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Star Wars - Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Review
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8.2
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08-05-14 01:08 AM
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What do you know? I'm looking at my childhood on a computer screen! Yes, I grew up with the GBA, and eventually graduated to a GBA SP during my teenage years, but my first time ever playing any game in the 5-6th generation of gaming was this particular title, "Revenge of the Sith" for GBA. I still remember when the movie came out, and everyone was going absolutely nuts over the fact that the movie was so much better than the previous entries in the rather terrible prequel series. Then, the game came out, and everyone flooded the local Target and got their hands on a copy... except me. I borrowed the game several times from friends (and their GBA as well). Today, I was finally able to complete the game 100%. So, does nostalgia still bind me to loving this game? Let's see. Graphics: The graphics of "Revenge of the Sith" (Hereby referred to as "RotS") is fantastic. While I cannot say that it pushes the GBA (GBASP, Emulator, GBMicro, or GBA Adapter for GameCube, doesn't matter) to its limits, I can say for sure that this game looks on par with the CGI present in the actual film, and the graphical icons for each character during conversations look great. The sprites are well drawn for those areas, and do a good job reflecting emotion and is pretty much the handheld versions of Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, and all the other stars of the movie. During the actual game, the sprites are still well drawn. Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, the various enemies you encounter, all look very good with nice, large sprites, crisp colors, and a definite likeness to the movie characters that even spectators watching a play session will have no problem recognizing each of the famous characters from the infamous (pun-city) prequel trilogy. The graphics are superb and a definite example of how this game shines. Sound: The sound section, while featuring great remixes of each instrumental theme from the movie, does pale in comparison with the actual film, unfortunately. I understand that it is unfair to criticize a handheld game's music by comparing it to the actual score from the film, but being that it is a port of the movie's instrumentals to a game system (ALA Porting Mega Man 2 to the Genesis), I feel that it is not too far fetched to criticize the music just a bit. However, besides sounding inferior to the original movie tracks, the music shines superbly. Each tune, from the infamous "Imperial March", to the long lasting "May the Force be with You", to the toe tapping "Battle on Kashyyyk " are all extremely well represented, and I would absolutely love to have this soundtrack playing every time I go for a drive. It is the charm of synthesized music. Addictiveness: Most of the addictiveness comes from trying out the different sets of force powers available to Anakin and Obi-Wan respectively. However, there is a catch. The only force powers available to both characters from the beginning are only Force Push and Force Pull. Reasonably, you can earn customization points to purchase other powers after beating a stage, but here is a problem: by unlocking other force powers through these points, a higher challenge is raised to collect more points. After every stage, one is ranked by how fast they completed the stage (speed), and how many times each unique force ability is used (style). Unlocking more powers means a player is forced to use them in order to earn more points in the "style" category, hence earning more customization points. It is very difficult, so I strongly recommend that one should refrain from buying upgrades until the game is finished to earn the most points possible. Anakin's unique movesets includes:
Story: The story of "RotS" is really the most lacking element, but it does make sense. It cuts and pastes from the actual movie to create a story for the game that follows the film rather closely, and well enough that the story scenes make sense. The cutscenes and dialogue are all nicely recreated as well. Difficulty: Newbies, STICK WITH OBI-WAN. Get the Force Heal ability and level it to max (3 levels, costs a total of 120 points) ASAP! Anakin's slow strikes and inability to heal himself is a huge bummer, and can make it quite easy for the player to die off. Thankfully, the game begins with a Padawan (4 lives) and Jedi (2 Lives) mode, allowing for people to take it easy. However, beware of the Master (no lives, all enemies do twice as much damage and take twice as many hits) difficulty, as that is one merciless piece of punishment you would not wish on your worst enemies. First of all, if one completes the game in either Padawan or Jedi difficulty, he/she would have to start over when he/she plays on Master difficulty. Even though all of your power ups carry over, it is still a difficult ride. Not so much for Obi-Wan as for Anakin. Obi-Wan can freely heal himself, and since the game allows you to upgrade your character's health, damage output, and force meter, Obi-Wan becomes an invincible tank; able to heal himself on a whim. Anakin doesn't have something like Force Heal, so he relies on clever positioning and being EXTREMELY PATIENT with the enemies. This makes Anakin boring and very easy to die with, so I wouldn't tell anyone to even ATTEMPT Anakin's later stages (Jedi Temple and Mustafar) without master his controls first. Ugh, what a huge difficulty spike! Overall: I loved this game in 2007. Four years later, my opinions remain the same. Not only is this one of the greatest GBA beat-'em-up games ever, but also a great action game with fantastic control and playing options. Replayability is high, and I cannot praise this game enough. Play it if you have a chance, and be warned; you will be addicted to how much fun this game is. If you have a younger sibling or child that is still playing the new Call of Duty or whatever cash-grab rehash game is out there, give them a Gameboy Advance, this game (or a computer with an emulator and this game's rom), and allow them to enjoy the good old days. Yes, I grew up with the GBA, and eventually graduated to a GBA SP during my teenage years, but my first time ever playing any game in the 5-6th generation of gaming was this particular title, "Revenge of the Sith" for GBA. I still remember when the movie came out, and everyone was going absolutely nuts over the fact that the movie was so much better than the previous entries in the rather terrible prequel series. Then, the game came out, and everyone flooded the local Target and got their hands on a copy... except me. I borrowed the game several times from friends (and their GBA as well). Today, I was finally able to complete the game 100%. So, does nostalgia still bind me to loving this game? Let's see. Graphics: The graphics of "Revenge of the Sith" (Hereby referred to as "RotS") is fantastic. While I cannot say that it pushes the GBA (GBASP, Emulator, GBMicro, or GBA Adapter for GameCube, doesn't matter) to its limits, I can say for sure that this game looks on par with the CGI present in the actual film, and the graphical icons for each character during conversations look great. The sprites are well drawn for those areas, and do a good job reflecting emotion and is pretty much the handheld versions of Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, and all the other stars of the movie. During the actual game, the sprites are still well drawn. Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, the various enemies you encounter, all look very good with nice, large sprites, crisp colors, and a definite likeness to the movie characters that even spectators watching a play session will have no problem recognizing each of the famous characters from the infamous (pun-city) prequel trilogy. The graphics are superb and a definite example of how this game shines. Sound: The sound section, while featuring great remixes of each instrumental theme from the movie, does pale in comparison with the actual film, unfortunately. I understand that it is unfair to criticize a handheld game's music by comparing it to the actual score from the film, but being that it is a port of the movie's instrumentals to a game system (ALA Porting Mega Man 2 to the Genesis), I feel that it is not too far fetched to criticize the music just a bit. However, besides sounding inferior to the original movie tracks, the music shines superbly. Each tune, from the infamous "Imperial March", to the long lasting "May the Force be with You", to the toe tapping "Battle on Kashyyyk " are all extremely well represented, and I would absolutely love to have this soundtrack playing every time I go for a drive. It is the charm of synthesized music. Addictiveness: Most of the addictiveness comes from trying out the different sets of force powers available to Anakin and Obi-Wan respectively. However, there is a catch. The only force powers available to both characters from the beginning are only Force Push and Force Pull. Reasonably, you can earn customization points to purchase other powers after beating a stage, but here is a problem: by unlocking other force powers through these points, a higher challenge is raised to collect more points. After every stage, one is ranked by how fast they completed the stage (speed), and how many times each unique force ability is used (style). Unlocking more powers means a player is forced to use them in order to earn more points in the "style" category, hence earning more customization points. It is very difficult, so I strongly recommend that one should refrain from buying upgrades until the game is finished to earn the most points possible. Anakin's unique movesets includes:
Story: The story of "RotS" is really the most lacking element, but it does make sense. It cuts and pastes from the actual movie to create a story for the game that follows the film rather closely, and well enough that the story scenes make sense. The cutscenes and dialogue are all nicely recreated as well. Difficulty: Newbies, STICK WITH OBI-WAN. Get the Force Heal ability and level it to max (3 levels, costs a total of 120 points) ASAP! Anakin's slow strikes and inability to heal himself is a huge bummer, and can make it quite easy for the player to die off. Thankfully, the game begins with a Padawan (4 lives) and Jedi (2 Lives) mode, allowing for people to take it easy. However, beware of the Master (no lives, all enemies do twice as much damage and take twice as many hits) difficulty, as that is one merciless piece of punishment you would not wish on your worst enemies. First of all, if one completes the game in either Padawan or Jedi difficulty, he/she would have to start over when he/she plays on Master difficulty. Even though all of your power ups carry over, it is still a difficult ride. Not so much for Obi-Wan as for Anakin. Obi-Wan can freely heal himself, and since the game allows you to upgrade your character's health, damage output, and force meter, Obi-Wan becomes an invincible tank; able to heal himself on a whim. Anakin doesn't have something like Force Heal, so he relies on clever positioning and being EXTREMELY PATIENT with the enemies. This makes Anakin boring and very easy to die with, so I wouldn't tell anyone to even ATTEMPT Anakin's later stages (Jedi Temple and Mustafar) without master his controls first. Ugh, what a huge difficulty spike! Overall: I loved this game in 2007. Four years later, my opinions remain the same. Not only is this one of the greatest GBA beat-'em-up games ever, but also a great action game with fantastic control and playing options. Replayability is high, and I cannot praise this game enough. Play it if you have a chance, and be warned; you will be addicted to how much fun this game is. If you have a younger sibling or child that is still playing the new Call of Duty or whatever cash-grab rehash game is out there, give them a Gameboy Advance, this game (or a computer with an emulator and this game's rom), and allow them to enjoy the good old days. |
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08-05-14 04:50 AM
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Great review! What is your overall rating of the game on a scale of 1-10? How about each of the sections such as sound, graphics, story, etc... The only thing that this review lacked was a rating scale. Good job, keep reviewing games! |
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08-05-14 10:41 AM
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darthyoda : The review scale is already at the top, complete with a comparison with average user scores. I saw this thing at the very top of the page (under the vizzed board banner) and thought it unnecessary to include it again in my post. I saw this thing at the very top of the page (under the vizzed board banner) and thought it unnecessary to include it again in my post. |
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