Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

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Customer Reviews:

Disappointing [Posted on 2002-03-20]
If you are used to the top cockpit simulation games (such as the X-Wing/Tie Fighter games and Mechwarrior 3 and 4), then this game will be a bit of a disappointment. The controls are simplistic, particluarly compared to the awesome X-Wing Alliance. The graphics are just ok, and the gameplay is more akin to a arcade shooter than a real PC sim.

If you are looking for a game that will give you the thrill of flying an X-Wing (or a Y-Wing, an A-Wing, a B-Wing, or even the Millenium Falcon) then buy X-Wing Alliance, or the classic X-Wing and Tie Fighter games.

hooking, fun game [Posted on 2002-05-12]
Rogue squadron is one of my favorite flight simulation games. It has a bunch of levels that are not only hard, but can take a long time. I don't like how the game is put together with the computer version. I like the N64 version better. The controls are exelent on this game and the realism is fantastic. I highly reccomend a joystick, though, or the game will be dificult to control and use. I hope you find this useful.

Fun, Fun in a Galaxy Far, Far Away.... [Posted on 2003-06-26]
Since the early 1980s, there have been many Star Wars games, ranging from the wire-frame graphics-based Atari arcade game to the PS2-Xbox hi-tech Jedi Starfighter. The advances in computing power, graphics design, and software evolution have allowed many Star Wars fans to journey to that "galaxy far, far away" with just a few clicks of a mouse and the aid of a good Microsoft-compatible joystick.

The range of games is astounding. There are strategy games (Rebellion), spacefighter simulations (the X-Wing series), arcade-like sims (the Rebel Assault series), role-playing games (Jedi Knight, The Phantom Menace), and "a long time ago," there was even a PC version of the Star Wars Atari arcade game.

I have owned quite a few of Lucas Arts' PC based games, including several of the ones I mentioned above, including Rogue Squadron.

Rogue Squadron places one in the role of Luke Skywalker during the time between Star Wars: A New Hope and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, when he is focused on being a fighter pilot for the struggling Rebellion.

Rogue Squadron is a hybrid, part sim, and part arcade game. As in the X-wing series, players must learn to fly such Rebel starfighters as the T-65 X-wing, the A-wing, the Y-wing, and so on up to Han Solo's Millennium Falcon. Also as in the X-wing games, players fly a series of missions linked together in a story arc. Unless one has "cheat codes," a player must complete each level (called a Chapter) mission by mission. The more one increases in performance and skill, the more ships one can fly.

Unlike the more "realistic" simulations, Rogue Squadron has arcade game conventions such as multiple lives, fixed situations, and less complicated flight controls than its X-Wing stable mates. X-Wing veterans will attest to having to refer to the manual at least when first playing the game, and - of course, if you got killed on an X-Wing mission, that was it...no extra lives. Rogue Squadron, while still very challenging (I am still on Mission 3 of Chapter 1) is more of a "hook-the-joystick-up-and-play" game, with really nice 3-D graphics and great sound. (Most players will probably enjoy flying from the default "exterior of the ship" view, although I prefer the more simulator-like "cockpit" point of view.) It runs great on my e-machines T2200 with Windows XP, so if one has a good Windows-based platform with a good video card that can handle 3-D graphics, this is still a game worth getting, even if it is older than Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds.

HOLEY COW THEY LIED! [Posted on 2006-01-29]
When I first started up "rogue squadren" I was very exited. It looked realy cool. When I got in started like any other game the first time. You know, wont let you click threw all of the logos for the companies that made the game, blah blah blah. so when I got in the ACTUAL game I clicked start and it went to "pick your ship." after that it sended me off to the opening text crawl, and then showed you flying into tatooine. when it was finished loading it brought me back to my desktop and my said there was an "extreme error" and that it needed to close. later I found out that the system requirements were a sticker and i peeled it off. Guess WHAT? it only went up to windows 98 when I had XP! I was very angry. so as you can see, HOLEY COW THEY LIED!

The best game [Posted on 2007-03-03]
Overall I would say this is one of the best games for people who like Star wars battles in space and for people who like aviation. After beating the game on all dificulties I would say It is pretty darn hard!
I think it is very fun to do and I would recomend It without a small doubt It is very hard to find but is very darn worthit!

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