosted Jedi training and learning for over a thousand generations -- traditions that ended when the planet bore witness to Order Built in secret by the young slave Anakin Skywalker, this shiny blue and silver Podracer was boasted to be the fastest ever to compete in the Boonta Eve Classic. It wasn't idle puffery by its creator -- when thrown into the cutthroat racing competition, this Podracer's performance gave Anakin the edge he needed to win the race and his freedom.
Smaller and leaner than all the other competing Podracers, Anakin's vehicle follows the same basic design found throughout the sport: a small cockpit pulled by two high-powered engines.
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